Any old school ballers out there?

[hitech]

Re: Any old school ballers out there?

Originally posted by toolbott
Just wondering how many old school ballers are still around and playing? I'v been playing since the mid to late 80's ( long time ago, can't remember exactly )...

I first played in '86, I think... Can't remember for sure either. I've played at least once EVERY year since then. I didn't play much in the late '90s, but started playing more again a few years ago when an old team mate of mine wanted to play again.

[Duke Henry]

Originally posted by toolbott
Well, I said 5 replies and you are #5 so here goes a pic. bet you don't recognize much of the gear as stuff you see today? Anyone else wanna match me with an old school pic?

I can't even see you! Huh?

Always good seeing the old ads and whatnot come around again. The gear may be newer, the "models" different, but the ads are still pretty much the same. Only main difference is that ones now have more blatant sexual content.

As far as my memory serves, I have been playing for about 5 years now...

[MarkM]

I'm sure I have shown this pic once before but anyhow...circa'88-'89 I am at the back on the right.

[toolbott]

MarkM = That's a great old school pic. Brings back a lotta memories.

[Blennidae]

Did Dave Youngblood ever really play with those long barrels, or were they just for posing?

[toolbott]

I think you could really reach out and touch someone with those guns but I don't think they're much good for hiding behind a small bunker " Damn, hit on the barrel again"

[SMG]

masks

Great picture. Those old school masks would start to fog before you even put them on. There was a guy playing speedball last year at a local field who brought out his PGP with gravity feed tube. "A" for effort, "F" for execution.

[MarkM]

Originally posted by toolbott
MarkM = That's a great old school pic. Brings back a lotta memories.

Scary thing is I still have all of the kit in the pic except the wrist gauntlet.
I lent it to a "friend" and never got it back
I never had much of a problem with the goggles..they are single pane but coated ICS ones, I did rig up a fan with a 9v and did the same for the rest of the team...like Manike did for the VForce but I did around the time the pic was taken...I knew I should have patented it

[eMpTy68]

Nice to know Tyger is still around.

First game was in 84, used a Nel-Spot, oil based paint, left a nasty stain. Now Play with Canadian Contingent out of Ottawa, Canada. Stock or Pump Class Club. Currently use, WGP Sniper II mod to Stock Class, most of the time.

My Other Toyz are: Classic 68 Automag + Many upgrade, Tribal BBT 2, PGP Stock, Tippmann SL-68 II, Brass Eagle King Cobra x 3.

[Cilio - Knightmare Tango]

Played my first game around 86 or 87. These are a bit later but still from awhile back.

Picture 1: I'm on the left

[Cilio - Knightmare Tango]

Picture 2

[toolbott]

Is that camo face paint? Now that is cool!

[Cilio - Knightmare Tango]

LMAO... yes, that's face paint. Everyone that sees the picture asks the same thing.

[adam shannon]

back in the day of just goggles without masks or sides face paint was in...the funny thing is i still see private game first timers show up with painted faces just to cover their whole face with a mask...lol.

[Vendetta]

First time was 1986 for me. By 1987, I was on a team that played or practiced every weekend. We also had a team meeting every Wendsday night. We were pretty hardcore.