Let's welcome all the new guys with a "Here's My Story thread"

[FizNid]

Here goes

I started playing paintball in 1989. I had just turned 16. My first time playing was with a tippmann sl-68 rental gun. After that day I was hooked and bought a nelspot 007(used)(which I still have). Guns I have owned.. Apex Elite(best pump I have ever had) Black Widow Deluxe(nice pump) TM-11A(good pump for the price) Phantom(highly overated IMO) Tippmann 68 Special(ah my first semi. Gas hog but oh it was sweet) PMI-3(Later known as the VM-68. Sucker was heavy but definately a unique gun) F1 Illustrator(A good semi that I used for a long while)Autococker(oh lord the horror. I had one of the original first ones shiver). Current day setup is Tippmann Model 98 custom. Minimag(I love this gun) and my new baby a Black Dark Angel 2.0. I plan on getting an emag sometime before the year is out. I just really like them. Hobbies include Computers, Art, Reading, Fish(breeding), Putting model kits together, Collecting things(my weakness), and of course Paintball. I work in the computer industry as a Computer tech. I am not a tourny player and not sure I will ever be. I don't consider myself a super player either. I enjoy paintball though for the game itself. It is a way for me on the weekend to get out and relax and have some fun with my friends.

FizNid

[Hannibal]

ok i can do this,

i started 4 years ago when i went to my local field and rented. Had a ton of fun, but because i was only 12, had no job, and my parents arnt rich, i couldnt afford to play on a regular basis, i played twice more that year, the following a couple more times, and then i finally got a job, got cash, and when i first entered the sport just going a couple times a year, i subscribed to APG, now for 4 years, from reading reviews and info on products i knew what i wanted, a automag, so i saved my cash, and bought an automag and slowly tricked it out, i started playing at least once a month and still have the same gun, now adding a retro valve. Man i love this sport....




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"Hannibale Ad porte"-
Translation Hannabals at the gate

-tricked out automag
-retro valve(on the way)
-warp feed(on the way)
-12v
-Freak Barrel system
-Dye 45* frame
-Z-GRIP WANTED***
-Flatline 68ci 3000
-sticky grips

-And a paintball flying towards you at 280fps

[Drizit]

Well my first game was some time in the early 90's when I lived in California. I played indoor with a group form the local gaming club (Warhammer and that sort of thing) I got hit between the (shop) goggles and the helmet (yes we had to ware helmets, sad I know) by a girl who had never fired anything more complicated then a rubber band before, and who then proceeded to take out the other 2 ppl who were moving up an ally with lots of cover with me. I was humiliated and hooked. I only played a few games after that until about 2 months ago when a friend who goes though more guns and paint then I care to think about got me back into it, I borrowed an old broken down mag, after a bit of work it was the sweetest think I have put paint through and now my micro is on the way.

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There must have been a time
when we could have said no.

[Eagle]

Back when I was 17 (23 now) I played at a local field with my scout troop with a rental SL-68. I was the first person out, 10 or so seconds in, but the rest of the day I did great. I then went out and bought a BE Tiger Shark, played with it once, went out and bought a BE Stingray played with it for a couple of years, bought a Tippmann 98, tricked it out and played with it for a couple of years, and have recently upgraded to an E-mag.

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Die Screaming

[JesusFreak]

Well, I was originally Sting 2041 then COLORShypermag...now I am a born again Christian,so JesusFreak

[blazingRT]

well my first gun was a be taLOn and me and my friend played in my backyard for 2 weeks then i boughta spyder package eventually upgraded it to a $800 dollar LP Bob long millenium, then i sold it and bought my RT, i luv it and will never go back. i know play on Team Nameless (scenario team)www.teamnameless.cjb.net

[RobAGD]

Humm lets see...

The year after the L.R.R.P.'s won the NSP World champion ships ( so maybe 88 ) a friend came back from a trip with 2 Splat masters 1 set of goggles and some paint. I got my old wielding mask.goggle and we played in his back yard

Played a few times a loved it even got a catalog and prices out what I wanted.

But I couldn't find a local place to play ( little did I know that 30 mins west of me was the Field the LRRPS played at ) so a few years went by.

I was just starting to get into this thing call the Internet, a few local BBS's were getting new Groups and allowing email to be sent to real email adds not just on the local BBS system. I was in one of the groups and I notice a local user with teh signature of "Paintball Mainac" so I emailed him and talk to him on teh phone found out where the local field was and Well.... I didnt miss a day the first 2 years ( sat and sundays ).

Had a great day with rental Pro-Am, Uvex Goggles, Woodstalker mask wearing my George Town sweat pants soccer cleats and a Olive drab Army shirt. I was quite the fashon hound hahaha

I got killed in teh first 15 seconds of my first game ( I learned you dont lay down behind ceader trees ) and I got 5 kills, 2 flag pulls and hangs and meet some of the best people in my life.

