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

AGD

06-11-2001, 12:49 AM

All,

Well now that the giveaway is over let's get to know all the new people by posting how and when you got into paintball. For all you new guys, welcome to the AO family and we hope you get to know all of us as we sure would like to get to know you. Remember we run a PG forum here with an emphasis on FRIENDLY, no flames allowed.

I'll go first:

I first heard about paintball in 1985 when some of my friends were playing on their own land in Wisconsin. Well I knew I had to try it so my girlfriend Carol and I drove up and they loaned us two guns (PGP's). Carol wanted to go on the other team. We played the first game and I snuck up on her and told her to SURRENDER!! She looked at me and yelled "I never surrender!" and snap shot me in the leg.... Well saddly enough I played my first game, didn't get a shot off, had the upper hand, and got taken out by my woman. Not a pretty story but it's that cruel reality that makes paintball fun.

After playing a few times that year I bought my first gun, a bolt action Sheridan rifle. After loosing a large customer I went to PMI and talked to them about making a plastic mask which later became the PMI Faceshield and the rest as they say is paintball history.

Tom Kaye

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rythm68

06-11-2001, 12:54 AM

Tom.....
do you ever goto sleep?????? http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

Xzion

06-11-2001, 01:07 AM

well, theres not much to tell in my story, I had been to the CNE (in Toronto) one year, probably like, 6 years ago, and had seen a paintball thing there, where you could rent some stuff and try it, of course I didnt have the time to try it, but was able to watch for awhile (I unfortunatly live 3 hours out of Toronto) a year or so later, I found a paintball magazine in a local book store, and at the time, it hadnt become an addiction yet, something I'l "like to try someday" when I had some money, I picked up a Raptor from the local Wal-Mart, where my friend had gotten a Stingray for christmas the year before.... after about a month of cursing at the Raptor, I took it back to the store, saying it was 'defective' because it broke more paint than it shot (which was somewhat the truth mind you) this pissed my friend off, because for now, he had no body to play against, I spent a year or so more saving, and ended up getting my MiniMag, which I have upgraded quite considerably, and still love to this date... and it actually works well! anyhow, thats my story...

deweasel697

06-11-2001, 02:22 AM

my first time with paintball was about 5 years ago. I went to a get together with some friends and we all went paintball. The first game of the day some old timer told me and my friends to hit hte middle and the rest would take the left and right. SO we listened to him and charged down the middle. Little did we know that when the paint started coming we would all freeze. I was so far down the middle and to scared to pop out that the other team easily lit me up from the side. After that I was hooked, and bought a spyder two days later. I played with that gun until about a month ago when i got my automag. And thats about when I discovered this website.
Weasel

thecavemankevin

06-11-2001, 04:29 AM

mine is quite simple...

once upon a time about 5 or so years ago, some of the guys in my boy scout troop were going to play at a semi-local field called splat zone. So i went with them and rented the typical rental gear (tip. pro-light scott mask). Played that day and had a blast.

Then four about 4 years i would go and play 2-3 times a year and always had fun. Then this past November i played again, and have been playing non stop. This past January i plunked down a bunch of hard earned money and have been going strong with my mag.

see, quite simple and not quite as humilliating as Tom's http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

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Thordic

06-11-2001, 05:56 AM

I had heard of paintball, but for some reason I had just never gone, until one day back when I was in high school, in around 96, a bunch of us (bunch = 40-50) were supposed to go whitewater rafting at WhiteWater Rafting Adventures in Jim Thorpe PA. For those who know, WWRA is also the home of the paintball giant Skirmish. It turned out something happened involving the river that made it impossible to raft, I think it involved the dam, but I don't remember, but somehow they let us all go paintballing instead that day (how they pulled that off without having signed slips from our parents since most of us were under 18 I do no know). Needless to say we had a blast.

I played on and off during high school, our school librarian was a clueless but avid player. He is one of those people who has put piles of money into his Spyder, and thinks its the best gun in the world. But anyway, we used to go every few months or so, and we always had a blast.

Then, sometime last year, me and my friend Jeff decided to go pick up some Spyders, and start going more often. And we did. Then I picked up my MiniMag while Jeff still screams at his Spyder Shutter, and we go all the time.

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S/N MM12913
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Lots of stuff coming...

jarle

06-11-2001, 05:57 AM

Well, the first time I played paintball was august last year. A friend of mine in class had been playing for a while, and wanted me to join. So I did. It turned out so that he was unable to join, so I just played with some others without him. It was a blast, but my economy was really weak at the time, so it took almost half a year before the next time. This was in january this year. This time I played with my friend, and got shot a lot... But it was still great.

I bought my first gun right afterwards. A Tippmann 98. After another couple of times, I bought a Flatline barrel. After another two times, I bought my friends gun, a Minimag. So now, after about 6 months of active playing, I play once a week with a great mag... And I love it!!

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- Jacko Infinity 14"
- PMI Pure Energy 48/3000
- VL Revolution 9v
- ACI Subzero 6-stage
- 299 fps

themani76

06-11-2001, 06:29 AM

My story starts one year ago. My brother and his friends said they wanted to play paintball. They all bought eagle talons while i being the smart gun enthusiast i am did a little research and bougth a stingray. while i wanted a mag from the beginning the initial outlay was just too much. Had the greatest time ever playing outlaw in a lare wooded area. Have wanted to play again but have had a lack of money. This year i found they changed the design of the RT http://www.automags.org/ubb/frown.gif so i figured i should get the old version while i could still find it. I can't wait to go play at a field the first weekend in july when i have money.

btw Stingray is not a bad gun, just needs a little work: new detent ball, new bolt, triggerjob, bottomline, new barrel, and some time to do all this yourself because no airsmith will get near the gun.

