New to paintball
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Topic: New to paintball
Posted By: PerfectNinja
Subject: New to paintball
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 5:20pm
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Well, I have just gotten into paintball recently(Week and a half ago). I first bought a game face vexor, shot that in my backyard(a full 20 oz tank) then got that refilled, ended up only shooting 5-20 feet with low impact. Went to dunhams, replaced it same story except half a tank of use. Then I just got a spyder sonix, barely used it. Went to a field to play for my first time. I sat thier for maybe an hour, talking to like 4 people that were near me. They had an Ion, 2 impulses and I don't remember what the other one hadm but they were pretty cool. I went to chrono my spyder it was running hot about 330 and no matter what I did for about an hour or so, it was still running hot. It hit below 300 like 5 times in a row[Only 280-290] but then jumped right back to 300+. Then after a while a guy I had been talking to had a Tippy in his bag and he said if I was careful he would let me use it. So I used it for 2 games. First game, I was out in less then a minute, but the second game is where I had the most fun. I rushed behind a bunker, shooting where I saw them. I saw my teammates[same people I had been talking to] all getting tagged, so I was the only left leaning left and right shooting to make sure I didnt flanked from one side. I got onem but soon after that I got it good right in the mask, lost about half my sight[obviously just hit my mask]. It was great, I will probably be trading my spyder back into dunhams for a tippy 98c w/ RT. OK thier is my story, sorry for the rambling. |
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Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 5:24pm
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Welcome to the forum, and welcome to paintball. ------------- For I will wander to and fro, I'll go where I no one do know, |
Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 5:34pm
| Thanks |
Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 6:02pm
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glad you had fun welcome to the forums ------------- 
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Posted By: Gabster08
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 6:07pm
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yea same, welcome, hope u like the 98c. its a good gun. ------------- Setup: Super Blue Nexus Ego Ul barrel 45/45 pmi vlocity |
Posted By: mjicmike
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 6:10pm
very exciting especially when your teammates acts as a team and takes out the opponents.  Welcome aboard!------------- A5 Rfs Dwg triggr Ricochet R5 8"Lapco Bigsht/14"CP Classic Palmers Stab. Lapco uni-mount DOP bullet drop fwd PMI 88/4500 Woods Flatline/14"Lapco Bigsht CMI Thunder pig reg. Remote adj. stk |
Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 6:14pm
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Yea, in that game thier was not really much talking going on, but it was 1 more experianced player[who let me use his tippy]. Then thier was like 3 kids younger then me, and 2 other older guys. When I do get my tippmann, my first two upgrades will be: |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 6:48pm
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Welcome to the world of paintball. The first upgrade you will want is a new barrel. The stock barrel stinks. Look into the Lapco Bigshot or the J&J Ceramic, 12-14in should be fine. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 7:10pm
| Welcome to the forum. :) |
Posted By: PaintballPIMPIN
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 7:11pm
| welcome my friend, i got a tippmann 98custom, when u get it , get a hopper, nothin like at k-mart, like a 12revy with an x-board, there around 35 if u look in the right places. then a barrel, like what he said(^^)then ur gonna wonna get a good mask(big help). WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF PAINTBALL. |
Posted By: pwned!!!
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 3:59am
| glad you had a good time, one of my team mates shot me yesterday it sucked |
Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 4:46pm
| Lol, yea man that must suck. |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 4:53pm
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glad to hear you getting the most out of paintball. ------------- X |
Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 5:10pm
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The more you play the more you'll love it. Speedball madness for me today, every muscle in my body is sore right now, sweet pain! Can't wait to play again next weekend. ------------- For I will wander to and fro, I'll go where I no one do know, |
Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 5:20pm
| Yea, I wish I could be playing again right now lol. |
Posted By: JcKa
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 5:24pm
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Gabster08, new official MonkeyDust. Glad you had fun, mask shots are the best  ------------- -Cobalt to White Sonic Cyborg --7 Piece Matchstik Kit ---White Suicide'd Halo B ----PMI Stubby w/ NXE Cover |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 5:25pm
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I shot my teammate in the butt the last time I played. Good times indeed. |
pwned!!! wrote:Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 5:35pm
| Smooth lol |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 5:36pm
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It was funny, but it was one of those situations where I wasn't sure what team he was on so I had to take the shot. Left cheek. |
Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 5:38pm
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Lol, yea |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 6:08pm
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I got hit in the nads yesterday for the first time... well not really "the nads" just the right nad.
