Paintball 101: Do I need to wear a cup?

[AZK]

Going for the first time tomorrow...do I need to wear a cup? Anything else I should know?

[Dudd]

I don't think anyone wears a cup. Just go, have fun, shoot in the right direction.

[Synur]

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Going for the first time tomorrow...do I need to wear a cup? Anything else I should know?

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Only if you're a puss.

[NLfool]

get gloves. It's no fun getting hit in the hand which happened at lot to me.

[XXXNoahXXX]

Nah u'll be fine, just wear [censored] jeans, cargo pants.

it doesn't hurt that much, don't let that scare you.

conserve ammo at first, get a sense of of the feel for the game. shoot in spurts of 10-20 shots. never run in a straight line. pretend like its a real war.

paintball is amazing and this post makes me sad for having not played in over a year.

oh yeah, and don't take your mask off during the game. not to clean it, not when you think ure alone. never.

[AZK]

i read a few old threads about people talking abotu hwo they stopped playing bc it was so expensive....how expensive can it be? Once you buy all the [censored], that seems like a one time cost, the only [censored] you have left to constantly buy is paintballs and time at the field, so wtf am i missing?

[AZK]

i did see a gun that went for $3k on ebay though, that is pretty [censored] sick. I have a feeling I am going to love this [censored].

[CheckRaise]

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i read a few old threads about people talking abotu hwo they stopped playing bc it was so expensive....how expensive can it be? Once you buy all the [censored], that seems like a one time cost, the only [censored] you have left to constantly buy is paintballs and time at the field, so wtf am i missing?

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It is very expensive, when my friend was playing seriously he was always upgrading his gear or buying a new marker. Paintballs aren't cheap and you could easily go through 10k+ in one day.

[AZK]

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[CheckRaise]

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