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Blue Smear and Chrome Automag RT p/f
Dye 14" BOOMstick
PMI perfect bore Ceramik
Hyperflow 201 68ci 4500
Centerflag Drop forward

Wish List:
V-Force Morph Metallic Blue
Z-Grip

azzkikr

06-11-2001, 06:57 AM

well it was my second year of high school. I bough a stingray2, vl200, 500paintballs and a 9oz co2 tank. I bought it just for kicks and shoot stuff around the house with something ohter than a bb gun. ignorant me thought that the 9oz tank came full, gues what, it wasn't. so next day in class I'm talking to one of my friends about it and another friend overheard me and told me about a paintball store that I could go fill it up. so I went to the store, the owner told me that he has never seen me before and asked me if I played, I said no, I just bought a gun just for kicks. he asked me if I was interested in playing, I said sure I'll try anything once, he told me that they play on sundays after noons. next sunday after work I showed up at the field, everyone was packed up ready to leave, the owner asked me if I was there to play, I said no I don't have my gun with me, he said no problem, if I wanted to play he would supply me with equipment. so he gives me a rental spyder ready to go, a mask and a big jacket(I had a thin t-shirt). there was only 5 of us so the teams were uneven against me(he had an angel and I had the spyder) so the game starts and all of the sudden I see another guy running to bunker me and I shot him(you can imagine my exitement) he took out another guy and the last guy took out my partner, it comes down to a one on one. after about 6 minutes(the ref timed me) I got gogged(by the RT that I now own*evel laugh*) the game ended. the guy that took me out told me that I had never had that much problem taking out a first timer with a rental playing hopper ball. after that afternoon I've been hoked. Later AZZKIKR

Gambit1106

06-11-2001, 07:27 AM

It all strted for me about 4 years ago, a friend of mine asked if I wanted to play a private game. I said sure not knowing what to expect. We played for 4 hours using pump guns thinking that was the best thing ever. Soon after I got hooked now I have been through a spyder, minimag, and now my e-mag and play almost every week. This weekend we played our first tourney the Road to Aruba and missed qualification to the next round by 10 points. There is always next year.

Darren

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Mini Mag, E-Mag, Warp, Freak, Dye Boomstick

This is my E-Mag, when I absolutely, positivly have to paint every M.F. on the field!!!! Accept no substitutes!!!!!!!!!

MagDog68

06-11-2001, 07:35 AM

In my neighborhood there is a large Federal Park that we play in. My first game was in 1987 with a PGP and I think I shot a grand total of 5 tubes (50 balls) in approximately 3 hours.

My first Gun was a Razorback III pump (which I still have). This gave way to an Enforcer then an F-4 Illustrator and finally my first MAG.

I now have two Mags, a Retro Mag a Rainmaker and my Razorback III. I play every Saturday in the Park and have been dubbed 'Field Master' by the store owner who expects me to watch over all play and guide new players.

~Fred

P.S. In early 2000, after playing around with different combinations I found Tom's email address wrote him about the E-Mag. http://www.automags.org/ubb/wink.gif I never thought he would answer, but I have received an answer to EVERY question I have ever sent him. This is why I I love AGD. Dedication to customers. Anytime I see someone looking to purchase a new gun, I always tell them about the Mag and to this day no one who has purchased one on my advice has complained.

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Polished ReTro Mag, Polished Body Rail, Dye Double Trigger 45 Frame w/Pearl Grips, VL Silver Foregrip, 68ci Air America Apocalypse, 12v Revolution, 12" Aluminum Lapco Auto Spirit, 14" J&J Ceramic, 2X Stock 11"
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I'd rather throw paint, than not shoot my MAG!

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DarkRipper

06-11-2001, 08:33 AM

About 8 years ago, in college, several of us would go to the local shop and rent pump guns and masks and go up to the local national forest and play various games. I ended up buying my own mask and stock class pump, a PMI Pirhana. I still own it, but don't have the required spring kits to chrony, so it isn't used much.

I started playing tourny in 96, which is when I bought my first mag, a PF with double trigger. (The old aluminum frame model.) I put a bunch of good and not so good upgrades on it, then sold it to buy a Shocker S/F. Big mistake. I finally got the shocker working, only to trade it and 400 bucks for my first angel LED.
I have gone through 11 other angels since then, but I finally came back to AGD when they went electro.

And that's that.

http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif
DR

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Owned a PF mag in 96.
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Speed_Mag_22

06-11-2001, 08:41 AM

Hey Tom, I remember reading that story in one of the APG's a while back. But the way i got started i was at a friend's house for a project and he showed off his Pirahna to me, man i thought that thing was sweet. Later on, i asked him if we coudl paly sometime and he loaned me his stingray (man the shots go i whirls). Then i switched to a model 98, fixed that up a little bit, and gave it to my older brother. Then i saved up Birthday and Christmas money to finally get my mag about 2 months ago. Man do I love my mag. But anyways I've been playing since last November and, I Love This Game!

Stalker

06-11-2001, 08:54 AM

Pretty much the same.....

I had heard about paintball, and driven past the field I now play at many times. One weekend about 3 years ago my dad went up to play with some friends of his and was hooked. He came home and wanted to order his own gun. I helped him pick out a Spyder SE package. I went up the next weekend for the first time, played with a rental F-2. This team shows up to play with the walk ons, they had many cases of paint, and some guy that would haul extra paint and a video tape the games. They also would not split up. So the ref split teams up, with my team loosing several games in a row. Finally the ref at least gave my team a numerical advantage and we won. I got a nice hopper hit on one of the "team" guys(I learned the phrase Check you hopper very quickly).

After that day, I knew I had to get my own eqiupment. I started looking around, and had I had the $$$$ I probably would have bought a used shocker for some reason. It was the end of the season anyway, so I waited til spring. Spring comes around, played with my dads SE, talked him into getting some upgrades(Revolution, barrel, remote). Then I got my first mag. I couldn't decide on a mag or a cocker, and I decided I would take whatever auction I won first on paintballauction.com, it turned out to be a mag(thank god). Got rid of that mag, and got what I am using now.

