Double Standard!

[darkside1365]

ok you take your friends out and play paintball they will get addicted to it probably sell everything they dont need and buy a marker the adreniline that you get from the game wants you to do it again and again they dont get "the game" and why we do it you need to show them that PAINTBALL RULES OVER GOLF EASLY AND RULES OVER EVERYTHING ELSE

[GoatBoy]

Kablam! Well said, OhMyAMoose.

It is usually the older guys with money and real jobs who drop serious cash on stuff like golf clubs.

I will say this about golf: it's great for career interests. Those of you with no career interests... well, nevermind. You can keep RITING LIEK THIS 4 TEH REST OF UR LIVEZ.

Likewise, I've never known anyone to get anywhere playing paintball. I'm sure it happens... on occasion. It's a dead end for most of you. I'm sure the guys at the top of the pyramid appreciate your enthusiastic funding, though.

As far as the CD's... paying $15 a piece for CD's is about as smart as dropping 1300 on a DM4. I mean, you'd have to be buying some pretty rare stuff to have no option but to pay $15 average a CD. There's no doublestandard on that one; they're both not very smart moves.

The $5000 TV? The TV gets more use than your paintball guns. You see, you mentioned it was in the family room... and I'm guessing you're not the head of your current household, eh?

Don't really have anything to say about hockey, heh.


You can call outsiders 'ignorant' about paintbal; but they might turn around and call you 'ignorant' about money. They might even be justified, especially if you're living under their roof.


Be honest, what's the motivation for buying something like a $1k+ gun. I think there's only one really good reason.

[Target Practice]

Be honest, what's the motivation for buying something like a $1k+ gun. I think there's only one really good reason.

Would you be so kind as to enlighten us?

[Enemy]

ok my opinion is... i have fun i like it and i love my new toy.. hey if it takes an xmag to pull you out of a depression would you buy one???

then again i also look at money and say oh well it is just money but i have earned what i spend so thats why i look at it that way...

fyi im also one of those guys that will justify 10000 on a new turbo for more horsepower just havent had the quality of car to want to do it on yet.. that comes later in life!!!!

[Miscue]

I just spent about $700 on table tennis equipment... and put about $100 a month into it - costs about $60 just to replace rubber every month. Now, if you had no understanding of how it can cost this much - you'd probably call it a waste. It's kinda like how people who don't understand paintball think it's silly to put that much into it. But I figure it this way: If it's your hobby, you enjoy doing it, and you're good enough to justify putting that much money in it... go for it if you can afford it!

Now, I do agree that it's stupid to buy a $1500 marker when you are struggling with money and stuff.

[Blazestorm]

I'd rather buy a PGP and play paintball everyday, then have a fully-loaded Alias and never get to play

[GoatBoy]

Would you be so kind as to enlighten us?

Well, I think Enemy pretty much came close to getting it. It's the same reason for just about anything really.

Why do XYZ? Because you want to, and because you can. End of story. (I guess that's technically two reasons, but I kind of lump it as one idea.)

Insert any myriad of things in place of XYZ.



The issue is justification of a mistake by other peoples' mistakes. That just invites people like me who come in and pick up bad arguments where people would prefer them to be left. While I can see the hypocrisy, it doesn't particularly make any sort of compelling argument, except that people can indeed be hypocrites.


For instance, I've never really had a problem with people questioning me about my mag. "Why do you shoot a mag? Why don't you get an electro or something?" I simply say, "I know what I want, and this is the gun that I want." The discussion has never moved past that point.


If you want it, buy it. If someone gets on you about it, just give 'em the bird. You don't have to justify anything to anyone but yourself (and maybe the people who are financing your shenanigan, but that's understood).



Edit: I guess a couple other people jumped in while I was writing this. You get the idea.

[v_3Sterns]

lol I just had an equally retarded conversation today:

Friend - why are you going to spend 1000 bucks on paintball?

Me - Because I love it and I am dedicated.

Friend - But thats not going to get you a new girlfriend!
(i recently split with someone)

Me - I don't really care.

Friend - Well you should spend it on building a new computer.

Me - How the hell does hasten me obtaining a girlfriend?

