The thing is , the people selling the used gear are often the ones who buy the new gear . The used market also brings a lot of players in to the game , and allows people with less money to afford to play at a more competitive level . The paintball scene shrinking has more to do with the players than the companies behind it . Do you know why so many fields are closing ? It ' s because less people want to play . Do you know why the majority of players stopped playing ? It ' s because paintball is expensive . A used market helps make paintball less expensive . <| sep |> Trolls these days . They don ' t have any skills . You remember those good old days when trolls were different . They started with normally like anyone would and so cleverly and slowly dragged it to insanity that people lost their shit . Those were the good times . Today you start with insanity and end in insanity . No clever manipulation skills . No brains .