Welcome To P8ntballer.com
The Home Of European Paintball
Sign Up & Join In

First tournmemt

YamYamDan

New Member
Mar 9, 2014
4
0
1
35
I'm part of a new team and it's our first tournmemt this month, we are in the breakout division and I just wanted to get a rough idea on what the turn around time is between each game? how much paint would you take as a team? And any other advice would be welcome cheers.
 

MattC

Head of The CPPS Mole Correction Facility.
Nov 11, 2008
629
274
88
Your turn around time depends entirely on the schedule printed... Looking at our last event, there was at least 5,6,7 games between each teams games. As for how much paint... That depends entirely on the field layout and how trigger happy you are as a team. There will be more than enough vendors for you to choose from.

As for any advice for the day... Come ready to play. Be organised in your pits. Keep an eye on your schedule. You will NOT be babysat. Overall... Enjoy it!!
 

Tony Harrison

What is your beef with the Mac?
Mar 13, 2007
6,518
1,874
238
Budget for at least 10 boxes. You may use less, but it's better to have spare money than not enough. Arrive early. You may have 5 or more games in between your matches, but you may only have a couple at times. Scout the teams you are playing - watch them play before you play them, then you will have an idea what moves they will make. Print off the schedule the day before, and check whether there are any no-shows when you get there. Drink plenty of water. Make sure you have a spare player and at least one spare gun set up in case a gun fails the chrono check - or just explodes when you walk on the field.

As Matt says, enjoy yourselves.
 
  • Like
Reactions: liamgreen09

hoot

Mad Sqad Rebels
Sep 17, 2011
158
49
48
Falkirk, Scotland
The above advice is excellent. I can put a bit of perspective on things from Division 4. We're in our first year.

10 boxes is a good amount. We've done exactly that (with a little more for some training on the Saturday). Don't get all your paint at once, 3/4 boxes is probably enough. When you're getting down to your last box, send a runner or two for the next lot as soon as your next game is done.

We've used around 8 boxes at the last two events (and a bit, we've always broken open the 9th box and podded it up) and we usually take a box away with us. We've done ok shooting this amount of paint, 6th at our first event and 2nd at round 2. If you've got enough money for 10 boxes then you're probably sorted for paint.

Definitely make sure you have a spare gun made up. One of our guys switched his eyes off on his Etek and the rate of fire was set to 12bps. We're lucky they caught it as he was going on to the field as he'd have been ejected if it happened in game. We didn't have a spare and he had to come on the field without a gun. Not ideal!

Keep track of the games, the ultimate should give you a shout when you're next on the field so be kitted up and ready to go. Make sure your captain checks and signs the score sheet at the end of the game (I am TERRIBLE at this).

Be nice to the refs. It's a fairly thankless job. You'll get paint checked at the end of the point if you're a live player, a wee "thank you" or something afte they check you is always nice. They're out in the weather all day, we're lucky to stand underneath cover when it's miserable, the field refs? Not so much.

Speak to the vendors (you could probably e-mail them now if you haven't) and pick a reasonable grade of paint. One that isn't too pricey, but is fairly brittle and will shoot nice and straight. I took 4 bounces on the shin from a team shooting training paint on the day at round 1.

Above all, enjoy it. Our heads went down last round when we lost 2 out of our first 3 games. We got a nice pep-talk from a friend and ended up turning our day around. You're there to enjoy yourself and if you aren't having fun then you're missing the point. Learn from every win and every loss. A couple of games in start asking "what's working and what isn't?" Make small changes to your game plan (if you have one!) and make sure everybody knows what's expected of them.

Good luck!
 

Ben Halsey

Active Member
Oct 21, 2012
124
5
28
27
Essex
Good luck mate take in all the advise and just have a good time if you do run out of paint due to your all trigger happy then im sure somewhere at the tourney paint will be for sale