I have no friends to play with!

[lacerveza]

This is just a general enquiry as to how to go about getting into paintball without having a team. All my friends when asked have little or no interest in going paintballing yet i really want to do it as an ongoing hobby. I live local to the ucz in newton abbot and i was kinda wondering what the etiquette was for approaching clubs, can an individual just walk in off the street and say "i wanna play"? or do i have to have some kind of ready made group? I have a couple of guys at work who probably be interested but the logistics of them juggling paintball with homelife may be problematic. Also i,m in my 30's so i was wondering wether there is a large player base in my age group or would i be the old man standing around with people half my age. any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[BDN]

Have a search on t'inernet for sites in your area.
Age irrelevant. What counts is the attitude

 

[Random Invert]

Your best bet is finding sites that run monthly walkons, paintballers are dead friendly, just go to your local site and start chatting to people you'll soon make paintball friends.

 

[Bolter]

This is just a general enquiry as to how to go about getting into paintball without having a team. All my friends when asked have little or no interest in going paintballing yet i really want to do it as an ongoing hobby.

Go to nearest walkon (or whatever is happening) with kit, start by getting chatty with the guy running it and ask about the teams attending, who is who etc etc, and go from there. Just be polite, help out, be eager .... you know.

I live local to the ucz in newton abbot and i was kinda wondering what the etiquette was for approaching clubs, can an individual just walk in off the street and say "i wanna play"? or do i have to have some kind of ready made group? I have a couple of guys at work who probably be interested but the logistics of them juggling paintball with homelife may be problematic.

Yes pretty much. Could always start a thread on here a couple of weeks prior to an event and ask who is going, anyone need a player, can I tag along with anyone? That sort of thing.

Also i,m in my 30's so i was wondering wether there is a large player base in my age group or would i be the old man standing around with people half my age. any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Yes and yes but it doesnt matter. This game is about outsmarting the opponent foremost, fitness and youth helps, but is not necessary Im 34, when I started, it seemed like I was the only 20 yr old, but now when I play its mostly 17-24yr olds! Or it seems that way But thats cool, I try to combat youth and speed with common sense and trickery

You'll be fine mate

 

[lacerveza]

Thanks for the replys, i've been reading through the forums and the community seems to be very friendly so i'm nowhere as near as apprehensive about going to an event and just asking now, for some reason i had an image in my head of it being quite a macho all ex military type affair but clearly that is an image born out of ignorance (no offence meant to the community). i have played previously when i was younger a few times but that was with the army cadets so i guess thats where i have got the association from, but thanks for the help, my life is starting to get a bit boring but now i've found something i can get my teeth into (plus some of the masks look cool and it's an excuse to run around the woods in camo gear, that in its self is a pro that far outways any cons)

 

[neil stringer]

im 34 ish ....... and still playing .. more now than many years b4 !! i love the sport , most players will help you out ... im an own gunner @ NPF and i know for a fact you could turn around to almost all of the and play a walk on or supair game ... most own gunners are sound .

 

[Spurdog]

UCZ is your local site
http://www.ucz.info/

 

[Rikk]

But come to super5ives hehe

 

[Blue Beanie]

hi mate i

This is just a general enquiry as to how to go about getting into paintball without having a team. All my friends when asked have little or no interest in going paintballing yet i really want to do it as an ongoing hobby. I live local to the ucz in newton abbot and i was kinda wondering what the etiquette was for approaching clubs, can an individual just walk in off the street and say "i wanna play"? or do i have to have some kind of ready made group? I have a couple of guys at work who probably be interested but the logistics of them juggling paintball with homelife may be problematic. Also i,m in my 30's so i was wondering wether there is a large player base in my age group or would i be the old man standing around with people half my age. any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

live quite local to you i'm guessing (paignton and Totnes) so if you are interested in playing i'll pm you and we can go from there

 

[desponge]

im 32 and have been playing since 2001, still enjoy it and going out and holding my own against people half my age......where paintball is concerned, age is not an issue and everyone treats each other as a though they are family (and you know how family is)