What have you done to help paintball grow?

[Carbon]

Just another rant.

I have:

Reffed and helped noobs and first timers
Surrendered 1st timers and noobs
Let a noob borrow my gun for a day
left paintball mags in my college classes on purpose
invited people to play, their 1st session
paid for people to play, their 1st session
get my co worker(s) to buy a M98
made a homade "I <3 Paintball" shirt (pat. pend.)::wink::
Solicited the idea of paintball to my nonpaintballing friends
Participated in AO days
Setup fields
kicked down some basic paintball physics.

enuff bout me howzbout yous guys?

[punkncat]

Well lets see....

Reffed and helped noobs and first timers
Surrendered 1st timers and noobs
Let a noob borrow my gun for a day
left paintball mags at work on purpose
invited people to play, their 1st session
paid for people to play, their 1st session
get my co worker(s) to buy a marker

Solicited the idea of paintball to my nonpaintballing friends

Setup fields
kicked down some basic paintball physics.

I have done those.....+
Got my 10 year old daughter to play
Thrown games on purpose against noobs to boost confidance
Taken on heavily one sided odds for the same purpose
Helped my daughter make a report on paintball reflecting the positive side of the sport for a activities fair for school
...possibly more....

[Carbon]

I have done those.....+
Got my 10 year old daughter to play
Thrown games on purpose against noobs to boost confidance
Taken on heavily one sided odds for the same purpose
Helped my daughter make a report on paintball reflecting the positive side of the sport for a activities fair for school
...possibly more....

hell yeah! right on dude!

[jayloo]

I wrote all the code behind www.jayloo.com in the name of paintball.

I personally pay for the server that hosts all 4500+ images you guys have posted so it is FREE to you.

I have over 1000 quality posts on AO some helping others find there way

I have personally introduced and tought many about the sport of paintball and oraganized private parties to go out with them and play.

[barrel break]

well, I have-

introduced 10+ people to the sport directly, and they brought others in.
leave paintball mags in public places (with what i consider to be "bad" articles taken out)
surrender people whenever possible
always accomodate n00bs, help them, try and make their day better.

and pretty soon I will be handing out pamphlets at saturday market, and downtown!

[Smokee_2_7]

Reffed and helped new players From age 10 to 70
Gone back on the field after the game with countless new players and showed them specific points of play (i.e snap shooting, angels, bunker wrapping, ect.)
Surrendered 1st timers
allowed new players to use some 'nice' setups such as my Xmag, angel, matrix, ect.
invited people to play, as well as 'sold' potential players from almost every situation imaginable: the mall, restruants, church, bars, ect.
paid for people to play their first time.
hooked people up on incredible deals on first guns and accessories so they could play more- -- such as a m98 package with tank, goggles, and hopper for like $50 bux.
talked at great legnths with numerous parents of kids who want to play, but the parents had 'reservations' about saftey and the like. convinced about 95% of those to allow their kids to play, and over 50% to come out and play themselves.
Interviewed on one of the local news stations explaining safety (requirements and injuy statistic) of paintball
Discussed qear upgrades with the newer player, and kept them from spending money on usless items (like that 24" barrel) so they wouldnt blow tons of cash and 'burn out' on the sport.
Designed, built, and maintained both commercial AND renegade fields.
Given hours of free tech lessons and labor covering basic marker care and saftey to make people enjoy their equipment and the sport better.
Allowed newer players to shoot me out to ensure that they have a good time and want to come back.
Played nemerous 3, 5, and 7 on one's for the same purpose.
Helped organize, start, and coach a couple teams composed of players that had barely even played before, and turned them into top 3 placers and local events. Some of which are currently being scouted by some upper division teams on the circuit.

I think that's got it covered for the time being. .

Carl

[ramenjames]

Just another rant.

