Why don't you wear a cup?

[Miscue]

I put a cup on top of thin gym shorts, and then pants on top. That's pretty comfortable for me.

[FalconGuy016]

I can hardly believe how many people here dont wear cups to me, its like a given

I've gotten shot there 4 times, FOUR, with a cup on. Never felt any of them. For a long while I had more crotch shots than I had regular hits

[Dayspring]

/me can't figure out why Falconguy is sticking his nether region someplace it could get shot at....

Originally posted by FalconGuy016
I can hardly believe how many people here dont wear cups to me, its like a given

I've gotten shot there 4 times, FOUR, with a cup on. Never felt any of them. For a long while I had more crotch shots than I had regular hits

[yeahthatsme]

i'm gonna try that soft cup idea, whenever i wear a cup when i play my thigh is always sore where the cup bumps.

[StygShore]

running shorts

My worst story is when I went out to ref at the local field, I showed up in Umbro shorts and spandex jogging shorts underneath. Normally when I ref, I would throw a 3 tube pouch in front to cover the boys...

Well, when I showed up, not enough people were there to play yet, so the 3 refs and 3 guys that came to play decided to throw some paint in the rentals and go at it for a few games.

First game on the break, I am scrambling to my bunker, take one directly into the left jewel...of course, I totally forgot to grab a 3 tube harness! I went down, slid into my bunker, came up and shot my guy out. The game ended quickly Mercifully! I stood up and commenced to coughing, nearly puking, and feeling the most intense pain in my life. I hobbled back to the dead zone and stuffed a zip loc bag of ice in my shorts and was done for the day.

Upon further inspection, I had caught one directly on the gnad! had a big welt and all. To this day, 8 months later, that nut still hurts if I move wrong!

Now, I always have something covering em!

Styg

[joeyjoe367]

I've been playing for quite some time now, and I've never gotten shot in the nuts. I say if you get shot in the nuts, you're doing something wrong.

If you're sitting behind a bunker and somehow you get shot in the nuts, I'll be VERY surprised.

If you're trying to bunker someone, on the other hand, that's more possible. the way I run up to a bunker in those sort of situations involves me hunching over a bit, trying to stay as small a target as possible, and it also involves me bending my knees a bit which protects my nads pretty good.

seems to work for me.

[cris8762]

uhi always tell myself i'm going to wear my cup, but i always forget to put it on b4 i go to play!

i usually dont get hit in the lower body, mostly on the gun, mask, and hopper if i get hit anywhere (unless i get bunkered cuz the rest of my team is already out )

[Vendetta]

First game on the break, I am scrambling to my bunker, take one directly into the left jewel...of course, I totally forgot to grab a 3 tube harness! I went down, slid into my bunker, came up and shot my guy out.

Um did the paintball break? If it did I say you deserve it for cheating.

[StygShore]

broken nuts

Nope, the ball that tagged me on the start did not break - seems like they hurt worse when that happens!!!

The delay in coming out of the bunker was checking for a break of the paint or my ball!!!

I found that the foam from RAVEN knee pads works very well as a soft cup, one side of it is soft foam, the other is compressed type closed cell foam.


I have taken a few playing at TIP, and never felt a one since I started wearing the soft cup.

[Sputnik]

Originally posted by Robert Buckel
I never wear a cup but I had a friend that wore one.

Story Goes like this. Running through trees getting bunkered. Shot in Cup. Cup cracked in middle. Pinched Dingaling. Blood.

I will never wear one now. I have seen it first hand.

The first part definately concerns me... but, that whole scenario was lost when I read that you have "seen it first hand". Sorry! Poorly worded! hehehe

Anyway, this is one of those topics that peeps that haven't had it happen shrug it off, those that have gotten tagged are looking for boiler plates and chainmail. I used the old 2 loaders on a belt, but, like the idea of these "soft cups".

God save the jewels! A softcup for all! It only makes sense!

[MX9009]

1 time a guy didnt know where i was hense he was on the side of the bunker i could easily shoot at, i shot him in the stomach and he didnt go out and whiped it cause he didnt know i was thier and didnt think anyone was looking so i shot him as fast as i could with my trigger pull and i must of hit him 15 times in the stomach and 5 to the groin lol the ref had to come and carry him off the field crying


LESSON TO BE LEARNED:
DONT WHIPE MY BEAUTIFUL COLORING OFF UR SHIRT

[Derman2k]

Owieeee

I got shot there about 5 times over 7 years...never wore a cup...Its to restricting and it hurts. Sure they hurt reallly bad but i'd rather be able to crouch without having plastic/rubbery stuff rub on my thighs and make them sore too

[dawump]

I started playing with a cup, and now if I forget I feel REAL uncomfortable out there, especially sitting behind a bunker with my legs open.. Ouch. Get hit there and you're gonna sound like Michael Jackson for two weeks.

I wear a thin pair of tight underwear, THEN a hard cup, then another pair of underwear or a cup holder to hold it all in place and it's real comfortable.

The big problem with the hard cups is that rubbery edge which seems to have been designed by a sadist with an exfoliation fetish. If you wear something underneath it takes care of that.

I did a 24 hour scenario game once with the cup against my skin, and jeez, I couldn't walk in a straight line for a week.

Keith

[Lakeview Bulldog]

I wear a cup for football for our 4hr practices and it never bothered me. I wear one for paintball just cause I know how much that hurts. Everyone knows that its funny until it happens to you. And I dont know about you guys but I sure wouldnt want to be taken to the emergency cuz I got shot in the crotch. I vote that this become a classic thread. Very informational about the pros and cons of cup usage.

[rpm07]

I dont wear one. I have been married 11 years the jewels arent used that much so getting shot in them would turn me on.