What are your view points on paintball?
374265
I think it's a great sport.  I've been playing for 10+ years.  Everyone that I've introduced into the sport, they've loved it. A lot of people even now still has the misconception that all you do is hide in the woods and kill people which promotes violence.  A lot of first timers that has played with me and my team have loved it, especially when we play speed ball.\n\nI've taken my niece and nephew as well as my younger cousins to play and their school grades have went up.  They keep up the grades, so that way they know that we will take them paintballing as well as buy them paintball equipement.\n\nMy youngest cousin isn't as shy and quiet now thanks to paintball.  Paintball has helped him with his communication skills.\n\nOverall Paintball is statiscally one of the safest sport out there.  I think it's one of the best sport ever created.  It's fun & addictive.
1068851
yes, you need paintball sites every where posable. paint ball is the best sport out there.
801526
If you're new to paintball, stay away from the Ion and go with a Tippmann. Tippmanns are durable and very low maintenance. Plus they make tons of upgrades for them.\n\nIons are not a good choice for a beginning player.
398803
Paintball is ausome and for fatty pet paintball players are tougher then any football player dreams to be cuase in paintball ya gatta learn to take pain at all times and in football you only get hurt once or twice in a game if that so shut tha **** up
920810
None. They are legal as long as you are 18 when your purchase it. Its a legal sport across the U.S. But paintball is a but more mainstream if more expensive.
1172307
It depends on how you have the gun adjusted.  All paintball markers can have the pressure adjusted so taht they shoot at certain speeds.  The fastes you SHOULD be shooing is 300fps, which is about 200mph, but unless you have chronoed the gun, you COULD be shooting much faster which is quite dangerous.
1084670
If you have played paintball, you'd realize its a sport..its like an all out sprint the whole game..whereas hunting is considered a sport and u stand and shoot targets..try it when the targets are shooting at you.
254409
I have an air soft gun, but I think that a paintball gun would be better because you can see where your shot landed and you get to splat things with paint.
632032
When you say "the best", it truly depends on your definition.\nDo you mean the best, period, cost notwithstanding?\nDo you mean the best bargain?\nThe answer also depends greatly on what type of paintball you are referring to. The guns that woodsball/scenario fans lust after are different than the guns speedballers would die for.\nYou can certainly use a tourney-type electro gun for woodsball, as I do with my upp'ed Dye DM4, and you could use a Tippmann in a speedball game, but "crossing over" like that involves tradeoffs. For instance, my DM4 shoots ropes, and is as accurate as any gun made, bar none, but being electro-mechanical, I'm not wild about playing in the pouring rain, or dumping it in a puddle. A mechanical gun like a Tippmann, on the other hand, can be used for recreational speedbell, but they're not found on the tournament circuits, as they can't match the high rates of fire of the electro's (Autocockers being the exception, I suppose).\nSo, to answer your question, the best? Dye/Proto Matrixes, Ego's, Bob Long Intimidators, Smart Parts Shockers, WDP Angels are considered by most to be top-end.\nTippmann 98's and A-5's get raves among the woods/scenario set, and are bargains to boot. \nOther bargains include some of the Spyder line, and the Smart Parts Ion, which is considered to be the $300 gun that can run with the $1000 guns.\nCheck out pbreview.com and PBNation for opinions; check out your local paintball shops, and paintball parks for opinions as well.\nThe best gun? It's the one you feel the most comfortable with, and the one that most closely mathches your style of play and budget. Good luck!
340965
My experience with paint ball, and probably most other things is that once you start playing, you will NOT be happy with the JT (ANY JT) for long.  If you are serious about paintball, then buy the absolute best marker you can afford.  If the JT is all you can afford then save your money a little longer.  Wal-Mart has several Spyder markers for under $150 I believe, and one of them is an electronic one, with multiple modes of fire.\n\nThe point is that when you start playing, you will quickly find that most if not everyone you meet will outclass you substantially in the equipment department.  And upgrading your equipment is a constant issue.  So you'll want to give yourself future options by purchasing something that will \nA. function well\nB. retain as much resale value as possible (because if you continue playing you WILL end up upgrading from ANY JT product)\n\nThe other option is one that I have tried, and that is if the JT runs pretty good most fo the time, and the "ton of stuff" is good, then you could buy it, use it for now, and when you upgrade you could keep it, instead of selling/trading it off.  The reasoning behind this, is two fold, it's always nice to have back up gear, in case your gear quits in the middle of the day, and it's also nice to have enough gear around to bring a buddy that may not have their own gear yet. This really helps to build yourself a group of paintball players, by building interest in the sport, loaning out gear to newbies.
