disgusting article

[KamikazePenguin]

well, it must be kept in mind that Tourney Paintball and Rec Paintball are very different. Many rec-ballers go out there to play with the mentality that it is a war game. They wear camo and they act as if they are in a real battle. The only people I can see getting angry at this sort of article is the "tourney" paintballers, (speed-ballers, if you will) such as myself, who look at paintball as people in colorful jerseys competing for prizes in a friendly environment of competition. When I first read this article I thought to myself "have no mercy? shoot to kill? army commando style? that's not paintball". Well, it's not my paintball, but it's what a large group of paintballers think of when they go out for a day of paintball. There are two different games being played, both under the name of paintball, both on the same fields, both at the same time.
As opposed to the "colorful, yuppie, electro toting tourney players" being at odds with the "army/sniper camo military war-sim rec player" we should just learn to recognize the people that come from different ends of the game and realize that we're all out there for kicks, whether it's through friendly competition or military simulation.

can't we all just....get along?

[nak81783]

I still don't like it

Bofh,

I play nothing but recreational paintball. Most of it is in the woods, with an occassional visit to a field for walk-on days.

Pretend you have never played or even heard of paintball before. You have just read this article speaking of a game that hurt like "5 bucks" and feels like "running into a swarm of bees on a motorcylce" or "getting shot with a BB gun." By, the way, I've been shot with a BB gun a few times (I love my friends), and being shot with a paintball is no where near as painful.

Now mix that in with talk of friendly fire and talk of a true war in which a hero tells of how many people he killed. Sure, I would really want to play a game where my own team shoots me...sarcasm.

I'll give you the part of how, being that it was an organized church event, it seems a little more civil.

Maybe I speak for myself, but I refer to elimations as tags or eliminations, not kills. The guy also said, "It was a good day to die." Come on now, we're out there to have fun, not die.

I think the author had good intentions, but he failed to realize that the way he presented his article may be misunderstood by many possible future paintballers.

I don't know, maybe it's just how I view things. When our group gets together, it never seems like a military activity. It's just an all-around fun game. I hope I filled you in on what I view to be the "whole story" and how I see the negative spin being put on things.

Thanks,
Nathan

[udtseal]

He wants someone to rub his belly and pat his bottom. Lil wussie man.