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Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 6:48pm
| Yea, I got hit really close when I let my mom shoot me to see how it felt. 330+ FPS about an inch away wearing jeans... |
Posted By: PopKeith
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 10:06pm
| im new too paintball also about a month into it...... i got a a-5 with WAS egrip 16'' cmi thunderpig sniper barrel.... was wondering if this was good or is there any other hop ups that could help alot |
Posted By: Ashdawg
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 10:37pm
I'm sorry, but thats the dumbest thing I've ever heard! Couldn't you have just shot a tree or something and watch it blow bark off instead?!? The bark being blown off should give you some kind of idea...Well, I commend your bravery. ------------- "Too close for missles, switching to guns..." |
Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 10:49pm
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well I didnt know it was 330+ FPS till friday(I got shot on wednesday) and i dont have any trees lol) plus the wind carried it down because she was aiming at my chest |
Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 10:58pm
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Be careful out there. We were playing not long ago, and a guy got hit on the far side of the field. As he was walking down the field toward the exit holding his gun over his head he walked by a bunker, behind which was a noob around 8 years old. The kid was terrified when the guy started to walk past the bunker. He fired his Spyder and hit this guy square in the nads at a distance of two feet or so. He went down quicker than if he'd been shot with a real gun. Half of us winced at his pain, the other half (his friends of course) laughed until tears rolled down their cheeks and patted the kid on the head for his lucky shot. ------------- For I will wander to and fro, I'll go where I no one do know, |
Posted By: raflexjrsr
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 5:04pm
Have fun!! and show off your bruices |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 6:36pm
my first time ever playing some kid jumps out of the bunker behind me and says "gotcha" and get me in the ass...he as on my team and a total ass...i was like "wtf u stupid "person" im on ur team...do u really think i wuld charge onto ur side of the field sit in front of ur bunker and shoot at my own teamates..!" my friends also got shot in the nads when he accidentally shot my friend in the neck and my friend retalieated by shooting him in the nads...all about 5 feet or so...he was lukky it was winter and he had on jeans and sweats so that sum what lessend the pain ------------- 
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Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 18 March 2006 at 4:33pm
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REVIVING my dead topic lol... Played again yesterday, my cousin came he has an older Pirhana and a Tippmann 98c. I had just got a spring put on my spyder for 6 bucks, and then put my tank on it, was leaking like crazy. I guess the cap seal was broken or something, but a guy who worked at the shop took it apart and cleaned it for me that worked at the shop and that fixed it. My cousin though wanted a spyder so, I traded him my Spyder for his Tippmann. I used that most of the day, got shot in the head 3 times from far away. Was out in a different game, got hit in the knee 3 times while in the dead box. Then in a different game I tasted paint, nasty lol. My final game, I used my cousins pirhana. I had about 4 bounces but for some reason the gun wouldnt fire, so I had to call myself out. He forgot to mention that the gun needed to be cocked. He was embarassed so he only played once. Another fun day of paintball. Now that I got a Tippmann I hope to get a few upgrades(Not in order): Double Trigger + R/T |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 18 March 2006 at 8:33pm
| While I know that upgrading is a big part of owning a paintball gun, try not to get sucked into the hype that says you need this or that to be competitive. Any paintball gun is more or less as good as the next, and operator skill is still more important than extras and other various do-dads that are added to the marker. |
Posted By: Ilford Rule
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 12:47pm
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yup. and dont get the double trig for the rt. you really dont need it.
my bro has one (it came with his 98c, he got it as a package). then i
put his an RT on his marker for his birthday. He let me shoot it, and
ive shot 98s without double triggers with RTs. I didnt notice a
difference, and if i did it was actually worse. with the double trigger
is alot easier to accidentally overpull the trigger and end your rope.
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Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 4:57pm
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I just went into my backyard today, used my cheap 12oz tank that came with the spyder I gave my cousin. Well, forget getting the double trigger I shot maybe a nice clean rope of 100 balls before the tank finally ran out of air(shot about 400 balls with it before + about 15 dry fires by my cousin on his pirhana and then finally the cocking knob went crazy lol). I was so suprised I didnt chop anything, but I will definatly get a new barrel for a slight accuracy increase(the Stock is very accurate might not get one, but just longer to press againest inflatable bunkers.) Maybe I can out shoot my hopper if I get a R/T, but until then no need for a new hopper. I might get an X-Chamber or Palmers stabilizer, but summer is coming soon and My step dad might get a promotion so we might get to move to flordia. |
Posted By: Ilford Rule
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 8:23pm
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definitely go for the palmers over x-chamber if i could get the VA in store id get a palmers... but i cant. and the whole not-able-to-buy-stuff-online thing doesnt help me either. the palmers will help hpa OR Co2. ------------- CPro (w/ polished internals) 14" Bigshot BT SBS Various Rails NcSTAR D4B Macro AA 68/45
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Posted By: PerfectNinja
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 8:51pm
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I'd Prolly get the female version since I wouldnt want to waste an extra 20 on a vert adapter |
Posted By: XLR8P8NTB411
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:02pm
Lol well me and my friend were getting ambushed and we tried to run back (woodsball) and i was in front and my teammate shot me three times in the back. ------------- Playing a speedball game at local course owned by a friend... A kid says the ball bounced off a tree.. Go figure |
Posted By: the flanker
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:29pm
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Welcome have fun paintballing!!!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Dynasty06
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 8:10am
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what?? ------------- 
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