We should pay more fo paint so people dont shoot as much!

[jonny72888]

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=3148342

mayb some of you have brains over here... what do you think?
as you can see from my post on there, its not the guns or the price it the people. but thats just me.

[gunman_2000]

thats kind of what many recreational fields do. I've seen several threads where field owners notice there is a difference between attendance depending on what their prices are. Lower paint prices usually seemed to hurt attendance, because you ended up getting those players that liked to shoot (and overshoot) others. Meaning that you got less repeat business.

My field pretty much does this, our prices aren't really cheap by any means, but we do good business as the recreational players are happy to buy just a bag and play for a few hours and go home. We have tried to cater to lower cost paint/heavy shooting...just doesn't work out for us.

Sure it sucks if you are a rec player and want to shoot some more, but at that point, you have to A) shop around for something cheaper, B) Play outlaw with friends or C) suck it up and go less and have a good time. I'm perfectly willing to pay more for a quality field, but these days I don't get to go play very often anyway. And, I can whip out the Phantom and spend all day on 200 rounds anyway.

I think the word QUALITY means a lot around these parts. And thats what you pay for.

[Ruler_Mark]

My local field sells a case for 40-45$ depending on whats in. They have amzing refs. I think reffing is the key.

[Lohman446]

As long as the agglets can convince the parents they are playing a "sport" then they can convince them to pay for it. When we convice the players again that this is a GAME then we will weed out the parents so proud of the children for doing well at a sport and just throwing money at it because "I need it to compete".

PS: I wish those parents would stick around and see the attitudes many of these children bring.

[Mechanic79]

That's is complete non-sense in my opinion. Like saying gas should be $15 per gallon so people don't drive as much. That will reduce congestion!

People over shoot when they have no control, not because paint is cheaper.

I see overshooting more from cheap gun users! HA!

[deathbypaint1213]

It is sometimes hard to control how much you shoot, especially if you have an electro with fancy *** ramping modes. If players are going to over-shoot, they would want to have the cheapest paint possible. Over-shooting would be useless for them, there would be no benefits to their game if they use the cheapest paint their field offers. (more barrel breaks, chops, decreased accuracy, etc.)

[kurtisqpublic]

I don't know... From my early days to the present time, when I go out I buy a half case of paint which actually means I shoot less now since cases used to be 2500 balls...
I would still buy that half case regardless of if the price stayed the same or dropped to even $5 a case. It just means that my fun day at the field will cost less so I can play more often without feeling guilty that I am sacrificing a larger savings account. Change the mentality of the player don't crush the new players with huge fees. I know boat loads of people that would love to try the game but can't come to grips with the cost of a day's play.

[Old School 626]

Paint prices have little to no connection to my trigger finger. For the record, I played a lot when paint was over $100 a case of 2,500. Now that it's $27 - $45 I still shoot about a case a day of open play.

[kcombs9]

I agree with the last few post. I shoot maybe 1000-1500 rounds on a day of play 10am - 5pm. and I make as many kill shots as my friend with a Ion shooting case+. In fact I bet I get more people just cause of my play style.

My friend with the Ion is a bigger guy so he shoots ropes to keep people down. I'm not even a buck fifty so Ill pop shot people to get them down then run 20 ft to the next bunker to get a flank on them and not use a whole hopper full to do it.

Hell one day I got 3 people out and I didn't even shoot them (call out's within 10')

Like kurtisqpublic said lower the price Ill still shoot the same amount Ill just play every weekend rather then maybe every other.

68$+tax a case at my field. no field fee and free air cause I bought my tank from them

[SSP-SheiK]

oh hey i know.... how about you just play less too! but you'll have to triple field fees for that, that way kids will have less welts all the time!


i just dont understand some people...

[Reiner]

oh hey i know.... how about you just play less too! but you'll have to triple field fees for that, that way kids will have less welts all the time!


i just dont understand some people...

What's not to understand? Play the same length of time, pay the exact same amount, but shoot less paintballs. You don't play less. You don't pay more. The average player just shoots less paint along with everyone else. This creates an environment favourable to a larger percentage of the general population and that means more players playing paintball. It seems quite elementary to me.

[SSP-SheiK]

i think sumbody missed the sarcasm... difficult though, especially with 3 's following the statement...

[Reiner]

i think sumbody missed the sarcasm... difficult though, especially with 3 's following the statement...

Yep, I missed it. Still don't understand it. I could see it as an attempt to try to be funny though.

And those aren't the sarcasm emoticons. That's the Tard.

[Lohman446]

I shot half a bag yesterday, as did everyone else I was with (some of them might have gotten to a whole bag maybe). I will tell you I had more fun than I have in a long time playing paintball. And yes, we played all day.

[SSP-SheiK]

Yep, I missed it. Still don't understand it. I could see it as an attempt to try to be funny though.

And those aren't the sarcasm emoticons. That's the Tard.

lol, cause thats a reed mentality