Masks - remember when...

[Badmovies.org]

...masks only covered your eyes, nose, and mouth? You would get hit on the ear, or right behind it, and spend about five minutes hunched over, jumping up and down and cursing. To avoid that (and maybe getting an eardrum ruptured), you started wearing a bandanna wrapped around your head. You would still get hit, right below where the bandanna covered.

Going even farther back, when all we wore were shop goggles. Remember getting hit in the mouth? Nothing quite like the taste of paint followed by a blood chaser from your split lip.

I appreciate the mature mask designs that are available now.

[MANN]

Going even farther back, when all we wore were shop goggles. Remember getting hit in the mouth? Nothing quite like the taste of paint followed by a blood chaser from your split lip.

yep. I could not afford a mask, and neither could my sibblings. We spent 70.00 on a tallon and a 200rd hopper. Misc safety glasses that my grandfather had were used as protection.
Thank god we were too scared to get close to each other someone could of easily been hurt.

[StygShore]

I have eaten far too many blue Neslon paintballs in my lifetaime thanks to shop goggles and those crappy little green masks

And not the new Nelson... I'm talkin the old, stain anything they get on including your teeth Nelson paint - the stuff that was oil based and impossible to wipe off.


Styg

[phizz]

yes i remember, I even have broken cartilage in my right ear and it sticks out a bit from a close range shot to the head. I still have the five original masks we owned, and can remeber thinking how amazing it would be to have a wrap around mask

[spectre184]

Going even farther back, when all we wore were shop goggles.

I have eaten far too many blue Neslon paintballs in my lifetaime thanks to shop goggles and those crappy little green masks

You mean these......

[Al_Steel]

^^ W00t!!

That cool green to match the Splatmaster!

Yeah, and the shop goggles that went over them. ooooh the good ol days!

Thank GOD for the JT full face. Those neck, throat, ear, and forehead shot started to suck. I used an old t-shirt to cover my head. Tucked and rolled the sleeves for added earpr otection. They still hurt though.

Oh, and remember 300+fps combined with those masks? I don't think there is a field today that allows over 285. I hear people complain about hot guns that are shooting 290.. lol! That was shooting LOW back in the day. Hey, pain makes you a better player.

[StygShore]

No fair you have the upgraded model, mine didnt have the straps or the little lines of foam inside!!!!

Held mine on wiht the strap from my shop goggles.


Remember players used to use their JT goggles and take off the lowers for a few years - had a freind that liked to play that way because he could breath better - that ended when he caught 3 rounds from about 8ft away at 360+ to his mouth and jaw - he was a mess for 2-3 weeks after that.


Styg

[CrimsonGhost]

I miss playing with the "Improved" Whipper JT goggles. Soft ear protection and a SMALL mouth guard. No matter WHAT new mask I use now I STILL can't get over the feeling of suffocation when I get to huffing!

[Pneumagger]

remember the SCOTT BADA$$ goggles? They were so awesome... I can never find a set anywhere though

[StygShore]

remember the SCOTT BADA$$ goggles? They were so awesome... I can never find a set anywhere though

Hehe those aren't THAT old, I still see people bring them out to play, and I think there are 3 or 4 sets at the field for rental for people with really big heads. We just dont tell them if they take a face shot they are going to be picking paint shell out of their flesh for a week

we have an original pair of Vents goggles there too the Boss's son brought out last year - not much bigger than the JT Whipersnappers


Styg

[rkjunior303]

haaa.. i had a pair of whippersnappers... those things were deadly.

[SummaryJudgement]

My first goggles were Vents Rage!

I love those goggles! My original pair have essentially dissintegrated, but I managed to find a more complete pair six months ago and had to get them.

Whippers! Ha! I thought those were dangerous back when it was perfectly acceptable to wear something the size of a cup saucer over your face for protcetion. Still, they were better than shop goggles.....

[ProblemKinder]

FORTUNATELY i have no idea the times of which you speak, my first mask was a VForce profiler!!

[Al_Steel]

My first goggles were Vents Rage!

I love those goggles! My original pair have essentially dissintegrated, but I managed to find a more complete pair six months ago and had to get them.

My first "real" set of gogs was Vents Predators baby! I absolutely LOVED those goggles. Fricking awesome. Too bad you can't find lenses for them anymore. I think I still got mine around somewhere but the lens is cracked and I can't find a replacement anywhere.

[SummaryJudgement]

Whoa! Wait, my first goggles were Vents Preds too! Where the heck did I come up with Vents Rage?!

Here's a pic I took to illustrate a NDZ dropkick for someone. These Preds are more complete than my original pair actually. I didn't have the forehead or throat protection back then...........

http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4976193