There's something familiar about playing paintball with just a good old Tippmann, Spyder or similar-type gun with a CO2 tank. It probably has something to do with the way I was introduced to the game, but there's something so comforting about just screwing on a tank and pulling the trigger. Playing with dwell times and tuning output pressures and getting after-market boards can be fun, but it also can take away from the pure enjoyment of the sport of paintball.
One thing I've come to realize is that a competition with the "best" guns doesn't mean the game is any more fun to play. The games I enjoy the best are when everybody is shooting a comparable gun. That way, when somebody does better, it's because that person won on their merits. I don't care if it's Egos and Angels, Tippmanns and Piranhas or plastic pumps, it's better when everybody is shooting comparable guns.
But, when I play a game with semi-automatics, I find that I run more, spend less time behind bunkers and generally enjoy the game more. I like the basic blowbacks because they remind me of playing the game how I learned to play it.
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It seems like most people have forgotten why they play…..to have fun. Take 20 people all with $30-50 Brass Eagles,JT’s or VL’s they got off ebay or wherever,a 20oz co2 and a VL200 hopper…… play all day and ask any one of them if they think they would of had a better time if they had a $800 electro gun a $200 carbon tank and a $100 hopper, they’d probably smile a tired smile and say “Hell no”.
The best times I have ever had paintballing were the limited paint games where you would only get 50 rounds. It made the game a lot more tactical and a lot less dumping of paintballs.