Anybody getting burnt out on Paintball?

[DiRTyBuNNy]

I think that the biggest threat to paintball has got to be people just burning out on the sport. I mean..paintball takes a lot out of you..physically, emotionally, and financially..and sometimes i think i've gotten to the point where i don't care anymore...some people say that you don't get burnt out on it if you don't love it...but usually that's just the people who have really realized what burning out is..I mean..I wonder how TK is able to stay so true to paintball after all these years...does it take having other hobbies so that you don't become so transfixed on paintball that eventually you just can't take it anymore...does anyone else feel like this sometimes?

[FooTemps]

I will be burnt out on paintball soon... but only financially. I've already been burnt out on paintball emotionally tring to get to play. I always pick back up though. This forum aids in me staying true to paintball... And I barely even play...

[pharcyde]

i burnt out awhile ago, left the sport for a couple of years. recently i came back to the sport and it has never been better.

[~WarpedRT~]

I know exactly what you mean. You start to think, whats the point? Why am I spending this kind of money, time and strength on this? Then you go and play again, and realize this is the best sport out there, and there is nothing else that welcomes you back quite like it does.

[Goldie D Pimp]

I was thinking about this one the ohter day. In a good year, I might get to actually go out and play once, MAYBE twice a month, but then not at all when it's cold. So I may actually get to play 12-15 times a year. How crazy is it that I've got thousands of $$$ worth of equipment that only gets used a few times a year???

[Jonno06]

Everytime after im done playing,i am really burnt out.i just wanna go to sleep,but i get back on this site,and reminds how cool paintball the game is,and how cool the paintball players are.I would never leave paintball though,i can hardly stand waiting until the weekend,maybe next weekend.

[Tony Arrivo]

I don't thinhk I'll ever burn out on paintball. Hehe, just ask Mountaindud or AllAmericanMag, they know. Tom Kaye in my opinion has the sweetest job ever, I'd take it in a heart beat.

[ben_JD]

I played paintball for a LONG time before entering graduate school. During grad school, I didn't play even once; didn't have the money and didn't have the time. Once I got out, got a job and started playing again, it was if I had more energy for the sport than before.

[Vegeta]

I haven't played in months, mainly becuase of feild location. I really don't wanna have to bug some1 to drive me 50 miles to the nearest feild. If there was a feild in a city near me, I could gaurentee myself I would go every / every other weekend. I am not worrkyign about upgrading to another gun till the Mega Meet nears... which hopefully will jump start soem of us to practice.. dont wanan be the worst AO paintballer now do ya?

[Paintchucker]

Burnt Out but Came Back...

I started playing back in 1992 and played up until 1995, where I was traveling the southeast playing tourneys. My team took 17th in the Indoor National Championships as one of our first tournaments. Long Story Short... I got burnt out on the politics, and the egos, and it was just darn expensive, so I quit playing. I started playing again this past summer and still have it in my blood. Besides you gotta do something with all those guns sitting there right?!!!




PS. DiRTyBuNNy did you have a chance to send my Crown Point Barrel yet? LMK thanks!

[cphilip]

Thats perfectly normal I think. I get on kicks of hobbies and then burn out all the time. Its like a cycle. Most times you just over do it and then burn out a bit on it. If its not fun anymore just pack it up for a while and take a break. eventually you will get the fever to play again. as they say..."Absence makes the heart grow fonder..."

[IceCool32]

I've yet to burn out on the sport. I've got around $600 into my set-up, that took a dent to the wallet, but I still continue. Sometimes you ask, why am I doing this? Then you get out there and play, and have the adrenaline rush that only such a sport can provide you with.

There are always those moments where you think...Man, that's alot of money to be spending, then you pack up your gear to go play, and tell me, has it ever popped into your head ONCE on the way to the field? Didn't think so, that's why I've yet to be burnt out on the sport.

[OhMyAMoose]

Yeah I have been burnt out for a while now... back when I first got my classic mag I only played like 4 times all that year. Then I didnt play for the entire next year. The main thing is the cost. I just can't afford it. Why does it have to cost so much? I know it is a lot better than what it was 10 years ago but still. I love to go with my friends and play but it is hard to get 5-8 guys to go play because most of them dont have a lot of money. When I go I spend around 35-55 bucks. That is a huge chunk out of my wallet. I truly think that if the paintball industry lowered their paint cost more people would play. Cause if I could go out and only have to spend 20 bucks to play I would go all the time.

[Mild 7]

Burnt Out

I get burnt out when I get my *** shot out 6 out of 7 game consecutively. Then I go home, and hate myself.

Then I setup a private game, mostly newbies of course. After a day of that, I'm all healed.

[graycie]

i was burnt out for over a year, but to add insult to injury i kept on playing because of team obligations. i didn't enjoy playing, or any part of it, only thing that kept me going was my friends in the sport. when i read justin owens artile on burn out in pgi, i swore it spoke to me. everything he said in the article was everything that i felt and was going through. just recently i'm beginning to emerge out of burn out and slowly starting to play again, and actually enjoy it.