Letters To and From PMI regarding the "Evil" line of Products

[agdemagman69]

ok, you guys are taking this WAYYYYYYYYY to seriously....

we need to be able to laugh at ourselves, for example i saw a player at an nppl event that had a shirt that said "Paintball sucks"... i laughed

[TastePAINt88]

Originally posted by Fred
Thanks for your input Tom!

TastePAINt88- I am stating that I am not going to use, or purchase anything from the Evil line of products, there is no official boycott of any kind. If you choose for yourself to also not use their products, I find we're in very close agreement.

Im not going to be buying any kind of evil products anytime soon I think, but they went a bit too far for this product line"These are heavily padded over the back of the glove and over the knuckles, to carefully protect your hands during a fist fight." What are they now trying to promote, Im wondering if I should still get RPS paint. BUt I mean, Im definatly with the boycott of Evil, if there is one, or just to myself. Doesnt matter though.

[shartley]

Originally posted by agdemagman69
ok, you guys are taking this WAYYYYYYYYY to seriously....

we need to be able to laugh at ourselves, for example i saw a player at an nppl event that had a shirt that said "Paintball sucks"... i laughed

[RamboPreacher]

republic of ours a great place to live and work. I couldn't imagine living in a country that restricted or outlawed paintball like in non-American locations around the world.

It's up to us to educate the populous and politicians and movie producers, and manufactures, etc about paintball. Paintball is a fun; family sport, and even big fat, bald, ugly guys like me can play and have a great time.

[RP stepping down off his soap-box]

[agdemagman69]

I agree that discussing this is good.

First off, i think we can all agree that SOME REFS SUCK... either there not paying attention or there making bogus calls.

Just because they say "its got extra padding which is great for a fist fight" DOESNT MEAN PEOPLE ARE GONNA BUY THEM TO FIGHT WITH... IT WAS A JOKE, they were making a statement about how heavily padded it was. (and dont start complaining about padding/ bounces)

there just advertising there things differently, its got a pizazz to it. its differnt than the cold advertising from other companies.

I love Evil paint, it all i use because it is the best paint out there. And they have statements on the box that say "not for newbies" and "this paint will make you a better player" But when i bought the paint i didnt judge it by what it said on the box, i judged it by the quality.
and i think thats what you people should do too. DO NOT judge them until you try their products... The majority of their products dont have any slogans on them (only the shirts do) so its not like your going to be displaying these slanderous phrases all over your fields. I would suggest only boycotting the shirts.

[shartley]

Originally posted by agdemagman69
I love Evil paint, it all i use because it is the best paint out there. And they have statements on the box that say "not for newbies" and "this paint will make you a better player" But when i bought the paint i didnt judge it by what it said on the box, i judged it by the quality.
and i think thats what you people should do too. DO NOT judge them until you try their products... The majority of their products dont have any slogans on them (only the shirts do) so its not like your going to be displaying these slanderous phrases all over your fields. I would suggest only boycotting the shirts.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

I didnt find their products offensive what so ever. I respect those of you who do. If you feel the need to boycot great paint and great products just because of a slogan then thats your choice. I've shot Evil paint on and off for a while now and i love it. If i ever see one of the t shirts around that "promote bad things" i will probably buy one of those too...just for kicks. By buying a shirt doesnt mean im gunna wipe paint. By buying gloves that have padded knuckles doesnt mean im gunna go start a fight.

And yes cheating is a part of our sport at all levels. It just gets more serious and more talked about it the pro's. But like it or not we will never be able to eliminate cheating no matter how long we b****. It is something that will happen whether EVIL paintball is around or not.

[Shaft]

Looks like a good ad campaign to me.
They managed to take a new product line (which looks exactly like everyone else's product line) and look...
They scored a three page thread on the biggest paintball forum!

Sides.. I think the site and everything is good stuff. I don't believe in sheltering the ignorant and stupid. I think PC has gone overboard.

[agdemagman69]

no, i disaggree...

If you dont buy their shirts, then they will realize that they are not selling, and since their not making selling, then there not making $$$, and since they are not making $$ they will most likely STOP SELLING THEM....

[IAMJaws]

[shartley]

Originally posted by agdemagman69
no, i disaggree...

If you dont buy their shirts, then they will realize that they are not selling, and since their not making selling, then there not making $$$, and since they are not making $$ they will most likely STOP SELLING THEM....

[shartley]

Originally posted by IAMJaws

[Fred]

Originally posted by IAMJaws


when I said mature I meant mature like one who could see an R rated movie.

Being old enough to view R-rated movies is different than being mature enough to select what material you want to expose yourself to, and what material you would personally promote.

[Fred]

Originally posted by RamboPreacher


As a paintball activist of sorts, I tell people that "YOU" are the somebody and YOU should be the one telling people. Write to the producers, send emails to the webmasters -whatever you want, but don't try to get somebody else to do it for you.

Step out of the comfort-zone. If we don't have time to write an email or letter, then it must not be a very big priority, now, right?

YES! EXACTLY!

[IAMJaws]

I would advise you to perhaps you re-examine your own argument, to determine its original impact, and how I may have construde it as a attack on myself.

Besides, my entier point is that somepeople around here have to develope a bit of a sence of humor.

Also, citing my use of "personal Insults" and critisizing my debating technique, really dosen't prove you point any better either.

Get rid of thoes "personal insults" and there are stil alot of valid counterpoints to your response

Another point is we've wasted three pages on these small potatoes.

were being entierly too politically correct on this subject.
last thing this sport needs is a bunch of sanctamonious whiners running around turning paintball into major league Baseball, and the NFL.