Newbie Tips

Darkmans Tips for Newbies.

I have played paintball for about six months now. Lately a lot of new paintball players have been asking
me for money and tips for success on paintball. After a lot of testing and trying new stuff, I have put
together a list of the things I think a newbie should do to become the best they can, as fast as they can.
I will warn you, this is only my opinion and many of the other players might have different ideas, but
this should at least be a starting point for you.

Register

When you first start playing paintball, you will have to register your character and get him up to lvl 2. Once you have gotten a lvl 2 character, the fun can begin. When you become a lvl 2, the game will give you a $1000 gift. If this gift is spent wisely, you can get some decent stuff that will help you a lot.

Equipment

I would recommend buying the following equipment. Wear each item after you buy it. For example to wear the scarf you would type wear scarf.

Equipment Small Backpack- cost $25 this item can be purchased from the middle store by typing buy small
Padded Scarf-cost $25 this item can be purchased from the middle store buy typing buy scarf
Padded Leggings-cost $100 this item can be purchased from the south store buy typing buy leg
Padded helmet-cost $50 this item can be purchased from the south store by typing buy helm

Once you have bought those 3 items you should go to the northeast store a.k.a. the chop shop. From the chop shop you should buy 3 kits. To assemble these kits, you must have the kit in one hand, and what you are putting it
on in the other hand. For example, to assemble the woodland camouflage kit onto the scarf, you
buy wood, rem scarf, and then ass kit scarf. Then wear scarf.
Woodland Camouflage kit-cost $20 to buy this kit type buy wood. Once you have bought this kit type ass kit scarf. This will assemble the kit to your scarf.
Grassland Camouflage kit-cost $20 To buy this kit type buy grass. Once you have bought the grassland kit type ass kit scarf. This will assemble the kit to your scarf.
Swim Kit- cost $250 To buy this kit type buy swim. Once you have bought the swim type ass kit leggings. This will assemble the swim kit to your leggings.
The next thing you should buy is a turbo kit from the chop shop. You don't have enough money now, but as you play more you will save up enough to buy it. Turbo Kit-costs $1100. To buy this type buy turbo. Then type ass kit leg.

After you have bought those 5 items you should head to the northwest shop,a.k.a. the gun shop. Here is where a lot of newbies screw up. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT go out and buy an expensive gun. I would strongly recommend that you use a newbie shooter and newbie ammo.
Beginner Paintball Gun- cost 0 top buy it type buy beg
10-ball bag of free paintballs.- cost 0 top buy this item type buy bag.
Once you have the bag in one hand and the gun in the other type dump bag gun. Then sell the empty bag. Then repeat the process buy typing buy bag. dump bag gun. sell bag. You should repeat this process until your gun is full. Do this after every game to make sure that your gun is full.
I would keep using the beginner gun until you get turbo kit. It is not that bad and will save you a lot of money. Once you have a turbo kit you might decide to switch from a gun to a can.

Once you have done all of the above things you are ready to go out and fight. Right now you should have at least $500 left over. I would recommend that you save this money for equipment in the future. As a newer player it will be VERY hard to get started. Do not get discouraged or down on yourself. There are a lot of people out there with better equipment so it will be hard for you to compete. I have also put together a list of helpful newbie strategies for you to use in games. If used right you could find yourself getting 1-4 splats per game.

Strategies

#1- NEVER STOP MOVING - if you stop moving, you will be a very easy target, and will die pretty
quick.

#2- Try and stay in the open plains. Your equipment is very bouncy and this is your only chance. If you
see a red guy, shoot at him, then move again. It will be easy for people to sneak up on you if you are in
any other type of terrain.

#3- Shoot past your enemy. This takes some practice, but it does work. pretend there is a straight line
between you and your enemy. Don't just shoot where he is. Remember a paintball rarely goes through
someone.

#4- If someone is shooting at you a lot, this is the time to run for trees or some sort of cover.
Remember a paintball can rarely go through 1 tree, and will never go through 2 trees.

#5- Don't waist your money on mines or grenades or expensive ammo equipment. This is more important,
and although you might start out slower, in the end you will be a lot better because you will have the
better equipment.

#6- If you see a bot, try and figure out which way it is going. Usually a bot will run in a pattern. If you
can figure this pattern out, you can shoot ahead of it, and kill it before it kills you.

#7- Stay away from mountains. These will slow you down and make you a very easy target.

#8- Never fire more than 3 shots without moving. Someone will see where your ammo is coming from and
they will run over and kill you.

Even if you do the above things, I can not guarantee success, but it should help you stay alive. And who
knows, maybe someday you can be one of the paintball greats.

Other helpful hints

As a newer player I would recommend that you play mainly Team and Cooperative Flag games. They are the only ones you have a good chance at winning. Even if you do not do great that game, your team might still pull out a win so you get money. If you are on a server, and they are not playing teams or cooperative flags, I would strongly recommend that you try another server. To vote for a team game or a cooperative flags game, you type ga v t and ga v co. To remove your vote for one of these games, type ga r t and ga r co. If you do find yourself in survival, don't panic. Just keep moving and remember how to fight. If you are in an invaders game go find a nice clearing about 10-15 spaces away from the edge. The bots will show up and just start shooting them. You will get about 3 or 4 splats doing this, but then you will most likely die. Do not let this discourage you. In my opinion, invaders is the hardest game to get good at on paintball.

If you ever have any questions about anything above, or need any more advice once you pass the beginner
stage, do not hesitate to ask me. I would be more than glad to help anyone out that I can. If I am not on
you can ask Darkblade for help. If needed, he can get in contact with me.

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