New players and $1400 guns?

[magsown]

yep I know

Yep I have seen many kids with thousands of dollors of gear... I own em every time I play Im 14 and I have to buy all my own stuff if I want to play. I have saved enough to have a nice mag probably $500 yep saved it all up. I dont know how someone can buy their 6year old a $1400 in guns and gear and after they get hit a few times they go and cry and never play ever again. Then some dad yells at me for shooting him. Well thats dumb the point of the game is to shoot the other guy. if your kid cant take being shot then why is he playing? Then most of the Pro or so called pro team that plays at the local feild got owned by me and little kid with a spider. then after the game they where wondering how they where beat when they have angles and shockers fireing 15+ bps.

[Automaggot68]

The problem isn't just kids.

I played last with a group that has a "decent" deal with the local field. While it's normaly FPO (at $200 a case), they are allowed to bring their own paint (and have a deal for 40$ a case).

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, $200 a CASE?

[REDRT]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, $200 a CASE?

Canadian, but still high!

[Automaggot68]

Canadian, but still high!

Whoa. I need some SLEEP.
Thanks for the clarification man.

[REDRT]

Whoa. I need some SLEEP.
Thanks for the clarification man.

No Prob

[kayvon]

yeah i just dont get it theese new kids get nice guns and that makes them feel like they are better then me with my mag
i had to pay for everything in paintball except the Brass Eagle Stingray my parentbought me 6 years ago
like theres this kid at a local field we go to who his parents bought him a shocker w/nerve board and i bunker him like every game cause our team was dominating thiers and then one game he is the last one left and i do a run-by and he is reloading and shooting so natuarly i keep shooting to, then after he is called out he yells at me for overshooting and then he shoots me four times across the chest . so i get realy pissed and im about to beat the everloving crap out of him when my brother holds me back and we just exchange some "friendly" yells. it was pretty funny later that day when we all looked back at after the kid left (nobody reallly likes that kid, hes got an attitude problem and one of these days i just might fix it for him)
any ways im fourteen and have had to pay for everything myself from money i get by mowing lawns and cleaning our rental properties
aMy family isnt poor (everyone at scholl calls us rich) but my parents long ago even when i was real young had me paying for stuff i wanted just to teach me how to handle my own money better and so if i wanteed something i learned howto save
i am grateful for this because i get to spend my money how i want and i get paid for doing stuff and when i grow up i will be ahead of the other kids cause i know how to handle my own money

just my two cents

[mike19087]

my first gun was a brass eagle stingray 2 which i had to pay for and i remember that the first time i went to a field after i had practiced in the woods around my house there were kids like that and i wooped there asses they couldnt shoot for **** it was hilarious.

[slade]

yeah i just dont get it theese new kids get nice guns and that makes them feel like they are better then me with my mag
i had to pay for everything in paintball except the Brass Eagle Stingray my parentbought me 6 years ago
like theres this kid at a local field we go to who his parents bought him a shocker w/nerve board and i bunker him like every game cause our team was dominating thiers and then one game he is the last one left and i do a run-by and he is reloading and shooting so natuarly i keep shooting to, then after he is called out he yells at me for overshooting and then he shoots me four times across the chest . so i get realy pissed and im about to beat the everloving crap out of him when my brother holds me back and we just exchange some "friendly" yells. it was pretty funny later that day when we all looked back at after the kid left (nobody reallly likes that kid, hes got an attitude problem and one of these days i just might fix it for him)
any ways im fourteen and have had to pay for everything myself from money i get by mowing lawns and cleaning our rental properties
aMy family isnt poor (everyone at scholl calls us rich) but my parents long ago even when i was real young had me paying for stuff i wanted just to teach me how to handle my own money better and so if i wanteed something i learned howto save
i am grateful for this because i get to spend my money how i want and i get paid for doing stuff and when i grow up i will be ahead of the other kids cause i know how to handle my own money

just my two cents

Is your keyboard broken? Im having trouble finding punctuation in there. Sorry I know you're new to the forum, but please try to make your posts legible.

[mercury]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, $200 a CASE?

LMAO...first time I've seen it put like that. Very funny!

[SlartyBartFast]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, $200 a CASE?

http://www.arnoldpaintball.com/site/english/prices.html

Same price at the indoor and the outdoor place. No discount on field fees if you have your own gear.

Any wonder I don't play much?

[Lohman446]

Yep I have seen many kids with thousands of dollors of gear... I own em every time I play

Yeh, I'm picking on you, but reading this post you would get the feeling that NOONE with a marker that was more than $500 (unless its a mag) has any clue how to play.

Come one guys... yes there are people (like me) who have way more marker than our ability... but a few of those guys running around with Shockers/Angels/Trixxes, etc actually do know how to play.

Edit: PS... not to single you out, yours was just convenient.. everyone in this post seems to think this

[magsown]

yep

Yep I know that some people with good guns and gear do know how to play just not most of the people where I live. The only paintball store left near where I live only has like at any time the only guns for sale are a few tippmans the rare spider and every kind of gun that is at least $900. If i want something for my mag I have to have it special orderd or buy online.

[matt-o]

honestly most of the kids like the ones were talkign about piss the heck out of me. ive worked to make the money for all of my guns (stingray 2, spyder amg, angel speed) except my old mag which i got from my brother when he quit playing. i hate it when these kids with dm5's come up to me asking why i would have ever bought something with goo on it (talking about the eye job on my angel). they think that because they have a better gun they are somehow smarter. im sure they could have bought just as cheap a gun but had to go for the high end 1400 gun and new gear. then they ask me why i would ever play in a poncho and blue jeans when there are pants and jerseys specifically for paintball. these kids think they are better than me because they have more expensive stuff, even though they have no skill and dont know a thing about their guns. i have met some that were really nice and can take some tips but for the most part they are spoiled little brats.

[ascetic1]

2 cents

Well...after taking the time to review ALL of your opinions, let me add mine..
First of all, from what i have gathered all i see is jealousy towards new players..mind you, im sure you ALL were new at one point in time, you dont just come into the sport..so what they have expensive gear? from my viewpoint they are set for the continuance of their intrest in the sport, if not then you get some great second hand stuff anyway, the fact of the matter is that some of you cant stand the fact that people will have better things than you, and if they worked for it, dont trash them for what they have..true that kids dont pay for this, but some of you who are still 13-17 still dont pay for your stuff unless you get off your rears and get a job, then brag about what you have.. and you dont know if their parents bought them that gear, so unless you actually first hand witnessed it, dont say a word! i personally can buy 6 grand worth of equipment at any given time, but that is going towards a car, and yes i worked for every damn penny.... so all in all, unless there is un-necessary arrogance from these kids directed towards you personally, id just keep my distance and just nail them on the field...look you dont even have to say a word :)

[gc82000]

Man, I hate these whiney posts..

i agree