To each their own I own about 4000$ worth or paintball guns and I only own 3 paintball guns
Was thinking the same thing... I used to play collegiate level paintball. I had at least $1,200 into my ICD Freestyle not counting the 45/45 tank and Halo hopper, and that was nothing compared to the guys with $2K+ Egos, DM6s, Timmys, etc. Spent about $80 a weekend in paint too, plus travel and tournament entrance fees. It was an expensive hobby.
The difference with Paitball and airsoft as I see it, is that airsoft is more of a military combat scenario game. Whereas paintball is more of a fast paced action team sport. There are fewer and fewer paintballers into scenarios and military stuff, I think airsoft has taken over that niche. Most of the paintball market now is in the more sport-like fast paced speedball or x-ball games. With international pro leagues like PSP and NPPL it seems that way to me.
I played paintball from the mid 90's through 2006, and while I started out sneaking around in the woods, after a couple years I got into speedball and never played "woodsball" again. Playing a fast paced team game on a standard inflatable field, is a lot more fun to me then sneaking around for hours in the trees.
