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MagDog68

07-12-2001, 10:27 AM

Originally posted by thei3ug:
I'm a swedish bikini model.

Don't quite fit into the "female" category though.

As long as you aren't one of those 65 year old fat guys in speedos I see at Coney Island every weekend.

~Fred

Flamebo

07-12-2001, 10:29 AM

At my last count...2

Lizza and Sarah are the only *true* female AO members, but a bunch of guys had all their wives and girlfriends register to give them a better chance in that drawing a few weeks back.

My reasoning? Most girls have no interest in actually playing the sport as a hobby. You always see a couple at the rec fields who want to try it out, but for the most part they don't get into it like guys. They're afraid to shoot, they run away, they are terrified of getting hit. I'm not trying to look like a jerk here, it's simply what I've observed over my past few years in paintball.

My guess is, out of everyone who tries paintball, 15% of those people is female. About 10% of the females that try paintball actually gets into it, so about 1.5% of all paintball players are female -- leaving 98.5% to be male. It's a complete estimate, but it sounds accurate to me.

Thordic

07-12-2001, 10:37 AM

I've seen 10% females in the sport on numerous websites, but experience doesn't quite back that up. I'd go for 5%, though.

Then again, there are a few female regulars at the field I go to, including those from Fallen Angels, so hey...

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LizzaRTgirl14

07-12-2001, 02:41 PM

ohhh. Me!
YEah.. it gets old being the only girl out there. I wrote an article about being a young female in a male dominated sport.

http://www.geocities.com/juxstapo

Go check it out.

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veteranmag

07-12-2001, 02:49 PM

On average, I see one or two women every time I play a pickup game.

I have yet to see a really good offense female player (then again, IMHO only about 1 in 10 male players play good offense), but it has been my experience that women players, even beginners, are tenacious defense players. They find the best defensive positions and they are fearless. Often the only way to get them out is to bunker them (I try to avoid that at all costs) or get a difficult shot on their hopper or barrel.

More power to you ladies.

Phil

07-12-2001, 02:53 PM

We have 2 girl players in our group. One of them is trying to put together an all girl team. Any girls out there in the Pensacola area interested drop me an email.

Phil
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LizzaRTgirl14

07-12-2001, 02:55 PM

HeyHey.. I play offence. I'm really short.. (well, almost 14 and about 5'3", short to everyone else out on the team) and real quick so I'm usually up front getting pulls or hangs.
But, I am known at firelds for being able to play where ever someone puts me.

Magsrule3

07-12-2001, 03:27 PM

im 14 and 5'7"! but im a boy.fiddlesticks

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X-Plosive

07-12-2001, 03:34 PM

Hmm let me take a shot in the dark. Flamebo and automagkid are real ladiesmen. I somehow think they don't have girlfriends and won't for a LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG time. http://www.automags.org/ubb/wink.gif

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b2k2

07-12-2001, 03:40 PM

My Girl plays and she loves it. And trust me she has never run away in a game. She is an MP in the army, she is good in a fight too. Her second time playing we were at this place that had a 10 ft rule and some guy kid shot her from about your screen to you..... she ran after him and hit him with her tank(it is a steel on not a carbon fiber)! She is awesome!

Flamebo

07-12-2001, 03:45 PM

Originally posted by X-Plosive:
Hmm let me take a shot in the dark. Flamebo and automagkid are real ladiesmen. I somehow think they don't have girlfriends and won't for a LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG time. http://www.automags.org/ubb/wink.gif



Hey, quiet you! I keep my girls on the side.

Miscue

07-12-2001, 03:46 PM

Hehe, I just read Lizza's article. I guess next time I see a girl on the field, I'll have to bunker her real good to prove that I'm all for equal opportunity.

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mag_pbg

07-12-2001, 05:48 PM

magsrule3 thats ok iam 14 and 5'11 and wear a size 13 shoe http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

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X-Plosive

07-12-2001, 05:56 PM

Add Miscue to my list. He's a true ladiesman http://www.automags.org/ubb/wink.gif So now its

Miscue
Automagkid
Flamebo

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Dubstar112

07-12-2001, 06:26 PM

we should start another topic.. how tall are you.. well im 14 and a respective 6'2

SHAG

07-12-2001, 06:35 PM

Hi,

I got my girlfriend in Paintball. She likes it. Uses a 98 and my Blazer and now my mag every so often. As for I3 Ug sorry nick http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif he is not your known swede biniki model. He is more like the agent or stalker. You make the call. However nick is a nice guy though.

Later,
Alan

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unseenunheard

07-12-2001, 07:25 PM

nice article lizza. one note though i would think that a girl as yourself you say you are short would have an advantage over guys like me and others who are 6+ feet. but their is only one girl that is a regular at my field she is ok, not real good but she is their all the time so i'll give her credit.

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mykroft

07-12-2001, 07:59 PM

Never, ever count someone out because they're a girl. For example, the second last time I was at Sgt. Splatter's in Toronto, there were a collection of newbies and associated girlfriend's, when we got to the attack and defend scenario (Splatters rotates through scenario's when playing) there is only one reliable way to take the building, it's a 2 story L-shaped building on the back wall, the way to take it is to charge up the stairway to the second floor on the short end of the 'L', the only entrance that has a decent amount of cover, before you hit the stairs, this is easy to see, and the first couple of guys in get pasted usually, I go in about 1 minute into the game, get all the way up and in before getting pasted, but only take out a couple of the half-dozen people defending that door, so as I'm walking off, I see one of the only 2 g/f's who bothered to play go charging up there with a M98, and clear the entrance, getting almost to the corner of the 'L' before getting taken out. She was the only renter/newbie who even tried to get into the building in 2 games (one each side)

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Dogbone

07-12-2001, 08:08 PM

I see a lot of guys posting that their ladies like to play. Now this is just a suggestion but why not get them posting on this thread and giving their two cents on women/girls and paintball? I think it would be interesting to hear their viewpoint on the game.

