Winter Plans...
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As some of you might now I just starte super soakers a little while ago, and still consider myself pretty new, even though I am rather good thanks to a few years of paintball The thing is that usually I would switch to paintball over winter so I don't have to practice when it gets cold out (it gets pretty cold up here in wisconsin), but I recently broke my paintball gun and have been considering quitting due to certain expenses,such as paintballs. Anybody have any suggestions for what I could do to practice without getting extremely cold?
I also am planning a building a few bases in my woods I have behind my house. My backyard is a giant assortment of anything you could possibly use in a base, everything from wood to 9 inch wide steel tubing I am not quite sure where I would put them in my woods but I do have some small streams, and a lot of really small ones, so I might put some bases by them ^_^ Anybody have any ideas for things I could do with the bases and make them really cool? I did manage to come up with a awesome waterballoon launcher idea, but I'll keep that under wraps untill I know if I can get it to work or not
Thanks for the help ^_^
I also am planning a building a few bases in my woods I have behind my house. My backyard is a giant assortment of anything you could possibly use in a base, everything from wood to 9 inch wide steel tubing I am not quite sure where I would put them in my woods but I do have some small streams, and a lot of really small ones, so I might put some bases by them ^_^ Anybody have any ideas for things I could do with the bases and make them really cool? I did manage to come up with a awesome waterballoon launcher idea, but I'll keep that under wraps untill I know if I can get it to work or not
Thanks for the help ^_^
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I am going to have target practice, but was wondering if there was a better way then freezing :huh: Another problem I am having with the weather conditions is that I usually wear shorts, I actually wear them all year round, and a t-shirt, or a light sweater at best. I usually just wear a sweater when running around in the winter,like to school, but being outside for an hour or 2 practicing would get me pretty cold in just a sweater so I would have to wear a jacket, which I really don't like wearing <_<
Also, I just got a cps 2100 and since I'm new to modding I didn't want to mess up the only good gun I have after my old one broke I am planning on getting another one and K-Modding it
Also, I just got a cps 2100 and since I'm new to modding I didn't want to mess up the only good gun I have after my old one broke I am planning on getting another one and K-Modding it
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Airsoft is a great alternative, the Forest Talon take in airsoft during the off-season to keep our practice up. Yeah start wearing heavier clothing, pants, etc. Im not sure if you were the one I told, but you really should read the mod articles. Just because it sounds cool to modify, doesn't mean it will be sucessful. It is a known fact, 75% of blasters worked on by a beginner WILL BREAK. Modfying your gun does not modify just 1 aspect. If you increase output, shot time goes down drastically. Same for amount of pumps, output lowers, etc. A fail-safe mod I can think of is a backpack modification for an increased reseboir. Hey its your gun, not mine. You have to make the choice for yourself, but I do not modify weaponry from stock.Originally posted by MyStic@Dec 10 2004, 07:02 PM
I am going to have target practice, but was wondering if there was a better way then freezing :huh: Another problem I am having with the weather conditions is that I usually wear shorts, I actually wear them all year round, and a t-shirt, or a light sweater at best. I usually just wear a sweater when running around in the winter,like to school, but being outside for an hour or 2 practicing would get me pretty cold in just a sweater so I would have to wear a jacket, which I really don't like wearing <_<
Also, I just got a cps 2100 and since I'm new to modding I didn't want to mess up the only good gun I have after my old one broke I am planning on getting another one and K-Modding it[snapback]20066[/snapback]
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Thanks for the advice jade ^_^ I am well aware of the risks of mods and I have read pretty much every mod guide I could find on the net. I make sure that I know what I'm doing before I do it with things like water guns and other things I like to do stuff with. Oh and I will see about airsoft,it looks pretty fun
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I don't think that figure is quite that high. At most, 25% on average. Honestly, the figure only was that high when modding was an unknown (back in Aquatica), and that was only because there were little modding instructions! I'm very sure that most reasonable K-mods don't result in breakage.It is a known fact, 75% of blasters worked on by a beginner WILL BREAK.
There's not much you can do in the winter base-wise, as I learned last year. I had plans on developing a base in the woods, but by the summer the area was overgrown. Yes, we did manage to build a few impressive structures, bring down trashed tables, couches (from a dump we found) and get it all nice and organized, but by the summer it's nearly inaccessable. It may or may not be like that in your woods. This winter I may try to make permanent trails, but if my efforts are successful will be determined summer 2005.
If you really are set on making a base in the woods, go for it! It was fun building things and setting up other bases. When my team stopped we were making our largest log-cabin yet - we found we didn't have enough wood (and other past ones didn't get higher than a few feet). I do not suggest making log cabins due to the amount of wood needed, maybe towers? If you know lashings and are confident in your ability, that would be a good structure to make. Also look for old dumps and free furniture. We found a small dump with a sofa and many other things, they all were quickly made useful. Also remember to make better water sources, in our last lob-cabin I was planning on making a small outlet to a stream that was very close.
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My woods does grow a lot of ferns and things like that but they are easily ripped out and u can walk right over them anyway Before we bought this house a kid that lived here before us built a shack type thing in the woods, and its still standing after a lot of major storms and things like that. I think that my woods would be pretty good for bases. I have to make them big though, at the end of the school year this year I'm having a water fight with tons of my friends B)
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Well the warm soaker season has just bugun here in Australia. Nice weather, perfect for water wars. I hope I'll have the oppurtunity to get the team together for some training and then to do battle with the 2 other water fighting teams nearby. No plans for winter just yet just looking forward to the warm summer ahead.
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Over the winter (if my computer stays in my room) I am planning on working on a modification for Star Trek Armada 2. If it doesn't, I'm going to try and finish K-modding my CPS 2100. I lost the trigger spring, but am going to try to replace it with one from a pen.
Rereading these forums make me feel old >.<
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