Unknowingly Retired
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Topic: Unknowingly Retired
Posted By: Tipp Research
Subject: Unknowingly Retired
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 1:19pm
| There are a lot of people out there who have ‘unknowingly retired’ from paintball. You still have your equipment, probably buried in the closet somewhere, but you haven’t played for at least a year or more. If that’s you, why have you stopped playing? |
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Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 1:24pm
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because i ran out of money, now i have money im starting to play again. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 1:31pm
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1) General attitude of the average paintball player now-a-days. 2) Prices of paint, air, equipment, and maintenance. 3) Dislike of commercial fields, how they are run and set up, the types of people who play on them. 4) Shrinking amount of land available for outlaw play due to development and threat of criminal charges. ------------- 
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 1:32pm
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crappy threads. ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 1:49pm
| Busy doing other stuff, no-where to play when I'm at school (well, not convieniently) and too small of a scene when I'm home. Rediculously high costs when I'm home. |
Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:27pm
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i read that "unknowiling retarted" i loled ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:29pm
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Because you touch yourself at night.
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Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:30pm
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No fields within 50 miles and the group I played with rarely meets anymore. Usually too broke. Usually have other things to do. ....I do miss it though...  Edit: Guys, is it not possible that this could be someone from Tippmann doing research? Maybe you should try not to flame the Tippmann guy, if that turns out the case... -------------  |
Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:31pm
LAWL ------------- 
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-ProDigY- wrote:Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:53pm
I'd say that's about par with my reasonings as well. But I would add 'lack of adequate time' to mine and place it high on the list. |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 3:01pm
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i slowed up, not retired. it's expensive, that's the only thing. ------------- 
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 3:03pm
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Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 3:38pm
| No close fields, not many friends who play, can never find time to play with friends that do play. |
Posted By: lilsully4
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 3:41pm
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Wow i just saw his name lol ------------- 
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 5:36pm
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I'm poor and too busy ------------- 
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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 5:38pm
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Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 5:51pm
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Waste of money, doesn't appeal to me anymore.
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 5:52pm
| I just don't have time anymore, mostly. |
Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 6:02pm
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Posted By: RicWhic414
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 6:05pm
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I'm finally un-retired... Found a good place to play with cool people and for a decent price... paint is a little expensive but its byop so who cares.
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 6:08pm
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Me and my friends are all too busy to play, and I'm tired of getting busted by the cops. Other than that-just no time to do it. Did we really need two threads on this? ------------- 
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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 7:08pm
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My friends dont realy play anymore, and I have less expendable income for things like that. I played a lot when I was a teenage before I could drive, and for a little while before all my free time was consumed with partying. Most of the people I see at paintball fields are like I was, about the same age, but hanging out and slinging paint with a bunch of kids, or some fat old(to me that's still late twenties, who just got crapped out of the backside of college into the real world) sad dudes trying to relive their highschool pastimes just doesn't appeal to me anymore. I'd rather buy a case of beer than a case of paint. |
Posted By: cadet_sergeant
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 7:10pm
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mostly time, 16 hours at school and a full time job. money isnt much of an
issue but most of my free time is spend with my girlfriend or at the church. |
Posted By: kuhndog599
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 7:40pm
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i know 3 people like this. ------------- model 98 - homemade handguard solid stock - opsgear mag polished internals homemade sling - paintjob operator barrel progressive barrel opsgear mag - stock |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 7:42pm
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1. Nearest field is 60 miles away.
2. Money. 3. All my friends quit, and going out with them is half the fun. |
Posted By: kickinwing2010
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 7:51pm
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I play when I can because money is an issue, and I also don't like all the younger kids who think the marker that fires 20 bps that there mommy bought them makes them good.
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Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 7:55pm
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Yeah, i cant agree with that. The kids drive me insane. ------------- 
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Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 8:35pm
Its the same for me. Except for #3. There are still some decent fields around here. When I used to play a lot, we had an awesome field built, but we can't use that anymore. |
Posted By: Razgriz Ghost
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 9:19pm
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brihard your ammusing |
, that sig is priceless.Posted By: DarkSideEchoes
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 9:48pm
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The sport is too expensive. Also, guns fire too fast nowadays and make physical/mental strengths obsolete. The cheating is rampant. Every field is in it for the money, thats it. The industry is turning against itself by creating ramping guns; this takes away people from the sport. I find this comical. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:26pm
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Way overpriced for the amount of satisfaction I get out of it, since the nearest field (15 miles away) would cost me around $60 each time I would want to go, that is only if I only bought 500 rounds from them, and used my pump. I also have 4 guns collecting dust, I used to go about 15 times during the year, and last year I cut that down to just 1 time. All of my friends have the same exact reasoning too. I regret spending as much money as I did on all of my gear. ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:32pm
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I can't justify the cost. My time consists of rugby and school. ------------- 
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:33pm
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Been too cold out lately, and just not enough time.
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