Bartman

07-12-2001, 08:32 PM

Girls, that play,

I know a ton actualy, Our 10 man team has 2 right now, Although they are Iron Maidens as well, they still play with us at events.

I also have I would say close to 15 girls I play with on aregular basis. Last nite at practice, the girls out numbered teh guys, and the girls, kicked the guys buts.

BTW, everybody was tourney player except me, I am justa paintballer.

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Richy_C

07-12-2001, 09:09 PM

hmm, nice articale lizza, you seem lie extremegirl05, shes real cool, hehimaging that, both 14, both gonna atleast play with RT's and both play front, it's a small world, and just remeber, always bunker those that trash on you, i do, even though i'm a guy, but, man, this is turning pointless

50 cal

07-12-2001, 09:29 PM

I've seen more and more girls playing in just the last 3 or 4 months. There is a girl that plays at Hollow Buzzard in Tn that is real good. She will go toe to toe with the best of them!

RobAGD

07-12-2001, 10:09 PM

Bk2K - I didnt know she was an MP http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif

So how things looking in Cali now ?

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wolverine85929

07-12-2001, 11:22 PM

my girl fried plays. she even took over my back up mini mag. the bad part is my paint bill went up. lol i can do any thing i want to my gun but i have to do the same to hers. she does not get mad when i (we) play. she get mad cuse we are not going to play.

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RoadDawg

07-12-2001, 11:23 PM

I got my girlfriend into it. She is gun ho now. She grabs my Alley Cat and goes off killing cockers and spyders like candy. I am scared to go against her for fear she will eliminate me. She has improved almost 150% since the first time she played and now she is psycho. It's all good though. No one expects her to jump out like rambo firing string of paint like it's free. So it is all good.

automagkid

07-12-2001, 11:31 PM

dye gurls!!!!!!

thecavemankevin

07-13-2001, 04:29 AM

my girl is afraid http://www.automags.org/ubb/frown.gif

so now all i hear every time i want to go is a bunch of complaining http://www.automags.org/ubb/mad.gif

slayer

07-13-2001, 07:43 AM

I am not sexist I shoot everyone with an equal amount of paint regardless of sex. http://www.automags.org/ubb/smile.gif I have only actually played with 2 girls and they were decent players.

sajohnston

07-13-2001, 12:04 PM

My wife hasn't tried paintball yet but I have her hooked on NASCAR so the chances are good after our baby.

With an actual long firearm (rifles/shotguns)she is more of a natural than I could ever be. B.R.A.S.- Breathe, Relax, Aim, Squeeze, she does it all without having to think about it.

Her paintball boundaries are endless (watery eye)!

eaglelox

07-13-2001, 01:02 PM

my wife did not want to try but a talked her
in to it.most everybody in reno plays ball only on weekends.saterday for mostly newbys and sunday for your more aggresive players.we went on a saterday and my wife was useing my mini p/f ,hyperframe set to 5 round burst 10 rof. first game she played behind me ,poped a few shots off but nothing much.i asked her after the game ,but she still was not impressed.the next game i was shot early in the game.total luck shot "newbys" lol.so my wife teams up with the wife of another player who is out as well.the next thing i see is the both of them running down the string line fireing as fast as their guns could go and there was a 5 boys all clusterd in a pile of rocks.they pummeld those poor kids.they were triping all over the plase screaming out,out,out,while the girls just kept shooting till the last one called out.it was realy funny.after wards she was all hyped up and raveing about paint ball,still enjoys it to this day.

Major Ho

07-13-2001, 01:28 PM

If you want I can dig up the pics of the gerls that I suckered into going paintballing with me? One is quite nummy. O http://www.automags.org/ubb/biggrin.gif but they only tried it http://www.automags.org/ubb/frown.gif I want to find a girl so into it that she would become my regular paintball buddy, not gonna be easy...

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hitmanng

07-17-2001, 04:08 AM

You have to realize to have a girl on AO. They would have to 1 play paintball and 2 waste time on the internet. My wife plays paintball on occasion and surfs on occasion but has frankly more productive pursuits to keep her busy. She actually does stuff that matters most of the time.
Lesson. The girls on the internet don't have time to waste on paintball, and the girls playing paintball don't have time to waste on the internet. Therefore few women on paintball forums. Those jewels like Sarah and Liz are precious.
Hitmanng

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CDN_Drew

07-17-2001, 09:35 AM

A while back my club ran a day when all the wives and girlfriends came out to play. They did not play us but themselves and the guys were the refs and also helped by coaching. the games prooved to be quite interesting. We also have women members amongst our club and are always looking to get more women involved.

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LizzaRTgirl14

07-17-2001, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by Richy_C:
hmm, nice articale lizza, you seem lie extremegirl05, shes real cool, hehimaging that, both 14, both gonna atleast play with RT's and both play front, it's a small world, and just remeber, always bunker those that trash on you, i do, even though i'm a guy, but, man, this is turning pointlessHey. Yeah, I know Karey, she's real cool. She's 14 but plays with a 2000 Claret LCD Angel and a Shocker. No 'Mag for her.
I do bunker thoes who trash on me. I enjoy bunkerng thoes who are idiots. Karey is real good on right tape I believe it i tohguh... Hm... Thanks.. and thanks everyone for checking out our site!