990963
It sounds to me like it has the potential to be.  If you accidentally put real bullets in it.  As a conversation piece I would say it's fine, as a hobby I'd say it's not worth it.  If you want the enjoyment of the shooting sports are strictly limited by your countries laws, I would suggest airsoft.  Sure it's not the same, but you can still get into some decent accuracy with some of them.  And when it comes right down to it, it's really you that you are competing with in most shooting sports.
1143881
Depends, I'm not a huge fan of woodsball but I'd love to play some speedball.  Just letting you know that it is cool to see girls getting into the sport.  Every time I go to the field, there seem to be one or two more, and as a guy, that is pretty cool.
798809
ok thats a really nice starter gun now for you tips. \n\n\n1st. i would suggest walking the field. learn your surroundings\n2nd. dont be afraid to move up aggresivness is very important\n3rd. use angles. at some angles you can move without the other team seeing you\n4th. just practice. practice makes perfect.\nI would also suggest going to pbnation.com and pbreview.com. the forums have lots of helpful stuff
1130234
Hey, I have also recently started playing paintball. Just incase never go cheap with painball. I Found out the hard way. Well on to ur gun, i would get The TIPPMANN 98 Custom witch you can find at www.tippmann.com or a nice spyder that you can find at www.spyder.tv ! I have the spyder sonix whitch is ok but i would of liked to spend more money than that cuz the gun isnt that great. Also this is a gun i found for you it is pretty good and it iz an amazy price because the gun retails at around 175$...here it is and good luck! (Sry i had to put the link in the souces. Good luck!
340969
the tippmann 98 custom is the best because it is the only gun you need ever. great for beginner all the way to pro. i have one. i bought it because the people at the place where i go to said it was like hell trying to kill. it is accurate with a range of 150 ft right out of the box. i like it because you can customize the hell outta the thing and for less that an autococker you have a formidable piece of machinery. i put a stock and flatline barrel on my gun ant everyone said that they have to gang up on me to even stand a chance. and I'm just a recreational player. i want to buy a halo b hopper for it because they are able to keep up with the 15 paintballs per second fire rate. taht thing can hang in a firefight. shoot through holes slightly wider than the paintball. the best thing is that it costs around $170 dollars for the entire kit. heres the site. thats the one \n\nSource(s):\n\nwww.tippmann.com
445493
number one: those other guys are complete and utter  retards. number two: LEARN HOW TO SPELL, playing is spelled like this, playing, people is spelled like this, people. it was constructive criticism so do not take offense to it. number three: airsoft is meant for two things, shooting other people who have airsoft guns like a battle, and for target practice like shooting cans and paper targets. you can play airsoft like paintball but you must at all times when you have an airsoft gun in your hands have on either certified paintball masks or impact goggles that you can get from the home depot. one of the biggest rules of gun safety is that you can never rely on the safety of a gun because it is mechanical and anything that is mechanical can fail. last summer i shot a beach ball with an airsoft shotgun and it ricocheted and hit my eye and broke open a vain inside it and i almost went blind. airsoft can be very fun if you do it right. but they can be very dangerous if you are stupid and Irresponsible with them. there are three main types of airsoft guns: the spring type which can be a pistol, a rifle like an m16, or a pump action shotgun. there is also gas that uses either c02 or green or red gas to propel to BB which is normally in a pistol form. and last but not least the electric airsoft gun that uses a motor to fire the bb's like a machine gun or semi automatically which is one shot for every pull of the trigger. i hope this answers your question and even more.
45497
There is no such thing as a 'best' paintball gun, since best means different things to different people.  Whether it is ease of matinence, high ROF, low cost, looks, or one of the many other things that should be considered, 'best' is realative to who is looking at the gun.  The main point being, unless you can say some of the major things that you are looking for in a marker, it would be hard to determine what gun is best for you.