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    Posted: 27 December 2004 at 6:00pm
My dad is riding my (u no what) whith paintball safety.If its not neccesary what should i wear paintballing?
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A mask definatly and you can wear knee pads but thats your perference. I wear gloves cause gettin hit in the bare hand hurts. If you play woods try to wear camo or dark colors like greens and blacks.
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it all depends on ur tollerance for pain... when i play i usualy wear a tshirt a hoodie n jeans n im fine.. but i know kids who were like 5 tishirts a jacket sweaters n liek 5 pairs aof paints.. but u deffinelty need a mask and a cup if u want so get hit once if u think it hurts to much to wanna keep playin throw on more cloths..  i dont think chest protectors and "armor" is nesacary

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Just a mask.
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I dunno if its just the field i play at but it seems the 12 year old kids with the high end guns are the ones with 4974259732 layers of clothing on. but yeah besides a mask its all preference.
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Mask, gloves, knee pads and yer brain is all you need in playing paintball safely....everything else like chest protectors, etc are totally useless.
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yup as long as you play with a mask your fine, I usually wear jeans, a short sleeve shirt, and a mask.

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A mask is essential and covering up any bare skin is a must I wear military fatigues top bottom and a pair of redwings with my paintball gloves and a mask. I just where a t-shirt under the camo. It also depends at what psi you play with. Try and ask your dad if you can play without for like a round then see if you can borrow or rent one for a round. Then you'll have a good idea of which you would like. I tried a chest protector and didn't like it. It felt kind of bulky.
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Well my dad made me get a chest protector before I could play paintball and I was 15 at the time and I said well I think it is pointless and he said well you can't play so I was like well I guess I will get one and he bought it for me but I don't really like to wear it. Its to bulky. It only helped me once when I was wearing it a little kid came up to me and he was messing with his brothers imagine and it was on the fully auto setting and he walked up put the barrel like an inch away from my stomache and shot alot of balls at me. I didn't have any brusises but the kids brother sure did. Well when ever I wear it I never get shot in the chest but when I dont wear it I get shot in the chest.

One thing I would recomend is a neck protector. If you have ever been shot in the neck it doesnt feel good at all. Its painfull and if you get hit in the adams apple that could be your last paintball game

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As I said before, using a chest protector is usless and in reality why would anyone recieve a hit on the their chest, whats the person doing to recieve that hit....standing out in the open and yellin out "Im invincible", most hits will land above and below the chest line, some on the back, leg and yer butt (Ive seen that a few times ) and as fer neck protectors....that person must be a giraff and enjoys stickin his head out when it shouldnt be stickin out, but it does have one real good use....to hide them hickies

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mask, gloves and a cup(dont find out the hard way like i did)
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i wear a t-shirt a hoodie and jeans and a glove on the hand that i hold the reg with cuz it hurts to get shot in the hand and i wear knee pads cuz i have a disease in my knees where the ligament comes off the bone and it hurts really bad to hit it
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Chest protectors are definately not necessary at all. Just another way for the company to make money. Anyway you should wear a mask and heavier jacket with a sweatshirt or something underneath. And for pants shorts then jeans then a pair or camoflage pants or something. Try to dress as baggy as possible but not so much that it will get in the way. The bagginess will lessen the impact of the ball on your body.
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I just strap on my mask and go streaking across the field!
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you don't need a chest protector, all you need is a t-shirt, some pants a mask and your set to go
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Well if your dad is really worried then have him buy you one.  But its really unneeded.
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Chest armor is just for girls who dont want **edited**s shootin them in their boobs for kicks.
               
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Remember this too, if yer into speedball....any form of padding on the human body is not allowed to be used and that includes the "chest protector", the ones that are allowed is the mask, gloves and speedball pants wit built knee pads.

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u need to wear mask!!! but other then that your options are endless you can wear gloves, pads, chest protectors, leg protectors, and a ton of clothes, ect.
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