Anyone like my article today?

[Young]

WELL????? what did you all think of it? link to article (http://paintball.com/features/story.cfm?placementID=4008&aid=2574&clickon=DB)

[Smarty All American]

heeeel no :unsure:

[X4SmuRf20X]

nope

[icewarrior]

it was good... Some kids on this site should read that.

[backguy77]

I thought it was good and about time someone said that

:gay hi-five:

[proanti1]

about right, i play with a spyder amg for gods sake, and i constantly waste ion owners.

[Doorman]

The straight up truth. Unfortunately too many people buy into the hype of "better marker = uber play" :(

[joeyk803c]

Originally posted by Doorman@Aug 5 2005, 03:49 PM
The straight up truth. Unfortunately too many people buy into the hype of "better marker = uber play" :(
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And what companies do you think provides that hype

[PyroWoodsballer]

It was good and next time someone asks what gun to get I'll give them a link to that.

[tl+]

yeah it was nice someone finally said it, you will definitly see that link posted a lot in the "is my gun good enough" threads.

[DyEpLaYeR]

yay finally someone makes an article on that great job man :D

[thenewpainter]

t'was ok


there r a few that should read that on here, SAA

[jimmy2222]

it was good but ya gotta understand that if a newb has a POS gun people might laugh at him, thus lowering his self esteem (its happend - the lowering self esteem part), but if they get a bit of a better gun thier self esteem jumps up and they feel better which inturn makes him think he plays better than he used to (eg: moving from a viewloader to an ion).

[paintballfr3ak]

i went to the field the other day and played a kidwith an impulse with a max flow and lots of shiat on it, also he was ramping about 20-25 bps at me and i owned his as, i was using my long forgotten spyder xtra stock, he was ran to the back left aztec and everyime he went to back behind the bunker i would move up, i dove behind a lay down can and then ran behind a stand up can, the kid had no clue where i was, also the stand up is about 10-20 feet from the bunker he was behind, i ran up and lit him up, the point, he had a impulse worth 1,300 plus and i was using my 75 dollar spyder xtra.

[CodeMA]

If some little kid with lots of mommy and daddies money thinks its cool to shoot a fancy gun...or a new one every week for that matter.... Id deny this artical to the death.... Players gotta play...and eat...and fill ones tank with gas...



But...other wise...ya...admittedly... its the truth... equipment is simply an edge... not the game...

[jhrovii]

Actually, some people WORK for their gun. Sure, there's rich kids, but I see more of kids who just want to invest into the sport when they have the opportunity to. There's nothing wrong with that- it's there money. You won, they lost, so why do you care?

[surealpaintballer]

i liked it lots

awesome jobn

[PaintballaAJ]

Very nice. Has alot of truth in it.

[earmeat]

it sucked!! i find that offensive!! nah jk :P B)

[ontariopaint]

i like it

[thevoiceinurhd]

way to bring back an old topic.

Nice article by the way

[jme125]

Yah very good article tho.

[pbdude911]

i went to the field the other day and played a kidwith an impulse with a max flow and lots of shiat on it, also he was ramping about 20-25 bps at me and i owned his as, i was using my long forgotten spyder xtra stock, he was ran to the back left aztec and everyime he went to back behind the bunker i would move up, i dove behind a lay down can and then ran behind a stand up can, the kid had no clue where i was, also the stand up is about 10-20 feet from the bunker he was behind, i ran up and lit him up, the point, he had a impulse worth 1,300 plus and i was using my 75 dollar spyder xtra.

1 impulses dont ramp
2 impulse solinoids can only go 18 bps max (thats with a low dwell)
3 NO impulse is worth anything near 1k (even with a maxy and a halo)

[thevoiceinurhd]

i hope you like having your ###### handed to you

[paintballfr3ak]

Originally posted by pbdude911@Aug 22 2005, 09:18 PM
1 impulses dont ramp
2 impulse solinoids can only go 18 bps max (thats with a low dwell)
3 NO impulse is worth anything near 1k (even with a maxy and a halo)
67105

r u stupid? he got a new board and ###### in his gun ... he has over 1.3k in that gun so yes it ramps... i shot it and so did like 4 other people at the feild, so do some research and come back and tell me it cant ramp with a new board... i think it was a pred or a was board... i cant remember but we were ramping 20+ bps and thats wat he set it at so sdfu and never talk again until ur ready to tell me im right.

[Dirtjump9]

W00t w00t! Good article!
:)

[EmpireLover]

I love all your articles Young.

