Team?

[tech-chan]

Ok, I have a dilemma. I am gonna have to get out of paintball if I can't find a team. I can't pay for paintballs, so Im gonna have to leave the sport. If you guys know of a team near Lenoir, NC please tell me. I'm dead serious and I don't want to leave this great sport.

[AlphaPaintballRef2]

If money for paint is the issue then buy a pump. I've gone for about 3 months on a case (still not done)...and play about once a week or so.

Problem solved

[Rudz]

troof ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Pacifist_Farmer]

Is that why people join teams? For free paint? I was always under the impression that your still paying until your soooo good people pay you.

[Russ]

get a job

[bentothejam1n]

get a job

qft

[temps]

Ok, I have a dilemma. I am gonna have to get out of paintball if I can't find a team. I can't pay for paintballs, so Im gonna have to leave the sport. If you guys know of a team near Lenoir, NC please tell me. I'm dead serious and I don't want to leave this great sport.

Was talking to one of the local pro/semi pro players, when he was a younger he didn't have money for paint, but he went out to the field anyway and tried to bunker people.. and just ran around the field making bunkers and such..

And yeah.. Unless your on a pro/semi pro team with sponsors.. your still going to have to pay for your paint. you may get discounts but you'll still be paying something.

Oh as for finding a team. In my area we have a website that covers pretty much every field in the area and there are always postings for teams looking for players. If there is no local website, ask at the local field/pro shop if they know of any teams looking for players, usually the people working at the field play for a team and know the other teams in the area and whats going on in that scene.

[93civiccpe]

And if you do find someone who is going to pay for you to go play paintball, please send him my way because I really want to own a Ferrarri to drive and if someone doesn't give me all the money for one I'll have to give up on that great car.

See how dumb it sounds. The purpose of joining a team isn't for free stuff, it's to go to the top, and you have to pay for your stuff. IF you are EXTREMELY LUCKY (and very skilled), then one day you may get a sponsorship that covers your paint. We have a very good team in my area in central Virginia and they are still paying for all their stuff. They get a discount, but they have yet to get to the point where they get handouts and the've done really well the past several years.

Think of it as any other sport. If you can't afford to buy pads/uniform, you can't play. If you can't afford the greens fees and playing fees, you aren't going to get to play golf. Paintball is a sport.. if you can't afford to play, either stop playing or get a job like the rest of us so you can play.

[Aggravated Assault]

Just Quit.

Really.

[SR_matt]

get seconds, or go to a shoop and ask for the broken paint. normaly sells for 5 bucks a bag, clean it in acetone

-matt

[FIST2CUFF]

Get a Job! Man I cannot believe you posted that!

[tech-chan]

Gah, you guys can be *POOF* when you put your minds too it. I have applied everywhere in Lenoir, but in case you did'nt know, Lenoir is a dying town. Google coming here is the best thing since Elvis. My father left me when I was 12 and I have had to fend for my self since then doing odd jobs. Don't freaking tell me to get a job.
temps, AlphaPaintballRef2 and SR_matt, thank you for your advice, you guys were helpful. I have talked to some people around here, but most of them don't want a new player. This is a hick town that loves shiny guns and I play with my nonagg minimag. Frick that if you can.

[bryceeden]

If your looking for free paint then give up now, you won't find it. Now discounted paint is a different matter, you need to get out there and get noticed. Easiest thing to do is go play at the fields where and when local sponsored teams are there and let them see how good you are. If you're good enough than odds are one of them will probably be willing to give you a shot.

Its hard to find sponsors, what most people don't realise(and I hate the kids who ask me for sponsorships like this "will you sponsor me so I can have a better gun" or the like) is that you won't find a sponsor who gives you stuff for you to be able to play free and just go have fun. A sponsorship is an advertizing expense, if you want to get serious sponsors then you have to be ready to work hard for them and benefit them(there is a reason Ollie Lang is in ads for his sponsors and such, the reason they sponsor him is he does a good job selling thier product) Companys sponsor teams so that the team will advertise for them and benifit the company. Sponsors are a privlage that has to be earned, not a right that every player has. OK, thats my rant for the day.

[Russ]

Gah, you guys can be *POOF* when you put your minds too it. I have applied everywhere in Lenoir, but in case you did'nt know, Lenoir is a dying town. Google coming here is the best thing since Elvis. My father left me when I was 12 and I have had to fend for my self since then doing odd jobs. Don't freaking tell me to get a job.
temps, AlphaPaintballRef2 and SR_matt, thank you for your advice, you guys were helpful. I have talked to some people around here, but most of them don't want a new player. This is a hick town that loves shiny guns and I play with my nonagg minimag. Frick that if you can.

what a punk!

[Ninjeff]

seriously, you guys were kinda rough on him.

OUchie.