I had a moment on the field yesterday that kind of bothered me, not just due to what the guy said to me but my reaction to it.
It was 3 on 3 rec speedball, and I hadn't played for close to 3 months. We randomly broke up the teams, and I ended up with a friend of mine (only his 2nd time playing, and he had to borrow my mech Autococker, which as you know, is not always the first choice for a beginner). My other teamate was a so-so player, but he and I had never really played together before. Two of the guys on the other team were pretty good, and I'd never seen the 3rd guy before. He turned out to be considerably better than them. But anyway, I didn't worry about any of that, and was excited to play.
So the first game, my friend forgot to take the safety off, then finally asked me what was up and I was able to sort that out. Then he stepped out into an incoming paintball. We lost.
Next game, he played his whole 2 minutes with his loader off, so no paintballs were leaving his gun. Then he stepped out into an incoming paintball. We lost.
It was all kind of funny. In a 3rd game, he went out immediately again, and you guessed it, we lost again. The other guys were tough enough we just couldn't do much with the two of us.
Anyway, I don't like losing 3 in a row. Granted, it's just rec ball, but I just don't like to lose like that. Then, the guy I didn't know walked up and told us we need to talk more on the field, we need to communicate. I didn't say anything to this but I (regrettably) gave him what was probably an icy stare.
I felt like saying "excuse me, but who are you and have you been playing for 18 years? I know what went wrong, and I know how to play paintball, thank you very much." Fortunately, I didn't say this.
But, back to the point, was I right to be angry? I have been playing for 18 years and have always analyzed my playing with a fine-toothed comb. I am confident facing anyone, anytime. I'm not saying I'm a perfect player by any means, but I usually do quite well no matter who I'm playing against. I think maybe this is partially MY problem in that I need to just shrug it off, but also a little his problem by offering advice that was not asked for. Perhaps it was just the way he said it - in kind of a patronizing tone - that rubbed me the wrong way.
Your thoughts? Am I off-based? Please discuss.
It was 3 on 3 rec speedball, and I hadn't played for close to 3 months. We randomly broke up the teams, and I ended up with a friend of mine (only his 2nd time playing, and he had to borrow my mech Autococker, which as you know, is not always the first choice for a beginner). My other teamate was a so-so player, but he and I had never really played together before. Two of the guys on the other team were pretty good, and I'd never seen the 3rd guy before. He turned out to be considerably better than them. But anyway, I didn't worry about any of that, and was excited to play.
So the first game, my friend forgot to take the safety off, then finally asked me what was up and I was able to sort that out. Then he stepped out into an incoming paintball. We lost.
Next game, he played his whole 2 minutes with his loader off, so no paintballs were leaving his gun. Then he stepped out into an incoming paintball. We lost.
It was all kind of funny. In a 3rd game, he went out immediately again, and you guessed it, we lost again. The other guys were tough enough we just couldn't do much with the two of us.
Anyway, I don't like losing 3 in a row. Granted, it's just rec ball, but I just don't like to lose like that. Then, the guy I didn't know walked up and told us we need to talk more on the field, we need to communicate. I didn't say anything to this but I (regrettably) gave him what was probably an icy stare.
I felt like saying "excuse me, but who are you and have you been playing for 18 years? I know what went wrong, and I know how to play paintball, thank you very much." Fortunately, I didn't say this.
But, back to the point, was I right to be angry? I have been playing for 18 years and have always analyzed my playing with a fine-toothed comb. I am confident facing anyone, anytime. I'm not saying I'm a perfect player by any means, but I usually do quite well no matter who I'm playing against. I think maybe this is partially MY problem in that I need to just shrug it off, but also a little his problem by offering advice that was not asked for. Perhaps it was just the way he said it - in kind of a patronizing tone - that rubbed me the wrong way.
Your thoughts? Am I off-based? Please discuss.
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