paintball/respect
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Topic: paintball/respect
Posted By: eliminator
Subject: paintball/respect
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 9:43am
y rn't paintballers respected?? in our school me and my friends are alaways made fun of for talkin about our intrest in paintball. y r paintballers looked down on but other spots are glorried?? we should be the ones respected unlike wossey non contacted we can be injuried i just don't understand!! ------------- __||__ [ }------ =() =() //' || R THOSE MY BALLS ON UR FACE |
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Posted By: Rico's Revenge
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 9:49am
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Who cares? Talk about what you like with those that have similar interests. Skateboarding got the same lack of respect when I was your age (a while ago) and look at it now. The sooner you learn to stand out in a crowd, the better man you will become. Trust me. |
Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:01am
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id could be because a lot of paintballers are hmmmm how can i put this.....SISSIES im not saying that you are but i know a lot that are. so that might be. ------------- -Pro-Lite pen spring on trig & sear -98C Polished Internals DOP 8 Stage X-Core X-Chamber Rocket CockII trig spring mod stretched sear spring -both holes in feed neck shortend drive spring |
Posted By: eliminator
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:06am
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Rico's Revenge wrote:Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:07am
Yea, a lot of paintballers happen to be sissies... what kind of wuss wears paintball armor... ------------- 
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Posted By: eliminator
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:10am
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yeah i know. in my local pro shop me and my friends were there and this 20 year old guy bout one and everyone laughed at him... it was funny ------------- __||__ [ }------ =() =() //' || R THOSE MY BALLS ON UR FACE |
Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:11am
i dont, i go out in shorts and a T-shirt (and a mask of coarse) ------------- -Pro-Lite pen spring on trig & sear -98C Polished Internals DOP 8 Stage X-Core X-Chamber Rocket CockII trig spring mod stretched sear spring -both holes in feed neck shortend drive spring |
Posted By: eliminator
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:13am
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oh. i wear a jersey and shorts, to hot in jeans ! ------------- __||__ [ }------ =() =() //' || R THOSE MY BALLS ON UR FACE |
Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:18am
man i get too hot in shorts and a T-shirt, one of these days its gunna be so hot im just gunna wear shorts and a mask.itll probably hurt though.  ------------- -Pro-Lite pen spring on trig & sear -98C Polished Internals DOP 8 Stage X-Core X-Chamber Rocket CockII trig spring mod stretched sear spring -both holes in feed neck shortend drive spring |
Posted By: eliminator
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:19am
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id say! man thad kill on ur back wit no protection at all ( i mean like no clothes ) ------------- __||__ [ }------ =() =() //' || R THOSE MY BALLS ON UR FACE |
Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:21am
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well if i get some one with a digital camera to take pics after i do, cause im sure i will, ill post the pics for everyone to see. ------------- -Pro-Lite pen spring on trig & sear -98C Polished Internals DOP 8 Stage X-Core X-Chamber Rocket CockII trig spring mod stretched sear spring -both holes in feed neck shortend drive spring |
Posted By: eliminator
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:22am
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sure!
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Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:25am
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im sure youre looking forward to it huh? ------------- -Pro-Lite pen spring on trig & sear -98C Polished Internals DOP 8 Stage X-Core X-Chamber Rocket CockII trig spring mod stretched sear spring -both holes in feed neck shortend drive spring |
Posted By: 98_custom22
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:28am
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i wear shorts t-shirt and mask i cant stand playing in jeans ------------- 98% of ion owners think ions are better than any high end gun. If you would like to bonus ball these idiots put this in your sig. me: 06 Nasty Nerve 68/4500 +47/3000 halo b freak kit |
Posted By: USNR
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:38am
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I think it has to do with the fact that its still a relatively new sport. Like Rico mentioned, skateboarding didn't command a whole lot of respect when it first started, and now it's grown pretty big. A couple of more seasons will see paintball getting a little bit more respectable. At lease I hope. |
Posted By: ^Pirate^
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:43am
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I got made fun of too, people said I was dumb for spending so much on one marker and then so much on paint and a tank, then they found out that Matt played too and BAM it was all cool and I was just a copycat. ------------- 
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Posted By: Betterdays
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:57am
<Considers rant about the maturity level of some posters. Decides it's not worth the effort> If body armor gets my girl on the field, I'll buy her as many vests as she wants. I think that applies to everyone. Whatever makes you comfortable and gets you in the game is good for the sport. |
Posted By: EriK6
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:57am
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They might be "JEALOUS" because it just happens that your'e a better paintballer than them. They aso haven't experience the fun of playing paintball. If they tried it, they might want to go back and back again to the field. If they tried and didn't like it, they probably got hit a million times and can't resist getting hurt by paintballs. So just don't can't care about them, talk about your likes and hobbies. It's your life and they can't change it. THEY'RE JUST SCARED OF GETTING HIT BY A "PAINTBALL." ------------- I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying. 