RoadDawg

06-11-2001, 08:55 AM

K Well I am new around here and the main reason why I joined this forum is to find out about some ?'s I had on mags. I have been playing probably since 94 or 95. Not really sure though. First gun was a ICD Alley Cat. Now I play with a Spyder Shutter with a boo-yaah ELCD frame and a dye boomstick. Now I realize how nice and easy it is to customize a mag and wish I would of got one instead of my shutter. I am really big into wrestling and hockey. Even though I don't do either. I just watch them. I play paintball whenever I can get out with friends. I am looking to maybe get a team together and go into a beginners tourny. First I want my mag though. http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif As for a job I am a mail clerk for Washington Group International (formerly Morrison Knudson) I live in the Salt Lake City area. Over the years I have gotten to know the guys at the local shop (Pegleg Paintball) I have them to thank cause w/o them I probably wouldn't be playing Paintball still. So with all that said I am glad to be here and I hope to get along w/ everyone on here. Oh and forgive me if I ask stupid questions. I am still learning. Hope to hear from everyone sometime.

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FizNid

06-11-2001, 09:11 AM

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

06-11-2001, 09:47 AM

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

06-11-2001, 09:48 AM

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

06-11-2001, 09:56 AM

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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JesusFreak

06-11-2001, 09:02 PM

Well, I was originally Sting 2041 then COLORShypermag...now I am a born again Christian,so JesusFreak http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

blazingRT

06-11-2001, 10:04 PM

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

06-11-2001, 10:13 PM

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 http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

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. http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif 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 http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

I bought my Automag, 20oz tank, SP Barrel for the bargin basment price later that week for $735 http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif 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

06-11-2001, 10:15 PM

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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Flamebo

06-11-2001, 10:45 PM

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

06-11-2001, 10:47 PM

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

06-11-2001, 11:05 PM

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

06-12-2001, 12:40 AM

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 http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

Mantis

cracyboy

06-12-2001, 03:40 AM

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~

06-12-2001, 05:35 AM

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. http://www.automags.org/ubb/biggrin.gif. 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~

06-12-2001, 05:37 AM

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

User

06-12-2001, 06:17 AM

I first got into paintball 2.5 years ago. I had bought some magazines (had a Stingray II at the time http://www.automags.org/ubb/wink.gif) and had brought them to school to look at them. I found a few friends were interested also, and started playing at the local SuperSports after a purchase of a Spyder TL+.

I later found that I didn't like SuperSports so much, and went to play at Paintball Adventures Park. This field even had 2 SupAir fields (which I only recently found out!) which is pretty rare in MD from what I've seen. I got bored of the Spyder with no upgrades and recieved an Automag P/F just this past Christmas.

In February, I wanted to sell my Automag to get a new marker (at the time, preferrably an Autococker). I started having second thoughts and took a look at some of the electro markers even though I was short about $900.

I took into consideration AGD's service and dedication with their product line as I had seen before on the message boards. This was a factor which would greatly help me to purchase an Automag later. I gathered up a ton of unused stuff (including the 'Mag and Spyder) and auctioned them off on E-Bay. I found I had enough to buy an electro marker, and immediately got caught in a debate between the 'Mag and Angel.

In the end, I picked the E-Micromag. And here I am today http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

rythm68

06-12-2001, 09:19 AM

My obsession started in 89 in my junior year of high school. I saw paintball on a tv show one time and it caught my attention. I looked around and found a field near me in orange county at the time called War Zone. I played my firsts few games (night games) with a PGP until I saved up enough to buy my first gun. It was a Razor Back pump which I bought from Ron Killborn. Then I moved on to a BE Poison semi-auto ( let me tell you a POS http://www.automags.org/ubb/wink.gif ). I then moved onto three different cockers after being sponsored by Budd Orr, two automags in between, a Diablo Joker STP (which I am selling), and finally onto my E-mag. Have been playing ever since. It's funny....I saw this guy around 60 years old playing the other day at SC Village and I wonder if I will be like him still playing?? Probably. http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

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J&J 16/14/10" two piece tilt
Nitro Duck 3000/114
Revy 12V
Warp feed ( hopefully on its way :) )

unseenunheard

06-12-2001, 10:08 AM

my story starts about 3 years ago when myself along with 5 or 6 of my friends were walking around wally-world (wal-mart) at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning and happened through the sporting goods section and saw paintball guns. a couple of my friends bought talons to play around with and later the rest of us along with others did to, we began to run around in the woods just shooting at each other, we didn't even have masks at first but that changed pretty quick after i got shot in the mouth from like 8' and later after the talons kept breaking and we would replace them a friend bought a cheap semi from wally-world. i did a little more research and bought a spyder compact upgraded it and loved it. decided i wanted more and got my minimag and have upgraded it, i now play at the local field every chance i get while my frineds don't even play anymore

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68 Mag

06-12-2001, 10:10 AM

Well, a couple years ago, my local wal mart put Vulcan 5000's on sale. 2 of my friends went, and bought 10-15 of them for 5 bucks each, then started selling them for 10 apiece. I bought one, and started shooting stuff in my backyard. Eventually I got bored, and threw it in a closet. That year we went on vacation to visit one of my friends in Colorado. He had 2 Spyders, and a chrono. He asked me if I knew about paintball. I said yes, and explained about my vulcan. Well, by the time we left, I knew I was hooked. When we got back home, I saved, and saved, and bought a Stingray 2 Players kit. I loved it. I never took it to the field though, cuz 3 weeks after I bought it, I saw an an ad in the paper for 'Spyder, and everything needed to play'. i ended up with a spyder, all american barrel, and 2 co2 tanks, and the mask that came with my Ray. The very next saturday, I packed all my stuff in a big plastic cooler and headed to the field, only to find it closed. The field owner plays on Team Confused, and he had a tourney that weekend. Well, I went back a week later. I played all day, and had a blast. As I was leaving, he gave me the latest issue of APG. In it, I saw something. Something I knew I had to have. I saw a picture of a player kneeling in the grass of the staging area with a mag. I knew I had to have one. Two months before Christmas 2000, I walked into the shop and saw it. A used classic p/f, with x-chamber and 2 barrels for 400 bucks. I began to beg my parents, until my dad got sick of it and said 'Fine. Here's what we'll do. You get half the money by christmas, and it's yours.' I worked and beged, but on December 23'd, I had 75 bucks. We went to my grandmother's that day, nd for some reason that I'll prolly never understand, she gave me 125 bucks to get the gun. That very day my mom and I went and bought it. I got it home, hooked up my remote and 20oz, and started shooting. I have been playing ever since, and my team won the local three person tournament last month.

