Is Paintball Dead?
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Topic: Is Paintball Dead?
Posted By: Maiden Hell
Subject: Is Paintball Dead?
Date Posted: 22 July 2011 at 1:35am
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I used to play a few years back and at the time paintball seemed really popular locally and there was alot more people posting on this forum. Anyways I still have my gun and I'm thinking about getting into it again but right now I'd just like to ask is paintball dying? The local field that used to be packed with people is a ghost town and so is this forum basically. What's happening? ------------- Made In Hell |
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 22 July 2011 at 8:21am
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Lots of discussions about this on various forums. While not dying, it seems to be shrinking a bit. Lots of places to look for reasons, but a lot of people tend to agree that the high cost of paintball along with the recession are hitting it hard as it is essentially disposable income spending. Then you take into account the mentality of "more is better" and you start to alienate the beginners who think they can't compete because they don't have an $800+ marker that shoots ropes of paint and you kill your next generation of players off. Lots of angles on this. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 22 July 2011 at 9:04am
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I don't believe it is dying but it has slowed. Up here in NY I am finding more people hosting outlaw games on private land. Although some may not think the practice to be safe, they seem to be growing in numbers.
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Posted By: Maiden Hell
Date Posted: 22 July 2011 at 1:01pm
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Well now that I think about it I think the big reason why it's gone under out here is because most of the kids who got into it here were posers who just wanted to look cool by having all of the gear and crap. I don't even think they cared much about playing. ------------- Made In Hell |
Posted By: Hudson
Date Posted: 22 July 2011 at 3:08pm
I wouldn't call them "posers". I'm pretty sure that most of the younger generation that started playing paintball or even airsoft, wanted to be the best of the best. At one point, everyone wants to be a "Paintball Sniper", so they go out and by this absurd 21" Barrel from ebay, simply because it's advertised as a "Sniper Barrel". They play a few games, and then they realize that is isn't what they thought it was going to be. On another note, if you look on amazon, and search the term "Tippmann Sniper Barrel", they basically sell really long barrels, for a boatload of money. By the way, you just joined the Tippmann forum today, most people that join have a question related to their marker not working correctly. It's kind of weird to see someone come on, and start talking about how paintballs dead because the "posers" went on a paintball spending spree to look "cool". |
Maiden Hell wrote:Posted By: Maiden Hell
Date Posted: 22 July 2011 at 6:00pm
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I said I played years ago. Infact I used to have an account on this forum with alot of posts. Now I want to play again because I want to play, not to spend money on crap so I can show it off which is what alot of kids do, at least where I'm from. ------------- Made In Hell |
Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 25 July 2011 at 6:25pm
got the itch? happens to me every time i walk by and look at the display case in my living room. lot of fire power in there. ------------- 
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Posted By: Maiden Hell
Date Posted: 25 July 2011 at 7:44pm
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What do you mean? Are you saying you keep your paintball guns in a display case in your living room? ------------- Made In Hell |
Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 26 July 2011 at 3:38pm
yep. mostly because it looked stupid empty and i cant bear to get rid of the that are 4 in there. besides they look pretty good if i do say so my self. -------------
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Posted By: Maiden Hell
Date Posted: 26 July 2011 at 6:39pm
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What kind? I don't think I'll be able to get back into it this year unfortunately :( ------------- Made In Hell |
Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 28 July 2011 at 8:35pm
custom autococker (ODD #0032), '05 0r '06 cyborg with tadao board, tequila sunrise matrix with NYX board frame and eyes, and the work horse of the bunch my '03 DYE matrix LCD. -------------
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Posted By: Maiden Hell
Date Posted: 29 July 2011 at 12:13am
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Awesome, I just have a 98c with response trigger, I used to have a 14" smart parts linear barrel but it got lost somewhere. Going to mod the hell out of it once I get some scrilla. ------------- Made In Hell |
Posted By: DM613
Date Posted: 04 August 2011 at 3:37am
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I do not think he's dying, but has slowed. Up here in New York seems to me that more people outside the law of accommodation on private land games. Although some may not consider that the practice is safe, seems to be growing. ------------- -deleted/spam/advertising |
Posted By: Maiden Hell
Date Posted: 04 August 2011 at 9:29pm
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Totally. ------------- Made In Hell |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 04 August 2011 at 10:16pm
You have to be @#$%^&&*^% me. why didn't you just quote me entirely spam queen? and just where are you in The People's Democratic Republic of New York? ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Tec13
Date Posted: 05 August 2011 at 11:19am
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In Kentucky I deal with or have dealt with paintball stores and fields and work or worked with a good portion of them. There is only 2 fields in the northern part of the state now and only 1 paintball pro shop left. over the past 3 years we have lost 4 fields and 6 stores. I do work at one of the 2 paintball fields that are left and they are a small field that specializes in first time players... Most of there players are all rental gear users and there sales are up right now. We are fairly busy. So That makes me think that there are a lot of people trying the sport out. However I think that the older player base is laying back or shrinking at least in this area. The newer players need be pushed to keep on playing pick up a marker and play!