I have:

Reffed and helped noobs and first timers



invited people to play, their 1st session
paid for people to play, their 1st session
get my co worker(s) to buy a M98

Solicited the idea of paintball to my nonpaintballing friends

Setup fields
kicked down some basic paintball physics.

enuff bout me howzbout yous guys?

i kept what i have done....im lazy

[Enemy]

ok..

i have worked at a field at no charge for 2 years!!! helped keep the dead man rule in effect i.e surrendering..when we play no surrender if i haver your back to me i shoot packs and masks as they are hard and dont hurt!!! teach anyone willing to listen/ask for help...showed any kid that buys a gun from us/brings there own and doesnt know the first thing bout it.. how it works how to clean/maintain and exactly what things do what!!!discussed physics and designs always given facts not hype and fought hype at ever chance... always advised on the best upgrades for low level markers i.e. reg, barrel, hopper and a dependent on what how big you wanna go tank..driven many a kids home when their parents failed to pick em up.. always try to get my friends out at every chance... hosted a paintball day for the NLVPD cadets!!! always give everyone a memorable experience!!! and oh yeah allowed anyone that showed interest to play with my gun especially if theres breaks down on em..ie noone touches the xmag though!!!! and i love to play to go after the best players on the field then sit back and tell my team to go get em..have even left games just cuz i felt the teams were more even without me!!! ooh and ofcoarse if someone thinks i have an unfair advantage i wont hesitate to pick up a rental and do what i just did with my gun just to show them that its not the size of the pocket but the skill behind the player that counts!!! thats bout it oh and i try to encourage the sisters of players to go shoot their brothers!! but it doesnt work out as often as i liked!! oh and just fyi im only 18!!!

[Blazestorm]

I went to the potty in the toilet.

If I listed everything I've done to help paintball, AO would explode!

So I'll just be a and stuff

[chasden]

Brought about a dozen new players (friends and family) to the sport

Always taken time to socialize with the younger kids and noobs and answer questions on the field

Organized paintball trips for me and my friends to places like Skirmish for big scenario games

Invested a good amount of time in pb forums, like AO, talking paintball, answering questions

Spent lots of $$$ on paint, markers and paintball equipment

Given paintball markers (lower-end stuff like Tippmanns and Spyders) as birthday gifts -> Nothing sucks you into the game like owning your own marker

[frontrunner]

i love teaching gun tech and tips to anyone who will listen
i'm big on lending stufff i have i spyder i us a a back up (its dusty) but i lend aleast one of my barrles for it out every night once you spin on your first boomie your hooked
most of my co workers now play and i try to play back atlest one game a night to get people to move up and take good props

but most of all i don't do "drive bys" on houses and cars of poeple i don't like, no matter how much good you do crap like that will always over shadow it keep rocking AO

[kungfuhampster11]

ive done lots of the same things you guys have done

one day there was this kid with a rebel and it was really shtting out on him, i let him use my mag for a few games, next time i saw him he had a mag with almost the same settup as me. it was funny

[Jeffy-CanCon]

I have:

-reffed both rental groups and tourneys
-helped new players with advice and extra paint
-encouraged safe practices, and fair play

-spoken out against cheating, and unsafe fields
-participated in a paintball documentary project at a local university
-given interviews on TV and video

-loaned out my equipment to new players
-left paintball mags in my physiotherapists office
-organized games and invited people to play for the first time

-played lower-tech against inexperienced players, to give them more confidence and a better chance
-spread the idea of paintball to my nonpaintballing friends, getting many of them to take it up
-helped organize two big games, one of them for charity

-served on the executive of a provincial paintball association
-represented provincial paintball association at the AGM of the Provincial Sports Federation
-created an annual tournament series for the provincial paintball association
-spent enough money to make a downpayment on a house

[252]

I've gotten not one but TWO girls to play
Helped noobies fix there spyders.
Given noobies chances to surrender
Introducted at LEAST 10 more people to the sport.
Loaned my gun to people.
Won a 4v1 game (i bought more paint after that game... )

[hAppy]

-Got not 2 but 1 girl to play
-Invited about 1 first timer per session I go
-Fixed a good deal of misc blowbacks
-Supplied many guns as well as parts
-Introduced first timers to some experienced buddies
-Provide transportation for first timers