I raised a "Hype" kid

[tony3]

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.

Other things besides paintball?

[xXHavokXx]

or shooting zap paint, right?

Hahahaha, what is funny is 98% of the time we shoot Worr paint.

[-=Squid=-]

Why are you not encouraging him to get into the tourney scene, if thats what he wants to do? Considering that you are a paintball, im surprised.

[SteelSoul]

Oh im not at all
I support him all the way, he played a 3v3 turny a few months back and they won 2nd place. Heck his buddy Kelton was even there and all of the kids had mech markers.
If he wants to play turny ball go for it, it is the posers that get me.

[sneakyhacker420]

go show him the z-man video of him shooting 32+ bps with his RT


or if you want to get him a better gun, but not one that costs $1400, pick up an 04 viking while you still can - $900 bucks and its faster, more efficent, and simpler than any DM4 ever will be

[Digits]

save him the embarasment.. Get him the timmy tell him thats the only gun your ever buying him and if he wants new ones he will have to find ways to buy/sell/trade them.. Just make sure he doesn't do something stupid with it and trade it for what he thinks is a good marker but isnt..

But on second though..

Screw a timmy.. For the price just get him a used DM4 or something.. Timmys suck, and it's a pretty damn complex gun for a 13 year old.. Atleast if the DM4 breaks and he takes it apart, there arn't as many pieces

[Digits]

go show him the z-man video of him shooting 32+ bps with his RT


or if you want to get him a better gun, but not one that costs $1400, pick up an 04 viking while you still can - $900 bucks and its faster, more efficent, and simpler than any DM4 ever will be

simpler.. Hell no..

Easier to maintain - yes aslong as it doesn't break.. DM4's are VERY simple guns, just like any trix.. Basically the guns the bolt.. But I see people's vikings breaking down and they have no clue on how to fix it because it's a pretty complex gun.. Plus there are people that know matrices everywhere.. Not many that know the vikings inside and out.

[-=Squid=-]

So now people with timmies are posers?

Gimme a break. Mech mags are GREAT guns, but a timmy IS a superior marker. ESPECIALLY for tournement play.

[Curly]

simpler.. Hell no..

Easier to maintain - yes aslong as it doesn't break.. DM4's are VERY simple guns, just like any trix.. Basically the guns the bolt.. But I see people's vikings breaking down and they have no clue on how to fix it because it's a pretty complex gun.. Plus there are people that know matrices everywhere.. Not many that know the vikings inside and out.

I dont know where you got the understanding that Timmies are more complex than Dm4's? There is nothing to a timmy, its a ram and a valve with some regs. A dm4 has a lot of pieces that have to go together in a precise way that is easy to screw up. A dm4 also has tons of O-rings that will need replacing. I have been shooting timmies for a couple years now and find them to be great guns that require little to no maintenance.

-Jeremy

p.s. I have owned a DM4, so dont tell me that I dont know what I am talking about.

[Digits]

Well ok.. I'll put it more like this.. You take the grip frame of a timmy.. And it's caos in there, useless wires running everywhere, houses blah.. DM4's just seem simpler..

Both are simple though.. Come on if you can't put a matrix back together properly you shouldn't even be owning one..

I don't like timmies though, never will.. Expecially after seeing a GZ being worked on for 5 hours before it was finally working.. There overhyped guns IMO

[tony3]

Are you joking? You can look and see where every wire goes to, take off 1 screw, the board comes off, unplug the 2 wiring harnesses and you can see exactly where every wire goes to. Timmys are extremely simple guns. I would say they are one of the simplest guns in the highend market, next to impys.

[Curly]

Are you joking? You can look and see where every wire goes to, take off 1 screw, the board comes off, unplug the 2 wiring harnesses and you can see exactly where every wire goes to. Timmys are extremely simple guns. I would say they are one of the simplest guns in the highend market, next to impys.

Exactly.

[totalknockout]

heres some advice 4 months of 3 lawns and a cemetary mowing and scrubbing toilets and laundry duty bought me a new emag and i just now got a part time job becuase of the experience turn him into a mieser and then you dont have to worry about what kind of retirement home youll live in.

[Digits]

I don't know.. I seen atleast 15-20 wires floating around in the gripframe/noid area, and some hoses.. It looks like a spyder with a boob job..

The rest of the gun may be simple.. But come on.. My trix has 6 wires.. 4 in 1 connection and 2 in the other.. It's a little simpler to me.. I've never worked on a timmy though, only seen one apart so yeah.. I don't like them either way, everyone and there grandmas has a timmy hear so they get annoying..

Oh and.. All guns are virtually the same in simpleness I guess, (except for the select few).. It's all about knowing the gun.. I never did learn a spyder though so maybe thats why the timmies complex to me

[Digits]

PM me your e-mail to Tony.. For the gun of the month thingy!