heres a kicker

[Ravenneon]

So i went paintballing yesterday at this new place that just opened up in Holliday Hills, IL called PAP paintball. There was this kid there, and when i mean by kid probably like 17 running an Ego that his mommy and daddy bought him. I had my warp left tac-one out complete with warpfeed sittin on the bench. He comes strollin by all high and mighty cause he can get his Ego up to 67 cps. Seriously?! Anyway he looks at my marker and says and I quote "Hey look a mag and warp feed....thats like so second grade." WTF?! I didn't get a chance to play him and i wish i did cause in all the games of speedball he played in he was at least first or second person knocked out about 95% of the time.

on a side note all the refs were all oo'in and ahh'ing over how fast his gun was going. STUPID! These are the people I hate to come across because they are the ones constantly whinning about stupid things and killing the fun for newer inexperienced players( i use this term loosely because i but this kid probably saw a tournament went home and whinned to mommy and daddy and that happened to be the first time he played).

[Shirow]

So i went paintballing yesterday at this new place that just opened up in Holliday Hills, IL called PAP paintball. There was this kid there, and when i mean by kid probably like 17 running an Ego that his mommy and daddy bought him. I had my warp left tac-one out complete with warpfeed sittin on the bench. He comes strollin by all high and mighty cause he can get his Ego up to 67 cps. Seriously?! Anyway he looks at my marker and says and I quote "Hey look a mag and warp feed....thats like so second grade." WTF?! I didn't get a chance to play him and i wish i did cause in all the games of speedball he played in he was at least first or second person knocked out about 95% of the time.

on a side note all the refs were all oo'in and ahh'ing over how fast his gun was going. STUPID! These are the people I hate to come across because they are the ones constantly whinning about stupid things and killing the fun for newer inexperienced players( i use this term loosely because i but this kid probably saw a tournament went home and whinned to mommy and daddy and that happened to be the first time he played).

That's why I don't play at fields like that

[Ravenneon]

That's why I don't play at fields like that

I probably won't. It was my first time there and was testin the water. It's so hard finding a good place to play at. Fields in this area are scarce to begin with let alone finding a decent one with good people.

[Beemer]

So how was the field in general?? Prices lay out game type, rules safety, paint kind, etc, etc.

Should I bother checking it out?

[Elemental]

That's when you throw on an adjustable output tank and crank it up to 1200psi and show him what a fast gun really looks like.

[Storminnorman]

well I have played there once and my buddy goes there a couple of times a month. I wouldn't mind going back, the refs were awesome and very down to earth, prices and fields where decent and well taken care of. Dealing with the spoiled kids is fun just bring a pump and dominate them they usually shut there mouth after that. But I didn't run into any of those kids when I went but my buddy does. He says they are terrible at speedball and woods. I know the head ref likes egos, but he also likes old school cockers, and mags.

[Shirow]

I probably won't. It was my first time there and was testin the water. It's so hard finding a good place to play at. Fields in this area are scarce to begin with let alone finding a decent one with good people.

That sucks. We're actually fairly lucky around here, I'm sure there are 'agglet' type fields but I've never played at one. My 'home' field is awesome and there's others around here that are also perfectly good. I play mostly woodsball and the regular group there is made up of Egos, Tippmans, Autocockers and everything else in between and I've never, ever heard anyone mock or badmouth any gun. Well, I give Tony grief about his Ion, but that's well deserved IMO.

[WickedKlown2]

Have you tried CPX Sports or Fox Paintball ??? My Teams home field is CPX Sports and I love it there...

WK2

[leloup]

Lots of people around my neck of the woods use eclipse markers, so it has to be something different to get the ooohs and aaaahs. I am surprised he knew what a mag was, you have to give that one to him (let a lone a warpfeed). I've never actually seen a mag on the field that was not my own that I can remember.

[Ravenneon]

PAP:
20 entry all day air
55 - case of breach paintballs
fields are ok at least the two i played on are decent - (1 woodsball, 1 speed ball)I lied i probably will go back it just erks me when you run into people like that and then refs only feed that kind of behavior by oogling all over this guys marker - personally I'd rather own an Angel

I usually am a regular at OP (about 40 min from me) but prices are kind of high...90 a case - but the comradery there was pretty good - everybody respected everybody elses equipment at least it was a couple years back - but it has switched hands a couple times since then.

I went to fox a few times especially when the Training Day scenario was going on that coupled with BYOP you can't beat it BUT at about an hr and a half drive it kind of sucks - it eats into a lot of playing time

I haven't been to CPX yet however I think for Living legenda next year I will be going with Watcher and GRimm as long as they don't mind. I want to play on bedlam it looks incredible. but thats also a 90 a case deal then about 2hrs out.

[Smoothice]

Next time just throw a cup of water on his ego.

Then hand him another cup of water and say "Go ahead and do mine. Fair is fair."


Lately I just play private party groups.

No agg kiddies...

[d4m4don3]

Lately I just play private party groups.

No agg kiddies...

ohh they're there you just don't notice them cause we tell em to cool it. make fun of agg they'll sag.

[Watcher]

I haven't been to CPX yet however I think for Living legenda next year I will be going with Watcher and GRimm as long as they don't mind. I want to play on bedlam it looks incredible. but thats also a 90 a case deal then about 2hrs out.

Its worth the drive, and if you pre-register i think they do a paint discount. I'll probably be going as a "team" with another forum just to get the cheapy rates.


Anyway, next time you want to head there give me a PM. I'd gladly bring my RT and I'll get Grimm to bring his X and E mag (warped of course).

Have 3 warpers with the original paint hoses against the agglets and see what happens. I may even bust out the brass with a 12ie magazine stock and "ammo box" to see what happens...


"... so second grade".

What does that even mean? Automags and warps are newb? Or just old?

[badpennny]

So i went paintballing yesterday at this new place that just opened up in Holliday Hills, IL called PAP paintball. There was this kid there, and when i mean by kid probably like 17 running an Ego that his mommy and daddy bought him. I had my warp left tac-one out complete with warpfeed sittin on the bench. He comes strollin by all high and mighty cause he can get his Ego up to 67 cps. Seriously?! Anyway he looks at my marker and says and I quote "Hey look a mag and warp feed....thats like so second grade." WTF?! I didn't get a chance to play him and i wish i did cause in all the games of speedball he played in he was at least first or second person knocked out about 95% of the time.

on a side note all the refs were all oo'in and ahh'ing over how fast his gun was going. STUPID! These are the people I hate to come across because they are the ones constantly whinning about stupid things and killing the fun for newer inexperienced players( i use this term loosely because i but this kid probably saw a tournament went home and whinned to mommy and daddy and that happened to be the first time he played).

Well, if it's a well-run field and you had a good time besides that little incident, I see no reason why you couldn't go back there. Besides, new players need guys like you to keep things in perspective for them; yes, some dude's gun can shoot ridiculously fast, but two guys with rental guns with two different angles on that guy is a superior position any day of the week. Guys like the one with the Ego you described are not the kinds of guys that will go out of their way to remind new players to watch how their hold their guns so they don't go liquid on CO2, they won't tell new players not to bunch up, watch the tape line, communicate, etc. When I first started playing with my own equipment (68 Carbine FTW), I was intimidated by the guys with Shockers, Autocockers, etc. But I always looked for some guys in the open game on my team that didn't seem to care one way or the other...they knew their own equipment well, and with their skill and experience, they usually could overcome any advantage in terms of firepower.

As for the refs being impressed, I'm guessing they were around the same age group. Heck, I wouldn't even mind taking a look at the rof, grouping, etc. But experienced players know better than to give someone way more respect than they deserve based solely on the marker.

If you're concerned about how newer players are being treated at a field you visit, speak up! Get to know the refs when you're not in a game, talk about the issues. Then when you are playing and someone starts acting up, you can be the voice of reason and tell them to cool it for the sake of the newbies. If there's any issue beyond that, that refs will find you credible.

As for the "second grade" comment...I like to go into the open games with a little bit of ammo in the "comeback hopper." Examples:

"This gun was scoring eliminations when you were still in the second grade." (or even better, "while you were still being potty trained")
"It takes you 25 rounds a second to get someone out? Funny...just takes me one or two."
"Oh, this is just a backup. My other gun is a pump."
"Yeah, this gun is pretty old, maybe I'll replace some seals the next time my tanks are up for a hydro."

I'll be here all week.

If the person giving you a hard time happens to be wearing a neon orange jersey and you are playing in the woods, well...nothing makes the aggs cry like insulting their sense of color coordination.

[cockerpunk]

that weird i had my splash RT out this weekend and a 13 year old kid saw it and yelled "wow, an automag! awesome!"

my opinion is that the kids are only as smart as we educate them to be. if we go out of our way to educate the young in paintball, then they will be knowledgeable. if we just laugh at them for being stupid, nothing happens.