Ok, I'm officially in the camp against Credit Card kids playing painball

[Miscue]

Spoiling kids can lead to them being used to getting things easy, and not learning how to work for anything because they never had to. And, sometimes this makes no difference because their parents keep providing them money even as an adult... buy them a house... cars...

I know quite a few people who are like this, some turn out fine... but most don't. They're used to getting their way, don't appreciate anything, and are a PITA to deal with. If their family money disappeared, they would not be able to take care of themselves very well.

I don't get jealous over money because I know I will eventually earn it for myself, but I think I do a bit if someone has a girlfriend I like. That's about it.

Why is she with him, and not with me? Dammit! Hehehe.

[c4BC]

first thing that comes to me that i wanna do is when James Bulushi in Animal House watches the bar being dropped and going nutz pretty much im going nutz.

[sixslow]

omg omg omg omg! hahah i hate kids like that, i shot one in the foot on "accident" heres the story,

im at sc village, begginers game (teaching afriend howt o play) and the ref says anyone with compressed air or a upgraded autococker or a electro or tippman with response trigger etc... anyway so this kid beside me has a hybrid cocker and the ref sees' him and starts shouting at him for not rasing his gun and the kid is like "THIS ISINT A UPGRADED COCKER!!! ITS CAME LIKE THIS STOCK!!!" (it also had a revy) and they fight for like 2 minutes and he finally gets kicked out and doesnt play for the rest of the day (i herd) because he was afraid of the other peoples guns in advance, haha anyway the way i shot him in the foot was, it was the end of the day , we were by the speedball course and it was my last game at 3:30 (i had to get picked upa lil earlie) and the kid is beside me so i take off saftey and shoot the gun but the thing is i wasent aiming for his foot and it hit dead center of his foot and he like almost cryed (he fell down)

[Kaiser Bob]

Originally posted by RT pRo AuToMaG
It's not the parents buying the kids expensive markers that pisses me off, it's parents buying kids expensive markers when the kids have never played/are inexperienced and the kids misuse and mistreat them. For example, if a kid started playing when he was 10, and now he's 13, and he wants to start playing tourney ball, but he can't afford a gun so his parents buy him a 1300 rig i'm fine with that, but if a kid gets a 1300 gun for their first gun, i have a problem with that.

I second that one

[Miscue]

Ha... I remember some kid a few years ago that got a Dark Angel, and 4500 tank when they first came out. I would run to the 50... receive no help... run back and yell at the kid and others to move up... "I can't make it." Then I would run back to the 50. But after the game he'd be showing off his gun...

Recball...

[minimagjim]

actually thats not james belushi but rather the late john belushi. i am also against those kids with their parent's plastic. Perfect example is Bad Boyz Toyz in Vernon Hills, Illinois. ITs a rich kids store. i swear you can go in there any time and see some kid with his "Allowance" of like a couple hundred bucks asking what he should buy next, i have actually heard them talking about paintball and think they know the sport and they have no clue what they are talking about.

I commented i had a minimag to this kid, he was currently in the store getting his cocker fixed. he commented that the mag was outdated and muttered a few more things about how mags arent that good. He started to bash almost everything and i stepped in and asked well what is good
he said that tippmans are good, but they are beginner guns and i said well thats up to personal choice. a friend of mine doesnt want to get a newer faster gun than his pro-carbine. he then said that tippmans are for beginners cause they are cheap. and that GOOD TOURNEY guns are really expensive and thats why he has a cocker. i guess that makes him a tourney player

oh by the way the cocker was tricked and he had atleast a grand in that gun. except he had no idea how to fix leaks and basic maintanance. The airsmith asked when the last time he changed the o-rings or some other part. the kid snapped back at the smith saying that he should be working not talking.

this kid was a snob. he looked at me and asked where i play and told me that woods ball is for poor kids with pumps. i was about to flip out on this kid. i just got back from playing a grueling game of pball at promisedland in Wi and was even wearing my camys and still had paint in my hair. i just disregarded his comments got my tank filled and got out of there.

[QUINCYMASSGUY]

respect

I think alot of it is respect for the game and your gear. Alot of us worked hard to get our stuff (and still afford to play). We made sacrifices elsewhere in our lives to buy expensive markers to play when they didn't. I scrape what little money I can outside of rent, food, etc, to play as often as I can. I'd love to be on a team here in Boston but definitely couldn't afford it.

Seeing a kid get the opportunity to get this kind of gear and appreciate it and play hard is great, good for him, I wish we could all be so lucky, I got no problem with that.

