It seems there is a surge of Xgens getting back into the game lately... I am one of them. Always loved this game, got more serious during the early 2000s... got especially into rec-ball, woodlands and scenario (sup air is not my thing) and I was really good too; but somehow life got in the way and I have not had a chance to shoot paint in years. Recently I figured I need to do something more physical than using a xbox controller, and the one thing I always wanted to play more, was paintball. So I am back, and ready for some pain(t).
Alas, it seems harder than expected... I am having a really hard time finding decent fields, fields that suit players like me... as far as I could gather, most fields don't really like or support players that have their own equipment.
I just invested a buttload into gear - to have my own, because i can, because i don't want to play with rental gear, to geek out over it, to tune and tinker; because that is part of the appeal to me - but somehow it feels like I am punished for wanting more out of the game than camo onesies, co2 rentals with 40 ball gravity hoppers, shooting it out with a stag party that is hard to convince to keep their damn masks on, because q-anon or something...
But me having decent gear, means that the casuals, rentals and randos will be shot more often and that makes it less fun for them... (I am paraphrasing an actual conversation with a field owner) And sure, they bring in more money, after all, I only need air (which is usually free), and I'll buy a box of paint and maybe some smokes, but that's probably it. If you have a rental field, the money is in gear. I get it. And to be fair, if you don't want me on your field than I certainly do not want to be on your field either.
But there has to be a place for players like me? There have to be some fields that welcome any kind of players, or support those who wanna play more often, have their own gear, are more serious about it, while still playing for fun - seriously painful and tactically challenging adrenaline inducing fun. So I have come for help and pointers...
I currently live in Liverpool and I am looking for a team, a group, a field, a club, a secret paintball society nearby (<100km rad), where I can come and play with a dsr, or a t15, depending on my mood, or the day of the week. Where I can play pump or semi, or even let it run full auto once in a while. A place that welcomes me to come by, get some air (preferably 4500psi) and a box of paint and lets me tune and test my markers; a field that allows first strikes, and radios and cameras to film some of the action; a field where if all i see is heads, headshots are fine. I want to play more than just once a month (there are two potential fields not too far from me, each offering one walk-on day per month, both have it on the 3rd sunday for some inexplicable reason). I'd like to play with people who appreciate a good game, who don't mind being shot, but instead will geek out over the game; people who are willing to invest into it. I am looking for some serious fun!
Please tell me of all the great and secret games out there; tell me about the fields that are better than the others; let me into the inner circle of proper paintball in the uk! Do it here in public, or per PM. But please, help a fellow painter out! Don't let my paint run dry before I had a chance to propel it at around 295 feet per second, accelerated by pressurized air, majestically driven through an arc core bolt at 115psi. I really need to shoot some paint!
TL;DR: Where the real games at?
Thanks!
Alas, it seems harder than expected... I am having a really hard time finding decent fields, fields that suit players like me... as far as I could gather, most fields don't really like or support players that have their own equipment.
I just invested a buttload into gear - to have my own, because i can, because i don't want to play with rental gear, to geek out over it, to tune and tinker; because that is part of the appeal to me - but somehow it feels like I am punished for wanting more out of the game than camo onesies, co2 rentals with 40 ball gravity hoppers, shooting it out with a stag party that is hard to convince to keep their damn masks on, because q-anon or something...
But me having decent gear, means that the casuals, rentals and randos will be shot more often and that makes it less fun for them... (I am paraphrasing an actual conversation with a field owner) And sure, they bring in more money, after all, I only need air (which is usually free), and I'll buy a box of paint and maybe some smokes, but that's probably it. If you have a rental field, the money is in gear. I get it. And to be fair, if you don't want me on your field than I certainly do not want to be on your field either.
But there has to be a place for players like me? There have to be some fields that welcome any kind of players, or support those who wanna play more often, have their own gear, are more serious about it, while still playing for fun - seriously painful and tactically challenging adrenaline inducing fun. So I have come for help and pointers...
I currently live in Liverpool and I am looking for a team, a group, a field, a club, a secret paintball society nearby (<100km rad), where I can come and play with a dsr, or a t15, depending on my mood, or the day of the week. Where I can play pump or semi, or even let it run full auto once in a while. A place that welcomes me to come by, get some air (preferably 4500psi) and a box of paint and lets me tune and test my markers; a field that allows first strikes, and radios and cameras to film some of the action; a field where if all i see is heads, headshots are fine. I want to play more than just once a month (there are two potential fields not too far from me, each offering one walk-on day per month, both have it on the 3rd sunday for some inexplicable reason). I'd like to play with people who appreciate a good game, who don't mind being shot, but instead will geek out over the game; people who are willing to invest into it. I am looking for some serious fun!
Please tell me of all the great and secret games out there; tell me about the fields that are better than the others; let me into the inner circle of proper paintball in the uk! Do it here in public, or per PM. But please, help a fellow painter out! Don't let my paint run dry before I had a chance to propel it at around 295 feet per second, accelerated by pressurized air, majestically driven through an arc core bolt at 115psi. I really need to shoot some paint!
TL;DR: Where the real games at?
Thanks!
