save some money
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Forum Name: Paintball Ideas / News From Tippmann
Forum Description: Got a new idea or a way to improve something?
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Topic: save some money
Posted By: Shrapnel
Subject: save some money
Date Posted: 07 March 2005 at 9:51pm
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In my experience, most people spend more time and money on upgrading their guns then just going out and practicing. no matter how much money you put into a gun its not gonna mean a thing if you cant even shoot it. Im not saying dont put any money into your gun. but thing like the flatline and e-grips are unnecessary. |
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Posted By: Mad Psience
Date Posted: 07 March 2005 at 10:41pm
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what the crap? if someone wants extra range or full auto capability they can have it. Wtf is the point of this. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jesus_Freak
Date Posted: 07 March 2005 at 10:41pm
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Yeah man, I totally agree (to an extent). I know how people spend on their guns, and then suck with them. ------------- I'm totally sold out for christ!!! Tippmann A-5 14" J&J Pro 1 Remote Line Car Stock |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 07 March 2005 at 11:11pm
| ok then little boy, you come bunker me with your BE Blade, I'll stitch your side up with any of my 7 guns. |
Posted By: Strife_17
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 6:26am
| hey guys lets not get crazy hes got a point. ya gotta love it when the rich kid comes to the field with a gun worth more than some of our cars and doesnt hit a single thing. Or the kid with the 98 that looks like a M4 and calls himself a sniper and sits in the back of the field the whole game scared to get shot after he spent 400 bucks upgrading his 150 dollar gun |
Posted By: x-mo-x
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 9:11am
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hummm the happy days!!! no but really hes got a good point i love kids like that they bring up my stats!!! (theres nothing better then a free kill mouhahaha!!!) ------------- Eyes up this one's for you!!! Brought to you by the Canadian Guy!!! |
Strife_17 wrote:Posted By: Mad Psience
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 9:41am
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that's not even the point he failed to make. he just hates it when people spend money to upgrade their markers. oh well. i guess we're all in the doghouse for wasting our lives away spending every penny of our wealth on our guns.. -------------
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Posted By: Shrapnel
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 11:02am
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ok then rich boy, im not saying don't buy a nice gun, im just saying that people think the person with the better gun is always gonna win. my point is that people win by using skill. |
Posted By: Mad Psience
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 11:43am
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haha now I figured out why he made this. he's jealous of people who get off their asses to earn money and can upgrade their crap. skill has part to do with winning but equally skilled people.. one with a 98c and the other with a Timmy.... guess who's gonna come out better. get a job and quit trying to rag on us for your being poor. -------------
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Posted By: Shrapnel
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 12:12pm
why did you just turn this into a personal attack? If I had no job or money then how the hell would I play paintball at all? And how would I have Internet access? Your missing the entire point of the post. the point is that all the upgrades in the world dont mean anything if you dont know how to play. I have a 98c with a 14" barrel and thats all the money im putting into it. paintballs and co2 cost enough as it is.
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Posted By: Strife_17
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 2:24pm
| guy he did not say dont upgrade you gun. Notice the part "spending more money then practicing" and "spendign money on a gun isnt gonna make a difference if you cant shoot" not exact but he does mention these things. i have to say its true to an extent. if you are good at the sport by all mean you have the right to brag abotu your skills and you gun. if you have no clue whats going on. have fun bragging about you gun but at least be truthful to yourself and those around you th at you are a newb. the will find out anyway. actually i think that type of behavior fall under noob not newb. newb at least know they are newbs |
Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 7:42pm
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This thread shouldnt really be here...its not a paintball idea, its more of an opinionated thread. ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition! 
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Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 8:17pm
I don't see anything wrong with what he said. Except that last sentence. People get a flatline to shoot further, an E-grip to shoot faster. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: garnet_ghst
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 8:56pm
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This reminds me of a conversation i had with a friend today. I am getting to go paintballing and am trying to get people to go. So i ask my friend who should go, and then we start talking to the preppy prople that we used to play with.
Well theres this guy that buys a 98C so he can paintball. It being his first time he realy sucks. On the way home (we were walking) he turns to one of my friends and says "man my gun realy sucks. I was hit like 20 timees and didnt hit any one" So next week we all show up and he has a 16" barrel and a cyclone hopper(? I forget what there called) Then he does a little better (becouse of the extra range) SO on the way home he is like "dude i did so much better this time." then i got sick and couldnt go for 3 or 4 weeks. The next week i went he had a flatline, responce trigger, double trigger, and he did alot of work on his co2 tank and connection. Then im like o well and play against him and took about 10-15 balls to the chest becouse he would just enpty his hopper untill he hit something. (This was about a year and a half ago) I was so mad i packed up my stock 98C and stopped playing untill last week. O ya i also havnt talked to the rich bastard sence. ------------- 
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Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 9:05pm
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Bat Signal....this needs to be moved! ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition!
