How do you know its time to sell the goods?

[Tunaman]

Originally posted by graycie


1. no time
2. no money
3. tired of all the BS associated with teams
4. tired of all the BS associated with the industry

I hear ya Girl. I also see lots of BS associated with tournament play. I have re-aligned my thinking to just play for fun. Thats what it all started out as right? Fun? So my advice to you would be to grab a beer, and a cheap mag. Hang out with us around here for awhile. Go to some close AO meets. You will surely have fun. Please stay in the loop Graycie...we need great people like you around here. :o

[cphilip]

Originally posted by Tunaman
... Hang out with us around here for awhile. Go to some close AO meets. You will surely have fun. Please stay in the loop Graycie...we need great people like you around here. :o

Good point. Paintball will become fun again if you ditch the Tourney scene and get into the AO Meet scene. Just ask anyone that has been to one. It's paintball like it used to be again. Only funner!

[krafty]

Consider playing in a big game or scenario game or 2 as a substitute for weekly paintball games. No tourney attitude and lots more fun.

I enjoy playing with most of the guys at our field, but I HATE the constant tourney atmosphere even at open play. I know it gets the rentals and newbies down because it's supposed to be a fun afternoon of paintball, not tourney practice. Sometimes I actually have to pull a player or 2 aside and tell them to "cool it... you're scaring the 13 year old with the rental gun". It's kinda sad that I have to do it... they should know better. It's like they're only programmed for ON and OFF, they're missing the HAVE FUN switch.

[Miscue]

I'm not too excited about playing PB with most people. Too much crap, people take it too seriously in the wrong kind of way. If I don't know people I'm playing with, I just won't play - I think I'm wasting my time and money.

There really isn't an easy way for me to get into the tourny scene locally, because I can't stand most of the people who play regularly... and I think most of them suck anyway... I'd have to start my own team with a select group of people.

Always look forward to play with AOers though, that's a blast... they make paintball fun.

For a little bit, I wanted to sell all my gear... I was talked out of it and was glad I was, because I've been using it some and will be getting back in it after a 2 year break.