Missouri Bin Laden Scenario! (with info this time!!)

**TheTramp** · 03-15-2002, 01:00 PM

Those are good prices. I'd go if it wasn't so far away.

**shartley** · 03-15-2002, 01:05 PM

**OldSchoolMag** · 03-15-2002, 02:00 PM

Personally, I agree with Shartley. This is really sick, and only 6 months after 9/11 they pull this! I mean, how would you feel if (had paintball existed, and means of communication, media, etc...) the D-Day Scenario was held on June 5th and 6th, 1945? More over, what if someone you knew was killed in the D-Day attacks?

This is NOT a scenario. The scenario enviroment is a friendly and family oriented one. People will not be talking about this event for years to come, or about the fun times they had "hunting the Taliban". It's sick and disrespectful. Unless they donate 100% or MORE of the profits to the Red Cross, I see nothing benificial about attending this event. Even worse, if someone who has a family member or friend who was killed/injured in the 9/11 attacks, what if THEY come to play? You think they'll keep their cool on the field? You think they'll chrono correctly, or stop firing when they hear "hit" or "out"? This is paintball, not war. And America is still fighting the Taliban. The "scenario" here is distasteful, and it's timing is COMPLETELY wrong should it ever have occured to take place. I agree, that D-Day is war based as well, but it didn't start until 50 years after the original D-Day occured.

I feel sick.

OSM

**Micromag5371** · 03-15-2002, 02:11 PM

Shartley... im not out trying to break on you, but IMO i think its kinda awkward the way you stated it. osama bin laden did attack america, and he is the most wanted man in the world. the game is just a big spoof on him. i dont know if it has anything to do with his actions involving the innocent americans, and i hope it dosnt in that scenario game. but if its like a big game of "Hunter" i dont see any harm as a player being portrayed as a terrorists.

if anything, if somebody at the scenario is dubbed "Alcaida", or "osama", i think it just gives clearer motives to play paintball harder and it adds more perspective to the game. i dont think this game shall give paintball a bad rep in any way, it just adds a new "twist" on how we view some of our games we love to play so much.

maybe somebody knows where im coming from, and kind of understand what im trying to say.
ah, anyways, those are just my thoughts.

and, for who posted above me, the profits shouldnt go to the red cross. that charity sucks. If you have watched the news, there have been many many problems where the red cross spends all the donated money on things besides victims. they were involved in money laundering and some other illegal things, so i cant view them as a respectable charity

**TheTramp** · 03-15-2002, 02:21 PM

Some people like to do war related senarios using paintball. This isn't going to "ruin paintball" and it isn't going to go away.

One of the best ways to attract people is to use topical ideas. Hence the Afganistan idea.

**OldSchoolMag** · 03-15-2002, 03:35 PM

Micro - Oh, yeah! I forgot about that whole Red Cross thing... hmm, well, what I meant was that I hope they didn't turn a profit off of this, because it just seems really dirty to me...

Tramp - I wouldn't quite call 9/11 a "topical advantage to gain new players in paintball", but more of an "explotative plan to get more money by selling out people's beliefs". It might be an opinion call.

OSM

**Skoad** · 03-15-2002, 03:57 PM

sheesh.. i expected this post to get some replies on some AO members maybe showing up...not turn into this political paintball stuff. You guys take a lot of things too seriously, i'm surprised your not jumping all over people that call them paintball GUNS, because that would relate them with real guns and crime, murder.. blah blah

almost as bad as the politians that blame video games for all the school shootings n junk

seriously it's a game....

**shartley** · 03-15-2002, 04:30 PM

Skoad

**paintballa54** · 03-15-2002, 04:33 PM

i don't agree with a war scenerio. our field is doing a marvel vs. dc which absolutely nothing to do with war.

**Snooky** · 03-15-2002, 04:43 PM

skoad were exactly in MO is this? because i live in IL and would consider going but i need to know how far away it is. just tell me what part of the state its in.

shartley- You seem to get upset about alot of things. People are going to base things off military situations from the past. I really dont see what the harm in having a local scenario game involving a topic that all know about and draws intrest. Paintball is a military game in my opinion and its almost impossible to get away from that aspect of it. I mean how else are people gonna see other people playing around in the woods with the goal of shooting other people? I think paintballs image could be more transformed into a non military asspect but its what brings alot of people into the sport. I remeber playing games that involved the military when i was young. I had G.I. Joes and we would have little wars in the sand box with them when desert storm was going. We all had those little plastic army men to battle with(the greeen and tan ones) that we would shoot rubber bands at. Anyway when i saw a game that resembled war paintball really appealed to me. This is my opinion on the matter and i respect your veiws as well.

**shartley** · 03-15-2002, 05:10 PM

Snooky

shartley- You seem to get upset about alot of things.

People are going to base things off military situations from the past.

**Snooky** · 03-15-2002, 05:54 PM

You say the article hurts paintball as a whole, i disagree. Shartley if u want people to come to a scenario game u base it on something recent and or meaningful to a bunch of people. This does both. If a paintball field doesnt draw people to it it goes out of buisness. And if the paintball field goes out of buisness its bad for everyone. So by the field basing it on something to do with war it draws peoples attention to it. If u havent noticed most rec players like the warlike asspects of paintball. They arent trying to appeal to the public they are trying to appeal to rec players by putting the article in the newspaper. The publics opinion is already gonna be set on a game that involves shooting other people unless they play it themselves.

**shartley** · 03-15-2002, 06:19 PM

Snooky

**Skoad** · 03-15-2002, 08:00 PM

I guess we are all entitled to our opinions.... right?

anywho...

It's kinda in the middle of missouri..sorta, i think its about an hour and a half away from st louis, maybe alittle longer??

try checkin yahoo maps, just put in where your starting from and where yourgoing to (leasburg, MO) and it will give you a rough estimate: http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.p...ntry=us&doit=1

Missouri Bin Laden Scenario! (with info this time!!)

Missouri Bin Laden Scenario! (with info this time!!)

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