How to know you're an "Old School" player

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Jacke1 411

I totally agree. I won't change the focus of this thread, but there was something more to paintball then and the recent patent issues in paintball are a turn for the worse.

Although my equipment cost hundreds if not thousands more than what I use back then, I feel that it has made things more of a headache. Back in the day I never had to worry about my gun going down, never needed batteries, did not worry about chopping paint, and there were more adults at the fields than kids. You just went out and played and it did not take as much prep time. Now your entire trunk is filled with gear, main gun, backup, tanks, barrel kits, parts, cases of paint, pods, etc., etc., to go to the filed and wait in line.

[Dryden]

When told that a fellow baller has a Piranha, you affectionately recall how great a marker it was, then ask if they've got the short barrel or long barrel version, not understanding that they're actually talking about a semi-auto.

On the same note, you and your teammates owned all tournaments you entered with your Piranhas in tow.

The choicest manufacturers were Benjamin Sheridan, Tippman, Carter, and 'other'.

The only way to get a marker in your favorite color was to buy a Reb-Line.

You owned one pair of goggles, one marker, and everything else pb related was made by Indian Creek and purchased through National Paintball Supply.

You increased the rate of fire on your auto triggered pump using rubber bands, springs, and washers.

Cleaning the barrel meant turning the marker upside down and dry-firing, one pull of the squeegee, and you were good to go. No need to disassemble to 200 finely-tuned component parts.

Field strip screws were the hottest upgrade.

[845]

The world cup was held at survival ny. :)

[Paintmanmike]

Uvex goggles... OMG!

They uded to "clip" nicely into the green plastic mask, I was so mad when they stopped me from using them.

How about:

Part of the experieince you looked forward to was the march out ot the field.

There was no chrono, no velocity adjust either.

You remember you hated playing in the cold because the bolt on the Sheriden pistol would not turn when it got cold in proximity to opposing players.

You have cigar and CO2 tubes in your spares still.

You still have a CO2 bottle with a knob but its out of date.

You remember your pb buddy getting hit in the lip and a thumb growing there from it.

[banzaimf]

Everyone who ever owned a pair still seem to long for the Vents Predators.

old school,

When teams divided by VM-68, gz-200 and splatmaster rapide, trracers (2 r's), pgp's and slingshots.

Those Uvex goggles with the U-shped middle

the whole head Gog's

looking in shocked amazement at the ROF out of the 1992 autococker.

pro-ball

I still have my 3357!

[WARPED1]

Razorback 3 was the pump to have! With a 7 ounce CO2 tank!

[Pyrate Jim]

Originally posted by Doc Nickel
I know the original name of the field that is now EMR.

Lost the jacket that had the patch, but still have the pin with the wolf's head over a dagger.

How 'bout:
When your only motorized hopper is a VL Pro-Flex.

[Got_Paint]

I am not from the time, but I grew up playin with a bunch of guys that are from that time, and I still do.

If you know what the Gotchya was

If someone at your field shows up with an a4 and everyone crowds around him, you are too busy admiring your pgp

If the field owner ever comes over to you to fondle the guns of "his" days

You remember when Brass Eagle wasn't a s****y company

If People ever ask if you want to borrow some pods when they see your 10 rds

You know that a 10 round tube holds exactly as much liquid as a shot glass

If you own the old leather holsters that the old top tube pg's came in

If you've resulted in smoking cigars to find a different source of 10 rd tubes

If you consider the Splatmaster a decent beginers gun

If you know the name of the first marking pistol "not 007"

You remember when people didn't care if they installed their direct feeds in the opposite direction

If you remember how the six pack blazed the way for constant air

If you know what a duck is

Whenever you use your trusty kp rifle, people think that you accidently brought your rifle to the field

If you have ever woken up to find your pump's barrel on your nipple

[WARPED1]

I loved the Desert Duck............

[Got_Paint]

ya, IMO the woulda been better if they were sc, the direct feed in my opinion is just kinda funky, but still so purty

[WARPED1]

I thoght they were sc? But, I've lost my mind so could be wrong.
I still have my Vents.

[Got_Paint]

[WARPED1]

See? Lost my mind!
Remember when Bob Long was the king of aftermarket cockers?

[Got_Paint]

and a time when Glenn Palmer actually ADVERTISED!

[Mighty Mike]

Remember when autotockers used to look like this?? I bought this back in 94, minus the Palmer stab of course, and I thought I had the best looking marker on the field. :)