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 10:31pm
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He's got a point. While I'm all for perofrmance upgrades that
complement your playing style and actual skill, buying a high priced
marker, or dumping tons of money into ROF upgrades and relying on
accuracy through volume of fire is jsut dumb. I've always maintainced
that you should learn to shoot accurately, and then when you can do
that, start improving your marker. My marker improvements have ALL been
oriented towards accuracy- flatline barrel, Palmer's regulator, and a
stock. The stock lets me shoulder it for stability, and the flatline
with the regulated air ensure consistent, long range accuracy. I don't
plan to get a doulbe trigger, and ebolt, response trigger, or anything
of the sort unless I should happen to find a ridiculously good price on
an RT. I know I don't have to rip 17bps, because I can do the job with
just a couple. Here's a story. On my first day paintballing out at a farm with a friend and some guys he knew, I ended up in a one on one against one of the hotshots from a local team, sponsored, the usual thing. There he is in his bright yellow jersey with a marker that can rip 20bps, and I've got a stock 98c, and am wearing military camo. We're on a speedball field, and I'm intimidated as hell. Now, he's used to laying down lanes of fire and slowly advancing, but I broke the right flank right of the start, got halfway up the field, caught him by surprise, and got him inside my first three shots when he tried to bunker me, despite him laying down a thick stream of fire- all because I'd taken to time to learn how the marker shot earlier in the day, and because I have a antive shooting ability. The look on his face was pretty priceless too.  Moral of the story, learn to shoot the marker you've got, and then improve it to add on to your existing skill- don't get atricked out marker and hope your ability will catch up, because you'll never stop relying on the crutch of a high ROF. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 08 March 2005 at 11:55pm
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I know what he meant. I was just being a smartass as usual. When I say I have 7 guns, I am a collector of the rare and unusual. I have a tourney setup, with backup. Milsim set-up. Stock Class setup. Sidearm. As well as a good old classic SMG-60. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 09 March 2005 at 2:10am
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What're your milsim and sidearm markers, out of curiosity?
------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: eaglesin05
Date Posted: 09 March 2005 at 4:10pm
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I think he makes a great point. Skill>gun
------------- Camo'd 98C Remote Polished internals Dbl trigger 14" J&J Ceramic Barrel Rocket Cock 2 Trigger Slop Mod 12V Revvy 03' Dye stikies R/T Drop Forward |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 09 March 2005 at 4:26pm
Sidearm  Milsim  |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 10 March 2005 at 1:03am
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Hey, an ATS! Awesome- so few people actually own those. Tell me, how do you like it?
------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: TIPPMANNCUSTOM
Date Posted: 10 March 2005 at 5:36pm
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i think this is a matter of personal opinion if someone wants to put$1000 in their gun then let em its their gun and they have the freedom to do that and if u wanna keep ur gun stock with a bigger barrel than thats ur beef but dont come in here tryin to discourage people from makin some ups.......... ------------- *98 Custom* Custom Grips flatline empire reloader AR-15 Collapsable Stock Remote Coil Co2 JT alpha 2+1 pack 2xtrigger removed trigger return spring polished internals |
Posted By: hashi2008
Date Posted: 10 March 2005 at 8:44pm
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This guy has a point, but he is way to extreme. I have very little money, so I try to make myself better when I can and always try to make smart moves on the field so that I can save paint. I can take out a lot of the people that I play with only using 400 rounds a game when they spew it all over the field. I win because I am better than them, but I do it more efficiently because I don't waste paint unless i have to. Ohh, and Mad Pscience, you are a stupid asshole. Shut the heck up. ------------- Founder of the "Forumers Against the Ugly Woman Sigs" also known as FAUWS. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 March 2005 at 10:00pm
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ok ok, the truth of the whole thing is that, unless some kid REALLLY
REAALY ( TO THE TEN MILLIONTH POWER WITH THE INTENSITY OF A THOUSAND
BURNING SUNS) sucks, upgrading from let us say....a conman...to a
......dm5<--note richness, is going to help in some way, or are we
only talking about upgrading a gun, not your whole arsenal?
