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I love my Prism, Geode, Thinmodem and Memplug. I am rapidly finding myself being sucked into the world of paintball!

I'm not the commando type I just love playing tag with markers that fire paintballs at 280 feet per second. Anyone else think that PDAs and Paintball is a weird combo?

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Not at all.

I have been playing paintball since 1986, and I love it. I would think that there would be quite a few people here that enjoy it. It seems to go with the mentality: gadgets/toys, paintball, airplanes, SCUBA, bungee jumping, etc.

I have used Quicksheet a few times for money management at the field, especially when I am splitting cases with other people.

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Seems natural to me. I've tried paintball a couple of times, and really enjoyed it.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Airsoft

I play airsoft, It's a lot like paintball but the guns are 1:1 scale replicas and shoot 0.2g - 0.4g 6mm plastic pellets.
>> http://www.dentrinity.com/shop/main.html << is where I buy my equipment (in Hong Kong).

I probably enjoy airsoft more than paintball because I'm a big Counter Strike fan (http://www.counter-strike.net/), there are airsoft guns for most of the lineup in CS.

I own a Prism, Thinmodem, and Memplug, and have been a computer geek for years, but I thought I should start going outside more often, hence taking up this sport

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Enumclaw, Wa
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Im obsessed with paintball

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Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Redwood City, CA USA
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I have friends that have been really into paintball, but it never appealed to me. Pointing any kind of gun at someone, then pulling the trigger, seems too weird.

Ron

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posts: 406

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Originally posted by rtalain
I have friends that have been really into paintball, but it never appealed to me. Pointing any kind of gun at someone, then pulling the trigger, seems too weird.

Ron

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I think most people have a distorted view of the sport. (I'm not refering to anyone in particular, just the public at large.) They think it's a commando type military game, but it's not. It is more like tag or capture the flag.

A lot of the players paint their markers in color that you'd never paint a real gun. I used to shoot on a rifle team and paintball markers are not even a close comparison to rifles when it comes to accuracy.

One of the things that really appeals to me about the sport is the strategy. You can't go out just shooting a lot of paint and expect to win. There are skills, just like any other sport, that you have to develop.

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Redwood City, CA USA
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I understand that it's not a commando type military game and that there is a lot of strategy involved that I truly admire, but as a rule, I don't point any type of gun at a person.

I have several handguns of various calibers, two 12 Ga. shotguns and a rifle. One of the golden rules of firearms safety is never point the muzzle at anything you don't want to shoot. I kind of carry this philosophy out to all guns, understanding that it is probably construed as overkill (no pun intended) to most people, but that's a personal decision on my part.

I have watched some on TV and I must admit that the people doing it really seem to be having a good time.

Ron

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Sydney Australia
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Re: Airsoft

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Originally posted by Vertigo
I play airsoft, It's a lot like paintball but the guns are 1:1 scale replicas and shoot 0.2g - 0.4g 6mm plastic pellets.
>> http://www.dentrinity.com/shop/main.html << is where I buy my equipment (in Hong Kong).

I probably enjoy airsoft more than paintball because I'm a big Counter Strike fan (http://www.counter-strike.net/), there are airsoft guns for most of the lineup in CS.

I own a Prism, Thinmodem, and Memplug, and have been a computer geek for years, but I thought I should start going outside more often, hence taking up this sport

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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Re: Re: Airsoft

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Originally posted by ToolkiT

Hey, I used to own a gun like that... a replica of a 'Glock 17'
Which I am not sure was legal in Holland, but legal in Denmark, where I bought it... I got rid of it anyway..
Mine was airoperated, you had to 'load' it like you would load a new magazine for everybullet..
I had both plastic and paint pettets.
It was fun while it lasted...

Do you need a permit for those in the US? They look too real so there is a risk people use them to rob banks etc..

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I also have (as you had) a Glock17 Spring operated airsoft pistol. There are also many other types of airsoft pistols. Gas operated non-blowback (use 'green gas' liquid CO2), and 'Blow Back' pistols, which divert a moderate amount of gas onto the slide of the pistol to create semi-realistic force feedback on every trigger pull. All gas oparated pistols are semi-automatic, no slide pulling needed.


There are also Full size/weight Full-automatics available for a heftier price tag (which is worth every penny for your own when skirmishing aginst 5+ guys with them )

Don't need a permit, just have to be 18 or older to buy them (which is the same age you have to be to own a real steel rifle... Kinda weird).

You are correct that they look very real. Just as with real guns they can be used illegally.

Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Mountain View, CA
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Originally posted by Soul Raven
Not at all.

I have been playing paintball since 1986, and I love it. I would think that there would be quite a few people here that enjoy it. It seems to go with the mentality: gadgets/toys, paintball, airplanes, SCUBA, bungee jumping, etc.

I have used Quicksheet a few times for money management at the field, especially when I am splitting cases with other people.

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