Issues with AGD Pride

[skirts]

may i also add that the player who this issue is concerning will not be playing with us at world cup... it was under consideration but will not be happening...

i hope everyone sees that this is our way of preventing negativity from taking over what i would like to consider a very positive team and marketing tool for AGD

chester and chance from the AGD lions/kids will be our #9 and #10 players for 10-man novice in orlando...

we hope anyone that can make it will come out and cheer us on...

peace
skirts

[GT]

Re: Oh poo.

Shartly,
good lord can we bring down the verberage in your posts. its like a book in every thread. I dont think its wrong to pick a guy up last minute. Tourney ball is pricey and when you have to play, or your team, put someone in!

Originally posted by raehl
Let's see some personal responsibility for a change. If someone is shooting a tthe crowd, it's because THEY are immature, period. I'd hope the team would simply not invite that player out to play with them again. It was poor form, period.


- Chris

I hear ya Chris. Seems simple enough to me to pull the guy for safety, err insurance & liability, and send him home packing.

jb

[cphilip]

Re: Oh poo.

Originally posted by raehl
...And skirts has played NCPA ball, so he should know this.

Let's see some personal responsibility for a change. If someone is shooting a the crowd, it's because THEY are immature, period. I'd hope the team would simply not invite that player out to play with them again. It was poor form, period.


- Chris

I certainly know he does Chris. He is speaking for the team and, in this instance, he is not directly speaking for the member that played "fill in" and was responsible for blowing his cool that day. Because he cannot speak for that person. However he is trying to speak for the team itself and its position. No one is condoning this at all. Well perhaps certain AO members will but you see you have to seperate that from the people who are directly involved and what they say and do. Not everyone that has a comment.

And Skirts and the other team members are dealing with a member that played that day on the team that reflected back on them negatively in a moment of anger (justified or not). So they must keep responses fairly general in that respect.

And I am certain it will be properly delt with. And I am certain the other regular members of the team agree with that way of handling it. As in everything, some personnel matters are kept private. As much as you might like to have them shared it's only fair to do that. The future situation and affiliation with this particular person will be kept private. This is not subject to public mud-raking. Sorry but not all things are public. No matter how it looks to keep them private sometimes people have to do some things in private when it comes to personnel matters. Certain things will be always be delt with privately. But rest assured they will be delt with. I do know that. Sorry I cannot give you more. You just have to trust sometimes.

[Lord_Whoopass]

Hey I would just like to say that I have played against AGD players a couple times(Pride and Kids)... A couple last winter at BFG and most recently against Skirts in Marquette... They all have great attitudes on and off the field... And yes I would like to add that teams do have people fill in... LOL I just did it this weekend... Me and my front man needed another guy so we picked up a friend from school who plays for Insolence... If you went to marquette you would know who I am talking about... He had shorts on w/ long socks and looked alot like a Rodeo clown...

lol And on another note... you should have picked me up for the 5-man... hehe but I dont play front so I couldnt have filled in for you skirts... And great job on all your wins recently...

[raehl]

Yeah...

I'm not talking to/about Skirts or really even about this particular incident, I'm just railing on the oft-touted "Paintball is an aggressive sport and its understanable if people go over the edge" excuse. It's bollucks. Thread is just an opportunity to reiterate that point.

- Chris

[Big_Chops]

awwwwwwww skirts beat be to it. i was going to explain who rob was and that he is not part of the team and so on. once i heard of this i knew it wasn't one of teh guys on pride because i know them all except for skirts and they are very well mannered and wouldn't do somthing like that

[cphilip]

Re: Yeah...

Originally posted by raehl
I'm not talking to/about Skirts or really even about this particular incident, I'm just railing on the oft-touted "Paintball is an aggressive sport and its understanable if people go over the edge" excuse. It's bollucks. Thread is just an opportunity to reiterate that point.

- Chris

Understood Chris and good time to air it out! True dat is all of it....

[Halliday]

Originally posted by DiRTyBuNNy
I'm sorry to tell you, dude...and I don't mean to burst your innocence bubble...but that's not a big deal...it happens at just about every tourney I've ever been to. People cheat...people are jerks...and you know what...it's never going to go away no matter how bad it hurts your feelings. Sorry, you either have to learn to live with it or go play rec-ball for the rest of your life...

How sad. That gives me the impression that the tourney scene is bad and you just have to conform to the cheaters and not make the situation better.

That is the kind of attitude that will keep paintball a fringe / "extreme" / non-televised sport.

[RRfireblade]

Re: Re: Oh poo.

Originally posted by cphilip


No one is condoning this at all. Well perhaps certain AO members will but you see you have to seperate that from the people who are directly involved and what they say and do.

I don't think anyone's condoning it either,at least I know I don't.I personally just think that it's not like a major incident.It's not going to degrade the image AGD or Pride in any way.It was just one of the many stupid behavors that you see at most Tournys,and your not really able to do anything about and doesn't really effect the overall game.

[1stdeadeye]

Hey look at the brightside of this. At least Skirts didn't play sick and then go hide in the woods and snipe at opponents with a black x-mag!

What I will say though is Public Praise...Private Criticism. It sounds like Skirts knows whats what. You don't execute a person in public. It will ruin your relationship with them. I am sure in private, the offender was lambasted and dismissed. Just for the sake of courtesy, you can not do such a thing in public if you have an ounce of class!

[skirts]

probably not the time or place for this but...

i wanted to show off the new evil t-shirt that i won at the 3-man in marquette this past weekend... (since someone mentioned cheating and tournaments)


skirts

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Originally posted by Halliday


How sad. That gives me the impression that the tourney scene is bad and you just have to conform to the cheaters and not make the situation better.

That is the kind of attitude that will keep paintball a fringe / "extreme" / non-televised sport.

I never said I condoned the behavior because I don't and I myself have never wiped. I just stated that it happens. Go watch the Traumahead 2003 LA Open Video...then you'll know what I mean...