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 10 March 2005 at 11:27pm
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awesome expression USAFpilot, I might have to use that sometime. Brihard: I like it. It shoots really accurate. Its awesome to the ten millionth power with the intenstiy of a thousand burning suns. Oh yeah, its the hotness. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: RamboBlue
Date Posted: 14 March 2005 at 4:33pm
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how about this you get upgreads for your gun while you are getting skillful with it. holly**edited** does every body have to turn everything intio a fight ------------- TIPPMANN KICKS ASS Champions know pain, endure pain, and never complain 98% of paintballers act gangsta', if you are of the 2% that are normal, put this this in your sig. |
Posted By: turismomtrx
Date Posted: 14 March 2005 at 10:38pm
| peopl have their own darn choices. people can improve with their gun, people want to skip ahead, while others want to improve themselves. depends on the player you are. people have the right to do whatever they want with their own darn money. gotta love this country (although u can still do wut u want with ur money in other places lol) |
Posted By: Cerebellum'd
Date Posted: 15 March 2005 at 12:20pm
| I say you gotta find a good balance....you can put all the upgrades u want into a gun and still suck. But if you are good, you can use upgrades and up your game |
Posted By: work4paint
Date Posted: 15 March 2005 at 7:40pm
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i say spend the money on playing.. but if you have enough to upgrade your gun then do it. BUt defintly spend more money playing. My friend has a 98 custom with just a new barrel an he wins 10 games to evry one he losses .. an he plays against kids with like 500 doller guns. so practice is better then getting new parts.. get new parts if it doesnt interver with your playing money! |
Posted By: kuhndog599
Date Posted: 22 March 2005 at 4:49pm
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it doesnt matter what kind of gun it is it matters whos behind the trigger
------------- model 98 - homemade handguard solid stock - opsgear mag polished internals homemade sling - paintjob operator barrel progressive barrel opsgear mag - stock |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 22 March 2005 at 7:26pm
My last upgrade took me fifteen seconds. I'm pretty sure that I play with my gun longer than that. |
Posted By: vonfeldt7
Date Posted: 24 March 2005 at 10:59pm
im gonna have to go with thsi guy, i mean yeah, you need to practice so you dont suck, but upgrades do help ------------- http://www.freewebs.com/paintball_things - novice paintball help (If you own a tippy and your new to paintball, this site may help) Jesus is my friend DO NOT say"sniper"here! |
Posted By: Klaus
Date Posted: 24 March 2005 at 11:28pm
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the only upgrade on my A-5 is a flatline, got it for christmas-and i've got a home made tac-lite that fits on my stock barrel i dont even have the money to practice-only enough money for paint in games i do, however, practice going through the doorways/trapdoors, getting on roofs, and sprints with my gun and an empty tank i agree with shrapnel though |
Posted By: bporcher
Date Posted: 25 March 2005 at 12:08am
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yeah i hate it when theres some kid that hasnt even been before iwth
like a 700$ gun. im getting an upgrade to save money, and cuz it suits me. im gonna sell my 98 custom and get a phantom and a nice barrel because im a sniper, and ill use way less paint. ive been like 20 times, and i can only go to a paintballing business, and they make a killing with the paintballs (like 10$ for 100) so for me to go often, i need to use less. i think a good way to do it is to set paintballing goals and when you achieve that goal (if you have the money), you buy that upgrade cuz you worked for it and u think ur ready for it. |
Posted By: Kodiak31415
Date Posted: 25 March 2005 at 12:46pm
I have an a-5 with a flatline, t6 stock, r5, and remote line. This setup cost more than my car. (a 1986 Chevy Caviler). The flatline is a very valuable tool in woodsball, while the stock and remote line make the gun lighter and much easier to aim. I bought the r5 simply because it pushed me over the free shipping price at paintballonine, which auctually reduced my total order cost. ------------- This is my Sig, my Sig is simple, my Sig is effective, there are many Sig's like it but this one is mine. |
Posted By: jedistud
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 3:40am
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i'll take you both on with a pair of talons! ------------- Wanna know where ice cream really comes from? http://sc.tri-bit.com/Soft_Serve - My Link |
Posted By: TimeSplitter
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 7:34pm
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i say put all the money into ur gun as long as it doenst interver with ur playing money
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Posted By: Vansman614
Date Posted: 01 April 2005 at 9:20am
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I used to play with a Stingray agaisnt my friends who had nicely upgraded cockers, and A-5s, and they were just rich kids who did not know how to play and i could take 4 or 5 of em out in an 8 on 8... |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 02 April 2005 at 5:02pm
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if u have money to burn, i say use it for a purpose but ur right, people who just buy a bunch of crap and dont use it are idiots ------------- 
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Posted By: HITMAN 4 HIRE
Date Posted: 02 April 2005 at 5:36pm
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use your money to buy a trip off the edge of the world. ------------- http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image=27278mo.jpg">  Because I can.
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 02 April 2005 at 5:41pm
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shrapnel, to quote ron burgandy, you and Hitman 4 Hire are "smelly
pirate h0okers" and you "should go back to your home on wh0re island"
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