me and a ton of my friends play every summer. we really get into it, and sometimes we even go down to Hogans Alley which is a nice paintball supply store and fields and we play down there all day. like you guys said, its very expensive but also a whole hell of alot of fun. i got two tippman's, a 98 custom and a a-5. i put about $1500 into each gun, upgrade wise, so i really went all out. if anyone from the CT area wants to play, hit me up and we can get a couple big ass games going.