Paintballers are also bought or financed, you could say. You don't get good by popping your hopper open and imagining paint dribbling down into it. It's in the hours, gallons of sweat, pounds of laundry detergent, and piles of empty bags and boxes. Everyone paid a good bit for it and either still does or has someone pay for it constantly to keep it up. Unlike soccer or ice hockey where you can just go out with a ball or a stick and puck and skates and practice endlessly without any new expense, paintball skill is in effect bought at a price.