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

[rabidchihauhau]

every time I hear about SMGs, I almost blow coffee out of my nose.....

In the vernacular from another 'hobby', I'm a 'pain slut' - but perhaps I better back up.

I've been guilty in the past of allowing my sense of humor to interfere with my sense of common, so, for the record - I love Tippmann products; they're built like tanks, they shoot great out of the box and everyone ought to have an A-5. (I think the factory team's win at the am open, using "guns only fit for field rental" was a big, unheralded wake up call.)

But I digress.

I get a rush when I get lit up. (Maybe that's one reason why I'm the guy always volunteering...). When SMGs hit the fields, lots of folks were nervous: they feared two things - the rate of fire and the 'pain' associated with 315-325 fps shots (there was a time when 60 caliber guns were allowed to fire in that range).

Anyhow, we had one of those 'I'ma gonna toast youse all' kinds of guys toting an SMG out at the field and I inevitably ended up being the person to run into him first. Brrrrrrrrrap - 20 rounds in the chest from about 30 feet. No breaks. Whack. Whack. Whackwhackwhackwhack.... from myself and my backup.

Thus was born the SMIG drill. Find an SMG on the field. Find Steve. Yell 'smig smig smig' at the top of your lungs. (This made the guy with the SMG think that he was intimidating us...) (It also made all of the rest of the team drop whatever they were doing and head on over) Have Steve run at the guy with the SMG. See the guy with the SMG unload his clip. See the rest of the team light up the SMG guy. See Steve smile. See SMG guy walk off the field.

Fun for everyone :)

[rabidchihauhau]

how many old timer 15 man, 12-gram and pump team players are there still out there?

how many still have their pump guns?

how many would be SERIOUS about getting together somewhere, say in two years time, to play paintball the way it was meant to be played?

How many new skool guys would be interested?

[ShooterJM]

Depending where I am and where the event was, I'd be up for it. I don't think I have my splatmaster anymore, but I do have my trracer.

[SMG]

SMG-60

I shot a guy at close range with my SMG (half-pull = one shot / full-pull = entire clip) and several paintball went through his shirt. The guns shot so hot it was unbelievable. You still see some this at the fields. Guy with a model 98 goes to chrony before walking onto the field - 280, 360, 380, 210, 370...

[Quickling]

can a 8 man all pump-team (that competes currently against semis) come play too? :)

I can always ditch the stelring for my pgp

[hitech]

I played 15 man, 12 gram pump tournies. I still have my pump, although I never use it. I'd be interested in playing 12 gram pump for a day.

[Tyger]

I missed my chance to play 15 man ball, only becasue by the time I was serious about playing it was down to 10. But I'll bring my KP, PGP, and loan the "Hope Nelspot" to someone else.

-Tyger

[SMG]

Pump...

If there were enough people I think I would play pump all the time. I think people assume that its not a fast paced game or that there is not enough fire power to keep it interesting. In my opinion, its more fun because there is more player movement and action. I would love the idea of cutting my paint consumption in half. :)

[Vanced]

Ahh the SMG's ... I remember the one that Dale use to hang on the wall at BOA barrels and being amazed by it and wondering if that was the future of the game...

The pump game is a differnt game... It's like going back to the golf course after a round of Putt-Putt...Or digging out the old 8bit NES and putting the online PS2 or X-Box away...and its is so much fun when it is played just for the love of the game...

and I do love it.. I still own my Splatmaster and a SL-68 ...

And still lucky enough to play more Rec/Woods ball than anything on a manicured speedball/air/X-Ball field...

But even then with the woods full all the sweet spoting full auto RT-98's and A5s and the kids with WAS'd Whatevers out there or even a day that happens to drawl a bunch of newbies with rentals or wall-mart warriors... I have been known to put the Mags down or loan it to one of my friends with a rental and grab the pump and head out... to just have a fun time... I suggest if you get the chance and are able to try it...one kill of a guy with a high end marker with a pump and you just get so much satisfcation and the stories that get told and keep getting told over and over again... that is why a lot of us starting playing this game anyway... just to brag about shooting one of our friends right?

There is just so much to be said for it... even it is just to make myself smile, get a few laughs for myself and thoose watching, and to pretend to be that little kid again running around in the woods even before the guns shot paint and it was just a good shout of BANG! your dead...

[SMG]

pumps

Still have my SL-68 II too! Possibly the most indestructible piece of equipment ever built.

[WARPED1]

I was playing airball with a PGP, I bunkered a guy with an IR3. He almost cried as he walked off and saw my gun. He was like 13 years old.

[mrbrutal]

I started playing back in 87/88 and all this stuff really brings back memories. Heres a few I'd like to share:

plastic oil bottles made into hoppers
nelson clones as opposed to today's spyder clones
capture the flag when people acutally tried to return the flag before the opposition was eliminated
shotgun shell holders worked for 10-round tubes and 12 grams
thermo valves
buying my first bulk co2 tank and painting it pink
hacking off the top tube of my PMI II and making my own gravity feed with pvc and brass tubing from the hardware store
actually buying gear at a store, not over the internet
buying a "tightbore" barrel

etc...

[PaintballChannel]

Oh yeah, I forgot one thing...

Starting out playing paintball with a Gotcha gun.

There...I have everyone beat!

[WARPED1]

I had the Gotcha guns, never played tho.

[DeerChaser]

The most fun I had was when I started in 1986 with my Slatmaster. then moved up to a PMI1, sold that for a Bushmaster. We played hide and seek basically, they hide, we seek. Some games were HOURS long. Paint was 10 cents a ball at the gun store. I owned a M98 and he rest have been mags. Where I play now, hardly anyone knows what a Automag is, I have yet to see another one!! It's all spyders and Tippmanns (wal-mart). I'm stickin with my ULE Custom, it's fun to make the kids guess.