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  • mag-hatter
    OOOOOOOOO-RAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
    • Oct 2002
    • 1069

    #1

    The downfall of paintball?

    Ring around the tourneys
    pockets with no moooooney
    bankrupt bankrupt, we all fall down

    I've noticed lately that paintball has been turning a few heads AWAY, rather than bringing new life into the mix.

    I'm talking about the people who have been playing a while and have begun to stop playing as much due to no time to play, or lack of money. Its this way for around where i live, at least, and a few other parts of the country where my friends have reported this. There are new people coming into the sport, yes, but for how long will they be able to dish out money? ive been playing for 4 years, each year getting tighter and tighter with how many balls per day i shot because i couldnt affort to play much anymore . It also resulted in me downgrading to a mech gun which i thought i'd never do but low and behold i did. Now, i never go anymore and am going to quit the sport i love because theres no time or money to do it, but as for the rest of you, i've noticed the general idea of the sport is "well, is it really worth the 80 some bucks i spend every time i go?!"

    another thing is how fast the sport has been growing. I think its been way too fast, and its going to collapse. this is just something i think will happen because all of these new high end "will shoot faster than ________" guns that are setting a higher rate of fire standard for fields. i think eventually the technology is going to get so out of hand that people will just stop playing because they cant afford a gun that can do that, and get owned every game of the day at hte field. Im not just saying this on account that i always get shot out in games by dudes with 402p3402934 dollar guns, im saying it because a good amount of people at the field get shot out all the time, most of them noobers, or family man types that cant afford anything better than an e-spyder or tippman. I think eventually everyone will either put the gun up on the shelf or sell. i personally hope we all revert back to pump traccers or maverics (WITH ACE!!!!!!!!!!!)
    MY PRETTY PRETTY FREEFLOW ON EBAY! GET SOME WHILE ITS HOT AND FALLING OUT OF THE COW!
  • OysterBoy
    Fatty McChubbercookie
    • Feb 2004
    • 1409

    #2
    Totally agree with you.

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    Old Narhwals are people too ...
    Grizzly Bears are people too ...
    Caterpillars are people too ...
    Baby Peacocks are people too ...
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    • t33kyboy
      Member #10,261
      • Jan 2004
      • 942

      #3
      natural selection.

      only the dedicated, strong, and rich survive in this sport.

      quikkk and i win.

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      • FooTemps
        HURRRR
        • Sep 2001
        • 6702

        #4
        Originally posted by t33kyboy
        natural selection.

        only the dedicated, strong, and rich survive in this sport.
        Everyone runs out of money sometime, including the companies.

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        • Ov3rmind
          Speechless
          • Nov 2001
          • 2637

          #5
          Originally posted by mag-hatter
          I'm talking about the people who have been playing a while and have begun to stop playing as much due to no time to play, or lack of money.


          That's me.
          Converge Kills

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          • spleefstylez
            Red Sox National
            • Jun 2003
            • 1743

            #6
            Meh...play stock class.
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            Red/Black Acid BPS Twister Cocker
            Bright Black Y-Grip/Warp ULE Mag
            Blue 99 Dark Angel w/Matching Accessories
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            • Falcon1
              Registered User
              • Oct 2003
              • 105

              #7
              I see what you are saying, but I dont think the sport is going to drop. Look at the good side more pepole know about paintball then ever now.

              oh and you dont have to go all out and lay down $80 to play paintball. Just play with some friends some times. You know 3 vs. 3 or so on.

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              • mag-hatter
                OOOOOOOOO-RAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
                • Oct 2002
                • 1069

                #8
                im just comparing it to the stock crash of 29 (i think it was???) where all was good and all was merry adn one day it all went down because of too much growth, and people not having enough money to support the industries!
                MY PRETTY PRETTY FREEFLOW ON EBAY! GET SOME WHILE ITS HOT AND FALLING OUT OF THE COW!

