brianlojeck
06-11-2004, 06:17 PM
This isn't meant to start a flamewar (I figure Tyger's thread(s) are taking care of that pretty well :) This is just one man's sad short-bus story..
I have been playing, on and off, for over 12 years (although with LONG periods of "off"). My first game was at The Wolf's Lair in PA, and we played in Sears shop goggles with unchrono'd pump rentals. I have always played Recball, and dislike the idea of a tournament. I think Tyger and I would get along swimmingly in this regard.
But I'm tired of it. If I can convince the peeps I go with, we are going to play at least a few 3v3 games at the airball field instead of going to the recball area, at least til the paint consumption becomes too much.
Here's why.
1: Paintball is better when played with people you know. No cheating, no stupidity, less fights, etc... To acheive this in Recball you need 20-30 people, with 2 weeks prepayment. To acheive this in Airball you need 6 guys. ("Hey Ref! We want to play some 3on3."/"OK, you guys are next on field 3 after those red and black dudes finish wiping the floor with their opponents")
2: the freakin' Oompa-Loompa 10 year olds. Just the last time I played:
an OL blind-fired at me, cursed at me when i gogged him, and then wiped when he saw I was on his team
I ran (at over 300lbs) 55% across a recball field, looked back and found the OL's who I was "leading" had stopped at the FIRST BUNKER
I convinced them to follow me next game, and they all stacked up behind me, using my fat *** as a bunker, not one of them moving, talking, looking, or shooting til I got gogged, then they surrendered
3: campers. nothing pisses me off more then working my way down a field only to be shot by a guy who's idea of playing is sitting in exactly the same spot every game, without moving, EVER, silent, and taking out the first guy he sees. Then, walking off the field, you find he's got 15 like-minded friends behind him.
3.5: and each and every one of them shoots you as well, even though you are singing the "dead player! let'em out!" song at the top of your very loud lungs, barrel plug in, and gun up in the air.
4: more campers. When I'm one of the first guys to the deadzone, 8 minutes into a 20 minute game, and nobody else shows up til the whistle blows at 20 minutes, and everyone on both teams marches out telling BS stories about how "I got that guy! He must have wiped!"
5: wipers, and people who just pretend you didn't hit them.
6: from 5 feet away
7: twice
8: and stick their elbow back out AGAIN
9: and it's dripping with paint
10: but you shoot it again
11: and you think "Hell, if a ref has to pull them, maybe I'll just play tournament ball anyway, and at least that kind of behavior is expected"
It really bothers me. I love recball, but it's just not "rec" anymore. Guess I'll have to try airball.
:dance: :dance:
I have been playing, on and off, for over 12 years (although with LONG periods of "off"). My first game was at The Wolf's Lair in PA, and we played in Sears shop goggles with unchrono'd pump rentals. I have always played Recball, and dislike the idea of a tournament. I think Tyger and I would get along swimmingly in this regard.
But I'm tired of it. If I can convince the peeps I go with, we are going to play at least a few 3v3 games at the airball field instead of going to the recball area, at least til the paint consumption becomes too much.
Here's why.
1: Paintball is better when played with people you know. No cheating, no stupidity, less fights, etc... To acheive this in Recball you need 20-30 people, with 2 weeks prepayment. To acheive this in Airball you need 6 guys. ("Hey Ref! We want to play some 3on3."/"OK, you guys are next on field 3 after those red and black dudes finish wiping the floor with their opponents")
2: the freakin' Oompa-Loompa 10 year olds. Just the last time I played:
an OL blind-fired at me, cursed at me when i gogged him, and then wiped when he saw I was on his team
I ran (at over 300lbs) 55% across a recball field, looked back and found the OL's who I was "leading" had stopped at the FIRST BUNKER
I convinced them to follow me next game, and they all stacked up behind me, using my fat *** as a bunker, not one of them moving, talking, looking, or shooting til I got gogged, then they surrendered
3: campers. nothing pisses me off more then working my way down a field only to be shot by a guy who's idea of playing is sitting in exactly the same spot every game, without moving, EVER, silent, and taking out the first guy he sees. Then, walking off the field, you find he's got 15 like-minded friends behind him.
3.5: and each and every one of them shoots you as well, even though you are singing the "dead player! let'em out!" song at the top of your very loud lungs, barrel plug in, and gun up in the air.
4: more campers. When I'm one of the first guys to the deadzone, 8 minutes into a 20 minute game, and nobody else shows up til the whistle blows at 20 minutes, and everyone on both teams marches out telling BS stories about how "I got that guy! He must have wiped!"
5: wipers, and people who just pretend you didn't hit them.
6: from 5 feet away
7: twice
8: and stick their elbow back out AGAIN
9: and it's dripping with paint
10: but you shoot it again
11: and you think "Hell, if a ref has to pull them, maybe I'll just play tournament ball anyway, and at least that kind of behavior is expected"
It really bothers me. I love recball, but it's just not "rec" anymore. Guess I'll have to try airball.
:dance: :dance: