How long does it take/has it taken YOU to go from newb to decent player?

[ScoobYSnax]

I've played about 5 times (2 times with my mag). I absolutely love it and I love my mag. The only problem is, I don't seem to be that good. Rental newbs seem to do just as well as myself. Is continuing to play the only way to get better?

Now, I was wondering what your experience has been from when you were beginning out to where you are now (or at least once you would consider yourself a pretty good player). Am I looking at 5 more times out at the field before I can start holding my own a lot more? 10 more times? A whole summer? A year?

Any thoughts are welcome, thank you!

[boss_automager]

At about my 6 time I could be a competitor.On my 23 or somI was a very good player.Now I'm on my 27th and dominating trust me you'll get good.

[Steve Crush]

hmmm

as soon as newbs stop being scared of getting hit the better off they'll be


steve

[SlipknotX556]

I say about 6 months. In that time I played about 6 or so times not with a mag.

[HoppysMag]

4 LONG years..... i still consider my self a parcial newb.... im getting more agressive every day so next year i think il be "Decent" mabey 'Advanced Decent"


I started getting better when i got my mag.....im serious.

[Fred]

With my Semi, it took about 10 games, in the span of a little less than a year... the last big game I played Semi at was Alexander's Conspiracy in 2000, I got eliminated 3 times the whole day, with about 1 elim per 30 balls.... and I shot a case and a half...(whoah that's a ton of paint...)

with my pump... It's taken two years to get as many elims per game, but I have a lot more fun now, and i use about 5 balls per elim.

The problem now is people are starting to notice this... and I get ganged up on sometimes... bring it!

[AngelBoy]

I was a complete newb for about 2 years, then I started playing a lot more speedball with my brothers team and I got a whole lot better. Now they consider me part of their team, and I usually get 2-3 eliminations a game with them, and I play back. I have been playing for about 4 years.

[PAINTBALLA01]

for me probably about 8 times. steve is right. the biggest fear of a new b is getting hit. once you get over it you'll find yourself being more agressive

[FeelTheRT]

i'd say about 3-4 months if you play as much as possible ie 2x a week, 8x a month .

But most people only play once a week so i'd say about 5 months.

[Quiet]

It depends on how fast you learn and how adaptable you are.

I've seen people do the same things over and over again getting horrible results. Others will pick out their mistakes every time they play and improve quickly.

My two pieces of advice - get aggresive
- play with people who are better than you are, you'll learn faster

[ScoobYSnax]

Thanks guys, keep it up. I"m fairly aggressive, but still working on it. I just hate making runs out in the woods with everyone and their brother just lying down in the trees waiting for me

[marley618]

It's a confidence thing too. You have to have lots of confidence to make a big advancement in the field (in speedball). Most new players sit at one bunker the whole time and shoot really long range shots. The better players advance and get good angles. So just experiment and have fun.

[Kaiser Bob]

I started playing about 7 yrs. ago. Ill let you know when i consider myself 'good'

PS- Back in the day with my 'newb' tippmann, i was in much better shape and therefore 10x more aggressive (even turned a few regulars' heads!). I was a newb experience wise then, but a much better player than i am now haha; so time playing isnt everything.

[KamikazePenguin]

more or less when you start becoming aware of what's going on in the game you are not a "newbie" anymore. Then again, by standard definition, i've seen people do this from their first day or those that have been playing for years and still have no idea. I think the big turning point for a person is when they can logically follow the events of a given game they are in react to it with something other than "freeze" or "panic"

[MagDog68]

Well let's see, I am 26 now and I think I started playing when I was about 12 or 13 so its taken me that long. I still get shot all the time, so I guess I am not good.

I play this game for enjoyment, so rating myself would kill my appreciation for the game.

~Fred