Team?

[paintballfiend]

Yeah, playing pump will save you lots of the moneys. A bag can last me a month, which means I can now afford marbz.

[Ninjeff]

AND playing pump makes you a much better player. A teammate of mine, GroovyChicken has been playing pump almost exclusively the past few months and his snap-shot has improved 10 fold. His speed coming out of the bunker is much faster, and his one shot abilities have also improved. Not to mention his over all accuracy.

Heck its almost enough to make ME want to play pump.

Almost.

Instead im getting an E-Mag.

[ZEROte]

WHITE BOX 25 bucks a case how can you beat that

[punkncat]

There are many talented players who can't afford to play. That is the biggest challenge for a team is actually finding someone with both the desire (easy) AND the wallet to support their hobby.

There are no fully sponsored teams anywhere that are going to pick up some unknown player just because they want to play. You have to prove yourself. That involves being able to afford to support that level of play.
Even if you find a team that offers some sort of sponsorship or discount, there will still be costs coming out of your own pocket. Gas, food, and lodging aren't free.

As was suggested above, find a pump, or play within your budget limitations. There are no free rides.

[Josh2Xtremes]

How About...

What about the old school way out?

If you're dying to play but can't afford paint, head to the local field and ref 1 day, get paid in paint. Then play the next day. Ref Saturday for a half case or a case of paint (depending on brand and price) then collect your paint, hit the field Sunday and play ball. If reffing isn't an option, there's still work that needs doing around any paintball field, from blowing up bunkers to mowing grass to picking up trash. Any fieldowner would love some inexpensive help I'm sure.

Getting onto a team isn't the Holy Grail of free paint. Nothing is. You're not going to find teams anywhere, much less Lenoir, that get free paint that they just pass around to their members. Everyone pays for paint.

If you're still looking for a team, hit the PBNation (yeah I know but this time it's the right thing to do) CFOA forums. There's a free agent list on there for people like you, looking for a team. Problem is, getting on a team won't help because, well, if you're on a team you actually have to play tournaments, and that costs more than what you're already trying to do.

Josh

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[tech-chan]

Thanks for your help guys

I think Im gonna sell my minimag, and go phantom. I like the idea of reffing for paint, Josh2Xtremes. Im not really looking for free paint, sorry if the start sounded like it, Im looking for a way too cut down on paint usage and work for paint.

[SR_matt]

i worked at a field for a while its defiantly a lot of fun, just happened to have problems when after like almost 2 years some one new took over and changed everything and screwed over all the old refs for the most part.

do you know the local field owner or some one who is close to the owner/manager? thats the best way to really go about it, depending on who the refs are you might be able to get a job easily around august when kids leave for college.

fair warning if you have never refed, it is hard work to do it well and people dont like to listen to a "kid", i mean kids dont know anything, they cant se a problem and fix it[/sarcasm]

and a suggestion if you dont have it i suggest getting trained in first aid and cpr, the first aid will get used, hopefully not the cpr but never know.

-matt

[tech-chan]

I do have training in both, I used to Volunteer at the hospital and I dont know anyone around the field. Im the loner.

[SR_matt]

first part, good, luckily i always had a corp man there that got to it before i could get to the person.

loner, meh make some friends
-matt

[Ninjeff]

Some of my fondest memories from paintball were the days ive spent reffing. I always enjoyed it, and i get a kick out of reffing the newbies. Maybe i was one of the refs everyone "hates" but if i was reffing a game of first timers i would usually give them hints and tricks. To both sides obviously, but tell them how to sit behind a bunker, hold the marker...etc. Heck Ive met alot of really great kids, and adults, back in my days of reffing. Turned quite a few people onto the game as well. Its work, yes, and it hurts (you would think they would SEE the bright orange ref vest..but nooOOOooo...lol) but if your like me, and just LOVe being around the sport there is few better ways to have a good day for free.

[buzzboy]

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.

my team actually has a paint sponsor. We bought the first set of cases and now, when we place in tournaments we get the same amount of paint for our next game. It's quite nice to not have to buy paint for each event we play.

[budorrsniper]

I think Im gonna sell my minimag, and go phantom. I like the idea of reffing for paint, Josh2Xtremes. Im not really looking for free paint, sorry if the start sounded like it, Im looking for a way too cut down on paint usage and work for paint.

sometime field owners need help during the weekends help him maybe by reffing one day and playing the next thats how i use to support my paint habbit and by doing that you learn that field really good and learn all the hiding spots and find excellent shooting allies

[SR_matt]

one other thing that was awesome when i reffed, when there were just a few newbs out there the manager would hand us rentals and old paint and say "go play with them".

playing with hose crapy rentals was so much fun but wow those guns are awful.

-matt

[rkjunior303]

lol man i would give my left nut for a paint sponsor.. we shoot 20+ cases an event lol

[Crazy]

Sometimes finding a team isn't always the easiest thing to do. I suggest getting four of your buddy's together and start a team. Practice and play tournaments to gain experience and skill so your more "marketable" to other teams; this is what I did and luckily, my friends we're burnt out and I wasn't betraying them leaving for a better team. Then go to the owner of your local field and talk to him about reffing for paint and practice time. Sponsorship is a mutual relationship between a team and the sponsor, and without giving them something along the lines of reffing or manual labor, many owners will just laugh at you.

I chose to work my own job for 4 years of paintballs before i finally earned a paint sponsorship through my current team.