[tippsnowmann]

Originally posted by jimmy2222@Aug 7 2005, 04:40 PM
it was good but ya gotta understand that if a newb has a POS gun people might laugh at him, thus lowering his self esteem (its happend - the lowering self esteem part), but if they get a bit of a better gun thier self esteem jumps up and they feel better which inturn makes him think he plays better than he used to (eg: moving from a viewloader to an ion).
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yea i agree with this guy, if u have a lame gun there is no way that u will not be mocked.i got a friend thats got a spyder xtra and he sneaks around and u never know where he is and then towards the end of the game he comes in and shoots your #####. anyway u dont have to have a killer gun to rock.just skills.


and also your article was awsome and it insrpired me alot!!!

im rockin a spyder pilot acs with a halo tsa hopper and an all american barrel and for my mask i got a vforce thermal!!

[ipaintballyourcar]

True. We've all considered doing exactly what was in the article. I actually waited four years before I got an autococker. I knew I couldn't handle it, so I waited. I'm sure most others on this site have made the right choice too.

[theforumeater]

its too long and has more than 10 words. nowonder there are somany paintball accidents... no one reads...

[the_great_mantis]

8/10 :P

[spyderman359]

yea i do just fine with a victer 2

[maldon007]

i know its probly right in front of my nose, but where is the article? thanks

[Krispy71]

Good article.... You can't buy skills.....It only takes one.....one shot, one kill....

[nouzeous]

[SIZE=1]

I dont know, im a newb..guesss ur right though..

[Nuclee369]

Originally posted by Doorman@Aug 5 2005, 06:49 PM
The straight up truth. Unfortunately too many people buy into the hype of "better marker = uber play" :(
55458

yea

good article

[pb318]

good article tells it like it is... ya truth hurts sometimes but its the truth

[spyder33649]

so how about that article today, 12-21

[mat_890]

good article but i dont agree with it

you cant tell me if im shooting 25 bbs at you and your shooting 4 bbs you would win because of better skill (assume for a seccond your much better)

well lets think for a seccond 6 on 6 one team using upped dm6's other using C98's

right of the break lets say i shoot a 23 bbs rope of paint across the field....anything standing 5 feet tall has been shot, if you dive behind a bunker you could avoid this (but chances are a few team members will be out)
Because my gun can shoot so fast i dont have to be accurate and if your out in the open for even a seccond 2 or 3 guys are gonna be fireing a stupidally large amount of paint at you

so how do you expect to win....getting the perfect shot?? ....bunkering the noobs... you can try but dont forget at any moment any 1 of the team members can sprey the field with large amounts of paint

would the noobs win..they might they mightant but one things for shure...they wil come ALOT closer then the normally would have

the way i see it 3 things decide the paintball match in order of importance(bottom being most important)

3. Heart--if your afrade to dive, slide, ect. then you will be shot very quickly
2.Equipment--for the reasons stated above
1.Teamwork--communication and sharing info is very important

[spyder33649]

first of all if your going to say something at least believe what you say. what your sig tells me is that you think that with your 98c, you "could still own half the guys on this site." well hmm thats quite contrary to what your post said. also, it is true that skill owns rof 90% of the time. just monday there was a guy playing stock that was getting people with shockers and martixes and ions and cockers out regularly and when he was hit it was not due to opposing firepower. it was a skillful move or he made a mistake that benefietd them.

[mat_890]

Originally posted by spyder33649@Dec 28 2005, 07:13 PM
first of all if your going to say something at least believe what you say. what your sig tells me is that you think that with your 98c, you "could still own half the guys on this site." well hmm thats quite contrary to what your post said. 139484


its a sig....i dont mean it like that its purpose was to brag a little plz never use that a sig (which is often times a joke) in an arguement again

also the story you posted doesent impress me much...but postion my opinion i thought it might start an arguement its ok but make good arguments to prove me wrong

[spyder33649]

thats funny you seem to have changed your sig. maybe because you know you are wrong. you have to be a noob to say that shooting 30 bps with no skill over a pump with super noob killing skills. lets see if you have no skills that means you dont have 1. accuracy:you may shoot 30 bps but you also miss 30 bps. 2.intellegence to understand the game:you will get either bunkered or snapped b/c you dont know whats going on. 3.acceptance of hits:you will be so scared of getting hit that you wont come out of your bunker to miss your 30 shots a second. no dont even try to reply you are wrong

[mat_890]

Originally posted by spyder33649@Dec 30 2005, 03:10 AM
thats funny you seem to have changed your sig. maybe because you know you are wrong. you have to be a noob to say that shooting 30 bps with no skill over a pump with super noob killing skills.* lets see if you have no skills that means you dont have 1. accuracy:you may shoot 30 bps but you also miss 30 bps. 2.intellegence to understand the game:you will get either bunkered or snapped b/c you dont know whats going on. 3.acceptance of hits:you will be so scared of getting hit that you wont come out of your bunker to miss your 30 shots a second.* no dont even try to reply you are wrong
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you sir are a moron

i changed my siq cuz catist made me a new one AND it was a fing joke you moron god dammit stop using bs in your arguments last time MY SIG WAS A JOKE
judging by that chidish argument i would say your about 11 (or very very stupid)so stfu

