B&W sticker rule??

[blnk162]

OK well whoever of you said you have to go out and buy a new hopper because of all the stickers you have on there are either not the brightest or needed SOME way to argue and complain. Take a razor blade, a cloth with water, and a cloth with goo gone and there you go, tadaaaaa a brand new looking hopper.

Yeah i think the hopper rule is dumb but i dont really care and i dont spend countless amount of time on message forums arguing about fighting the system(npp). Just let it be, you cant do anything about it really.

dre1919, does your team even play in the nppl?
Regardless of if people were trying to play the gray area or not, its just easier for the league. Less BS calls will be made and teams wont rant and rave about how they hit some dudes hopper and the ref said it was spray and wiped it off.

About the greasing arms things and hopper rules, your really not in the position to understand what goes on in the NPPL. Professional teams job is paintball. There is ALOT riding on it. You play for fun, these guys really dont anymore, it becomes a job. Very large sums of money, sponsorships, reputations, careers even ride on winning. Wether you think its childish or not they really dont care they have to win, and you cant say "OMG THEY SUCK SO BAD THEY HAVE TO USE STICKERS AND CHEAT AND BLAH BLAH" cuz I guarantee that they are better than you without playing gray

If you have a problem with it and want to do something about it dont play nppl, but truly your 1750 dollars doesnt mean jack to them.....

[RT_Luver]

hmm....I've been readin these posts and apparently this is a bigger issue then I thought..hmmm

[Creative Mayhem]

I don't fall under the NPPL but at Skyball I remember a few guys having problems cause of stickers and (this is funny) not having your shirt tucked in. One palyer wasn't allowed to play until he tucked his shirt in. Give me a break, it's ot like he was gonna magically get a hit on his jersey tail, which by the way, was under his buttpack. I understand the need to even the field up and prevent any possible cheating, but some rule are outrageously rediculous. But then again, this is just my .02

[paintbattler]

are u talking about how ppl put stickers on their hopper

[dre1919]

(chuckling to myself) ...I shouldn't even get into this again...

Originally posted by blnk162
OK well whoever of you said you have to go out and buy a new hopper because of all the stickers you have on there are either not the brightest or needed SOME way to argue and complain. Take a razor blade, a cloth with water, and a cloth with goo gone and there you go, tadaaaaa a brand new looking hopper.
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That's true, you could do that. You don't have to go out and buy a new hopper. I just meant that example in the spirit of having to replace something that doesn't fit in their rules, whatever it may be.
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Yeah i think the hopper rule is dumb but i dont really care and i dont spend countless amount of time on message forums arguing about fighting the system(npp). Just let it be, you cant do anything about it really.
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This is one of the ways negative things that alter peoples' lives get done, by other peoples' indifference. Whether it's in our great sport, or some other avenue totally unrelated (like politics). It's always a dangerous thing to say something like "you can't do anything about it really", or my fav, "who cares?" Incidentally, didn't you just waste some of your time posting here?


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dre1919, does your team even play in the nppl?
Regardless of if people were trying to play the gray area or not, its just easier for the league. Less BS calls will be made and teams wont rant and rave about how they hit some dudes hopper and the ref said it was spray and wiped it off.
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No, we don't. We're a locally based tournament team from Missouri. However, as I stated before, my problem isn't so much with the NPPL or PanAm, it's other tournaments worldwide just adopting their rules which does effect my team in the events we do go to. I don't believe I made that clear before, and that's my fault. The NPPL and PanAm are great circuits, I just worry about other tournament circuits not exercising their own rules creation and copying theirs'. Kind of a "well, if it's good enough for them.." thing. But, that's just me.

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About the greasing arms things and hopper rules, your really not in the position to understand what goes on in the NPPL. Professional teams job is paintball. There is ALOT riding on it. You play for fun, these guys really dont anymore, it becomes a job.
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Wow, I thought we all played for fun.

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Wether you think its childish or not they really dont care they have to win, and you cant say "OMG THEY SUCK SO BAD THEY HAVE TO USE STICKERS AND CHEAT AND BLAH BLAH" cuz I guarantee that they are better than you without playing gray
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Now how the hell do you know? Just because they're pro doesn't mean they're automatically better than anyone not playing pro. C'mon man, we're all players of various levels and just because we're not on the pro circuit doesn't mean we couldn't be. Maybe some of us could do just fine there but we don't have the time/money to play pro.


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If you have a problem with it and want to do something about it dont play nppl, but truly your 1750 dollars doesnt mean jack to them.....

Ummm...ok. Hey, once again, just trying to bring to attention of those who care some rules I thought were odd or unnecissary. Not a big deal, but apparantly it is! Just on of those things I guess. Hey, thanks for the support Mayhem!

[bornl33t]

really , what it all boils down too is... everytime you do something and hope to not get caught, is another rule in the making. So play and quit trying to find loop holes.

I think pretty much everyone here has done something you knew they couldn't call you on and so you did it until the next season when they had to make a rule because of you or your team to keep the game fair. I think it pry started something like " Well it's a shield, the paint isn't on me so I'm not out"- which is why gun hits, clothing hits, even hits on droped stuff will get you out.