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Posted By: Maiden Hell
Date Posted: 05 August 2011 at 10:00pm
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Well I guess it will never die but back when I started in 2005/2006 it was huge. Theres this one field up here in Toronto in the middle of the city called Seargent Splatters. It's a huge indoor scenario field, I've never went but it's definitely the most popular field around here and where most people from miles around play their first game. I think it's been there for over 20 years, and if that place ever goes down then that means things are getting pretty crappy. ------------- Made In Hell |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 06 August 2011 at 11:24pm
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Cost has a ton to do with it. Paintball has always been a fringe business at best. Combine the recession with the fact that the sport is expensive and you get fewer people being able to afford playing. You've got to remember that paintball really is still in its early years. The first game was played only 30 years ago, and it took 10 years for the game to even remotely resemble what we see now.
What you DO see a lot of is the decline of brick-and-mortar paintball stores (Thanks internet warehouse sales! Sure you can sell tanks, but can you fill them?) and fields. Rec fields especially have taken a hit recently as most people will gladly forego the $25 walk-on fee and the likely hood of Field Paint Only to play in woodlands for free with friends. In the area around DC, the fields that have survived the best are those that sit heavily on the speedball end of things. Pev's has turf fields, and PAP up near B-More has more than half of its acreage given over to inflatable fields. The reason they do better than straight rec fields? Very few people can afford to shell out the necessary funds for a full set of PSP-grade bunkers and thus, people who are into that aspect of the sport are more willing to pay the entrance fees, etc. Paintball may have slowed in growth, but I don't think you'd see so many different Tippmann markers out there if the sport wasn't still growing. Even WGP has more markers in production now than it did 4 years ago. |
Posted By: Tec13
Date Posted: 07 August 2011 at 11:01am
I agree with tallen702!!! They cant fill air tanks and they have no service department that dose not cost you shipping to get it to them, and you cant see what you are really getting before you buy it... I dont thing the sport is dieing by any means, just think it has slowed up.......... Like 5 years ago when I was working for a local shop every Friday there would be a line out the door and we would be out of stock of the most common things by sat... (re order re stock and start again for the next weekend) Then one day they just stopped... It was amazing.... But then there were a few local people that did a boot leg store, they zoned like a 10 foot square of there home as commercial use and set up wholesale accounts and started selling goods out of the back of there van. With out the over head of the "brick and mortar store" they were able to sell just over wholesale... I think that hurt the local shops around here. ------------- Markers Currently Own: 160
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 11:24am
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 7:09pm
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Well, I think paintball has stopped being centralized. Its moved off the speedball fields and back into the woods. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 7:28pm
Oh, after further viewing, appears you're right. A shame, because they made some good markers. |
Posted By: Tec13
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 1:06am
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I felt that WGP were questionable after bud sold over to Brass Eagle... maybe it was a mind control thing...lol
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 3:02am
What happened to their new "non-autococker" line? ------------- 
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 10:01am
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: kendall grubbs
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 8:15pm
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i browsed through this discussion just now. i'm new to the forum but very much in the same situation. i played my heart out years back, mostly woods ball, but stopped for many years. now there is nothing around here. no parks, no shops. it used to be huge. i understand the economic toll.. but i don't understand why it would have left in such a big way. but the passion is back for me, and i've reacquired some old guns as well as purchased a few more (along with gear to play) just so i can get my girlfriend's son, a few of his buddies, and a few of my buddies into the sport i once loved and enjoyed so many years ago. it's taking a toll on my wallet, but i'm determined to bring it back to life - even on a small scale. |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 9:09pm
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Kendall, a good place to hook up with people locally is on the mcarterbrown.com forums. Most of the guys there are pretty friendly, and even if you can't find some really local games, they can point you in the direction of some fun regional stuff. I played their "Cold A** Game" in PA a few years back and it was totally worth the 2 hour drive for me.
Mack and Oldpbnoob, the new markers autocockers that WGP produced were well received, but Budd waited too long to make the switch to electro to keep the company in the game. When they sold out to K2, the company tried to re-launch with the long-awaited newer markers as well as some simple FASOR and Blow Back models, but it was simply too late. They lost the "tournament edge" that they had enjoyed for over 2 decades and DYE, Proto, Empire, Eclipse, and WDP overtook them on the showier speedball fields. That said, there is a still a good amount of stock of the final runs out there, and Shocktech and other companies still make mech versions to this day. |
Posted By: kendall grubbs
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 10:20pm
| hey thanks tallen i'll be sure to check it out |
Posted By: Supermanglide
Date Posted: 13 August 2011 at 11:32pm
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I don't think it is dying however it has slowed. Up right here in NY I
am finding extra people these times web hosting outlaw film games on
exclusive land. regardless of the reality that some may properly not
think the exercise for getting safe, they appear for getting increasing
in numbers.
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Date Posted: 15 August 2011 at 1:59am
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Date Posted: 04 November 2011 at 10:36pm
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