Never Fully Satisfied

[iamthelazerviking]

Do you feel like no matter what build you complete or cool marker you acquire, it's never quite good enough? Might be close but not quite. Always chasing down that next build, or those very specific parts to make it juuuust right. Once the high wears off it's off to the next thing...

I don't collect, I revolve through different things and most the time don't make it to the field. Either backyard target practice or not even airing it up before parting out or selling/trading and moving on. The wheels never stop turning. Perfection will never be found. But hey, it's a ton of fun.

Finished a sniper built recently, and got a super cool Autococker in fabulous condition. Staring at them thinking "this 'cocker would actually make a really awesome sniper, actually...what parts do I keep and sell?!"

[JeepDVLZ45]

I find that building the marker is as much fun as playing with it. The trill is coming up with something new and different and see if you can make it even better.

[XEMON]

I'm the same way ...

[Lt. head-shot]

This.

I find that building the marker is as much fun as playing with it. The thrill is coming up with something new and different and see if you can make it even better.

I figured out a while ago that I get bored with guns when I can't mess with them. Its why I have sold both Emek's I had. You can only do so much to it and then it just sits there. Same thing with PPS guns. Great products but if I can't mess with it, I don't want it.

I pretty much solely run autocockers at this point. There is always some new build that I can re-use and swap parts with other builds rather than having to buy everything from scratch.

[Cdn_Cuda]

I've kind of gone the opposite way. I'be got the markers I really wanted and now I'll pick up neat things that pop up like Tippmann C3s or Spyder Hammer 7s to monkey around with and see how they work, then I release them back into the wild. I have added a few markers into my permanent collection, but very, very few. Last year I bought and sold more than 40 markers, vast majority being low to mid ends. I like turning something neglected into something that works.

[Menso]

I agree. There’s something definitely satisfying about bringing a gun back to life.

[Menso]

Unfortunately, I played pretty much all of my formative paintball years with a Phantom and an (86 frame’d) SS-25, so much so that using any other (pump) gun that doesn’t seem to fit the “profile” of either of these just frustrates me. Already had two T2s and one of them is already gone and another I’m just too lazy to sell.

I rolled the dice on an MVP some years ago and love it. I guess it “feels” Phantom enough. My Phantom I’ve been neglecting, but not I’m changing that this year.

I do see the appeal and allure of being a gun whore. Paintball guns are neat. Fortunately for me, actually playing a day with most is so unenjoyable for me it keeps me from having a room full of guns I never use and a wife nagging me to clean it up, so things could be worse

[Altec]

Chasing the purple dragon.

The hunt/build is the excitement for me. The hunt to purchase, or build. Very few maintain my attention after the fact, and I honestly keep a lot for the simple fact that, especially now, I won’t get another. I can’t bring myself to pay market value on some of my own markers. So sellers remorse isn’t a option.

on the flip side, the ones that truly hold my attention are usually the ones with some “personality.” I got rid of my S6. It was too nice for me. Felt boring. Instead I shoot a RF Top Gun Sniper with a ebay pump kit. It has character.

[WORR13]

think this is why there is a mcb. i do the same damn thing

[flyweightnate]

Finishing a build is one of the most disappointing moments. It's never as perfect in real life as in my mind.

Conversely, an off the shelf gun that's just a backup is always super satisfying.

Expectations are just future disappointments, while a low bar is just joy.

Also... buying machine tools now seems like I'm setting myself up for a long year of "so close..."

[Jordan]

Jeez, what a




🙂

[JeeperCreeper]

A build is never really finished, is it? I am forever swapping parts and tinkering with what I have. I have 1 Ion that stays the way it is, because my girlfriend likes it the way it is, the rest are getting swapped up like Legos. I'm still in the middle of my Spyder Pump build, and have swapped bodies back and forth more times than I care to count.

[ford]

I’ve had that ‘meh’ feeling with builds before… but also have some very satisfying builds.

For myself, I have to tack on more goals to a build than, “build cool X”

Maybe that means staying within a certain budget, or sticking with parts from a certain era, maybe using only parts I’ve got lying around.

Those kinds of builds are never perfect but I like to marvel about what performance I got out of such builds given the limitations I’ve imposed.

[Agglet]

I've never really been big on projects I've bought a whole bunch of oddball markers for variety but generally I like stuff that just works. That's why while my total marker count goes up and down the PPS Blazer always stays.

The Stingray and Tigershark also stay because the forces of nostalgia cannot be denied.

[Jonnydread]

“Getting is exciting, having is dull”

I am getting to a point where I don’t add anything new to my collection unless it’s nostalgic or esoteric or I’ve been drinking. Always a caveat for boozy buyings

[XEMON]

Same here ... I've never spent so much time not buying anything ...
I love what I have, but have trouble getting exited for new guns ... But I do get exited for new projects 😅

[Chuck E Ducky]

Not really I got the Two “bucket list” markers I have always wanted and Everything I have gets used or it gets sold.

My Phantom seems to be the ever changing platform. I have just about every attachment / gadget for the thing but I always come back to a VSC setup. But I got parts to change it up if I want. But My collection revolves around my favorite play style. The rest fit very specific needs. Electro, Mech, Magfed one or two of each.

I would keep my Carter Duck, Gargoyle, Scout, and Phantom if I had to sell it all. The rest could go and I would be perfectly fine playing Stock Class with my boys for the rest of my paintball days. I would be ok with that.

[the_matrix_guy]

Yeah its all about the journey, not the destination. If you enjoy the building and tuning process then that is what matters and that is the highest value you can attain for something, your enjoyment and time. The act of keeping you imagination rolling into the next endeavor. Keeping your machinations evolving. Both the machinations of mind and hand. Is the real prize. That being said, we can delve deeper into topics of consumerism and enlightenment and happiness. I dont think that true happiness can ever be achieved by the material world. We are not built like that. We have souls and complexities that no amount of material wealth could ever, truly satisfy completely. That kind of fulfillment comes from the spiritual and emotional necessities of being human And our hobbies and material objects are only a means to an end, not the end itself. And the process of using your hands, your mind in the building and tuning process is to be cherished and esteemed as the higher value becasue in that act, you are taking part of the journey of unleashing your imagination and care into something, exercising mind, body and soul.

[Magmoormaster]

I totally feel this. I've had both of my ultimate unicorns; I sold one a couple years ago, I'll sell one this year. When it comes to actually playing, I just want to play with my Trilogy. Everything else can piss off.