That "random speedball marker"

[snoopay700]

It's understandable for the latest and greatest gear. If you managed to convince yourself, and maybe your family, that you needed to spend a couple grand on equipment "that's not junk", you're pretty much stuck with thinking everything else is junk or realize you just blew a wad of cash that will leave no trace in a couple of years.

That, or without the cash to get what you want, you have to convince yourself that you already have the best.

Hehehe, he said blew a wad.


I can understand that there are people like this though, it's still incredibly stupid even if it can be rationalized.

[michbich]

Even older woodsball players can be idiots sometimes. This weekend there were two guys decked out in full BDU's, Spec Ops vests, and Spec Ops'd A-5's. They cheated more than anyone at the field.

I was there with a group from my school as a way of introducing them to the sport. Several of them said they probably wouldn't try it again because of those older guys. They were about 40-45 and should definitely have known better.

One of them in particular didn't accept the "surrender" rule and blasted one of the noobs that I was this from 10 feet away with his RT'd A-5. The kid had called for surrender and the old timer turned around and demanded that the kid instead surrender because he was just some noob with a rental 98. When the kid refused, he got hosed.

I've actually seen more cases of this while playing woodsball than when I play speedball. In fact, the speedballers on the woodsball field are always better behaved.

Depending on the situation, i usualy don't ask for a surrender for that perticular reason. When i manage to come up behind the other team, i take a single shot in the back. It avoids having to deal with people not wanting to surrender. I don't wait to be 10 feet away though. I take the shot when i feel that i have 100% of making the first shot. I have never met someone that was mad because of it, they are usualy happy to have only been shot once rather than lit up from close range because they didn't surrender because of stress.

[Spider-TW]

Hehehe, he said blew a wad.


I can understand that there are people like this though, it's still incredibly stupid even if it can be rationalized.

For sure, understandable, but stupid...Beavis :)

[warbeak2099]

Depending on the situation, i usualy don't ask for a surrender for that perticular reason. When i manage to come up behind the other team, i take a single shot in the back. It avoids having to deal with people not wanting to surrender. I don't wait to be 10 feet away though. I take the shot when i feel that i have 100% of making the first shot. I have never met someone that was mad because of it, they are usualy happy to have only been shot once rather than lit up from close range because they didn't surrender because of stress.

It was a rule at the field. The refs had told the new players to abide by it and they were. The older guys thought they were above the rules.

[snoopay700]

For sure, understandable, but stupid...Beavis :)

Hey now, i'm not beavis, i just saw it and i thought "wow, i'm sure i'm not the only one who's gonna notice this, but i'm sure i can be teh only one stupid enough to mention it" and thus laughs ensued...i hope.