Mega Man

06-12-2001, 10:18 AM

The first time I played was 3 1/2 years ago. My friend first told me about it. So of course I had to go out and try it. So he and I went out to a local feild one day and played a couple games. Then I started getting hooked. My parents got me a stingray for Christmas but luckly I had a paintball magazine by them and they returned it and got me a tippmann 98. Then about a year after I got the flatline barrel. After that I started playing like crazy! I played speedball, and big games like D-Day, and just out back in my feild. Then the day dawned upon me and the heavens sent me an Automag last Christmas. and thats about it.

Mega Man

06-12-2001, 10:18 AM

Mojojojo

06-12-2001, 12:33 PM

around 5 yrs ago, my older brother got into it, brought some apg's home.. i broozed thru them seeing what it looked like, not knowing a thing about p.ball, then about a week or so later my brother had his first game, where we still,play to the day....so i decided hey why not get into the game and see if i liked it...so i sold some stuff, saved my money, and bought a *drum roll please*.........a b.e. talon players kit,(comes w/ a mask, hopper, and so on and so forth) so, i played against my younger brothers, and w/ my older brother and his friends, all fun and games....til i sold the talon for about 1/2 of how much i bought it for, then i purchased a old edge semi, nice gun but very heavy, that gave me nothing but trouble but i keep playing w/ it....i played w/ it for about 3 months........then one day, i was looking thru the trib and saw a rainmaker(i only had it from oct til december..) for about 125, and i thought wow good deal,i bought it, it worked perfectly...until, it started to goo up on me, and then i messed w/ it, got it working, and bought a aci barrel for it.......very nice purchase............but i wasn't satisfied, and talked to my local shop owner about trading it in, for another gun....i looked around and found my automag i have to the day, and love playing w/........now i hold rec games up on my hill where there use to be a house....we play about 11-12 times a yr....

That is my story i hope you enjoyed it http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

Eric

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frgood

06-12-2001, 01:07 PM

MY story begins about a year and a half ago. My son was turning ten last January (2000) and asked if we couild have his birthday party and paintball world (Orlando). My wife and I were dead set against it. We did not want our kids goin' nuts with guns. He did beg for about a month to do this. I did break down a little. My thinking was; we'll go play and the first time he gets hit he'll cry and this nonsense would be over with.
So... On the eventful day. We go to play. Our first game is what I would call a mad free for all. We did have two teams 20-30 each side. Played on their hyperball field. and paint is everywhere. I get nailed in the nuts soon after the break (note to self wear cup next time). My son plays most of the game and we make a day of it. Monday morning Ipicked up a paintball magazine. by Wednesday I had purchased my minimag. I played 2-3 times a week. When I got home (I travelled for work) Chris and I played on the weekends. We are hooked and now are trying to figure out how to get my 8 year old to play

The Taoist

06-12-2001, 04:13 PM

Well, lets see, it was about 2 years ago that i saw a posting on my office door at work for a managment paintball tourny. I jumped at the chance to eliminate all of my work stress and some of the managment types that piss me off. After that, i played about 5 more times, before investing in an RT and Some good Gear. Ever since than i have been playing about 2-3 times a month, and have even talked my Girlfriend into playing with me most weekends. I enjoy the comraderie that paintball instills in my relationship with her and my other friends.

luckypaintball

06-12-2001, 11:05 PM

hmmmmm'
played my first game in december of 97
i still remember it perfect
it was a woods game and they blew the wistle, i didnt know what to do so i just ran behind the first tree
i remember someone told me watch the flag, and my goggles had gotten so fogged up tis not even funny, so i saw something moving around the flag, and i just shot as fast as i could and didnt stop until i heard a yell of "HEY QUIT IT!!", turns out it was the ref...
none the less i didnt get hit once that entire day and i hit about 3 or 4 ppl

cphilip

06-12-2001, 11:27 PM

Gee I wish I had a story...Well I supose I could just make one up huh? So here goes:

I was born on a Speedball field in South Carolina. My mother went into labor just after bunkering a guy. They didn't call it bunkerin back then. It was called "Oh ****'n" someone. Know why. Thats what they would say when you popped up over the hay bale and was about to smack em with a paintball up side the head. No wonder huh? Anyway what was I sayin?...Oh yea...The prize was always a young Pig or a Chicken or something back then. Now this was back in 1956. So they used real paint, oil based I think, no wipin in them thar days... yessiree there wasn't..oh yea..where was I?... and they rolled this paint into balls themselves and blew it out of a hollowed out water pipe with their mouths. Not many know of this early editon of Paintball. Most of the evidence is long lost. Or forgotten. And now for some reason Mom was real popular in High school for that talent. For some reason. I forget why. So anyways... I grew up on that thar field with homemade Paintballs flying around. Duckin and dashin to the dinner table and into the bath till I got old enough to get the Hell away from there. And make somthin of myself. Did I ever tell you kids the story of when I went off to College? ...oh well thats another thing all together. Now where was I? Oh yea...Never went back to the sport until just recently. My Kid started playing and tellin me about this thing called Painball... Or I though he said Painball... My hearing ain't so good and I don't always get it jsut right the first tiem. Mostly its my left side although my right side can be trouble if the pitch is real high and ...Sorry where was I? Oh yea...so I wasn't realy interested in this Painball thingy...you see I got this bad back and my knee's...well...anyway...So he says "no Daddy, PAINT ball!". I said to him "Son we played that back in 56!" Why I was born on a Paintball field"... I says...See thats where that phrase first got started yep! It was me. I invented all kinds of those. Like this one:"Don't let the front door hit ya where the good Lord split ya". Yep, that was mee too. And...um...well back to my story...He says "**** Daddy you are a liar for sure". I says "well Son, maybe so... maybe so". So later I buys myself a Gun and joins him out there. Just nie abouts a year ago. A mag of course. Heard they was good. Earnie said so. Earnie has the local Hardware store you see. He sells a lot of stuff. Screws, Bolts, Chicken feed, fertilizer, wheel barrows, hoes, rakes...well...all kinds of stuff. Did I ever tell you the one about the time Earnie and Luther played paintball? I gotta tell that one some day. Now what was I talkin about...

