Am I sick or just addicted to paintball?

[tony3]

I was just observing to my life today. It was kind of random and I thought I'd share my situation with AO.

I have been paintballing for 2 years and can't get enough of it. I'm a hardcore tourney player and paintball is all I think about, well almost. All my "normal" friends at school don't play paintball. I can't relate to them about anything. If I ever meet anyone at school that does paintball the conversation turns into how they have an angel that shoots around trees or something. All the guys on my team live relativily far away and I can't drive so I can't hang out with them besides when I'm at the field. I have resorted to becoming friends with people online that are hooked on paintball like me and have no one to talk about it with.

I have stopped doing things with my friends for the last few weeks because I could be doing things paintball related instead. I don't even care about what people at school think about me and I have made my own shield around myself. I don't care what they think about me because honestly I couldn't care, Paintball is the only thing I care about. I haven't spent money on anything non-paintball related forever. All my money goes to paintball.

Well AO I turn to you, am I sickly addicted to paintball or just stupid, or both?

P.S. Mods edit my poll if you are offended

[coolcatpete]

Mostly the same for me but guitar is included in the addiction, and I have many friends I jam with. But other wise Yeah we should start a support group.
Pete

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

i don't really know what to vote...i think i'm sicker than you. 4 years of paintball and still no tourny experiance! (why can't people that live around me be good for a change?)

well..i run around getting sponsors.

amazingly enough i got 4 now lol

[$tevo]

yea same with me really, except i hang out with my girlfriend alot..actually, now thati think of it, i dont really have to many 'good' friends. i have the kids i hang out in school with. then i have my 2 best friends that graduated last year that i hang out with alot, then i have my girlfriend. so theres only 3 people that i actually hang out with out of school.

and ALL of my moeny goes to paintball and my girl, mostly to pball though...

suicide, how do you have sponsors when you do not do tournies?

[TheDoveDecends]

Totally normal in my eyes. Im addicted too.. but the good thing is earlier this year i got one of my friends into playing.. and now hes addicted also. so i got someone to chat with about pb at school and stuff.. plus we are always at the field together.. so yeah it cool to have a friend with your same obsession!

But yes, paintball is all i think about as well.. 24/7.. I try to relate everything to it.

[robertjuric]

Dude, I could have copied your post, replaced the names, and it would have described me exactly.

All my teams lives at least 30mins away, only woodsballers live local to me. I havent gone out with my friends in forever, and now that Ive had a job, Ive made about 1200 in about 6months, ALL of it has gone to paintball, except save $200 I had to use to fix my jeep(so I could drive to play paintball :) ) I dont want a g/f b/c they take up to much time. All my time is spent either working to make money for paintball, or playing paintball.

It truly is an addiction, but I really dont care anymore, I dont care what the people at school think of me any more... they just dont understand.

[coolcatpete]

Originally posted by TheDoveDecends
Totally normal in my eyes. Im addicted too.. but the good thing is earlier this year i got one of my friends into playing.. and now hes addicted also. so i got someone to chat with about pb at school and stuff.. plus we are always at the field together.. so yeah it cool to have a friend with your same obsession!

But yes, paintball is all i think about as well.. 24/7.. I try to relate everything to it.

I did this to 5 or more friends, and now they all help out reff and they are very adicted so it is not bad, it just makes the sport grow.
Pete

[tony3]

I'm just waiting another month till I turn 15 so I can finally be a ref at my field and hopefully meet some cool tourney kids that live near me. You guys are making me feel better

[bryceeden]

I know the feeling well, I only have a handfull of friends who arn't avid paintballer, and I don't really have much to talk to them about, and 90% of my reports for school(yes, I own a paintball shop and am still in high school-long story) involve paintball. I am lucky because most of my team lives within five min of me, and I own the only local pro shop so I can justify living paintball. I have played for nearly six years now, and since about three months into it paintball is all I have thought about.

[Ginjiroku]

That is exactly how I feel. Except you have been playing longer than me, I don't play in tournies so I don't have a team.

[$tevo]

im with ya gin. except im going to start doing tournies, cause i really want to get involved with the sport much more. i want to look for a team around me once i start getting involved into tournies more

[Rather]

I'm exactly as sad as you are. Except i have a few hook ups.

A guy in my yearbook class is a ref at my fav field

There are people in a sponsored team (at the field that the guy workds at) and they are wanting me to join (as soon as the weather permits a tryout).

And the school even has a sign up sheet to go to, you guessed it- my fav field, like every major holiday break (missed this one cause of groundage )

Ahh its good to have connections.

[bunkermaster10]

I been balling for 4 years now and sometimes at night I can't sleep, cause I'm thinking about going to the field with my team or what my next gun/upgrade is going to be.

[Mindflux]

I don't think I am addicted, yet. I'm sort of scared of that thought actually. I wince thinking about spending more than like 300 for a marker, things like that. While it's not a matter of affordability, it's a matter of longevity until I'm tired of playing. Spending big money on sports rarely is a "good" investment unless somehow you go pro. Which is in the 1 percentile for most sports.



I just like to go out and have fun, I'm too old and fat to ever accomplish anything but waste some money and have a blast playing. But do I waste more money with a high tech gun.. or do I shoot what I have and wish I had better.

:o

[FeuerFri]

i was like that seince the summer before i was a freshmen, and i granduated last year, almost exactly to the day. haven't played seince september due to money issues and sold everything, got into cars, and figured i could just do the car thang and forget about paintball. but here i am, on AO, saving my money for a shiny new e-mag. once you get into it so deep, you can never get out, EVAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!