"Mags for F*gs?" No way!

[Dan_Gleesac]

This past Friday i went to a place to play paintball, nothing abnormal about that. This kid, who was probably about 10 years old, was having problems with his mag barrel (he was a nub and couldnt get it in). So i see him walk back and hes crying. Apparently the guy at the register told him that a mag was a pus*y gun and that he wouldnt help the kid. (the kid also needed help with the chrono)

After i heard this i was about to take my tank and slap him around with it a little bit... what would you have done?

[Army]

I deleted the rest of this thread as per request. It turned from a statement of an apparant poor judgement by a field owner, to something akin to a lynch mob.

Do NOT send nasty Email to Rooster, do NOT send nasty Email to the field, do NOT slam the field, owner, teams, or players in any other forum or site.

This as been an excercise in foolishness, and you are all to blame for it ending this way.

[Thordic]

I never thought honest criticism of business practices would be censored on AO.

I'm very dissapointed.

From now on I guess we are only allowed to say things that make people happy instead of speaking the truth.

[shartley]

[Gadget]

I think it's fair enough deleting the contents of the thread, there was a lot of confusion over who the 'bad man' in question was, with innocent parties being blamed and an entire field having its reputation destroyed because of one unverified post.

'Name and shame' is great, when you know exactly who is to blame. Posts which end up with "well I THINK it was this guy but...." don't do anyone any favours.

[Thordic]

Gadget, other issues were brought up in this thread other than the original issue.

Why does this thread get deleted when so many Jim Drew threads have gone on unchecked?

I guess Rooster has friends that Jim doesnt...

And Army, you can delete my posts here all you want if it makes you happy, but what I do elsewhere is none of your goddamn business.

[shartley]

Originally posted by Gadget
I think it's fair enough deleting the contents of the thread, there was a lot of confusion over who the 'bad man' in question was, with innocent parties being blamed and an entire field having its reputation destroyed because of one unverified post.

'Name and shame' is great, when you know exactly who is to blame. Posts which end up with "well I THINK it was this guy but...." don't do anyone any favours.

[JEDI]

Originally posted by Thordic
Gadget, other issues were brought up in this thread other than the original issue.

Why does this thread get deleted when so many Jim Drew threads have gone on unchecked?

I guess Rooster has friends that Jim doesnt...

And Army, you can delete my posts here all you want if it makes you happy, but what I do elsewhere is none of your goddamn business.

You know what I agree 100%. What the heck is goin on here lately on AO. We have AGD employees flying off the handle on us, Mods deciding what opinions are valid, and whom we are allowed to Email or interact with. Now entire threads are being deleted because they're not about "which gun should I get?". I personally get sick when I see 4 pages of replies bashing Jim Drew, go unchecked. I guess hype is a far worse crime around here than rude or demeaning behavior by a feild owner.

Whats the point of this forum anyway? You can't speek your mind. You cant call someone out on poor behavior, and god forbid your views differ from the moderators. I think I'm starting to choke on the overboard PC attitude of this place. At least on PBnation, you feel you've thoroughly been able to convey your thoughts. And yeah, maybe I'm crude, but a few 4 letter words never killed any one.

Do me a favor, chop this up, and edit so that it is favorable to everyone.

[ezrunner]

Seriously

Unless this was at the owner of the thread's request, I think this is a serious issue.

I'm not slamming Army, I'm sure someone asked him. I think it is fitting to know who it was.

If this was not done at the request of the poster, then I'm about to rethink my views here.

There were comments made but mostly those were in sarcasm, if they were not, several regulars followed up to it.

-rob

[PolishSausage]

Originally posted by Thordic
Gadget, other issues were brought up in this thread other than the original issue.

Why does this thread get deleted when so many Jim Drew threads have gone on unchecked?

I guess Rooster has friends that Jim doesnt...

And Army, you can delete my posts here all you want if it makes you happy, but what I do elsewhere is none of your goddamn business.

Agreed, completely......

[Gadget]

Hey I'm not being critical of anyone, maybe I missed the other areas of discussion, but when I read the original thread it seemed to be a witchhunt where no-one knew who the bad guy was and people were flinging accusations at 'fat guys who might have been to blame'.

But I do agree that it might have been better to delete the ENTIRE thread rather than leave the top post there and let it all kick off again.

[WARPED1]

To me, it wasn't the issue of what he allegedly said, but to who(this was never verified btw.) this person allegedly said it too. A 10 YEAR OLD CHILD!
THIS IS INEXCUSABLE ON SO MANY FRONTS i 'M NOT GOING TO LIST THEM ALL. Even if you're having a bad day, you don't talk to a kid like that. No matter how much you dislike his marker.

[ezrunner]

beyond that

More than the fact that a kid was involved,

If you run a field, and someone comes to your field to pay you to play, then you should be professionally courteous to them.

Some kid with a mag is not impressed that you have 2 trophies and an angel. Get over it. He just wants to play some ball.

If this actually happened, it could have been an off the cuff remark that was intended as harsh humor, but a sensitive kid took it too literally. Then the person involved wasn't man enough to appologize and console the kid.

-rob

[Gadget]

Warped - I agree 100%, upsetting a small child simply because of what marker they run isn't nice. However like you said, none of this was ever verified yet a lynch mob was formed nevertheless.

There was quite a bit of feedback from regulars at that field who reckon that the people who own it are very laid back, friendly and pro-mags, which would seem to cast some doubt on who allegedly upset the kid in the first place.

[JEDI]

Ok wait...we're back on the topic. So can we expect to have the thread deleted in a day or so?