My thoughts on kids (11-14yr olds) playing paintball

[mjs1217]

Captain Jack, granted that all sports have stupid people doing stupid things in them, but paintball already has a bad reputation, falsely of course. This is due in part to all the TV programs capturing the sport as a war game and not a fun, capture the flag-type game. This allows the incidents to have a greater impact on the sport. Also, I do usually talk "like this", if by that you mean using my vocabulary to it's full extent, and using correct punctuation, capitilization, and grammar. Although most kids my age do not do any of these, the entire point of this thread is to show that not all kids my age are the people who act like idiots and use incorrect grammar.

[logamus]

mjs, you are fighting an uphill battle. one that your "maturity" should steer you away from imho. the number of 11-14 yo males that behave in a respectable manner is so minute compared to the total number in that classification that its a point not really worth debating. nobody likes being sterotyped, but the fact is that sterotypes are there because for the vast majority of that group the type holds true. you see, for every "mature" 13 yo boy out there you will find one million punk 13 yo boys. my advice to you is to do the mature thing and walk away from this thread as it becomes engulfed in flames.

ps: remember to only post your sig once per thread.

[Peach]

I think 15 year olds should be included in this too. Today I was walking back from a Fread Meyers(Like a Target) through an apartment complex with a friend. Due to some strange compulsion to buy something that shoots, I purchased a 2 dollar and 50 cent dart gun. It shoots little rubber darts that go about 13 feet. Anyways, on our way through the appartment complex we spotted some ducks. Muahah . So, right as Iwas going to pull the trigger, some hick on the seccond level yelled at us. Something to the extent of, "If you touch that duck I'm gunna shoot ya." Now, the adult part of me said, "Just walk away." But! The kid part of me... Well, you know... Blast the damn duck! I'm 99.9% mature at all times... But shooting the duck was fun! We ran like hell laughing really hard... Lol...

I'm sure you've done something stupid, you're no angel, none of us are. A sin is a sin in Gods eyes, great or small the same punishment applies. I'd take logamus' advise and stop acting like an egocentric rich kid. Just because you decide to plan your posts in such a way a college student writing his doctoral thesis would to prove you are "mature" is not setting a very good example.

[Schnitzel]

I applaud you for your mature perspective on how things can be screwed up by a few...not many people your age seem to think that way, I would even say that some twice your age display less maturity.

...And as for jumping on him for using grammar and punctuation, those who bagged on him should be ashamed. There's nothing wrong with taking pride in what you write. Puncuative and syntax rules were created to be used, not to be used as an example to dump on someone because it seems out of mature context.

And peach, I don't know if you're aware of it, but the roller blader that was sent into a coma, he died later. A comment such as: "thats sad, but i would have paid to see that", kinda takes a different light, doesn't it? So if you want to talk maturity, I'll pay to see it.

[Peach]

Was he wearing protective gear?

[Army]

Idiots are found at all ages. Keep playing straight up ball to set the example.




(...and you spelled "grammar" wrong )

[_Spork_1]

Originally posted by mjs1217
[B]Spork, yes I suppose I may have been wrong. A kid shooting off another kid's ear and making him deaf in that ear for life doesnt set back the sport, it just temporarily delays it right?
B]

what, i don't even believe taht

that's just being stupid,

[Schnitzel]

thanks army.

As far as protective gear goes, he surely wasn't wearing any paintball gear, as he wasn't engaged in the sport. Apparently some kids shot at him on a bike/rollerblade path from their house. People say that he lost his balance, and fell backwards, striking his head on the pavement, so as far as rollerblade protective gear goes, I don't think he was wearing a helmet. I also dont think he lasted 72 hrs.

in retrospect, Peach, I apologize if my comments may have come off as rude and/or harsh. I jest felt really bad for the man, and anger was my expression. Sorry if I offended you.

[gDawg]

why are you even debating this, somebody getting shot by some idiot kids is not gonna make paintball any less of a sport...

[TheBigRaguPB4L]

Originally posted by Schnitzel


...And as for jumping on him for using grammar and punctuation, those who bagged on him should be ashamed. There's nothing wrong with taking pride in what you write. Puncuative and syntax rules were created to be used, not to be used as an example to dump on someone because it seems out of mature context.

Have some idiot write one big run on paragraph and there's 80 people there to yell at him. Have someone write something relatively properly and he gets told that he shouldn't write it properly because he's 13. Makes sense to me.

I really don't think that idiot kids shooting people from their cars is going to hurt the sport. Sure it's really not going to help it, but it's really not going to do anything severe. How many people have died from getting beaten to death with a baseball bat? Oh no, it's dangerous, better ban it. Not going to happen. People are going to use things as how they're not intended. There will even be idiot liberals that think by banning the sport, that such incedents will cease. Paintball is still growing, and i really doubt that a group of immature kids doing stupid things is going to change that.

[mjs1217]

Well, you do have a good point. However I still believe that all of the negitive incidents that involve immature use of a paintball marker or equipment will still have an impact on paintball, be it banning the sport, or maybe just a parent saying that his or her kid can't ever play it again. Both of those events, and everything inbetween, sets paintball back to some degree.

Also, for the record, paintball is already banned or heavily restricted in some areas. One such area is the entire country of Australia (no semi-auto markers allowed, and severe restrictions on all other markers available).

[mjs1217]

(By the way, I edited all my messages so I only have my signiture posted once due to logamus's suggestion)

[Snake847]

here is a Sociological point of view....80% of the pupulation do 20% of the work and 20% of the population do 80% of the work.
Example:
20% of the beer drinkers drink 80% of the beer.

[mjs1217]

While that was very amusing, what does it have to do with the thread?

[Snake847]

just commenting on the fact that a small number of the age group are mature, while the rest are still kids.