The life without paintball aka what do you do?

[buzzboy]

I am a highschool student
I work in my parents surfshop in the summer www.surfintheeye.com
In the summer I spend all my time surfing
In the winter I snowboard
I get to play paintball about once every weekend(if I'm lucky) in november, december, march and april

Well that sums up my life. w00t are cool

[gibby]

Life without paintball? Well, I have to admit, it's coming close to a year since I last played. There have been many factors to why I stopped playing for so long. I am a game designer and currently work at Sony's development team down here in San Diego, SCEA. Originally, I lived in the Los Angeles area but ever since my decision to move down, I've been quite busy with my new job. Since I'm fairly new at Sony, having to prove my worth all over again means working very long hours.

Another major factor in why I stopped was my re-discovery of my love of riding my bike. When I was growing up as a teen in high school, riding was my lifestyle. But when college came around, my riding ceased and I became focused on what I would be doing in my future. That was around 1992. Around the same time, paintball was becoming too expensive for me. I would dump so much money into the sport but only play once or twice a month if I'm lucky. To only play on weekends once in a while wasn't enough to justify the cost anymore. So instead of buying a ton of paintball stuff, I decided to put my money into a new bike which meant I can ride anytime during the week and anywhere. And for the most part, it was a one shot deal.

Paintball was my only source of exercise for a while...needless to say, because of the low frequency of play, I didn't do much and I started to gain a little more weight than I liked. Getting back on the bike allowed me to be more consistent with my physical activities on a daily basis.

Family life at home was also another factor. Because of the move, a lot of focus went into trying to get everyone else's life transitioned to our new location. It's only now that things are starting to fall into place and for the most part, been a positive experience for everyone.

Well, here are some parting shots of me and my new love/lifestyle:








These were taken a few months ago up in Malibu beach where someone had organized a jam session. But I haven't completely forgotten about paintball. My love of red and black came from my other favorite machine:






Maybe one of these days, I'll get back to playing a little paintball.

[RRfireblade]

This about the life outside of paintball. Some would argue paintball is part of their lives. True enough.

What do you do for a living?


I like my job.

Paintball is my living.

I like my Job.

Despite the amount of time I've worked in the industry and in a large variety of capacities and different companies...Paintball does NOT provide me with the living I've grown a custom too and therefore for the last several years I have been forced to suppliment that income with a variety of others. It's my specualtion that in the not to distant future....I will no longer have the time or desire to continue burning the candle at both ends and will likely move out of the paintball world entirely. The furure of Paintball is in mass market production and importing manufacturered goods, neither of which I have any interest in doing full time.

So there you have it.

I guess , FYI , I'm also a licenced Real Estate agent in the state of Florida and plan to pursue that in greater degrees in the near future.

Jay.

[Big'n slo]

Civil Engineer/CAD Manager/Survey Coordinator by day
Drunk by night

[Dirge]

I am an SNT-TC-1A Level II (MT,PT,UT and VT) Technician. My company specializes in surface and volumetric inspections of turbines and generators (and anything else the utility can come up with). I travel alot and I am typically gone for atleast 7 months a year. The pay is nice and expenses are covered

When I am home I play vampire (yes, I am a gammer geek), video games, clean etc.....

Paintball is my only exercise while not working, so without it I will blimp out badly.

cheers

[dre1919]

I am a professional artist, and my day job is doing graphic design and illustration for a company which specializes in kids toys for fast food in Europe. I don't really get to play paintball much anymore becuase of time/money...mostly money, so for me most of my paintball time these days is spent reading about it or enjoying the memories of my ten years I did get to play a lot. I'm currently trying to get back into playing more though, so hopefully that happens soon as I love this sport a lot.

~dre

[CrimsonTurkey]

I sweat...

I'm a classically trained dancer, I spend my time in a studio tossing my partner, or myself into the air. Paintball is like knitting compared to Don Quixote.

[Stix]

Network admin for a military contracting firm that produces batteries. Lately they want me to throw on a suit and switch over to their marketing div because no seems to have a clue what the heck they are doing.

In the mean time I'm trying to look into starting a business w/ my pops.

[Vex]

I'm an Air Force contracted C-130J Flight Simulator Technician. I worked on C-130E sims for just over a year before I moved to the nice, new J model. Before that, I spent 8 years actually in the Air Force--five of which were in beautiful Okinawa, Japan.

Anyway, I'd like to move up from the technician side to Simulator Certification for the gov't. Basically, I'd just travel around a couple of times a year and make sure the sims work the way they are supposed to.

I don't get to play paintball as often as I'd like. I play every couple of months at this point, but any extra money I can scrounge (which isn't much) goes into my Mag...thanks, Rogue and Tuna!

[Gunther_mag_user]

This summer I worked up on a secluded(spelling?) mountain in alaska, in one of the richest gold areas in like the world. I made like 2g in a month and Im pretty happy about that. I am just now going to be starting my freshman year in highschool, and I am not the most popular kid you will meet. I have never had a gf(or even kissed a girl for that matter ) and I do not predict one in the near future. I have never done drugs/smoked/alcohol(don't plan to). I am a very outspoken person with a very high self esteem(dont care about what people think of me, at all). I am somewhat intelligent, and I hate to brag/braggarts. Also, I have very high morals and I hate lieing to anyone. Well, now you know more than my mom.

I feel so spilled out :rofl:
Gunther

[SCpoloRicker]

Cube warrior. Doing account management for financial services client. Direct.

Yup, that guy.

Trying to get a screenplay together.

[GordDesigns]

Nice too see that we all have altenate lives outside the paintball world.
So Monday to Friday I build plastic injection molds for different industries, and my day is mostly spent on a 3 axis CNC milling machine.
And weekends are spent doing ( other than paintball ), judging car audio for the International Auto Sound Challange Association all over Canada and the US.
And being Crew Chief for my best friends dragbike. ( L / R Dan rider & Gord crew chief )

I have very little time for much else.


Gord

[TheTramp]

I'm a Fisheries Specialist at the National Marine Fisheries Service. Considering that I was a Paralegal for 10 years with aquaculture and fishing as a hobby it's sweet to now be getting paid to do what I used to do/read about for fun.

Between the job, paintball, and homebrewing I bairly have time to drink the beer I make....

[SummaryJudgement]

I actually was thinking of posting this exact thread the other day!

I do 3d. I work at a studio in Dallas called ReelFX. I do 3d modeling, UV/texture/photoshop/shader work, environment lighting, character lighting, and some light compositing. We do commercial work, and 3d stuff for video and feature film. It pays the bills

[Recon by Fire]

I got moved from my position, a "promotion"....now i'm stuck in a fortified building (bricked over windows, metal vault doors, covered in sandbags) and get to look at a computer screen for 12 hours every night. Some promotion, but I don't have to wear body armor now...

No paintball here either at all, you would likely get shoy by something that marks more than paint

Update...recently got a real promotion and am now running the place, MFIC! Got a $25K raise too