That sucks man, hopefully Dyes tech service is better then SPs.  I played with my friends PM6 yesterday for a few games and I loved the thing.  I may consider getting one of those instead now since its so much cheaper then the DM6 and Hyrbrid Shocker.
 

I know a sport where teamwork, agility and reflexs are keys to wining is definatlly not a real sport like Football.  Give me a break humping some other guy in wrestling is definatlly much more of a mans sport.  In 10 years Paintball will be bigger then wrestling and track and will be a mainstream sport like football, baseball and basketball.  Its already the 3rd largest extreme sport (right ahead of snowboarding, BMX and Surfing). 
 

 

Anyone can shoot a gun, i've not seen one paintball match that required agility... I can sit and hide behind a bail of hay for 5 minutes pretty easily.  The reflexes consist of what?  Poping up and shooting at a large target....

I'm not trying to start a fight, it's more of my opinion, i'm sure you feel that way about the sports I mentioned. 

Front players in paintball have to be able to move up the field and fast paces while being aware of everything around them.  All players have to be able to bump from bunker to bunker which includes speed and agility.  I play front for my team and I run 5 miles everyday 3 times a week.  Paintballers are athletes but I doubt either of you have played at tournament level, you probably went out with some friends and played in the woods.  Thats not the true sport of paintball, tournament speedball is a fast pace sport with teamwork, stradgey, and physical fitness. 

Besides paintball I play many other sports including football, baseball and basketball.  I have played these sports much longer then Paintball yet I feel that paintball is harder then them all.  Paintball is not just being lucky and shooting people when there heads are popped out, its being able to build skill in areas like bunkering, snapshooting, and laneing.  Its about teamwork and how well your back players can cover the front so they can advance up the field.  I dont expect either of you guys to understand this because you probably dont play tourney paintball and just have played some rec woodsball in your life.   Paintball also requires alot of physical skill, I have been knocked out during a game for 2 mins which has never happend in football or anyother sport, it also requires physical training; I lift weights 5 times a week and have do cardio 3 times a week.  I cant comment on the wrestling thing since I have never been into it, but my teamate who wrestles says that its alot harder for him to condition for paintball then it is for wrestling.  I dont want to start a flamewar but I hate when people who really dont know anything about paintball start talking sh*t about it.

Im not trying to discredit you guys by saying that, but there is so much of a difference between what most play called rec (ussually woodsball) and tourney speedball.  Im sorry for being out of line earlier when I accused you two of not knowing what was going on, but it pisses me off when paintball is discredited as a competive sport and passed off as simple no skill game.  Im not saying either of you guys said that kinda stuff (except MadDawg saying paintball wasnt a "mans sport"), but you were leaning in that direction.  I dont want this to become a Football vs Paintball thread because I love both these sports.  I think we should just drop this argument and just go back to what the thread was inteded for. 

I found this article from the L.A Times about Paintball.  The article was written after a guy who had no paintball experiance spent time with one of the top teams in the world San Diego Dynasty.  There was paragraph from the article that I think really reflects what paintball is: