first day with the phantom

[calebh]

so i got my phantom in a few weeks ago, and i finally got a chance to take it out and play yesterday. here's a pic of it :D
http://photos-366.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v235/67/39/689380366/n689380366_2734712_980.jpg

so anyway, i went with the paintball club i just started at tulane to a popular field about 45 minutes away from new orleans called paintball command. they played a lot of scenario style games with regeneration and stuff. i really wanted to play some speedball, but with regeneration with lots of people on a bigger field, i got to play and shoot a lot more than i would have on an elimination game. so i think i adjusted faster to the pump than i would have otherwise. also, with regeneration, i was more willing to take risks and learn faster.

it was so sweet when i managed to take people out with only one or two balls instead of the 20 or so i'd just lay down hoping to hit someone with my mag cuz i could. it was so small and light, too. snap shooting was amazing (though i really need to work on it to get accuracy down), and i managed to hold my own a couple of times against guys with semis. i got a lot better at it over the course of just the few hours we played.

i also played for about a quarter of the cost of a day of play with my mag, which was awesome since i'm a poor college student. lol

[VS3 Sniper]

Congrats on ur new phantom man. It looks sick...seems like pumps are making a big come back!

[DFSniper]

that anno looks so familiar...

[TheDarkShadow]

looks great

[calebh]

that anno looks so familiar...

why?

[The Pumper]

i got a phantom a week or so ago. I love mine, although im gettin rid of it. lol
hope it treats you good

[DFSniper]

why?

dunno. i could swear someone on here had a phantom exactly like that, 3.5oz and all...

it also looks a lot like the shunut spimmy.

[bigred76]

Sorta, 'cept the Spimmy has the "flames" from the front.


Lookin' good, Caleb! Glad to see another pumper here on SOC!

[VS3 Sniper]

^ are u refering to tacos old phantom? I belive it had a 45 degree grip.

[DFSniper]

probably. now that you mention it, yeah the grip was different...

[calebh]

so second day out, i played for a whole $10. :D

a few of us from the club went to a local team practice, and i brought along the phantom. a few people underestimated it, and even though i didn't really shoot many people out, just the fact that i was able to move around so quickly with it shocked some people

i really realized how much of a different game you have to play when you can't rely on fast shooting. i moved a lot more, smarter, and much more aggressively than i would have with another marker, and i was able to scare the crap out of a couple of guys one game. it was a lot of fun. later we ran some drills with the team, and i noticed drastic improvement with my aim since the first weekend i played with it.

i love pump. lol

[DFSniper]

i played with my hammer yesterday, and i managed to keep a few guys pinned down with the autotrigger :D i realized halfway through the day that it didnt matter what gun i used, i enjoyed playing exactly the same. the only reason i wanted to switch back to my spyder (before i found out it was leaking) was because there was only 1 guy with an electro on our team, and like 3 on the other team, and my team wasnt exactly that good to begin with.

[Paintballer5000]

just wondering,are pump guns had to find cause i wanted to get one.

[DFSniper]

nope, they usually have about 2-3 hammers on ebay. havent looked into any others. if you want a really good one though, they're about $200-$300.

[calebh]

i realized halfway through the day that it didnt matter what gun i used, i enjoyed playing exactly the same
yeah, i'm looking forward to bringing my mag and spimmy down to college next year, now that the club's tourney team has a place to play with inexpensive paint and no field or air fee. yay private team fields. lol. and of course, i'll still play with the phantom :)

[Hob Hayward]

Phantoms are prettymuch amazing... :)

[HelpDeskHustler]

troof^ & LONG ago thread