Just goes to show you that the more things change the more they stay the same huh? I invented that one too! Didn't know that did ya?

http://www.automags.org/ubb/wink.gif Thats my story, what yers? http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

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TheBigRaguPB4L

06-12-2001, 11:34 PM

a few of my friends that i worked with used to come in all the time with poison ivy from playing paintball. they asked me if i wanted to play but i just thought it seemed kinda dumb with getting all that poison ivy(wish i could smack myself). They kept asking me to play, untill i eventually just said i would. figured i'd try it, had nothing better to do. I played with a m98 and was hooked(even though this guy i shot 3 times in the back wiped and swore he didn't get shot). I went and bought a used spyder from one of the guys i played with(wish i could hurt him for selling me that pos). He got a RT. i saw how that shot and i wanted to get a mag so bad(although, somehow he got his RT shooting consistantly at about 375). i played with them for not quite 2 years in this old sump. slowly they started to lose interest but not me. Now i'm the only one from that group that still plays. very sad to see such a lack of dedication. i went to the field when they stopped and i recently joined a team. i've been through about 8 guns in my time. first was a spyder, went to a mag, a pgp, sl-68 II pump, bob long millenium(looking to sell it), bob long defiant(traded for a minimag), and my latest was just hooking up a retro mag. my last project for a gun is a z-body mag all cromed out possibly with a retro valve. haven't decided. but i have a while to go until that will ever happen so for now, i'll stick with my with my 2 mags. I have about $3000 in credit card bills from paintball, but it's most definitely worth it.

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My girlfriend said that if i bought another paintball gun, she'd leave me........ I sure am going to miss her.

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billmi

06-12-2001, 11:40 PM

<font face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rythm68:
Tom.....
do you ever goto sleep?????? http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif</font>

Tom only sleeps during the day :-)

See you on the field,
-Bill Mills

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Producer, Paintball Television - http://www.PigTV.net

TheBigRaguPB4L

06-12-2001, 11:42 PM

wouldn't it be cool to have a story about first starting paintball and you were one of the ones that kinda actually started paintball like tom?

Cphillip, i just have one word to say, WHOA.

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My girlfriend said that if i bought another paintball gun, she'd leave me........ I sure am going to miss her.

billmi

06-12-2001, 11:45 PM

An Excerpt from a biography I was asked to write (and was touching up, while browsing this thread....

Bill Mills first heard about paintball through an article in Games Magazine in 1983. He knew that at his first opportunity he would play. That chance came in 1986 during his first year of college, and he was immediately hooked. The next year, he met Dawn Lindsey and shared his obsession. The two played regularly while dating, and eventually married, while Bill studied Radio and Television Broadcasting, and Dawn studied History and Anthropology.

Being employed by the Computer Services Department at California State University, Fresno, the pair were using the Internet as a medium to discuss paintball in the late 1980s. Both took part in the voting process to create the rec.sport.paintball newsgroup.

While still in college, the two formed Corinthian Media Services. They provided graphic art design, computer consulting, video production, and video training services, as well as the design of touch screen based information systems.

In 1992, a fellow university employee, Steve Mitchell began archiving paintball articles and information from to an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server. Additional paintball photos and articles were created specifically for the server by the Mills. In 1994, Mitchel made the ftp material available via a webserver on his desktop workstation. Its web address was http://warpig.cati.csufresno.edu, and it was the first web site about the sport of paintball. As the site grew, Bill and Dawn contributed content and designed graphics. In 1995, leaving his position at the university for a job in the aerospace industry, Mitchell gave the site to Corinthian Media Services.

At the time, the web site was being accessed 7,000 times per week by users. The internet was still relatively new, with most users being at universities or technology companies. The Mills realized they were doing something special when they read an article about a major beer company which was thrilled at the 4,000 hits per week received by its nationally advertised web site.

Little did they know, WARPIG would be serving over 3 quarters of a million files each day and moving over 500 Gigabytes of raw data each month by the year 2000.

With the encouragement of Action Pursuit Games magazine editor Randy Kamiya and International Paintball Player's Association president, Jessica Sparks, Bill and Dawn began taking the web site seriously as a publication, as well as writing for traditional paintball magazines.

See you on the field,
-Bill Mills

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Technical Editor, World And Regional Paintball Information Guide - http://www.WARPIG.com
Producer, Paintball Television - http://www.PigTV.net

Blue 88

06-13-2001, 08:43 AM

bought a couple talons mailorder in 5th grade (thought they were encredably expensive) and here i am now a sophmore in high school, paintball just kinda snowballed for me.

DarkPhoenix

06-13-2001, 09:26 AM

I started in paintball when I was in the seventh grade, at a carnival of all places. One of the attractions was a sort of speedball type paintball course. The guns that we were given were the type you had to press from the back to cock them (splatmasters?) It was fun, we had several tries at it, though there was no face masks like we do today.

MNMINIMAG

06-13-2001, 01:17 PM

It was about three years ago, I was in Wal-mart standing in line at the registers. A co-worker of mine came up to me and asked me to buy pantballs for him (he was only 17). I did, and he told me about the games and where they played. I told him to bring his gun in the next time he worked. Two days later we worked together and he brought in his Spyder Compact A. After work, around midnight, we were in the parking lot and he fired off a couple shots at a sign by my car as I was walking towards it. The next day everyone was asking me if I had witnessed the shooting in the parking lot the night before. OOPS! After about a month of research I ordered my first gun. A Minimag with Package B, mask and tank upgrade, and a remote line from 888 Paintball.

eddie88

06-13-2001, 05:29 PM

Well I want to say thanks again for the WARP
that AGD is sending me.
My friend got me into paintball about 6 months back and i am hooked. Also they closed all the gun ranges in my town.

z_mann_z

06-13-2001, 05:48 PM

My paintball career started in '97. one of my friends shot me with his marker when we were playing around with it. It was an old PGP he got at apawn shop. The next day, against the word of my father (I was twelve), I went to the same place and bought a shot out Lapco Grey Ghost. We played all day the next day in his back yard. It was rudimentary (no hoppers and no masks). we used ski goggles. Two weeks later, I went and bought a BE raptor. Now, I am starting my own paintball business, and have nearly twenty grand invested in the sport. I live paintball. Scoob

randomboy

06-13-2001, 06:10 PM

Me and my close friends had always thought paintball was cool, and something we'd like to try, but never really did until a few of them bought guns in October last year. They played several times before I even caught on, and they invited me to play.

