New paintballer

Hey fellow paintballers :).
 Just recently I've been thinking about getting into paintball a bit. At least enough to go to recreational places here where I live. I have been paintballing once, but I was like 13 or 14 in Jr. High School.

 Now that i'm more older and mature and can actually buy a paintball marker
   I would like to know what I should look at for a beginner to this sport.

And Tippmann is a brand I know I can trust. 

Paintballer sounds to ghetto.

Mack wrote: Crap4 is never the way to go.

 

LC wrote: If your into speedball/ Xball. Smart Parts Shocker FTW.

Fail. As Smart Parts is currently circling the drain, I wouldn't invest very heavily in much equipment from them. You'd be much better off looking into other brands than SP

Lord-Catboy, you're starting to worry me. Do you have any clue about anything before you say it? "Splatballer?" cRap4 good? You're going to lead new players in a terrible direction...

Crazeegamer wrote: oldpbnoob wrote:    LC wrote:  Paintballer sounds to ghetto. Use the term "Splatballer" Or "New Player" Further fail.    yeah i was thinking it sounded weird too. I'll remember to not say it..

To clarify, there is nothing wrong with using the term Paintballer. I would laugh uncontrollably at any dork that used the term Splatballer in my presence. He would definitley be a target for the rest of the day.

Actually, the Splatmaster was made by NSG (National Survival Games). It was the first paintball gun produced specifically for the sport of paintball, and it was a decent gun. I think you're thinking of something else. 

oldpbnoob wrote: Crazeegamer wrote: oldpbnoob wrote:    LC wrote:  Paintballer sounds to ghetto. Use the term "Splatballer" Or "New Player" Further fail.    yeah i was thinking it sounded weird too. I'll remember to not say it.. To clarify, there is nothing wrong with using the term Paintballer. I would laugh uncontrollably at any dork that used the term Splatballer in my presence. He would definitley be a target for the rest of the day.

FE clone? ^^^^^

Lord-Catboy wrote: oldpbnoob wrote: Crazeegamer wrote: oldpbnoob wrote:    LC wrote:  Paintballer sounds to ghetto. Use the term "Splatballer" Or "New Player" Further fail.    yeah i was thinking it sounded weird too. I'll remember to not say it.. To clarify, there is nothing wrong with using the term Paintballer. I would laugh uncontrollably at any dork that used the term Splatballer in my presence. He would definitley be a target for the rest of the day. Fail. Splatball IS the origionall term for paintball. The original creators of paintball, Hayes Noel and Charles Gaines called the game we now refer to as paintball" "survival."  When it was first commercially marketed it was officially called the "National Survival Game." (Above information is from The Complete Guide to Paintball, pages 6-8, published in 2004 by Hatherleigh Press out of NY.) I should also point out that the reference listed does not mention the term "splatball" anyplace in it. Feel free to return to the conversation when you actually know what you're talking about. Heres the difference, A paintball is what you fire out of the gun. Splatball is a term used to define the sport in general. Uh no . . . you're actually the first person I've seen/heard use the term "splatball" in 25* years of playing. An internet search reveals the term splatball is used as a marketing tool by certain fields, both as part of their field/store names and for scenarios they host Other words. Paintball is the ghettonized version of Splatball.   Uh . . . Fail.  "Splatball is a marketing term used by fields that are afraid of the connotations related to the term "paintball."** This is what comes up when I search for splatball products: That doesn't look anything like paintball to me but if you're happy playing that feel free to continue, just try a little harder not to get the games confused when offering advice/information to new folks on here. Also, Rap4 has improved greatly. Im not saying thier tippmann quality. So why recommend a marker line you admit is substandard? But thier decent enough. A little more quality then spyder in my opinion. While not a Spyder fan, I have to give spyder the edge in quality here. As a final note when you are making entries and you see the dotted red underline under words, that's the spell-checker letting you know something is spelled wrong.

oldpbnoob wrote: And suggesting that someone not "tamper with their internals " is ludicrous. Anyone that intends to play on a regular basis, should as mentioned above learn how to service their own markers. If you are incapable of simply taking apart and cleaning your marker, you should put it back in the box, take it to the store, get your money back and go buy a hula hoop or some thing else less complicated.

^^^This.  I was going to suggest he take up nerfwars but then I realized that some of the folks mod the heck out of their Nerf equipment so a certain level of mechanical skill is required to remain competitive in that endeavor as well.

*I had to stop and think about when I first started playing; OMG I'm old.
**Not dogging on those fields, they have to do what sells in their markets.


Edited by Mack - 14 February 2010 at 10:43am