Seeing a kid get this gear for whining, not care about it really, him seeing it as a cheap novelty he will just give up on after a week or misuse it on field or off, and most especially disrespecting the game and being a moron and bragger, he should get a reality check and the best way is to just play well and FAIR, and show you don't need his gear to smoke him and play better than him.

[breg]

Originally posted by Miscue
I need a new mom.

LOL. Good one 'Cue

It does bug me a bit, when I see or hear about stuff like that. I mean, I went to Kuwait for the TDY pay to be able to afford a RT/Pro. But, I can say that the freaking thing is mine. No one else bought it for me. I really value it because someone did not buy it for me.
I remember when I was younger, I would save for a couple of weeks just to buy a CD.
I can't say anything bad about these kids, because I don't know them, I don't know the situation, or the circumstances surrounding that. I do know that I treat my marker better because I had to pay for it.

[Nick O time]

yeah i know a kid just like that

he started out with a tippy and like 3 or 4 months later had an x valved mag with a warp on it cuz he wanted one for graduation. he didnt even know how to fix his m98. the reason he got his warp is because his elbows kept on breaking lmfao now he is selling it becuase he said it always leaks and he refuses to believe it is from the level 10 when everyone is telling him it is the level 10. he wouldn't even buy an intelliframe because he said some guy said they weren't any good. now he is getting like either some cocker or timmy or matrix or something because his gun is leaking. that doesnt really bother me though. the part that bothers me is he thinks he is better than me. when i asked him what position he played he said oh my position is snake. then i laughed at him and walked away. he still thinks he is better than me and even challenged me but the park was closing so they wouldnt let us play.

yes its true that i too am a little spoiled but at least i appreciate my gun and try to play once a week so i get better and better(no my parents refuse to pay for me to play they will only buy me gear sometimes). i can't stand people who have no respect for their gear and just get new stuff when they think there gun is broken.

[PyRo]

[Spleen]

I need a Sugar momma...

if i could get any gear i wanted i wouldnt care if it was a sugar daddy... wait a sec... it would depend.... exactly how many x mags am i goona get....


my first gun was a crap electro sear tripper... very nice for making margaretas. Well, i was kinda happy with it for a while. Making margaretas that is. Then i sold it and got a stock mag. From there, i just upgraded the crap outta it (using my mommys credit card) But i paid for all of it. The only thing i dont have to pay for is the place i stay and food. Oh and this computer, but my rents scraped together 800 bucks for this tower. I think im kinda spoiled cause they do cool stuff for me like getting me outta work to go to watch tournys and play some paintball or go do stupid stuff when i really should be working.

[trevorjk]

man life sucks when your down here

i wish my mom could afford to give me 5 bucks just cuase even though i have a full time job... christ my family is on medicade or what ever its called here in wisconsin... and for me to have a mag with x-valve and iframe its my life until a girl steps in that thing gets all my love and attention as its the only thing i ever put money into i really do hope those kids know what there getting and what there doing if not it just shows the dumbining(sp) of america

[bornl33t]

Originally posted by gtrsi


Thanks for the lesson Dad. I could be wrong but I am sure you and maybe your future kids will go to see movies and other such media that contain dirty language.

SO I guess there is a difference if you are paying for it as aposed to doing it yourself.

Maybe I am crazy. Sorry guys my post nor Heat's have anything to do with the topic. Continue your posting as usuall.

gtr (the new nedflanders of AO) si

oh yeah? well my dog can take your dog.

[Spartan X]

Hahaha. We almost had the same (got to much money thing) happen to our store a couple days ago. This guy and his son were trying to deside what gun to get. At first they were looking at the spyders a Tippies, because they had only play a little while back. This was the same day I was picking up my new viking, he gave it a look over and desided he wanted one. This is kind of what brought him to getting the higher priced guns. Since the vikings were a 4 week wait he started looking at the Dye reflex, dye matrix, Impulse, and angle speed. In the end he walked out with the reflex because they guys at my shop still believe that closed bolt is better. Latter on he gave the cocker to his son and bought a upgraded Impulse ($500 worth).....I was listening to his talking....oh gosh still newbish.

[TheDoveDecends]

the only thing my mom has ever bought me was my very first gun.. which was a standard rebel, which was a birthday gift. every other penny for paintball has come out of my pocket, including my new mag + upgrades & accessories. those kids who go out and spend their parents money everyday, and never get a job till they absolutely have to, grow up to be the same way.