Upgrade/Play/Wait

[buzzboy]

Yeah, I just wanted to see what others would think. I think I can see if I can get my partents to let make some money doing small things for them. I don't know. I hate not having money. It makes me feel broke. That is not a happy smiley. I do feel however that I need to paintball. I will maybe get like 1000 and just play with a friends pump. I don't know. Maybe not playing for this time and just reffing will keep my Paintball spirits up. It just gets depressing. Psh....whatever. I don't know. I just needed to let out some feelings.

I might just get a new barrel. The one I have isn't working for me. It is suxxoring the big one. If I just sell it and get something new I will still have a bunch of cash left and I can maybe make a little more. [sigh]

[Pyroboy597]

You could always ask them to pay for your paint once or twice. Just tell them that they wouldn't make you pay for soccer cleats, or a jersey for basketball, so why should you have to pay for paint EVERY time? That is what I said.

[Cow hunter]

do what i do and mooch off other people! on average i can get about 2 hoppers by asking everyone for like a handful of balls, which immediatley go into a covered pod on your back. today i made the score of going with my friend who throws money around at scary speeds. he bought 2 cases at ~ $100 a case ~ i threw a $20 at him and took three bags, he didnt care.

/buying a phantom is also a great idea
//or just shoot a lot less
///or find odd jobs.....

[REDRT]

When I played with my emag, I shot around 1/5 of a case in a speedball game...This would result in me spending, perhaps $50-100 in paint alone. This being the case, and me being 14 at the time(last year) I could only play once a month. I now play with a phantom, and it costs me $25 for paint, and entry. At the end of the day, I still have about 3 ten round tubes full...Out of 10...

Stockclass =

Ever hear of self control? The emag didn't fire itself you know.

[REDRT]

do what i do and mooch off other people! on average i can get about 2 hoppers by asking everyone for like a handful of balls, which immediatley go into a covered pod on your back. today i made the score of going with my friend who throws money around at scary speeds. he bought 2 cases at ~ $100 a case ~ i threw a $20 at him and took three bags, he didnt care.

/buying a phantom is also a great idea
//or just shoot a lot less
///or find odd jobs.....

I normally give excess paint to the kidies afterwords. The stuff gets funny between practice days. Sometime it is a pod and sometimes it is a half a case. Better to give it away than just waste it.

[Cow hunter]

I normally give excess paint to the kidies afterwords. The stuff gets funny between practice days. Sometime it is a pod and sometimes it is a half a case. Better to give it away than just waste it.

i remember the one time i brought my dad to see what paintball was all about, while everyone was in a game, he was watching, and two sponsored players happened to get booted from the field for ramping, excessivley bunkering, and bonus balling the little kiddies. they decided to never come back, so why not give a whole case to the old guy in a plaid shirt?

[Stealth Fighter]

Conserve your paint, a case should last you the next month and half if you careful, I have gone 2 months on a case playing 1 time every other week. I play speedball too. I challenge my self to shoot as little as possible, this is great for tourny's too, because when I do get to one I can let her rip and reak some serious havok. (or in your case, own your freinds)

So lets see case of paint for next month and a half $60

You say you don't have to pay to play so there is know cost there.

1000 rounds for when you play at your friends party $30

Leaves you with $10 to pay to get into the real field and you might be able to scrape a little more together until then.

[pachytriton]

It's possible and fun to play effectively with little paint. I played at Boston paintball this sunday and bought a case. I got there at maybe 3:30 and left at 8. Until 6:30 I played with my matrix and played all-out, shooting way too much. Then I realized I was going to be there for an hour and a half longer and only had 2 pods left, about a pod less than what I had been shooting per game before. Most of the experienced players had left, so I pulled out my classic, and somehow managed to make 1 hopper last an hour. It was really fun and a good change. I got as many or more eliminations than before, and all the newbs were convinced that mags were the greatest guns ever. If I remember correctly, you shoot a minimag. Just play and wait to upgrade, you'll have more fun. Conserve paint and you should have no trouble buying a barrel and playing.

[buzzboy]

Back when we did the woods I usually played all day on not much more than 1-2 hoppers. Now I find it hard to keep up not shooting much. And I find I can't fill my tank for 3 weeks which makes spending money on PB even harder. I think though....I don't know. I am just going to start mowing the lawn if spring will f****** get here faster.