The post I thought I would never make

[punkncat]

this is an attitude problem, mostly,

No, I am sorry this

is not specifically a problem with my attitude...although apparently it is causing one....

[VTLO910]

No, I am sorry this

is not specifically a problem with my attitude...although apparently it is causing one....

Yeah, you totally need to get rid of those BOBO Shoes...lol

[drg]

No, I am sorry this

is not specifically a problem with my attitude...although apparently it is causing one....

I am aware of your condition and yes, you are facing an attitude problem. Basically you think you are better than you are right now. Note that the word attitude is not inherently bad, it simply means a way of looking at things.

Some players are perfectly healthy and never move from home bunker. Can you crawl okay? Maybe you could develop a new style of play where you basically play on the ground the whole game. Once you get to the snake your disadvantage is gone. Unorthodox but hey you can refine it on the rec field.

[flyingpootang]

I also quit playing tourney awhile ago because I didn't want to loose out on my kids growing up. After that I faded away from paintball for a couple of years. I just started getting back into it a year ago and have to admit I have bought more markers over the past year than actually played. If my count is right I went about 3-4 times in 12 months. I too was bored with walk-ons when I started replying, but I found out if played pump or with a pistol I it was a bit more challenging.

[SkinnyHare]

aw, hey, give the rec-ball another go. when you play for a bit and get 2 or 3 guys you hit it off with, it's a blast.

where i was, it was really disorganized for a while and had the whole "every man for himself" thing going on... really it was quite chaotic. after a few months everyone figured out who they worked well with and so you'd have 15 or 20 guys on each side that would break down into these little "mini teams" that had their own strategies and styles of play that worked for them.

my close buds and i, we gave the whole speedball/tourney thing a go and just really weren't happy with it. the pressure to play well and win eventually turned us off to the whole thing. we just weren't having as much fun because of the constant pressure to win, win, win. for us, rec-ball was just about going out to play for fun and not care who snags the flag or eliminates the other team... but organized play, that wasn't fun because it was all about performance and stats. with rec-ball, when we'd screw something up, no biggie, it just gave us something to laugh about in between games.



edit to avoid a 2x post...

http://www.paintballstar.com/pn/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=7&page_id=415

i only bring up Dale 'cause he's cool. i spent many of my younger years playing on one of his fields.

edit yet again: not to make fun, but you really need to play with a on when you go to the field. yar!

[punkncat]

I am aware of your condition and yes, you are facing an attitude problem. Basically you think you are better than you are right now.

This is something to think on for a minute.

[drg]

This is something to think on for a minute.

And just to be clear, I don't mean that in a meanspirited way. It is probably especially difficult because the change occurred relatively suddenly rather than a gradual tailing off of physical ability. But the facts "on the ground" so to speak are that even though you consider rec ball beneath you, you are unable to compete at a higher level (right now), so it's a matter of adjusting your expectations and perspective.

[d4m4don3]

No, I am sorry this

is not specifically a problem with my attitude...although apparently it is causing one....

You're not the 1st.

http://www.peglegpaintball.com/about.html

I watched this guy play the huntington beach pump tourney. He moved pretty well and gave the opponents a run for their money. Don't be distraught fight on!

[drg]

You're not the 1st.

http://www.peglegpaintball.com/about.html

I watched this guy play the huntington beach pump tourney. He moved pretty well and gave the opponents a run for their money. Don't be distraught fight on!

That is the 'Dale' being referred to above.

[punkncat]

I have actually talked with and run into quite a few people that play with different disabilities.

Thanks much for all of your advice. I think for now it would be best for me to just give things a bit more time and consideration before I do something brash. Yesterday I pushed myself harder and longer than I had up to this point and am paying a high price for it today.

[d4m4don3]

ahh didn't realize that until I read the rest of the thread.

[TnDeathInc]

pick up on a scenario team that plays recreationally. You have a spot on our team any time. I stopped playing tournys about the timei tore my hamstring, then i healed, then i had a daughter, and i wanted to play for fun again, no more practice except walkon on sat and sun. I think as with anything you need to vary itr up. there are even so old pros and current pros playing rec and scenario to break the monteny.

I feel the same thing with my taekwondo. I been doing it for 21 years come May. I have been the 2nd best in the nation, and i have been dead last, more of the later after tearing the hamstring and putting on the extra 30 lbs. but i had to change the way i think, and my master instructor told me this i think it may help.....

You dont have an electric guitar no more you body has changed you cant just wail on it, you have a differ instrument now, experienced one, one that has to be warmed up, a violin per say. Not to say you cant play a winning and great masterpiece, it just has a different tune, -as soon as you realize that the less time you'll spend restringing.

that may be a little garbled but i wanted to post tis to a good friend from my black berry


/hugs brother

[mostpeople]

punk there are other types of paintball you can play

Why not join a more mil-sim oriented team?

I have a story for you, maybe you'll like it..

I was playing SPPL 2 years ago I think? And our team was pretty good, we placed somewhere in the upper part of middle. Regardless there was 1 team, that really worked together really had their **** down as far as teamwork - in fact we learned something from them that my old team uses to this day, they would yell out something like 'eagle 1' whenever they killed somone, to let the whole team know the count, and eagle 2 for 2 guys just killed, etc..

Anyways the team I am talking about had a guy who just LOVED the sport and the idea of teamwork, and paintball, and having fun - and those are the best kinds of players right?? Anyways the guy was maybe 300 lbs, not very mobile at all, and a big guy to boot maybe your height? Anyways he functioned as the team leader, he stayed back, and worked his way up with his crew, and he played as the heavy support guy. He had like 10 pods, an e-gripped A-5, and a rocket launcher with the 10 rds on it. This guy was decked out to play... but like I said not very agile/mobile/fast. This guy had so much fun though - he didnt have to run around, he didnt have to slide, he played the game with the skillset he was given, he led his team because he could read the field.

If I were you I would stop playing that speedball stuff - which is fun, and get into team play and or woodsball/recball. Go back to the sport of paintball, not speedball/X.

[halB]

Been there. Done that. I'm 6'2. And I MESSED UP my left leg doing one fateful slide. It took me one full year of stretching and re-tearing the muscle before I got it back to where it was. I mean that thing was messed up. I couldn't push off. I couldn't run. You better believe I couldn't kneel or squat.

So I changed my game. I had always been a front player, and I became a mid player (still don't have enough money to be a back player.)

Now, I walk off the break. I don't run. I'm pretty good at longballing, so I stick around to lay down ropes and I also get to see where the other team goes. And then I nonchalantly walk to me bunker. I only do the standups. Well, I only did. My leg is better now (after one whole freaking year!)


You just need to adapt man. It ain't all about being a teenager who can leap from bunker to bunker at blinding speed. I'm no longer a teenager and I can't do that stuff anymore. I don't want to. Your problem isn't that you lost a leg (obviously that's an issue. I just don't know how to phrase that in a way that isn't insulting, because I realize that that statement is pretty heartless coming from a guy who still has both his legs.) Your problem is you're getting older! So adapt.

And try woodsball. Much more laid back.

[magmonkey]

if playing paintball pushes you to recover more fully, don't give up on it. I was at a point with a shoulder and ankle injury that I thought I would have to call it a day, am I playing at the level I was?, no but I trying to play all of the nppl/osc pump events this year and I am having a better time doing it then I can rmeber having in the last 5 years

Keep fighting