Im back, and have a bit of a rant

[cris8762]

oh man, something like that happened to me last week, i was playing the back center standup and i got hit while reloading and looking out, so i call myself out, raise my gun over my head and beegin briskly walking off the field, about 4 or 5 steps out of my bunker, ig et shot in the back of the head twice and my gun gets lit up like 6 times!!!!

Needless to say, i almost blew up on the guy that did that to me (he is on my team and we were practicing so i didnt say much except for a few very harsh words aloud when he lit my gun up.....somewhere along the lines of *EDIT* Blatant cussing, and circumventing the cuss filters will get you a temp ban. Do not try that again. Army


that seriously pissed me off because i had to sit out for 3 games to make sure that the paint didnt screw up my circuit board (i was shooting my impulse) because the dude literally painted my gun orange, from the grip fram to the top chamber!!!

also that day, this guy was running ACROSS THE FIELD with his marker IN THE AIR, while saying that he was out, and the SAME guy proceeded to follow him, shooting him a few times along the way!!!!

we are now considerring finding a few replacements..........

[Miscue]

I had a fall out with PB because of rampant cheating. I try to organize games with people I know and trust. I also try to talk with the field owners and voice the issues I have... although unfortunately I've yet to meet one that wasn't a tool... so... :)

[Trench]

Sad to hear this, but sometimes things happen...

[1stdeadeye]

Find a better field!

I got out of paintball 6 years ago. I just started getting back into it this past spring. I know the game has changed a ton, but quality s still quality. Play at a quality field with good refs and you will not have a better paintball experience!

I play On-Target in Pemberton now because it is a great field. They take charge and keep it fun. Yes, "Bonus Balling" still happens, but there anything more then 3 and you are sitting out a game. More then a few events and you are going home!

Welcome back and enjoy!

[845]

Bonus balling someone 15 times is uncalled for. I could understand maybe shooting the guy once as he was walking off the field because he turned around and gave you the finger, but shooting anybody 15 times especially when they're dead is just being a newb. Its not cool to bonus ball+most likely if that person got shot 15 times when he was eliminated he would throw a fit.

[Fred]

I have played two times at fields where TWIBS or real tourney teams are "practicing".

the first time the team named after a certain Battle Creek MI field that is only speedball, my two friends and I found ourselves the only walk-on players... when the home team that is practicing consists of about 16 guys with cockers/angels/bushies, and you're shooting two tippmann's and a Phantom, its not much fun at all.

I won't play there again, period.

the other time was at Futureball, and I actually offered to practice with the team in question since one of their players couldn't make it. We played drills,and I just sat back and took snap shots at the guy who was workin on stayin alive in a 2 on 1 situation. that was fun!
during the rest of the games they split their team up amongst the walkons, and played very fairly.

I don't play advanced class mostly to avoid the TWIBs, who just can't seem to figure out why people don't like them after they light up newbies and laugh about it in the staging area...

---Fred

[ogre55]

Chris:

Nice to here that you have not given it up entirely and kudos on the method you chose get back into it. If you want to find some stock class games, contact the Paintball Marshals (not a spelling error). Some of the most stand up boys and girls in the sport and also some of the best players out there.

Ogre

[Schnitzel]

Nobody likes to get more than necessary, I can certainly say that people don't like to get hit at all(they wanna stay in the game right?) But 15 bonus shots is outrageous. I dont know what I would have done if it were me, I don't even like to think of myself in those situations, it makes me uncomfortable.

I have received some accidental hits before, not more than 4 at a time, and everybody knows it sucks. But then again, I've been guilty of some accidental shots as well. Everybody knows how intense some games may get, sometimes your reactions are quicker than logical thoughts, and you light someone up. Then you feel like a total idiot.

So when it happens to me, sure I get irritated, but then at about the same time we realize what has transpired, and I hold no grudges, because it could have easily been me in that situation.

I try hard to look at things in more than one way, it helps me to better understand most people. But yes, 15 is nuts....maybe they should hold drug screening events before entering the field?

[Chris]

Thanks for the support guys, but I think you are taking this bonus balling thing a little too far. Thats not why I got out, I quit cause I had no fun for a number of reasons. The bonus balling incident was just the final one. The biggest one for me was the blatant cheating that went on. What the kid did was way out of line, accidental or not. Had it been three or four balls instead of fifteen, it would have had the same outcome for me. I still wasnt having a good time playing. Anyways, I will be playing at a new field, with a number of pump guys, maybe I will see you there.

-Chris