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                • gc82000
                  LNIB just a few scratches
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 1346

                  #9
                  OK why are you dropping $80 anyways when you go play. This I dont understand. The most that I have ever spent was $64, and that included air($3), case of paint($58), and field fees($3). But usually I only spend only 36 for 1/2 case(30), air(3) and fees(3). Also how many times a week do you play. Limit your play time or only play with a limited number of people like Falcon1 suggested.
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                  • RenagadeOfFunkRTPcf
                    A.K.A FunK WanG
                    • Aug 2003
                    • 2302

                    #10
                    ...i agree...i am already broke registering for tournies..but on top of that i have to purchase paint...then food...fills...spare parts (just in case)...back up gun setups (just in case)...ect...

                    ...and they say money can't buy happiness...

                    (it could if someone just put a price tag on it)...
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                    • Duck Hunt
                      Spam
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 434

                      #11
                      For one I haven't played any tourneys yet, I plan on it though. Paintball started out like every other sport, some people invented it and it caught on. Look at basketball, no one ever thought when it first came around that we'd now have "ballers" getting 10 mil per game.

                      Paintball is about the only sport now that YOU an average player can start a team and ACTUALLY become a semi pro team and play world cups and such. I'm sure sooner or later it'll become like every other sport out there but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.

                      I pay 65 bucks for a case of premiums and that usually lasts me 2 weekends, I'm gonna take a dip in the tourney pool and hopefully it'll work out for the best but if it doesn't I'm sure as hell I'll have fun doing it ;-)

                      Sean

                      AGD Did someone call me?

                      You should go to each gun manufacturers forum or call them up. Ask the OWNER of the company why his gun is better. When you get your answers come back here and tell us what they said.

                      You should buy my gun because I have 5000 posts that say I care.

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                      • mag-hatter
                        OOOOOOOOO-RAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 1069

                        #12
                        Originally posted by gc82000
                        OK why are you dropping $80 anyways when you go play. This I dont understand. The most that I have ever spent was $64, and that included air($3), case of paint($58), and field fees($3). But usually I only spend only 36 for 1/2 case(30), air(3) and fees(3). Also how many times a week do you play. Limit your play time or only play with a limited number of people like Falcon1 suggested.
                        maybe because some people (HI, IM ONE OF THEM) pay 20 dollars for field fees! thats the best rate around here
                        MY PRETTY PRETTY FREEFLOW ON EBAY! GET SOME WHILE ITS HOT AND FALLING OUT OF THE COW!

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                        • minimagjim
                          the man with the minimag
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 173

                          #13
                          then again you cant buy skill either, when you run out of money find other ways to play that will save you cash. Play pump or limit yourself on paint, most of us all have our own equipment so there is no problem. What i do see is that many of us that are strapped for cash spend it unwisely say either spending it on something other than paintball and regreting it or the worst is buying something you dont need!!! I mean if you got a crappy old pack and want a new one but that means not being able to play a couple games, than dont buy the pack. If it works dont worry yourself...I got plenty of things on my wishlist packs, tanks, barrels, and more, But i dont exactly NEED it right now.

                          This is what you gotta do. Decide what you NEED from what you WANT. that usually solves alot since you wont spend money on something you want, instead of something you need!

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                          • Destructo6
                            Registered User
                            • Apr 2004
                            • 549

                            #14
                            Cycles.

                            Personally, there have been times where I played weekly for a while, then stopped entirely for as long as a year. Mostly due to money and time: have one but not both at the same time. This has been going on since the first time I played, 12 years ago.

                            The sport itself can be expected to go through cycles. Style (splash annodizing, anybody?), gametype, gear, etc. I don't see a bust cycle coming up.

                            Maybe you are seeing a cycle in the sport, or just in yourself. It's hard to say.
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                            • Won Hunglo
                              The Great Won
                              • Jun 2002
                              • 128

                              #15
                              Too much money for paintball? You guys should have been around in the early 90's when a case of paint was $130 before you even through about filed fees & fills. Now you did get 2500 in a case back then. My original pre Classic Mag cost about 500 before I set it up. The same gun is half that now. Now I play & it rarely cost me over 60 bucks for a case of paint & field fee with free fills. Paintball is now dirt cheap!
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