Why is paintball horrible after christmas?

[Skeeter]

there wasn't much overshooting but there was tons of Hot shooting. field claims the chrono was broken the day prior. i was told to just judge it. i have a nice cut on my chin because of someone and another on my arm.

[SkinnyHare]

If the field owner won't spend the $60 for a pocket chrono, buy one yourself. This way you won't make the drive for nothing, when the field does not have a chrono to offer.

that just reminds me about a place i moved to where paintball was dying out. everything was renegade ball, no established fields. after a couple of us purchased hand held chronos to keep everyone honest and under 300fps, everything picked back up again. people were just afraid to play because they were getting lit up by people shooting hot. as the word got out that the problem was solved, we had people start showing up again that hadn't been in months as well as a whole new crop of players from the high school that now wanted to buy gear and get in on the game.

oddly enough, another thing that helped out a bunch was to always have two rolls of different colored engineer tape. for about $6.00 a month we finally eliminated the problem of friendly fire by tying a bit of it on the hoppers.

these were two things that were simple, and for the most part standard just about any other place i'd ever played woods/renegade ball, but they'd never thought it of before in that town. sometimes a little bit of safety and organization goes a long way toward keeping things fun.

[Skeeter]

oddly enough, another thing that helped out a bunch was to always have two rolls of different colored engineer tape. for about $6.00 a month we finally eliminated the problem of friendly fire by tying a bit of it on the hoppers.

It's amazing what a little bit of safety and sportsmanship will do!!! By "engineer tape", do you mean "flagging tape" (http://www.frostproof.com/catalog/mic01-3.html) Honest question... I just have not heard that term before.

[WickedKlown2]

Hey Skeeter,,,

I think he ment Surveyors Flagging Tape,,, I know at Gator Paintball in Hudson,FL. they use Orange Surveyors Tape to mark one team by tying it around a players feedneck and it has to be draped where it can be seen...

http://www.findtape.com/shop/product.aspx?id=468&setscreen=1&width=1152&height=603

WK2

[Skeeter]

Hey Skeeter,,,

I think he ment Surveyors Flagging Tape,,, I know at Gator Paintball in Hudson,FL. they use Orange Surveyors Tape to mark one team by tying it around a players feedneck and it has to be draped where it can be seen...

http://www.findtape.com/shop/product.aspx?id=468&setscreen=1&width=1152&height=603

WK2

Cool. Thought it was the same, but always looking for new ideas. We use it on the front of our goggles (a few inches worth, tied to the vent/chin area), for team identification. Seems to work pretty well, and not as messy & expensive as "duct tape" around the arms... The refs do get a bit tired of picking up little pieces of flagging tape at the end of the day.

[Big'n slo]

Played today at the indoor field in south jersey today after work. And low and behold it was me (25 and playing on my paycheck [rent be damned]) and looked like 400 million kids. All of them with brand new electros and full matching gear. I have never been overshot so bad, that i can remember (20-30 after the whistle or at the exit). I know there kids and really want them in the sport to help it grow again but there is a part of me the wants to pull out my RT and rip these kids up.

Any one else have similar experiences?

PB Invasion?

[WickedKlown2]

Cool. Thought it was the same, but always looking for new ideas. We use it on the front of our goggles (a few inches worth, tied to the vent/chin area), for team identification. Seems to work pretty well, and not as messy & expensive as "duct tape" around the arms... The refs do get a bit tired of picking up little pieces of flagging tape at the end of the day.

Skeeter,,,

At Scenario Paintball Games in Rome, GA (aka Kruger's Field) they use red or blue tube sock tops you wear over your sleeve (sort of like larger sweat wrist bands).... They work great and at the end of the day you take them off and drop them in a bucket and they get washed... Want to talk about quick,,, easy and no-mess...

I will post a picture when I get home this evening...

Here are 2 pics :




WK2

[sjrtk]

PB Invasion?

Yeah I know it is a gross exaggeration but frustrating any way.

[Skeeter]

Skeeter,,,

At Scenario Paintball Games in Rome, GA (aka Kruger's Field) they use red or blue tube sock tops you wear over your sleeve (sort of like larger sweat wrist bands).... They work great and at the end of the day you take them off and drop them in a bucket and they get washed... Want to talk about quick,,, easy and no-mess...

I will post a picture when I get home this evening...

We didn't use those at AO, in '07. That is an interesting option, but we have a pretty huge volume of players. We kinda need to keep team colors disposable & cheap. We can have 300-400 players on a Saturday (with good weather), so it would generate LOTS of laundry!


Random field pics: