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in regards to paintball I'm a little more emotionally involved than most.

I was on a tournament team for a few years and I have a huge respect for the sport. I was probably one of the whipersnappers that you are talking about stevie...and I did have a race gun ( 18 bps).

Those that misuse paintball "markers" are a TINY minority. There are great aspects to the game that any adolescent can appreciate. While playing tourney ball you build up confidence in stressful situations (at least in speedball).

There is a rush in the game that I never got from doing Track or playing Baseball in high school. You learn to work well in a team. Also, just like we like to tinker with our guns (you 1911 guys know what I'm talking about), it is fun to learn the art of tinkering while adjusting/cleaning a regulator, or soldering a ramped up board onto the brain of an electronic marker. It's fun, and often times the sport gets a bad rap from media because of the misuses of the equipment.

This isn't a rant/flame, hopefully just an insight into the most fun, most extreme sport I've ever played, especially at a competitive level.

-nick