I raised a "Hype" kid

[magman007]

trust me the no new guns for a year thing really works, aslong as you enforce it. I know, it happened to me, but my mom wasn as strict. I had my sfl e-mag for 8 months, then i went on gun whoring. the thing is, i stil payed for all of my markers. trust me, if he wants a timmy, make him do that. Make sure he gets an alias or some thing tho, so he wont feel undergunned in a year. because we all know how they crank timmies out like bunnies crank out other bunnies.

[ZAust]

Nothing wrong with wearing Dye gear and playing tournies....

or shooting zap paint, right?

[SteelSoul]

These are all good points and thanks for the view from the younger guys
I will talk to him about him finding ways to get his owen marker, I just dont like the pressure he is putting on me to get him a timmy..
Not to knock Dye kids and stuff but u have to know what I mean, there is this one kid he has a impy and I dont know if I have ever seen him play a game but the kid sure can walk a trigger. Thats pretty much the only thing he does, dry fire markers and swagger around in his Dye gear.

[Blazestorm]

Parents always made me pay for my guns, if I wanted something big, we split the cost and I'd work to pay them back later.

Make him play with a pump or mech gun, the more you play with a pump or mech gun, the better your aim will be and other playing tactics, vs. just having a gun that shoots fast.

I've seen kids with tippmanns beat out guys with alias's because the kids with alias's could shoot fast, and that was it, the tippmann guys snuck around the field and backdoored half ot them

[LittlePaintballBoy]

Just make him pay for all his stuff. My parents (12 years old right now) make me pay for everything, and I think once he has to do that he will realize he doesn't need all that stuff. I still look at deals and think up crazy schemes to get a new marker, but I am really content with my ULE RT for now. I went through the gun-whore stage a little bit ago, I went from Spyder to RT mag to EMag to Matrix back to RT ULE mag, just in a few months. Now that I have used different things I realize I like my gun, and I barely have enough money to buy paint. Just make sure you don't pay for anything of his, he will get through it. It'
s just a phase for most, but for some unlucky people (imo ) it is almost a way of life

[slade]

as for the flatline/hammerhead, show him this...

http://www.northarc.com/~tinker/flatline.html

http://humane.sourceforge.net/published/coanda_effect.html

really good information on why the flatline shoots farther... and how wings create lift, for that matter.

as for him going on an equipment rampage... do what my parents did: never spend more than $400 a year on him (birthday+holidays) and make him work for any new products he wants. make him paint the whole outside of the house over the summer for $8 an hour. then next summer make him paint the inside of the house, and then make him rebuild the porch (and then re-paint it) then tell him he can buy the timmy if he wants.

oh, and theres nothing wrong with wearing dye clothes...

[845]

Well if he is seriously into tournaments then you should support him IF you have the money. But a Timmy to play rec ball is just a waste of money and paint. Also if he is going to get a high end gun make sure he tries them all before he buys one and gets the one he is most comfortable with.

[jesseyo13]

I would get the kid an old angel led. Wont break down and the milling makes it look sweet. You can find them now for about 250 if you look around. Id still make the kid work like a dog for it.

[RTGuy86]

ill tell you the worst thing in the world to do to him.....back when the e-baldes first came out i was a cocker whore(i know) and i just had to have one. So i asked my parents if they would split the cost w/ me and i would pay them back. they said we will think about it. the next day they said they would go half on it....so i got my $ together and we ordered it. when it came in my parents put it right on top of the computer. or atleast i thought it was.....it turned out they took the main trigger frame and left me w/ just the 3 way.......when i asked them about it, my dad was like you payed for half of it and untill you pay me back this half is mine....lol.....needless to say he let me put it on my gun the next day so i could play w/ it but i really worked my tail off to get the $ i owed them.....now im trying to get them to go half on a new RT pro ule custom....i need like 1300 bucks to get all my tourny gear again. i left paintball for a while when i first got into restoring my car and i thought i was going to play airsoft...blah.... now my car is mostly restored except for some new paint and some other odds and ends so im getting anoyther team together(hopefully all mag guys) and play in some local and non-local tournies. long story short...... if you have the $ make him go half and just take what you think is your fair share....j/k.unless you really want to...lol

[mcdkid]

simple solution...

there is only one good reason for parental cantrols- block pbnation


after that, get him to hang around AO for a while.

Remember friend don't let friend surf pbnation. talk to your kids or friends about pbnation. for help talk to the people at K.P.A.F.P.B.N. (keep people away from pbnation)... its their future help make it right. lol

[jesseyo13]

I used that in my sig mcdkid! You like?

[mcdkid]

lol

thats cool

[WenULiVeUdiE]

there is only one good reason for parental cantrols- block pbnation
Remember friend don't let friend surf pbnation. talk to your kids or friends about pbnation. for help talk to the people at K.P.A.F.P.B.N. (keep people away from pbnation)... its their future help make it right. lol

If that happened to me, then well in a year I'd stil lbe playing at every other field. I have freinds I met from PBN. We all met through a thread where one guy wanted to start a field. We kept loading him with all sorts of ideas. Most of PBN sucks, but some parts are great.

As for Steelsoul, give him a limit to spend. I had about 700 to spend on a new gun, my dad told me you can only spend 400. I'm happy he made me do so. I'm now able to play much more and I can afford some nice upgrades. Also, remind him of all other costs for a 13 year old( I'm one myself). Going to lunch, buying gifts, repairs, loosing stuff, birthday parties, etc. You may have 700 to spend on a gun, but what about all the other non-paintball related stuff we spend money on. Make him understand that saving and finding good deals is an important skill that will help him later on.

Hope this helps,

Andrew

P.S. If he wants another "super-fast gun" tell him to get the BKO ( Yes I know this isnt the best Ill explain) and buy him a Chaos chip/board for it. With the Chaos it will basically be just as fast as a timmy, meaning as fast as you can pull. If he says no, its not fast enough, then you know he just wants the Timmy for bragging rights and to feel like he's good or w/e. Make him explain to you why he needs a Timmy, or why it's better than his current marker. I've had to do all this stuff, and it works.

[ZapTheMad]

Lucky for me my kid still likes his spyder :)

[AGDlover]

over my 5years of paintball(i'm 14 now) i've only gone through 3 guns(maby 4) and i've settaled on a gun that i truly love my mag. you ask your kid whats wrong with the RT that he needs a tummy for. if he can't think of anything just tell him what my mom tells me, if ya want it, pay for it yourself. if you kid want a timmy really bad go out to a local park and try and find someone that would be willing to let him give it a try. you just can't force someone to have a mag, its a decishion. If they don't feel comforable with one then hey at least they tryed one. but if ya want him to stay with the mag, show him Zmans 34bps retro mag
and help him get the best performance out of his gun.