VERY disgusted by the new Evil shirts

[FalconGuy016]

The cheating one is a bit... overdone... but it might as well be worn so refs know who to look out for :)

[scribe]

i think the only shirt i don't like is the cheaters live longer one. it kinda promotes wiping...and i hate wipers. but that's bout it.

just my 2 cents.

[Trunnion]

inappropriate language is a punishable offense. first offense calls for a verbal warning. second offense calls for removal of the player. these are stated in sections 12.42 and 12.43. the only judgment call is what qualifies as inappropriate. i think a ref would allow someone to swear if they were actually injured or something, but if they got hit and eliminated, or were upset at a call, then it's obviously not warranted. however, bad language is stated in the rules.

[Top Secret]

Originally posted by 314159





mmmm hong kong action

Got 'em there.

[Warped Designs]

I personally would not buy one because they look like low quality cleaning rags. The phrase are not even remotely clever.
I have seen my old high school screen printing class turn out better looking shirts.

and stuff

[Automaggin2]

Yeah, so what, it doesnt state overshooting is illegal. BUT, its not moral to overshoot someone. I think its just rude. If you know someones out, then why KEEP SHOOTING. It just pisses people off, then it pushes things further. Eventually it could escalate into fights, which i have seen. At NPPL AC, i saw a few fights because people were "over shot". I think its just not right to keep on shooting and shooting. I understand if i get shot 13 times, because someone could shoot 13 balls per second, but if they know im gone, and they keep ripping them, i will complain. I have gotten kicked out of a tournament before because some guy kept shooting me as the ref called me neutral and i was almost off the field. I walked back up the tape, and ripped about 15 into his side.

[Blazestorm]

Here is a picture...

the person shot 11 paintballs... the person gets shot... and starts to walk out... right into the stream of paint.

Not the other persons fault

[Shockerboy18]

ya quit your *POOF* over shooting is goin to hapen no mater what i for one would rather have some dude pissed off at me then have some one pull a dead man and as for that little run back up the tape and shoot the guy that just proves how big of a moron you realy are

Temp ban - 3 days.

[Trunnion]

you know, punctuation to actually form sentences would make your posts alot easier to understand. my comment that overshooting isn't in the rules was to show just that, it's not in the rules. i never said that i thought overshooting was ok or the right thing to do(although if a guy is playing on then perhaps it is)

[MinimagRockin']

Props to moats. I'm totally sick of all the complaining that goes on about paintballs image. It seems like "The Image of Paintball" is discussed more than the actual sport itself these days, now THATS disgusting. Am I the only one who notices that the APG letters section is just a bunch of crap about people whining about how to make the image of paintball better? Screw the image! Go out and play ball, have fun, quit worrying so much. As for the shirts they are pretty lame. I wouldn't wear one but they don't have me up in arms or anything. Also what's with all the ref butt kissing? "They have the worst jobs"? Give me a break! If they don't like it find a new job for gods sake. Nobody in any sport likes refs, it comes with the territory. Accept it or find something else to do, it's that simple.

[battlegroup]

I have been playing paintball since 1989. I have played everywhere from Boston, Newport, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, O'cala, Pensacola, Birmingham, Orlando, New Orleans, and Italy and many places in between. I have also worked at many of the places I played at. I love this sport and hate when the sport sheds a bad light on itself. There isn't another sport that the general public knows less about, has more misconceptions about, and wants to ban more than Paintball. Just look at the posts about the New York and Baltimore Bans. When you tell me to stop whining and just play, that's being a moron. If we don't look out for our sport we may not be allowed to play it in the future. Do these shirts shed a bad light on paintball? Not really. Do they help promote the good things about paintball? No. Should we like them? that's up to you.

[hitech]

Originally posted by battlegroup
If we don't look out for our sport we may not be allowed to play it in the future.

I don't think enough people really understand this. It's the "it won't happen to me" attitude.

[845]

The cheaters live longer one is pretty dumb. I think you are all making a big deal out of nothing.

[Miscue]

Originally posted by Blazestorm
Here is a picture...

the person shot 11 paintballs... the person gets shot... and starts to walk out... right into the stream of paint.

Not the other persons fault

I agree... this is my problem with 'overshooting' as well. Once you shoot, you can't take it back... and you can get a string out before first one hits...

[battlegroup]

I only partially agree with this. Yes we are going to shoot a string and if the first one hits you you may get hit by some more. But this isn't what we are talking about. When I see overshooting it's usually blatant and ONLY IN RECBALL. It's a tounament player or a player with much more experience wailing on a newer/less experienced player and even after they are hit and the shooter knows they are hit, they still fire just to make a point. They bunker a person (which is fine if the field allows this) and puts 10 shots into a guys back when the first one broke. There's no reason for that. In a tournament there is no reason for any type of overshooting rule nor do I think there should be. I have worked at too many fields where this has happened and people get mad especially parents of younger players. I won't let it happen at any field I play/ref at because it causes people not to return to that field and it hurts the owner, which eventually hurts me with higher field/paint prices and less people to play against. Anyone who agrees that overshooting is fine doesn't need to be playing rec ball, period.