So I borrowed a kids Spyder compact 2000 (worse crap than the TL+ I'd later buy) and had a 9 oz day of fun. I think I bought my gun about 2 days later. Played maybe a dozen times between the middle of November and late December. Sold the Spyder, bought a classic mag, and then proceeded to get T-boned at an intersection a few days after getting my mag and 48/3000 flatline tank, so that was sold before I ever got to gas it up and shoot it. 6 months later, and I should be getting a p/f retromag, scuba fill station and some other junk in the mail middle of next week, this summer is gonna kick some azz http://www.automags.org/ubb/wink.gif

rehowse

06-13-2001, 06:33 PM

i started about 16 years ago on a company outting. it was a team building exercise, hell of a lot of fun. we used old pgps and splatmasters. i was hooked after that. 1st gun a nelspot 007, tricked out with a plastic pump, cut-out grip for quick change co2 cartridge and an extended feed tube, from there a bushmaster deluxe (courtesy of Bad Company of MD) then a tippman pro-am,pro- light, 1st automag, minilite, 2nd automag (tourney gun complete with 8-hole mod) then i took a break from paintball for approx 2 years to fix finacial situation from bad relationship, got a mod98r/t (now my backup gun) and presently with gun in signature. happy to be back!

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wellsw

06-13-2001, 09:23 PM

I bought my son and I Talons for christmas 2 years ago... we would go out into the desert and play one on one... we had a blast ... about 4 months later I bought a pair of Piranahs and we used them for about a year... ill never forget my first real game.. in Albaquirque NM... there were about 30 players .. a heck of a lot different from 1 on 1... about a year ago I got my mag and my son worked all summer to buy a Nova 700 we both love them and now we play on a team. it has been a great father son thing for us.

Dayspring

06-13-2001, 11:20 PM

I remember like it was yesterday. It was my freshman year in college. We went to Skirmish USA in the fall of 1996. First time. So that was really cool. Then my school sponsored a trip out there that spring. I was hooked. I then went to the 24 Hour Scenario that year (Mission MIA) and when I was able to, I ran the trips from then until I graduated. I increased our turnout from 18 to 40 over the course of a few years. I play regularly at Skirmish when I make the hike, and renegade down south of my house. It's become a way of life anymore!

Yipe

06-13-2001, 11:47 PM

I love story time!

June 1988. I played my first game of paintball on the last day of school my sophomore year. I was fifteen years old at the time. My group of friends had played a few times before and owned their own guns – no one called them markers back then, and everyone fired red-filled paintballs. They had a mixture of Nel-Spots, Sheridan rifles with real wooden stocks and the latest and greatest, a Splatmaster Rapide that was capable of semi-automatic fire. I, on the other hand, did not own any paintball equipment, not even a pair of goggles, and I had no idea what the game really entailed. All I knew is that I had wanted to play a game like this my entire life. To creep through the woods relying upon my superior skills of stealth and cunning, to stalk someone down until you could hear them breathing and then – smack! My days of dart guns and Lazer Tag would be a thing of the past. The time had come to play a real man’s game…

My high school buddies, who always had my best interests at heart, convinced me that a wrist rocket and orange-tinted ski goggles would work just fine against their guns. Trusting their judgment implicitly, I went down to the local army surplus store and purchased 100 paintballs, complete with 10-round tubes, for the inexpensive price of $10.00. Unfortunately, the store had sold out of red, so I had to settle on orange. No matter, soon my friends would be covered in orange splats!

Rushing home, my best friend and I took out the paintballs, cradling them in our hands in amazement. The shells were hard, almost like plastic, and a little slimy. We rolled them around his kitchen table for over half an hour, and then decided to test them out in my backyard. Making sure our parents knew nothing of our plans, I borrowed my friend’s slingshot and we fired off three paintballs at the back of my garage. They broke on the white wall, leaving behind a goopy orange substance. Cool! Of course, loading them into the wrist rocket was time consuming, and the paintballs had a tendency to fall out before I could fire. Plus, I quickly learned I was not a very good shot. That didn’t bother me though, because my Ninja-skills would surely make up for my lack of marksmanship.

Next up, I needed to put together my paintball uniform and equipment. My options were limited so I had to be creative. I owned a pair of woodland camouflage pants, some beat-up tennis shoes and a wide-brimmed booney hat that matched my pants. I did not have a camouflage jacket, so I wore a long sleeve shirt with a black T-shirt over the top. To hold my 10-round tubes I used an old army surplus web-belt with a medic’s pouch hooked to the side. As my secret weapon of stealth, I borrowed the black hood and pullover facemask of my older brother’s mail order Ninja outfit, along with the black bracers to cover my forearms and hands. Perfect. I knew those hours of watching martial arts movies had prepared me for paintball.

The four of us drove out to a place called Sauvie Island, a large chunk of land on the Columbia River that would later become a wildlife reserve. But today, Sauvie Island would serve as my hunting grounds. The terrain consisted of waist-high grass, thick blackberry bushes, thin deciduous trees and sand dunes. As we prepared our gear, my friends took out 12gram Co2 cartridges and heated them up with lighters, telling me this made their guns shoot faster. No problem I told myself, they would never see me coming so it didn’t matter how fast their guns shot.

