Money In The Air

When it come's to paintball, nothing is cheap. Just to buy a decent pair of pants or a jersey can be anywhere from 80-200$!!!! Yes 200$ is very extreme for a pair of pants to get dirty and ripped and beat up. But most people probably wouldn't do that. But aside from that, to get a decent mask your looking at paying at least 100$ new, and that is a necessity. Then you need your gun, and to play a tournament your looking at paying anywhere from 300-1500$. Then your going to need a hopper and that your guaranteed to pay 100-200$ again, then you need your air tank, which is about 200$ again. Take in mind, yes this is all brand new and most people do buy used. But that only takes off like 50-100$ per item, big savings yes, but in this sport it really isn't that big of a deal because it's still ridiculous. So now that your basically set up, it's time to hit the field. If your not on an organized team, and just playing your basic Sunday ball, depending where you go and if you do B.Y.O.P (Bring your own paint) or not, your looking at spending at least 100$. Just to play. And if you think about it, your basically shooting your money out your barrel of the gun. You payed like 70$ for a case of paintballs, and now your just blowing every single one out your barrel. You shot 70$ worth of materials into the air. So you might ask why we do this? Why do we spend so much money on such an under-estimated, over-looked sport? Because we love it, we don't like the prices, but we love the game. For some of us like me, I live for Sunday because I know I get to go out and shoot people and I love it. I love the rush of running with upto 1000 paintballs in the air at a time trying not to get hit, and then returning the favor back at them. I love everything about paintball, and it doesn't matter how often I play the rush, and the excitement is still the same. But it would be nice to cut the costs :D.