1. accuracy...were not talking about sniper rifles from a half mile away were talking about a pb gun from 50 feet away god dam retard stop talking its not hard to hit a target a large target ...like a person with 30bps ...*screams the f word * do you even play paintball

2. reading the field is a better way of saying it...yes this is a part of the game however its not hard to remember where bunkers are located and where you can be shot at from where hiding behing bunker x

3.Acceptance of hits?????what were you thinking "oh i might lose bcuz im afrade to be hit" are you joking ...you have lost all respect from that comment right there
afrade to leave a bunker HAHAHA paintballs are not bullets they dont kill....or even hurt for more then a few secconds...of corse if you ever actually play paintball you would have known that

look you dont have to agree with me ...most ppl here wouldent. we have to realise equipment matters in paintball alot...far more than the equipment in soccer baseball or any other sport

there is still a degree of skill but that skill is mostally in teamwork

reply all you want .....NOOBLET, but pm me when your testicles drop, i might take you seriousally then

THIS IS ALL MY OPINION ARGUING IS POINTLESS AS THERE IS LITTLE WAY THIS ARGUMENT COULD EVER BE PROVEN...I SAID I DIDENT AGREE WITH THE ARTICLE MEANING ITS MY OPINION

[Sweetblood]

nice...
i was in one of the pictures too...and my brother in law was in 2 others...nifty... :)

[msujdak]

Well yes Its a great articale especially for all the newbs out there but go ask a pro player if the gun matters? To tell you the truth and i dont care what all yall say it does to a certain extent. A player is required to have mad skills to be a winner. I'm talkn running and gunning sliding snapshooting communication basically the fundamentals of the game. However if 2 equally matched teams are playn and one team shoots spyder extras(5bps) and the other shoots g7s(25+bps), theoretically the g7 team should win cuz they got those guns blazin aight. So i believe it comes down to 80% skill and 20 % gun and the gun is important if your refering the game to tourny paintball.

Also i dont reccommend discouraging kids from buying guns that cost $1000 or more because being a beginner doesnt mean you have to start with the cheapset gear, the level of experince you have does not decide what gear you use, money decides that. So if the kids can afford THE GAT, a NEXUS EGO, or a DM6 by all means allow them to have it. I know its a pain in the a$$ listening kids tell you "what should i get?", but the answer to that is their budget. The skillz they grab in life can come to them the hard way no matter what gun they have!
:)

[mat_890]

Originally posted by msujdak@Jan 5 2006, 02:20 AM
Also i dont reccommend discouraging kids from buying guns that cost $1000 or more because being a beginner doesnt mean you have to start with the cheapset gear, the level of experince you have does not decide what gear you use, money decides that. So if the kids can afford THE GAT, a NEXUS EGO, or a DM6 by all means allow them to have it. I know its a pain in the a$$ listening kids tell you "what should i get?", but the answer to that is their budget. The skillz they grab in life can come to them the hard way no matter what gun they have!
* :)
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yes i completally argree, far to many times i have heard someone callen a noob because he had a good gun and he is a new player...

my cousin got me into paintball and he was comvinced to get the low end gun, then a little better, then an ion....and when you add in the upgrades he got for each he would have been far better off with a used or 2 years old "pro" gun

When you reccomend a newb a gun the best thing to ask is what is your budget and make your reccomdation on that

[SouthEastXtreme]

I started paintball with a 98c, which I still have, then I moved on to a spyder E-99, and then went and bought a 2k1 angel lcd in 2004, and I just bought a SP Nerve.

I say all this cuz you can obviously see the progression, Im nowhere near pro level, but I can hold my own against some decent guys down here in florida. When you get a bit better, and require a faster marker, then yea, buy a better gun.

But most of the times when Im at the field I see kids with the latest and greatest, and then a few weeks later, with another latest gun that just came out. When I ask them what happened to their old marker, there reply "eh, i got tired of it so I MADE my parents buy me a new one"

I paid for everything of mine since I was 16 years old, EVERYTHING, clothes, paintball, I even helped with rent. So these rich kids that think buying a new gun is going to make them the best paintballer ever, wrong attitude, hard work, constant practice and playing against the best in your area will make you a better player.

Young, very good article, I wish other paintball media would write such articles. I feel the hype over newer markers vs. low ends has gotten ridicoulous.\

I still play with my 98c when Im in the woods, and never flame a tippman, in my opnion they are king of all low-end markers.

[Lt.bird]

Good article young. I hope it does some noobs some good.

[rkyoder89]

hey man thanks for the advise...lookin to buy my first gun and i'll keep this article in mind.