The time had come to play, so we split into two-man teams, with one group staying by the car and the other hiding in the woods. I strapped on my ski goggles and instantly the world turned a peculiar amber. Discerning different colors would not be easy through this lens. My friends put on their goggles as well, and I noticed that some of them had wire mesh, like a pair of shop goggles. When I asked why they were using wire mesh goggles, they told me the mesh never fogged up. I asked my friends what happened when they were shot in the face, and they said they simply closed their eyes before the paintball hit them. Their explanation seemed logical to me and I made a mental note to buy a pair for next time. Soon after that day however, we would dub the wire mesh “suicide goggles” for obvious reasons.

For my first game, my teammate positioned me on a steep sand dune ridge that cut through the middle of a heavily forested area. The top of the ridge had a small path that ran back to the main road so we figured the opposing team would follow that route. I laid down flat, tearing up some ferns and other weeds to cover my head and arms. Minutes passed, and the combination of sun, black Ninja hood and adrenaline began to fog up my ski goggles. I was trying to wipe away the sweat from my forehead when my teammate told me to sit still and be quiet! He motioned that the other team was crawling through the woods on the other side of the sand dune embankment – they were trying to flank us. I hunkered down, took out a paintball and loaded the wrist rocket. Time seemed to stand still when suddenly an enemy player peered over the sand dune not six feet from me! I sat up, pulled back the slingshot and fired… only to see the orange paintball lob over the opposing player’s head at a pathetic speed. Realizing I was in a bad spot, I tried to scurry down the sand dune into the safety of the forest while reloading my slingshot, but the paintball fell into the sand. A moment later, I felt as if someone had hurled a large rock at the top of my head very, very hard. Ouch! I curled up into a ball and called myself out. When the danger of getting shot again had passed, I walked back to the car to wait for the game to end. Apparently, my skills at stealth and cunning were not all they were cracked up to be. I did manage to fire my slingshot one other time in the next four hours, though I never hit anyone. After hearing my tale, my dad took pity on me and bought me a Rapide and 1000 red paintballs for my 16th birthday – conveniently when my mom was out of town. I’ve been hooked on this sport ever since.

the123

06-14-2001, 12:02 AM

I remember back in 87' or so when Gotchya! the sport came out featuring Jim McMahon (Bears QB at the time) on the commercial. My dad ened up buying one and just shot it around the house, at me when I was bad, etc.
I was never allowed to play with that gun http://www.automags.org/ubb/frown.gif
then Nintendo came out with Gotchya! that worked with the light zapper gun. I loved it but was still too young to play REAL ball. It wouldn't be till 99 before I actually shot my own paintball gun. Me and 3 buddies all bought Stingray 2 guns and played. My buddy lifted his mask to clean off the fog and got hit dead in the lower lip! OUCH! He was ok, well enough in fact to attack me for his stupidity. Well, I had so much fun, I have been playing ever since. I upgraded to a RT in 2000 and to an E-Mag in 2001. Very happy indeed.

mikey101

06-14-2001, 09:46 AM

well I first started in 96 when my aunt sent me a talon and some paint for christmas. me and my brother both got one and played 1 on 1 and thought it was the best ever! we played a few times more but quit playing throught out the whole summer. i then moved to the mountains and found that all of my friends played but they all had semi's like stingrays and spyders, i wanted to play so i went down to the store and bought a spyder and we played every weekend that we could. i just recently bought my mag and we continue to play every weekend!! http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

N2BUNKERBALL

06-14-2001, 07:38 PM

Got out of the Army played pantball with my brothers rec field and bam now im NOV with an electro. My nubie rookie days i used a Mini Mag. It has many trophys. Well now it is a Defiant but hey the Mini still gets used when i play Rec ball in the jungle.

Nubie Rookie Team Headhunters
Novice Team Kellys Heros

Kelly Jung
Tulare Ca.

www.centralvalleypaintball.com (http://www.centralvalleypaintball.com)

adam68c

06-15-2001, 02:28 AM

I only started around Christmas. Just before Christmas my friend bought a BE Blade. We used to do dumb punk things with it(shoot street signs and the plastic deer at a golf course). There were about 3 of us. Then one of ny friends gat a stingray for 30$. We were all in awe at the semi. I borowed a ray from a college bound friend. Then the guy with the blade got a ray for Christmas. We played in the woods with about to layers of clothes on. We finally went to the paintball store to check it out. The owner asked us what kind of guns we had and then told us that we would soon upgrade. I didnt believe I was just in it for fun. But the more we pllayed we releazed how much ray lagged. I bought a used spyder 1. It was a good gun. My friends bought piranas (sts). Believe me a used spyder 1 is a lot better than a new pirana. We played with those for a while and then I finally got a mag. The first time I used it was at a tournement. We actually won it. We beat guys with tribals and hardcore autocockers.I was happy with my mag but my friends were looking into getting new guns. They of course got the cocker bug even though i dropped hints about mags.We played in2 more tournys since then won one and got spanked in the other.One of my friends finally bought a new gun. A 98 cocker. First time he played with it was in a tourny last sunday. It broke down 2 out of 3 games.I got a good laugh out of that. In this tourny we got shut down hard. I saw my first angel. Cool gun.Couple ppl playing full auto but there I was tripping them out with my mag with Z-grip high rof.

PS I think AGD should pay me some commison or at least get me some free stuff LOL LOL.
When Igot my mag there was one other player with one that I knew about on the Island(Kauai) now there is many many with a bunch in the works mostly because of me

sajohnston

06-15-2001, 03:25 AM

Good thread....

First game was around 88/89 in Daytona Beach,FL. My high school buds (all of us going military) asked me to play. After getting warmed up (actually smoked a time or two) I learned to play with 2 splatmasters at once (cock one against my hip while firing the other). My aggressive (although freaky) wild-west style prompted the Echo 2 Rangers to ask me to join their team. We made routine pilgrimages to Ocala, FL for the now famous 24hr scenario games. I remember when the Jax Warriors numbered about 20 and wore some sort of weird custom camo that had yellow in it. Those days were fun- some guys using slingshots, the "rich" guys had nelson autotriggers. The game really changed with the semis- if you had $$$ you could come and spray paint all day. This is why I still love stock class games...

