adults only paintball?

[Xerces]

theres not enought fields around (or at least here) to be excluding people. besides, why would age limits change anything for the better anyway?

[Scootyd]

I understand both your points(the kids,and the whiny adults),I've seen both.If fields do an 'adults only' field,then there should be a 'kids only' day or some other such thing.

I will agree with warped1. What's good for the goose is good for the gander and paintball is a sport for everybody.

[oldsoldier]

Jack, I am in the same boat. Maybe one night adults only, one night kids only. Something like that. But, I get tired of the young pissant attitudes sometimes....oh well, guess I'm just getting old

[Smoke]

I think the "adult swim" idea is good. You can't exclude younger players, they're the future! but yeah, maybe an 18+ night at some field would be cool. Personally, I can't understand what some of these kids are saying on the field, cuz they got high pitched voices screaming under a mask that muffels thier voice! lol!!!

[WARPED1]

We don't need seperate fields to open,just set aside(for example)every other weekend for adults only,or "sat is 12-17 year olds only!",and "sun is 18 and up only!"etc etc.

[battlegroup]

I would love having Adults only time, to eliminate some of the really young kids. (12-15) Let them play with other kids and build skill. I'm not a great player but I hate when young new players call themselves out when they haven't been hit, because they are scared.

I live in Pensacola Florida and some guys started the Pensacola Painball League. There is a website www.pensacolapaintball.com that lists where everyone in the league is going that weekend. If you work it right you can get all the adults to go to one place on one day and there may be kids there but overall it will be adults. Kids who need rides to places usually go to the same place that their parents know. If you go to a place that has few kids you'll be golden.

[Darkstorm]

No Kids...to much work.

Jack....look you need to sitdown and shut up. You are going to spoil a damn good thing us old guys got going. Of course, at 35 I am in the young old crowd.

Consider...a game of centerflag push with the box in the middle...without some 14 yr to go run and get it one of old farts would have to. It takes 2 minutes to get that far.

And where would I get my flushers...you know that group of 12 yrs that run in front of you and flushes the other players out of their hiding positions and keep you from getting shot from the side with your bad eye.

And I would miss all those bunker attempts. The 16 yr that just saw a pro do it and doesn't realize that he is not suppose to come running at your bunker when you are looking at him.

I can just see it now, back players with flatlines and rocking chairs, mid-players with bifocals and super electro guns(because we can afford it), and front players with electic wheel chairs (thay can move the fastest). Of course the major sponsors would be Viagra, Oldsmobile, and IBProfen.


ROFLMAO....

[CRog075]

IF you want to play with people your age than go make a private group thing or w/e its called to your field, so its the people your age Not that hard now, is it?

[WARPED1]

Originally posted by CRog075
IF you want to play with people your age than go make a private group thing or w/e its called to your field, so its the people your age Not that hard now, is it?

But pb is all about meeting new people too.

[GeoffreyInNJ]

The closest to 18 and over that I have seen at a field, was at the New Jersey Paintball Club in West Milford, NJ.

On their walkon days, it is 16 and over, unless you are acommpanied by an adult. They strongly reccoment players under 16 play in a private group.

[aaron_mag]

Weighing in at the old age of 31 I can partially understand where you are coming from. The most fun I have playing is when we manage to get all the high school chums together for a battle royal.

I do enjoy playing with the young ones as well, however. The funny thing is that if you just are nice enough to talk with those young players you suddenly have an army of firepower following you.

Sometimes the army can start getting annoying.

[Smitty2k1]

Now let me start by saying Im just 16, but here are my thoughts:

First off, Im guessing with the 18+ thing your going for an 'adult' atmosphere, which is totally reasonable, but then make it 100% and say even kids with adult supervision cant be on. But one other thing, IMO 18 year olds, arnt a whole lot different than 16 year olds, except the can legaly smoke and buy porn. They are a bit more knowledgeable (I cant spell...) and maybe a bit more mature, but get 3 or 4 of them together and you wont be able to tell the difference. Make it like 23+ or so, beats me, but 18 year olds arnt that mature :)

Now I admit, almost 90% of the times I go paintballing, I get worked up in a bit of a frenzy and get outspoken and bossy, and I realize that thoes little kids that look like idiots to me, I probly look like an even bigger idiot to the older guys watching. Ive been working on keeping that to a minimum, but sometimes (even during P.E. at school) I just get really worked up and VERY competative, even if Im totally sucking.

[shartley]

Originally posted by eric
Why do you say tha adults would be more mature/better sports? Ive seen just as many adults cheat and whine as I have kids my age(im 15 BTW). In fact most of the kids who play regulary that I know are WAY more honest then some of the older guys I know. If you dont wanna be arouund kids why dont you go somewhere else in the staging area?

Originally posted by eric
Most places are only open 2 days a week, and if you have an adult day then that takes away half of the time I can play. If Sunday is adult day and I work on saturdays then I dont get to play unless I have a day off. SO hows that fair, adults can play whenever they want, and kids only get to play certain days?

Originally posted by eric
Quit whining ya old geezers. You guys are probably just lookin for an excuse cause you cant hack it with us anymore.

[WARPED1]

My saturday and sunday thing was just an example.

[-=Squid=-]

You know, some kids are a lot smarter and more mature than adults..Do you ever watch videos of the pros when they get shot out? At my field I have NEVER reffed a game and seen somebody throw a temper tantrum, all but once. The person was a grown man who was screaming and cussing, and proceeded to come at me! Adults can be so ignorant when it comes to children. They think because they were born earlier they are the superior. Although SHartley is my hero :) he can get on my nerves for this such reason. And on the matter of the adults only paintball field, if you could have kids play with parents there anyways, whats the point? Kids kick the grownups *** anyways :)

edit: About the "kids running around" thing. Thats another statement which is true for nebies. You think all grownups are competitive speedball/tourney players? NO! I am only 15 and go to 1 tournement a month, captain an organized FULLY sponsored team...you know, grownups are crazed sometimes, mabe I will understand when Im "older"


edit again: About kids throwing temper tantrums and such, mabe if your field had the balls to make them sit out a game, or punish them in some way for breaking the rules you wouldnt have that problem. At my field when a kid or somebody freaks out, we make them sit out for a game. Only once has this happened however.