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May
9
May
9
Paintball manufacturers are popping up around just about every corner these days. They are all over the web and in paintball magazines. They’ve always got something better for your collection. Don’t get it wrong, the new stuff is really cool and advanced, with new options and upgrades to make every player feel like a pro.
Although it’s tempting to go out and buy the most expensive paintball gun in the shop, there are some important things to remember.
- Skill level. Beginners should not think that the better marker will make them a better player. After time, it will help, but not now.
- Frequency. Rec-ballers play from once a year to once a month. Choose a marker according to how often it will get used. Look at it as cost per game.
- Packages. (For the beginner.) A great way to acquire the basic paintball equipment of mask, goggles, and gloves.
- Upgrades. Many paint guns come as the basic chassis with the chance to upgrade to different barrels, triggers, and grips. A good way to turn $250 guns into a customized $400 gun.
- Style of play. As your game progresses, it will be easier to understand what markers will be good for your game.
Many websites and stores have unlimited information on paint gun types, manufacturers, and upgrades. It’s up to you to gather the most knowledge you can. The best place to get that information is from fellow players at the field or practice range. Ask them what markers they have had luck with. The other player might even allow you to borrow their equipment to test it out.
The other players have probably had a chance to test out some other markers as well as the ones that they own. They are filled with advice for your buying expedition.
Recreational players just shouldn’t deal with paintball guns that need a lot of maintenance. The more complicated the marker, the more work it will need. Upgrades loaders and triggers require more maintenance to keep them working from day to day. A gun that takes longer to clean than it does to play just isn’t worth it.
Robb Ksiazek is an author and publisher for Paintball-Guns-Equipment-n-Gear.com. He strives to inform paintball enthusiasts on the latest in markers, gear, and equipment to play the game with the best supplies available.
May
9
The summer holiday season is over in the northern hemisphere; the days are shortening; and the nights getting longer and cooler. While you cling on to any remnant of summer you can find, through the odd warm day, the remaining summer flowers, and the holiday snaps you are now having printed, the remorseless progression into autumn and winter will continue.
For those of you who are overweight or borderline weight, you are now entering the danger zone. Autumn spills into winter and the winter holiday season, and the holiday season brings with it a lure to binge on all the traditional foods of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year. So, as your outdoor activity is likely to decline, and your indoor activity likely to include lifting a lot of food and drink to your mouth, but not otherwise increase, it is a period of the year when you will be in danger of tipping your weight over the edge or up the scale.
If you are on, or should be on, a weight loss diet, or are on the brink of needing one, then now is a great time to take stock and plan ahead with fortitude. By being prepared for the diet battle of the Christmas holiday season, it can be a battle you will win with comfort. I do not say ease, because nothing comes easily when it means resisting some of your favourite foods; especially at a time when those around you are overindulging.
Once the summer holiday period is over, you have 3 months to get ready for the winter holiday season. So, what can you do to ensure you do not steadily put on weight during the autumn and then put your weight gain into overdrive from Thanksgiving to New Year? Here is the skeleton of a plan:
Prepare Your Mind For The Onslaught of Gluttony
Put against the perspective of the whole year, keeping to a sensible diet through the holiday season should not seem so difficult. Ask yourself, why on earth should you change so drastically over a few short weeks, especially over the Christmas holiday? Is it not possible to maintain a good diet through the whole of the winter, without spoiling your Christmas? Of course it is.
Much of any potential weakness will come from habit, peer pressure, boredom and stress. All of those things can be dealt with comfortably by a steady programme of meditation and relaxation. Inevitably, you will not be so encouraged into outdoor activities once the days cool down and the nights lengthen. From September, plan a regular yoga session, or other form of relaxation and meditation, that will help strengthen your resolve, and set you apart from peers in terms of individual mental strength. You will slowly assert your individuality in a way that will help you sail through the holiday season without succumbing to external pressures. You will be asserting control, which you can then apply to anything.
During meditation sessions, give regular attention to your diet. Not just your short term diet