From 88-91 my gun evolution was:

-Splatmaster, Nightmare, Nelson 007, Phantom (still own), Tippman SMG 68, Factory modded my SMG 68 into a 68 Special (still own), and a thump gun (one of those homemade potato cannons turned paintball shotgun), Para Ordinance Mod-85 (still own).

In '91 I went off to college (ROTC) and my stuff went into storage for about 7-8 years as I began moving with the Army. Eventually my brother-in-law came across my boxes during a move and asked if he could use it. My stuff on loan got a whole bunch of Georgia boys into the sport and they asked me to come play when I visited home one trip. After a day of trading paint with my old phantom vs. the new semis I was again hooked. I did some research for a new gun and the decision was simple- Automag. I remembered the AGD name and was attracted by its simplicity and ruggedness. Bought a BBT Pro Mag in 99 and it has evolved from there.

I am stationed in South Korea now, so paintball opportunities are limited to say the least. Some of the MWR (Morale Wellfare and Recreation) offices of the Posts/Bases have paintball fields, and I play rec when I visit home (now Georgia) so occasionally I get a fix. I stay on these forums so I don't loose track of the sport like I did before. I am done with the Army after this tour and will settle down in GA, working in the family business. I have a son on the way (Aug) and look forward to introducing him to the sport in a few years. The group of guys who brought me back to the sport want to start an amateur team when I get back...Can't wait!

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"Life is tough but it is even tougher if you're stupid!"

Euro Powerfeed Retromag w/Flatline and ELCD

[This message has been edited by sajohnston (edited 06-15-2001).]

hitmanng

06-22-2001, 12:12 AM

I think CPhillip killed this thread with his yarn above but "her's my stoy".

I saw my first paintball gun in about 90. I shot it at a friends house at a few trees and was amazed at the speed and range. I always wanted to play and never had the chance. Then in the summer of 1999 me and the wife are watching the public television auction and see these paintball passes. I say I always wanted to do that and bid and bought 4 for and indoor place and 4 for an outdoor place. Well I didn't use them forever. Finally around May 2000 I give four of them to an exchange student from Norway for his birthday. He gives them back when he left because we never got around to going. Then around september 2000 maybe the new exchange student from Germany says lets go so we find a group of 4 and go play. It was a complete blast. I went home, got on e-bay and bought $600.00 worth of paintball equipment. The rest is history. I still have a pass for 4 good till July 2001 what are you doing this weekend? http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif
Hitmanng

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"I would rather hit once than miss 140 times."

rfung

06-25-2001, 02:46 PM

me and my bro used to be into those games (warhammer, battletech, shadowrun, oh those days) so one day this guy comes in and has a case, he opens it and we see this pistol like gun - a PGP. A couple weeks later, we decide to go and play with them, we get the rentals (PGP), we load them up with balls and 12oz cartridges, and I shoot one at a tree. WHOA! This is cool!..so there I am thinking, man, im gonna play stealth like a ninja, shoot straight like a marksman ..so the game starts, and we're downhill and we have to charge against a house. As soon as we're in range, balls start zipping by us in fast sequence - some guy had a VM, and they were using it to good measure!..I pop out 2 or 3 times , shoot my suddenly not so powerful PGP into the air, and duck again. I crawl back, and decide to look for another way up. I was circling a sequoia girthed bush, when I hear some noise behind me. I turn around, see this guy at about 10" away, lift my gun, shoot him right smack in the middle of the goggles. What a rush!...

Unfortunately the other games that day weren't so good, since I didnt hit anyone. I played a couple more times with those guys. That was back in Portugal. I came to the US, and the bug got to me and my bro again, I started off with an F4 and my bro got a Mag. Teh F4 has a pretty good reputation, but I was jealous of the compactednses and silence of my bro's mag, so I eventually sold the F4 and got myself a Mag, about a month ago, off Ebay. I been experiencing some bolt getting stuck, and I'm wondering if this is because I'm using CO2 and shooting too fast....wait..that, is material for another post...

mykroft

06-25-2001, 03:10 PM

well, I played first in the fall of '96 at some field out in Gananoque, Ontario,renting a pump with a college buddy of mine and some of his friends. Bought a Spyder off a friend in the fall of 99, and began to play seriously, bought a Mag of the same friend in July 2K, and we spent the next nine weekends playing, now I have a 99 Cocker as my main gun, but it's getting sold for a BM2K or Defiant. The mag isn't going anywhere, I love that damned gun.

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Mykroft Holmes IV

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My Mag:
CF11023
Classic Feed
16" CP .689
Ring trigger
WGP Reg, Remote

Accuracy By Volume is not the answer

LawFox32

06-25-2001, 05:52 PM

Well lets see, my first experience w/ paintball was hearing about it from a friend and i think lookin at an APG and I was like sweet!!! I wanna go shoot people!!! That was about November 99, and Christmas was coming up and I hadn't really told my parents what I wanted to get for a kinda big present so I was like I want a Paintball Gun!! After some research online and such I went w/ my father to a local shot call Top Gun Paintball, they support the Sho-Guns or somethin like that if you have heard of them. Well Christmas came and I opened package w/ a Tippmann Model 98 in it and i was so excited, i got a Black JT Spectra and a 9oz Co2 tank. I also got about 500 paintballs. I shot them all that day. So I went with a few friends to play my first game behind some dudes house. Well i guess i did ok, I was shot up a few times, shot in the knuckle from about 20 feet, but shot the other guy in the head. Well I sort of lost interest for about a year and then a friend of mine some how heard of Paintball and was like yeah i got a stingray you wanna play and i was like ok. He had set up a small woods field near him and we played and it re-lit the fire for paintball. Well for my Birthday my gift was half of a Model 98 and Flatline. Well I was all happy about the Flatline and then the pressure in my air tank was goin down and was like this isn't very good, and also everyone was like play back play back and I do not enjoy back. Well so about 3 weeks ago I decided to sell all of my Tippmanns and the Flatline and get a cocker and nitro, well after hearing a huge debate over Mags and Cockers I was most likely won over by this forum, even though many of the opinions stated are biased. Well I am very close to getting my mag and Flatline nitro. I cannot wait. Well thats my story. I will get pics of my mag as soon as possible to show you guys the new baby.