How much "Lead time" do you need before you're ready to play ball?

[rathbaster]

I can be ready to go in 10 minutes. Breaking the gear down and getting it cleaned up usually takes a couple days.

-Rath

[Carpecerevisi]

Since i dont wear any special clothes for ballin...dont need ta change, grab up the gun, scuba, mask, paint and keys, and I'm ready for a few hours of rec play...now, if Im goin out for a full day of action i load up *everything*, including tools and stuff, cuz my knee usually starts acting up halfway thru the day, and i use the downtime to make money fixing, modding, and upgrading guns...that sorta loading and organizing takes about 3 1/2 hours...but I usually go home 20-50 bucks richer, so its all good.

[maglover52]

it depends if i have enough money to play. if i do its not a problem i live like 20-30 minutes away from 2 fields

[Fixion]

My tank is on my gun all the time (cradle mount HPA, who would have guessed), and the rest of my PB stuff is right by my door in a plastic bin. Just grab the gear and go.

[Strider]

It takes me 2 minutes to be out in my van. My Van already has enough gear in it to play classic ball. (VM and Trracer with C02)

Add 30 seconds more to grab my already ready container which has the rest of my gear.

My PGP currently has a charge, and a few balls, just waiting!

[robertjuric]

2 Weeks so I can request off for work, unless I dont have to work that day, then Id say about one hour just to make sure Ive got all my gear together and get to the field.

[1stdeadeye]

I think I can do it in no time flat! But if you ask RickEZ10 and Big'nSlo they'll say I take forever!

[Quickling]

I am ready and out the door in like 25 minutes but it takes an hour drive for me to get to any worthwhile field. But I still did the 10 minute catagory cause I am ready quickly.. all i need is my sterling and 100rnds of paint, mask and knee pads.

[Sir_Brass]

give me an hour or two, and I'll be ready. Usually I have the day planned 2 weeks in advance since I usually play every other saturday when I'm in Az (we couldn't get people out on Sunday morning: they were either sleeping in or going to church). Day before I try to head out to the proshop with my buddy clint (known here as clintfiore) to fill tanks and he usually brings his tennis bag full of guns to check and do tests on guns there (it's often funny to see him doing repairs right there on the floor in the middle of ths proshop ). Night before I haul out my bdu's or speedball clothing (depends on where we'll be playing in the morning), set my alarm to go off an hour earlier. Make sure all my gear is clean, and have guns packed and gear packed and ready (grab and go).

Morning of, I skip breakfast (unless we stop for along the way), fill water bottle (most important item aside from safety gear), take shower, get dressed, check leaving time with clint and co. and head out the door. Since recently I've had a bad habit of leaving my mask in the room when I leave, I've slip knot-tied my mask bag with mask to my sports bag . Never initially forgotten my mask ever again .

I hope to get a dye weekender bag or a JT pack sometime in the spring so I won't have to cram everything into my old High School swim team bag which is in it's second year as a paintball gear bag (not been in that role longer than it was a swim team bag, LOL), and so I can hold more stuff in the bag (maybe including my case of paint ).


Right now I can be out the door as soon as I close mozilla, winamp, and log off of AIM. That's b/c I WILL be heading out the door in 15 minutes (preplanned leave time: 8 AM. it takes me an hour and a half to get to the field, IF I play today. if I decide not to, I'll just be hanging out with Big Matt).