A Few Questions that I got asked and couldnt answer. Can You?

[stop whining buy a mag]

Blazestorm has all the best answers so far IMO.

Why do people argue so much in paintball. Just like Blaze said, you forget about everything else. I only see the guys that I play with at the field. We mostly talk paintball and just try to have a good time. People need to stop being so critical (in a negative way) and just take paintball as the way it is. Have fun with your friends and shoot them at the same time.

[68magOwner]

1.Why do you use a high-end gun ie. DM3/4/5, Shocker, Emag, Viking, and etc.? Advantages of using high-end guns?

2. What talent do you see in tourney paintball when they allow the use of ramping/full auto modes or even nowmal electro's vs. use of mech guns even pumps which one do u think involves more talent to win with?

3.Why do you play paintball(for what reason like what u get out of it)?

4.What is ur view on the prices that they charge for paintball related equipment do u think it is worth it or overpriced?

1- Because thats what im comfortable using, i can rely on it to work, and work well. Be fast and consistent, get what i need done with it.

2-With ramping allowed, making runs and avoiding paint becomes a much more important skill than actual shooting skills, IMO it makes the game more physicially demanding because you have to be very quick/able to dive/slide profeciently. Of course gunfighting is a huge factor no matter what markers are being used.

3-Because i like competition, and more specifically winning competitions, and, in paintball, i do that. Also, just all the friends i have made, paintballers just seem to be a fairly tight community and mostly a cool bunch of guys (at least the local scene here). Its just fun

4-I think with markers like the ion avaliable, anyone starting out can go and pick up a marker where they will not be out gunned by anything at a relatively low price. Now, from that point on its really personal preferance as to if a person purchases a more expensive marker. Paintball equipment isnt cheap by any means, but, there are plenty of ways to save money (buy used) and be able to play realitavely inexpensively with a competitave setup.

[Miscue]

ok heres some questions that i got asked by my friends dad(my friend plays paintball like me)

1.Why do you use a high-end gun ie. DM3/4/5, Shocker, Emag, Viking, and etc.? Advantages of using high-end guns?

2. What talent do you see in tourney paintball when they allow the use of ramping/full auto modes or even nowmal electro's vs. use of mech guns even pumps which one do u think involves more talent to win with?

3.Why do you play paintball(for what reason like what u get out of it)?

4.What is ur view on the prices that they charge for paintball related equipment do u think it is worth it or overpriced?

thank you any answers welcome because i was kinda stumped when asked these questions

1. Slow trigger fingers are no longer an issue. Before a fast trigger finger required talent and you could say - "Wow, this guy can shoot fast." Now no talent is needed and a 5-year old with no experience can shoot the same speed as a paintball veteran. Is this good or bad? I don't think it's either, it just changes things.

2. None. However, it puts them on equal footing in terms of fire-power... everyone can shoot at ridiculous speeds.

3. I liked the tactics/strategy part of the game - anywhere you got to use your brain. The adrenaline rush went away after a while... the game slowed down.

4. Paintball is kind of a niche thing - which drives the price up. Over-priced is a matter of perspective. Everything you buy costs more than it took to make... it's called profit. Where the line is drawn that crosses into the over-priced zone is hard to say. And let's say you look at paint prices. There's a lot of paint makers now - different grades of paint by different manufacturers are priced similarly. Keeping this in mind, as well as the idea of competition - I'd say the cost of paint is "OK."

So long as competition exists in the industry, products in general I don't think will be absurdly over-priced.

You can get good markers for $300-500. I don't think that's too bad. You can spend $1000 or whatever, and the markers are maybe a little better but nothing extreme. You don't have to buy those markers. Good tanks are reasonable... etc.

I think that paintball can be an expensive sport - I don't think paintball in general is over-priced. I do think that certain individual products are over-priced, but people still buy them anyway - perhaps the high price is a selling point with the perception of being "better."

They're selling you a dream... which adds to the sticker.

[athomas]

1. Most high end guns offer a bit more quality in their product plus a more unique look. People like the "bling" factor as well. However, you can get competetive products without spending loads of cash, which is good for the budget player that wants to compete on a level playing ground.

2. The use of ramping modes hasn't really changed the game a whole lot. It makes you move a heck of a lot quicker when you decide to move to the next bunker. Honestly, you can be held in a bunker easier, but you can also shoot your way out of a bunker easier too. So I don't rally see a change, other than having to reload more often. This in itself can change the game. eg; True story. We played a team in a tourny. On the break, they opened up on us with all 5 guns off the break. We had only a couple of guns trained on key bunkers, and did manage to get all our guys into our nearest bunkers where we had to hunker down for a moment to endure the onslaught and protect the forward progress of the other team rather than try to gunfight our way out of our bunkers. After about 15 sec. the firing stopped and one of our players ran down the entire tape line and shot all 5 guys who ran out of paint at the same time.

3. I play for the competition and fast pace of the game. I enjoy both woodsball and speedball.

4. I think paintball prices are high, but falling all the time. I knew that when I started 17 years ago, but I also understood the market conditions and why the prices were high. Market conditions dictate the prices. If you can play and have fun and walk away at the end of the day without regretting having spent the cash, then the price is acceptable.

[RRfireblade]

ok heres some questions that i got asked by my friends dad(my friend plays paintball like me)

1.Why do you use a high-end gun ie. DM3/4/5, Shocker, Emag, Viking, and etc.? Advantages of using high-end guns?

Cause I'm a status seeker , I enjoy the oohs and aahs, the drooling and the fact that the youger kids think I'm cool cause I have more money to spend on paintball than them and am finacially capable of owning the best the sport has to offer.

2. What talent do you see in tourney paintball when they allow the use of ramping/full auto modes or even nowmal electro's vs. use of mech guns even pumps which one do u think involves more talent to win with?

Talent is an issue that is completely seperate from the equiptment used. A talanted pump player can be equally effective playing with a semi as well as a a semi player should he decide to use using ramping.If it was any other way then every punk with a grand in his pocket would be playing first string on a Pro Paintball team wouldn't they?

3.Why do you play paintball(for what reason like what u get out of it)?

Cause I like to shoot people. I like to see people try and shoot me, pretty simple really

4.What is ur view on the prices that they charge for paintball related equipment do u think it is worth it or overpriced?

If your happy with the item it was worth it. If your not...it was a rip

thank you any answers welcome because i was kinda stumped when asked these questions

Anytime.