Knocking over bunkers

[paint magnet]

It's a stupid question, but suppose I was to run full speed across the field and kick over some guy's bunker while he was still behind it. Is that legal or not? Where I play not all of the bunkers are anchored into the ground and it would be easy just to push some of them over (without hurting the bunker, of course, and you could stand it right back up) But would that be legal? It might not be a great move, but it would make some good stories!

[meanelvis]

umm on any field i've ever played, intentional physical contact (the bunker hitting the player as a result of you kicking it down) would get you riding out of there not in your car, but off the steel toe of the field owners' boot. not to mention the personal injury lawsuits you'd face.

as far as air fields go, last time i read the nppl rules you werent allowed to move or modify the bunkers in any way. i'm sure someone knows them a little better than me.

[FutureMagOwner]

my field has some rules about bunkers i dont know about your though

min are

no altering bunkers
no knoking over bunkers
no running with the bunkers
no pushing bunkers down hills and running behind them.

the same applies to the hyper ball field we got(unless if you unintetionaly knock them over or something) except the running down the hill one(there isnt a hill to run down them with)

[V-Viper]

yea I remenber one time when a kid picked up a wooden squre bunker and was moving around the feild with it, bumping into trees , funny, but he got yelled at from the refs lol.

[shartley]

you are welcome

[Bob Mundon]

one of my friends slid into a bunker, but a little to hard, knocked over the bunker, and everyone started shooting at him, and to compound his situation, he also ran out of CO2 at that exact time.

it was hilarious as hell

[TheTramp]

I think it would be considered a foul (or whatever) unless you did it unintentauly. I saw footage from a pro game where a player tripped over sup air pipe and the bunker he was trying to get behind completely deflated. He got lit up but wasn't penalized for "messing" with the bunker. Of course I don't think you could run up and deflate someone elses bunker so they would have no cover.

[MikeCouves]

Keep paintball as a non-contact sport only! I am a little midget and that would just make it harder. That's why when I play hockey and rugby it's a tid bit harder.

[FeuerFri]

knocking a bunker over on top of ppl, on purpose, i think that would be innapropriate. what would u do it there was a loose nail in the bunker and it poped out and went into the guys face or some other place on there body, that'd make a great stoy....how i put someone in the hospital with this awsome idea to knock over there bunker on them

[ShooterJM]

Actually in regards to inflatable bunkers wasn't there a rule specifically against it in tournies? Think it's called slamming. Running full speed into one side of an inflatable when a guy is tight on the other side. Basically it bounces the other guy out from behind the bunker and usually on his butt. Pretty easy just to lean around and pop him. Maybe I'm remembering wrong.

[oldsoldier]

Shooter, youre right. I dont exactly remember where I read this, but intentionally slamming into a bunker for the purpose of knocking it over onto a player, or, in the case of inflatables, dislodging the player is illegal in tourneys. Not to mention, it is kind of unsportsmanlike.

[paint magnet]

Sorry, it was a stupid idea. I was just thinking how it would look with some guy standing behind a bunker and it just falls over to the side or something, I didn't mean to say on top of them. I've slid into some bunkers and almost knocked them over before, but that would have been bad if they had fallen all the way over.

[ShooterJM]

Originally posted by oldsoldier
Shooter, youre right. I dont exactly remember where I read this, but intentionally slamming into a bunker for the purpose of knocking it over onto a player, or, in the case of inflatables, dislodging the player is illegal in tourneys. Not to mention, it is kind of unsportsmanlike.

I don't know though, if you had a field full of cool people who all agreed to play that way with pump or stock class it could be sweet! Imagine a giant fully enclosed inflateable field, like those stupid bouncing things at state fairs that kids go in and jump up and down in. That would rule! Hey, no stealing my idea now! The amazing, portable inflate-o-field! heck you could just use the same compressor for the field and fills....

[oldsoldier]

Man private rules can be anything, as long as they are safe. It would be cool; 2 man teams, and front and back player each, the fronts tryting to dislodge each other for the back man to hit. Hey, I think we just came up with a new game!

[ShooterJM]

Originally posted by oldsoldier
Man private rules can be anything, as long as they are safe. It would be cool; 2 man teams, and front and back player each, the fronts tryting to dislodge each other for the back man to hit. Hey, I think we just came up with a new game!

I think so! That would be awesome! Fronts get like a sydarm or PT enforcer or something, 12 gram, 10 rounds. Backs get a couple pods. That would be sweet!

**EDIT** : WOOOHOOO and a catchy name! Gentlemen, welcome to the new game.....BUNKERBALL! Chrony at 200 gents.