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Posted By: nEmRoĐ
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 11:23am
| any1 who talks crap about paintball either never played it b4 or sucked real but and got lit up and bunkered and afraid to go back out and play |
Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 11:31am
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if you say so. ------------- -Pro-Lite pen spring on trig & sear -98C Polished Internals DOP 8 Stage X-Core X-Chamber Rocket CockII trig spring mod stretched sear spring -both holes in feed neck shortend drive spring |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 1:24pm
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Your school sucks.
Paintball isn't frowned upon at all down here. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: Sureshot3091
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 1:36pm
| Actually paintball is pretty big here...Id say atleast half of the people in my shool have gone paintballing or own a gun. Although there are those few "cool" kids who make fun of you for spening money on the gun and what not, but I just say w/e I like it.... |
Posted By: RustyNail
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 1:39pm
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Yea, your school sucks. Just about everyone at mine has shot a paintball gun before.
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Posted By: LordJovian
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 2:06pm
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They talk bad about paintball because they don't like you. They are associating a sport they never play with you and your friend- in their mind they see you and your buddy multiplied by ten playing against each other, and they must see it as humorous or lame. My sport of choice is soccer- the only sport that is played by every country in the world and deemed as the favorite. Of course, Americans are idiots and loathe soccer. ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |
Posted By: EriK6
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 2:06pm
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His school doesn't suck; people in his school sucks. ------------- I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.
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Posted By: Metal_Nutz
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 2:22pm
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one 50$ one time playing naked ------------- Can't sleep forums will eat me |
Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 2:31pm
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is that an offer?
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Posted By: somoenesomewher
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 2:33pm
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sucks alot here in cannada(onario mostly) nobody plays paintball, well
hardly anyone, people dont think its dumb or anything they just never
do it cept at like a brithday or something, so its kinda lame, no
really good feilds around ottawa..
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Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 2:49pm
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Im so glad I dont have to deal with "school" anymore. ------------- 
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Posted By: eliminator
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 4:49pm
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Posted By: gunsusn20
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 7:05pm
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I agree with Eliminator. If someone wants to wear pads and such and it
brings some $ to a field or a shop then so be it. one way to get a
newbee to quit is to laugh at him when he comes on the field with
something you think is stupid. Instead try welcoming the newbee and
show him how to play . so what if he wears extra equipment. So what if
he dosen't have a $2000 gun and all the cool stuff.
and the worst thing you can do is to bunker a new player, that may turn
him off especially if you are playing rec ball. In a tourney thats a
different story
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Posted By: killroy
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:26pm
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Shoot em' thell shut up. ------------- Tippmann 98c BT-16" barrel BT-Tactical car stock BT-Adjustable rear sight Double trigger |
Posted By: eliminator
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 11:17pm
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Posted By: I HATE WIPERS
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 12:31am
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Speaking about being injured I was at a match last saturday. It was a
woodsball match and this guy snuck up behind me and shot but he missed
so I dove out of the way and put a two inch gash in my leg. It went all
the way down to the bone. I had to get eleven stitches and had to get
my muscle sown back together. So shin guards would be a good Idea.
