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Will edit and refine later, just hoping it would help. Feel free to post suggestions. Again, MY guide, so don't go recommending me to add ProFlex's or to say to purchase a DP G4 as a budget baller marker







Get the nicest mask that there is on the market for you. Mask is the most important; never skimp on the mask.
Here are the high end masks:

Empire E-Flex: Overall my favorite, great breathability, great foam, and good lenses. There are complaints about seeing the foam on the lenses, but for me, it was only when I wasn't playing did it bother me. In-game, you don't notice it until you notice it.

Dye I4: Extremely tiny, low profile mask. Good breathability, greatest range of vision(not too much, but it is true), but really small.

Sly Profits: A hit or miss mask. For me, it was a miss. Decent breathability, and an almost overwhelming amount of foam. It felt like a pillow on my face, however, with the poor breathability, it felt like I was getting suffocated. You choose whether or not you would like them.

V-Force Grills: The cheapest out of the bunch, but also considered high end, and are my second favorite mask out of this list. Great foam, great lens, great fit for most people, nicely breathable, and interchangeable and replaceable foam. However, there are complaints that it does not have a thermal lens, but purchasing one would put it in the same price range as the other masks.


Loaders
Honestly, just pick the one you like the looks of the best. Make sure it's either a Halo, such as the one you have now, or a superloader. No other loader is worth having, especially so for speedball.

Virtue Spire

Empire Z2

Dye Rotor

Pinokio

Empire Scion


Air Tanks
Go with Carbon fiber tanks. This means nothing that's X/3000. Your looking for something that's 68/4500, or any X/4500 tank
All air tanks are equal in quality, only difference is looks. The difference between the tank as a whole is the regulator on top. Ninja, Dye, and Disruptive have the best regulators that come with pressure adjustability and many other features; Ninja is the most popular out of the three. However, you may never find yourself needing all those features, so you could either go used and get a tank for 100 or under, or go with a cheaper brand, such as Guerilla Air or Empire.
For sizes, the most popular tank size is a 68/4500

Ninja
Disruptive
Guerilla Air
Dye
Empire

Buy PADS!
Pads will protect the vital points of contact that your body makes with the ground: Knees and elbow. Start with kneepads. Then go to elbow pads, then other pads. The ONLY brands I'd consider looking at is Planet Eclipse and Dye. Dye is a little bit more expensive, but worth every penny. Planet Eclipse pads are great, and you won't be disappointed either. Avoid Empire. HKarmy has had rumors of ripped pads. Valken is mediocre.

Planet Eclipse

Dye


Pants
Ahh the pants. These are the most important article of clothing for paintball. I would take a look at Disruptive Pants.
Disruptive pants are great, and pretty cheap. They are very strong and durable. The padding on the knees keeps you protected, being made of tough ballistic nylon while looking good sliding to those bunkers. There are stretch points in multiple places to provide ultimate mobility to make sure you play without restriction. Since every person is different, there are multiple places of adjustment such as on the ankles, inside the waist, and outside the waist for a great custom fit. The white diamond stitching will ensure the pants last a while adding a strikingly sexy look to your style. Since they were developed for Arizona players, who play in the infamously tough, dusty and rocky terrain of Arizona, they are very lightweight and have many points of ventilation and mesh, to keep you cool throughout the day so you can keep on playing game after game. The Disruptive Generation 2 pants are sold at the Disruptive Product Inc. website for only $100, making them one of the best pants without emptying your wallet.
Disruptive Gen 2 Pants

Possible? Possibly benefitial? Discuss.

Got contacted by their newly formed Disruptive Pump Factory Team. They want me to join!
No words needed or can be produced how freaking excited I am, playing for Disruptive, on their official team!

Will edit. Going to sleep because of flight tomorrow. Just posted so I have dibs. Bottom line:
Post a pic of your mechanical marker and/or send me a pm wanting to join, and I'll add you to the list.

So anyone wanna give me tips on Open-Class sniper style pump play? I have never been really all that good playing in that style. With a Phantom, however, I do awesome, but it's stock-class so I have a different mindset to the game. I use an Azodin Kaos Pump, and, honestly, I like it more than any other sniper I could get, simply because whenever I see a pumped cocker, I get disappointed, hoping it was just a cocker.

Any tips?

Also:
1. What are good hoppers for pump? Preferably 50 round ones, and I realized GxG has become the new JT ever since JT was taken in by kee, and that their pocket hoppers are horsetrash.
2. On recball days, what positions are more effective to play when playing pump? Center 30ish maybe to control? Back corners? 50 guy?
3. What beef jerky do you guys recommend are the best? Down at disruptive some pump team which are friends of mine have this tradition of eating beef jerky for good luck.