Well...here we go, a brief list of things/people in paintball I think we all could do without:
1. stupid newbies that pose as experienced players, get on your team, and shoot you in the back and/or refuse to move up, causing you to be annoyed, dripping with paint, and humiliated
2. Smart Parts 50% of the time
3. My parents who refuse to even think about being associated with or at least ask questions about paintball.
4. RP Scherer for not making yellow Allstar all year round and available everywhere green Allstar is, and for thickening up the shells of all their paint except yellow Allstar.
5. DYE for quit making their straight bore aluminum and replacing them with the Xcel which is lower grade and the Ultralite which is more expensive and step bored.
6. NPS, KAPP, and other small part makers for charging $7-20 for sets of screws that together cost probably 50 cents, air fittings that cost a quarter, and $50+ for drop forwards that could be used as tool hangers and if sold as such would never cost more than $5.
7. Paint shop owners who offer as the only rationalization for #6: "Well, paintball can be an expensive sport."
8. Action Pursuit Games for their shameless display of ads for inferior products and the resultant exploitation of newbies who in thinking they're getting something cool get yet ANOTHER clone of a Spyder, or a horridly gas gulping barrel, a cheap nitro tank that cracks or leaks or explodes (Yes 32 Degrees this means you), paint that bounces horridly despite its flashy ads (several guilty parties there), and yet another copy of Boomsticks.
9. Jerry Braun
10. Barrels over 16". SAVE THE ALUMINUM AND MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING USEFUL!!! Not to mention by cutting down on the waste all barrels would be cheaper.
11. Ridiculously overbored 2 piece barrels. .700 and ported is USELESS. TOTALLY USELESS. DON'T DO IT. Yes this means you, Smart Parts, CP, and DYE.
12. Cheap bottle orings that crack after one use.
13. Wire nubbin ball detents.
14. Snobby women.
15(a) Good looking women that don't hang out at paintball fields.
(b) Ugly women that do hang out at paintball fields.
(c) Attractive women that do hang out at paintball fields but don't leave their phone number or express interest in me/you.
16. Ease of losing squeegees.
17. My home field not having 4500 nitro fills.
18. That stupid dog that hangs out at my field that eats my burgers and BBQ sandwiches if I turn around for more than 3 seconds.
19. French fries that lose their flavor after 20 minutes, especially when I'm driving.
20. Bottled water and Gatorade costing over a buck a bottle.
21. Imitation Doritos.
22. Pod lids breaking off.
23. Burgers with no soy sauce or tomatos.
24. Girlfriends that don't appreciate a case of Imperial as being a more meaningful gift than roses or chocolates.
25(a) Hopper switches being turned on when at the bottom of the gear bag and running the batteries out the night before a tournament.
25(b) Hotel room smoke alarms and alarm clocks that don't have fresh 9v batteries in case (a) happens.
Oh so many other things that piss me off in paintball...but again I keep this list short. Stay tuned for chapter 2.
1. stupid newbies that pose as experienced players, get on your team, and shoot you in the back and/or refuse to move up, causing you to be annoyed, dripping with paint, and humiliated
2. Smart Parts 50% of the time
3. My parents who refuse to even think about being associated with or at least ask questions about paintball.
4. RP Scherer for not making yellow Allstar all year round and available everywhere green Allstar is, and for thickening up the shells of all their paint except yellow Allstar.
5. DYE for quit making their straight bore aluminum and replacing them with the Xcel which is lower grade and the Ultralite which is more expensive and step bored.
6. NPS, KAPP, and other small part makers for charging $7-20 for sets of screws that together cost probably 50 cents, air fittings that cost a quarter, and $50+ for drop forwards that could be used as tool hangers and if sold as such would never cost more than $5.
7. Paint shop owners who offer as the only rationalization for #6: "Well, paintball can be an expensive sport."
8. Action Pursuit Games for their shameless display of ads for inferior products and the resultant exploitation of newbies who in thinking they're getting something cool get yet ANOTHER clone of a Spyder, or a horridly gas gulping barrel, a cheap nitro tank that cracks or leaks or explodes (Yes 32 Degrees this means you), paint that bounces horridly despite its flashy ads (several guilty parties there), and yet another copy of Boomsticks.
9. Jerry Braun
10. Barrels over 16". SAVE THE ALUMINUM AND MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING USEFUL!!! Not to mention by cutting down on the waste all barrels would be cheaper.
11. Ridiculously overbored 2 piece barrels. .700 and ported is USELESS. TOTALLY USELESS. DON'T DO IT. Yes this means you, Smart Parts, CP, and DYE.
12. Cheap bottle orings that crack after one use.
13. Wire nubbin ball detents.
14. Snobby women.
15(a) Good looking women that don't hang out at paintball fields.
(b) Ugly women that do hang out at paintball fields.
(c) Attractive women that do hang out at paintball fields but don't leave their phone number or express interest in me/you.
16. Ease of losing squeegees.
17. My home field not having 4500 nitro fills.
18. That stupid dog that hangs out at my field that eats my burgers and BBQ sandwiches if I turn around for more than 3 seconds.
19. French fries that lose their flavor after 20 minutes, especially when I'm driving.
20. Bottled water and Gatorade costing over a buck a bottle.
21. Imitation Doritos.
22. Pod lids breaking off.
23. Burgers with no soy sauce or tomatos.
24. Girlfriends that don't appreciate a case of Imperial as being a more meaningful gift than roses or chocolates.
25(a) Hopper switches being turned on when at the bottom of the gear bag and running the batteries out the night before a tournament.
25(b) Hotel room smoke alarms and alarm clocks that don't have fresh 9v batteries in case (a) happens.
Oh so many other things that piss me off in paintball...but again I keep this list short. Stay tuned for chapter 2.