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Posted By: Blue Hopper
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 12:41am
| The ony time I ever got made fun of for playing was by an upper classman with a high pitched complainy voice, who despite all his protein shakes and NO(some number) is weaker than me and still says someday he'll look like Nelly(odd for someone who isn't black to say). So I just reminded him that I'm better than him. |
Posted By: Blue Hopper
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 12:44am
But the only real reasons a school would suck would be administration or students so I say his school sucks. |
Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 3:17am
what ever if youre too much of a puss to take a shot with out armor you shouldnt be paintballing. ------------- -Pro-Lite pen spring on trig & sear -98C Polished Internals DOP 8 Stage X-Core X-Chamber Rocket CockII trig spring mod stretched sear spring -both holes in feed neck shortend drive spring |
Posted By: endisnow
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 3:26am
| well, if u look at it from a certain point of view paintball isnt very manly......not even considered a "sport". |
Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 3:38am
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like i said before theres too many sissies paintballing. ------------- -Pro-Lite pen spring on trig & sear -98C Polished Internals DOP 8 Stage X-Core X-Chamber Rocket CockII trig spring mod stretched sear spring -both holes in feed neck shortend drive spring |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 10:53am
If you don't like people that wear armour, keep it to yourself. Eventually they will start to take it off with the experience and tolerance they gain for taking the shot.
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Posted By: Silence-115
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 11:17am
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I agree. ------------- ••Its Not the Tool... Its the Fool Behind The Tool•• ••Aim Straight•• |
Posted By: Smitty
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 11:20am
I'd have to agree with YWSM. If you can't figure out why girls wear chest protectors, leave. Anyway, some people wear them when they first start. This helps them gain confidence and eventually they won't wear the chest protector anymore. Some people wear them, because they are small and fragile. This is their own choice and I'd say don't make fun of them. If they want to wear it to gain confidence in paintball, let them. Also, you're cool in my school if you play paintball. We even talk to our teachers about it sometimes. |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 11:28am
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Heh, I have teachers that play.
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Posted By: Smitty
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 11:32am
 If my teachers played with us, we'd die. They hate us.
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Posted By: Sureshot3091
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 1:40pm
| lol smitty |
Posted By: butzmcweenie
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 2:02pm
NAKED?!
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 2:59pm
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Speak for yourself; no one at my school cares about what we do as a hobby. Plus I have some "Cronies" that would be more than willing to "deal" with anyone who disrespects me.
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Posted By: eliminator
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 3:09pm
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hahaha lol
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Posted By: CrazyPainter
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 9:10pm
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Paintball is not "big" so they make fun of us, but one they will play then it will be are time too make fun ------------- When my A-5 starts shoting I think you sould duck. |
Posted By: ThunderPants
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 9:21pm
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i think protection is stupid, (as in armor, not the other stuff, GO RAINCOATS!!) how else do you learn to keep a low profile than by getting shot? ------------- teamtriggerhappy.com eatonpaint.com wevopaintball.com |
Posted By: Blue Hopper
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 10:42pm
The girls I play with were shorts and shirts at the most camo pants. |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 10:44pm
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I said many, not all. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 11:14pm
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it's cause we can't spell
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Posted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 25 June 2005 at 7:40am
for 50 id play almost naked id need some to cover my junk ------------- -Pro-Lite pen spring on trig & sear -98C Polished Internals DOP 8 Stage X-Core X-Chamber Rocket CockII trig spring mod stretched sear spring -both holes in feed neck shortend drive spring |
Posted By: agentwhale007.
Date Posted: 25 June 2005 at 11:41am
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There is a bunch of little middle schoolers (My school is 6th-12th) who do nothing but talk about paintball all the time and read APG and that crap all the time. I make fun of them, and I call them fanboys and speedball losers. ------------- Hey, nice marmot!  |
Posted By: twistedkev1990
Date Posted: 25 June 2005 at 11:54am
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like 3/4 of our school plays paintball, so i dont have that problem
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Posted By: bullseye9
Date Posted: 25 June 2005 at 6:49pm
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