*cricket chirp* *cricket chirp*

[WickeDKlowN]

I get the same thing, I'd say I've got roughly a grand invested in paintball, and my parents(and god parents) both tell me I'm waisting my money, but at the same time, my dad is constantly buying guns(he collects old .22's mostly) that 80% of which he'll never shoot.

[ProX9]

I have this justification of money being spent argument with many family members and friends, my sister calls my paintball stupid and a waste of money but buying a good horse is somehow a wise investment in her eyes, seriously, $30,000 on a purebred horse and then a small labor force to maintain the stupid thing and my 1k paintball gun is a waste. Now she found the most expensive college she could find (pepperdine) and got accepted for only $37,000 a year, and even now she didnt pay for her car, gas, insurance, jack didlio and no she doesnt have a job and I cant get my parents to go 50/50 on a case of paint without them instilling a feeling of guilt into me for my wanting to play paintball once or twice a month

[wek29]

Hmmm, just my 2 cents...and remember I love paintball. The thing I think that keeps it smaller than other sports isn't the start up cost, but the cost to play each time. I mean I don't think we'll see little league paintball unless we can get case of paint at a much lower price. Once you get your gear, you're pretty much done. It doesn't cost anything for my sone to play a baseball game. Can you imagine if you went through 200 baseballs in a game? Football, Hockey and basketball...all the same. Now, I used to think golf was expensive...until I played paintball. I have about $400 in eqiupment. A round including balls in my area is under $40 for about a 3 hour round. No way I could play paintball for that much.
So which do I play? Paintball of course. For a lot of reasons, but one big one is I can play with my kids. I can play golf with them also, but they hate that. Can you imagine me playing baseball with a 10 year old? Or football? ha!
Soory this went all over...it's too early to have written, but what the hey...

[Jeffy-CanCon]

Hmmm, just my 2 cents...and remember I love paintball. The thing I think that keeps it smaller than other sports isn't the start up cost, but the cost to play each time. I mean I don't think we'll see little league paintball unless we can get case of paint at a much lower price. Once you get your gear, you're pretty much done. It doesn't cost anything for my sone to play a baseball game. Can you imagine if you went through 200 baseballs in a game? Football, Hockey and basketball...all the same. Now, I used to think golf was expensive...until I played paintball. I have about $400 in eqiupment. A round including balls in my area is under $40 for about a 3 hour round. No way I could play paintball for that much.
So which do I play? Paintball of course. For a lot of reasons, but one big one is I can play with my kids. I can play golf with them also, but they hate that. Can you imagine me playing baseball with a 10 year old? Or football? ha!
Soory this went all over...it's too early to have written, but what the hey...

Some good thoughts in there, wek29. $40 for a 3hr round of golf, and that's cheaper than paintball? That's all I spend for 6hrs+ of paintball!

I think golf and skiing are good sports to compare to paintball. They both call for moderately expensive equipment, and cosat money everytime you do it. But golf and skiing are both "real" sports - they are good exercise, and the professionals are on TV, or in the Olympics. And they are good networking opportunities, too. Maybe paintball will be there someday, but it's not, yet.

[Tyger]

Golf : It can be used for buisness, so it's "ok" to drop money on it. It's an investment.

Bowling : It's a social activity, so it's ok because you cna hang out with friends.

Paintball : It's kinda out there, and the golfers dont' know what to do with it. So, they fear what they don't know, and ridicule it.

CUE THE BANANA!

-Tyger

[richie]

When I think something in paintball is too expensive,I think back to the remote control jet fly-in they had here in Fla a couple years back.I watched a guy fly his brand new F-18 jet with a real jet turbine in it.He was proud as he had about a year of time invested in it and right at $12,000.00 in this plane.It was beautiful,till part of the rudder came off and it nosedived out of a roll and hit the ground at 200 miles an hour.He put it in a box and stuffed it into the back of his van and left.The plane was a total loss.Now when you drop your paintball gun,you can wipe it off and go play again.You don't lose a rather large chunk of your annual salary.I think paintball is a rather normal investment,considering that once it is paid for,it pretty much doesn't keep costing other than air and paint.(unless you can't control your upgrading.)

[Chronobreak]

for the most part p-ball guns keep there resale somewhat so if u quit u can still get a decent amount of $ for your guns but if that roomate goes to get soemthing for those cd's he bought hel get about .25 cents a pop for those $15 cd....now u tell me whats worse....ans ps mags last forever