Anyone else into paintball?

 

I used to be huge into it I started playing when I was 11 I’m 37 now. I did take a 16 year hiatus from it though. 
 

Started with woods ball like most then moved into speedball and doing tournaments. Worked at a field part time nights and weekends till I joined the army in 2008 and that was the last I played up till this past March and now I’m back into playing every 2-3weeks just doing open play recball. 
 

The sports definitely changed since I stopped the guns now are fancier for better price don’t need to drop a grand or more for features that you get in a $300 gun. I’m still rocking my old gear when we play though still have a ‘98 shoe box shocker, ‘03 SFT shocker and an auto cocker. Other than my shoe box they work fine so don’t see the need to buy newer ones. 

My brother and I bought cheap ones from Walmart about 25 years ago and started having our own paintball wars behind our house. Those things hurt!!!! I’m too much of a sissy nowadays. Airsoft guns too. There’s nothing soft about them. 😂

I’ve played a few times. Most recently which was the main event for my bachelor party in May 2015 with a dozen friends and my brother. It was a lot of fun but it definitely did hurt when you got hit, especially if it didn’t explode. I had to run the gauntlet at the end to use up all our ammo. I ran across a field while everyone lined up and fired. Finished the day with 37 welts on various parts of my body.

 

Afterwards we all went out for pizza and beers. Good times.

 

My brother's son-in-law owned a company that built a battle ground in the woods. He rented/sold guns with all the accessories. I played for 4-5 yrs then got into air soft. 

We had a team at work that went out a handful of times whenever it first came out. Everyone used guns handed out by the guys who ran it, boy did we suck.

 

Thats what happens when you have all Air Force and Navy guys.

Played competitively in my teens and twenties. Haven’t played in probably 20 years but recently started thinking about taking my sons out to play.  

8 minutes ago, Chris at Tech said:

Played competitively in my teens and twenties. Haven’t played in probably 20 years but recently started thinking about taking my sons out to play.  

I was same 16-21 I was playing in tournaments every chance I got and tried out for Rochester rhythm and Brooklyn style. Made it on style then joined the army like a week later and never played just went to a practiced.

 

My oldest played last weekend with us he really liked it and said he was gonna ask my mom to buy him gear to start playing. My boys ask my mom for all the expensive stuff they want and she buys it haha I’m not complaining. 

Played a lot of wood ball back in the 2000s. Started with a tipman of course then upgraded to a nicer gun with the digital displays, long barrel, etc.  I could hit a Gatorade bottle at 30 yards.  I don’t recall the brand but it’s still around the house somewhere. It was a blast when life was simpler and time was abundant 😂