That was Aug of 92. I rented 2 more times started to ref, started saving money and I was looking hard at gettinga PMI-3 with Bottom line and Smart Parts barrel. I was mooching everything I could get my hands on to try, talking to the team players and what not, then some one put a minimag in my hands and it was love

I bought my Automag, 20oz tank, SP Barrel for the bargin basment price later that week for $735 and I was glad to get it because at that point in time AGD was back ordered something like 3,000+ guns and I had heard Smart Parts had just gotten a larger shipment in.

I still have that gun, and I at best guess belive it has Shot somewhere between 1,000,000 and 1,250,000 balls and it was still my most activally used gun until I got my Emag and Warp.

I ahve owned a few Cockers, Lots of mags, and a few neat pumps but when the moneys on the line I shoot my Mags. I enjoy playing with my SHO and Autocockers but I wouldnt stake a tournament on them.

Anyways...

-Robert

[MiteyWhitey]

Played my first game about 10 years ago when a couple of friends of mine talked me into it. First game... the whistle blew and their was some shots, then silence (indoor smal field) I popped my head up over a bunker and just as I was about to say "Hey, I dont see anybody!" SPLAT right in the goggle lenses!!! I was immediately hooked and went out and bought a Tippman Carbine and all the fixins'. Wouldn't ya know it about 3 months later my buds sold all theyre gear, but not me. I kept playin' alot making new Pball friends and bought my first mini mag back in 96'. Now I'm trying to put together a team for those high $$$ amateur tourneys at SC Village this year.

Level 7 Mini
Nickel Plated, Anodized
2x trig
12" Dye Boomstick
Apocolypse 3k 68ci

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dat...dat...dat... "Check yourself!"

[This message has been edited by MiteyWhitey (edited 06-11-2001).]

[Flamebo]

Kicked it off early with a Nelspot 007 I got god knows where... Moved up to a Tippmann 68 Special and had a short stint with a BE Raptor (hey, we all make mistakes) before trading it for a Tippmann M98. Then I bought my first mag, which went through massive upgrading and field play before selling it to a teammate when I got my E-mag.

[Dogbone]

New Years day, 1994 was the first time I played paintball. It was at the old Showdown field in Utah and my youngest brother had talked me into going. I played with a rented Tippman SL-68 and had a great time. I knew I was hooked when I gogged a guy who stuck his head up in the window of a building and became my first elimination. Two weeks later I bought my first paintball gun.

[MagMan5446]

my first time playing paintball was about a year and a 1/2 ago at a local park. We had 3 guys, a Spyder SE and a Tippman Model 98(damn I hate the latter). 2 weeks and 17 welts later, I played at the Paintball Jungle, my local field, and I've played there ever since, i'm gonna play my first game of hyperball and sup-air in a couple weeks....

[Mantis]

I first went with a friend in 10th grade... his church had a private game. When we got there, they asked us if there was anybody that wanted to play with the walk-ons, so they could have more people. I said sure, not knowing what I was getting into.
My Dad had come along, so we went up the right side of the field. I saw another person, stopped and turned to ask my Dad, "You think he's on the other team?" By the time I finished saying this the game lit us both up and we conveniently stepped right out of bounds, under 2 minutes after the game started.
I'd like to think I've come a *little* way since then

Mantis

[cracyboy]

i started playing the 2nd day of my 9th grade year , when i meet some people at my school who played , they let me borrow a raptor , it did fairly ok , two weeks later i bought a raptor extreme , i did spent one week with out cursing that thing , then i bought my self a m98 , great gun , on to have it stolen at a tourney , then i bought a spyder from a friend , it did ok , but about 3 months ago i bought a standard feed mag , it was good but i sold it and now i have my very own black teflon p/f retro mag , and im in 11th grade now , and ive played paint ball every weekend since i first started , rain or shine im onthe field , and i love my mag

[~Backdraft~]

The first time I played was at a friends birthday party back in '97. I had a blast. I had rented a prolite pump gun. After that experience it took a few years before I actually got into the sport. In the spring of 2000 I bought my first gun, It was a Spyder TL plus. I also convinced a friend to buy a gun with me so I wasn't alone. (son who won the e-mag.) My dad also bought one. So one weekend son, my dad and me went and played up to my camp in Maine. We just snuck around the woulds shooting each other...it was fun. Then XspyX bought one so we had another player with us. Than some other kid who owns a shocker bought one that we really don't like much. . XspyX and son knows who i'm taklin about. Anyway, we have started gettin into tournaments this spring and hope to continue with our new team Backdraft.

[~Backdraft~]

OH yea, I forgot, We also have another player who bought one. Our team consists of 5 players right now.