[PatrickThomas85]

My friends and I are forming a team but we don't know what markers to use at tournaments. Any advice?

Also, my nuts don't fit into regular paintball pants... does anyone else have this problem?

[PREDATOR 47]

There's really no specific marker you need to use at a tournament. Usually you would need something with the tournament shooting modes like PSP, and it also needs a tourney lock, meaning a way to keep you from changing the mode on the field.

I would recommend tracking down the rules for your tournament, as it should state any special rules or restrictions, because they can differ from tourney to tourney.

This post has been edited by PREDATOR 47: 06 February 2013 - 09:56 AM

[Old Dude PB]

I'm going to assume you and your friends are super cool guys, so it must be a pump tournament. I'd go with CCM T2s. (I'm also assuming you have gobs of disposable cash.)

[III Kezia III]

Old Dude PB, on 06 February 2013 - 11:33 AM, said:

I'm going to assume you and your friends are super cool guys, so it must be a pump tournament. I'd go with CCM T2s. (I'm also assuming you have gobs of disposable cash.)

Da fuq? I hope you aren't being a sarcastic asshole

[Old Dude PB]

Nope, just a pump player making a joke. I wish the interwebs had eyebrows.

[gorgeousllama]

Price Ranges/ Guns to Get:


-300 = Proto Rail 2011
-450 = Empire Axe
-600 = Alien Invasion
-1000 = Zodiac Zr1/Bob Long G6r
-2000 = Luxe 2.0/ Machine Vapor

[Delicious762]

gorgeousllama, on 06 February 2013 - 02:53 PM, said:

Price Ranges/ Guns to Get:


-300 = Proto Rail 2011
-450 = Empire Axe
-600 = Alien Invasion
-1000 = Zodiac Zr1/Bob Long G6r
-2000 = Luxe 2.0/ Machine Vapor

Even better news is that the Invasion went to $499 brand new, and the $50 extra is worth it over the Axe in my opinion.

Is this gong to be your first tournament OP? What gear do you currently have?

[PatrickThomas85]

Thank you guys for the suggestions. My team decided we are going to buy guns we personally prefer, and after research, I'm going with the Planet Eclipse Etha.

[pb28188]

Good choice with the etha

[pb28188]

Good choice with the etha

[spqr-king]

Your better off with an Axe for speedball but to each his own.

[Filmer_jake]

IMO the invasion is loads better than the etha, also easier to take care of. But I am sure you won't be disappointed with the etha.

Edit: I got the etha mixed up with the etek, if you want to spend the extra $100 for the invasion itd be worth it, but if not, the etha should be fine.

This post has been edited by Filmer_jake: 07 February 2013 - 01:40 PM

[Jawz]

you can use guns you personally prefer till the point where you really want to get serious. At that point you will have to make a portfolio of your team and send it to your marker maker of choice and hope he'll sponsor you and give you a good price for all your markers

[K_SodPb]

Old Dude PB, on 06 February 2013 - 02:13 PM, said:

Nope, just a pump player making a joke. I wish the interwebs had eyebrows.

i thought it was funny haha

[ThePBLady]

Etha is not a bad choice to start with. What league are you guys looking to play in. Just a suggestion, but I am a sponsored player from Tri-City Extreme so check out their website for the Etha and check with them about sponsorship's for the team for this season.

[PatrickThomas85]

Were going to bee playing D-6 3-man at Central Florida Paintball Series

[kornerkutz]

gorgeousllama, on 06 February 2013 - 02:53 PM, said:

Price Ranges/ Guns to Get:


-300 = Proto Rail 2011- wrong, get a valken proton
-450 = Empire Axe- yup
-600 = Alien Invasion- wrong, get a drone dx
-1000 = Zodiac Zr1/Bob Long G6r- wrong, get a ego 11
-2000 = Luxe 2.0/ Machine Vapor- at this point, they all perform he same.

[H2Oman251083]

Find out what rule the tournament use, and make sure ur gun can be set to the shooting mode required. After that it's just a matter of how much your budget is.

[Orange Chicken]

Since when was there a d6? Hell since when was there a d5?

[Bugman]

Orange Chicken, on 13 February 2013 - 09:02 PM, said:

Since when was there a d6? Hell since when was there a d5?

Don't know much about these modern tournaments but I was recently looking at the Iron Mitten rules, this appears to be a long running league in MI my home state. It looked to me they had 2 classes of teams. A novice/beginner/low exp player Division and a Experienced Player Division (open division). In fact I saw a post from a Open Division player encouraging some of the Novice Division teams to step up this year and move up to the Open Division.

I read through some of the rules for the PSP, seems a rather complicated system for Division criteria. The Local Iron Mitten League seemed to have streamed lined the rules some. To come up with a 2 Division system.

Would this be the case for most local Tournaments? Streamlined elgibilty rules and less divisions? Without a huge number of teams coming from everywhere, it would seem to me that 5/7 divisions would be very hard to fill enough teams in a local Tournament.