Old School vs New School paintball

I posted this a long time ago over on the SO Forums. I refound it while looking for something else, and I wanted to put it somewhere I wouldn't lose it again. So, it goes here. It's a quick look at the differences between "old school" paintball, and the "new skool" players. Pack a sense of humor, and enjoy.

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Old school : Patches. Everyone had patches on their BDU jacket from events and places they'd been. You had to spend a lot of time sewing them on too, showing dedication to the company or the location

New School : Stickers. They're on everything that's vaguely smooth and might hold the stick. It's a no-brainer. You rip, you stick, you don't worry when it falls off.

Old school : camo everything. People would dye their tubes BLACK so they could get more camo! Use camo duck tape to make the mask invisible! And it never really worked

New School : camo everything. Dye your socks black and put camo duck tape on your pods to hide them, even though it never really works.

Old school : camo face paint

New School : camo face masks

Old school : speedball bunkers made of plywood and sunk into the ground

New School : scenario fields made of plywood sunk into the ground

Old school : goggles borrowed from a chem lab that were so unsafe it's not even funny

New School : goggle tech and look borrowed from a fighter pilot.

Old school : The "good players" wore tiger stripe

New School : The "good speedball guys" wear stylisied woodlands

Old school : "The $150 a case paint SUCKS! And it's WAY overpriced!"

New School : "The $50 a case paint SUCKS! And it's WAY overpriced!"

Old school : "Ban the full auto! 9 balls a second is too much!"

New School : "I'd get an Ion, but 17 a second really is way too slow for me."

Old school : "Wouldn't it be cool to have a heads up display on your goggles?"

New School : "Wouldn't it be cool to have a GPS HUD on your goggles?"

Old school : The crowd at the Knoxville indoor helping out the players

New School : The crowd at the X-ball field helping out the players

Old school : "I'd bring my kids out to play, but the age limit is 18."

New School : "Paintball? Isn't that a kids game? My 15 year old kid play that with his friends."

Old school : "Gimme gun #5. That one shoots really far."

New School : "Excuse me sir, but 375 FPS is simply not acceptable here.

Old school : tube socks being used as barrel blocking devices

New School : barrel socks being used as barrel blocking devices

Old school : Myths that you can buy a barrel to shoot further, and specific paintguns will launch a ball further than another brand

New School : Myths that you can buy a barrel to shoot straighter, and specific paintguns shoot straighter than another brand

Old school : Being told that we need to get rid of the war image in paintball, and disassociate ourselves with anything warlike

New School : tourney players talking about getting "kills" and wearing camo, and scenario players modding out their paintgun to look as much like an M-16 as possible

Old school : Putting on your cammies, getting out of the house on a weekend and hanging out with friends

New School : Putting on your cammies, getting out of the house on a weekend and hanging out with friends

Thus proving that nothing really changes, except everything.

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