Would you pull the trigger? An ethics poll

[Tyger]

Ok, here's the situation. I'm asking this here to kinda get a 'feel'. Plus, it's been bugging me. True story from this weekend.

The field has a "Rambo Rule", if you can touch another player, that person is out. The chrony speed is 285 MAX.

You're playing in a house-to-house style field. You found yourself in a hut that has one door, and several small windows to shoot out of. The windows are, on average, 3-6 inches tall and wide. At this point in the game, you have not been spotted by the opponents.

The other team is surrounding your position, and one oppsing player uses your building as cover from your teammates. The opponent is opposite the only door. He presses his body into the bulding. By doing this, he has pressed his "Junk" into the small 3 inch tall by 6 inch wide hole you had been shooting through. The muzzle of your paintgun is not only touching, but pressing into by almost an inch, the opponent's crotch.

Do you take the shot? Do you tell the player he's been "Ramboed"? I'm curious to what you all think.

-Tyger

[kosmo]

If they have a rambo rule, then he is already out and there is no need to fire. Unless he tries some funny business anyway, then by all means, ensure his stupidity doesnt corrupt the gene pool. Besides, its always good to try and get a free beer.

But if you save his nads and he gives no beer, open your car door into his crotch, or drop a case of paint or something.

[OfficerGoat]

Hmmmm... I would sneak to the other side of the bldg so to move out of rambo range and then put two or three into him..... Im a fatherless son however

Personaly I have been known to go specificaly for the *** if I blindside bunker someone. Makes me giggle for the rest of the day knowing that your the reason that the poor bugger has to sit funny.

Seriously though it all depends on weather you thought you could get him out w/o hurting him... if you could then do so.. if not.. well then not.

Personaly when I am rec-balling and I bunker someone I give them a quick shot at surendering. If they dont take it, I shoot. If they start to bring their barrel around I shoot. No reason to smoke some poor kid and have him hate the sport unnecicarily.

[OfficerGoat]

BTW Tyger... you should really avoid putting your "Junk" up against exposed windows, you are just asking to get nailed.

[jdev]

yea, by definition of rambo rule, he is definitely out. if you say that to the player, and he tries something funny.. go for the gusto. by the time the player moves, you should be able to angle your marker to hit him in the thighs or other part of the leg.. going for the junk is a judgement call.

[shartley]

[Clare]

I'd let him know that he was out. Besides, I don't like to see guys cry.

[Albinonewt]

I didn't even read the poll or any of your explanation.

I always pull the trigger. And then repeat the Mantra "Officer, I felt my life was in danger"

[dansim]

Originally posted by Albinonewt


I always pull the trigger. And then repeat the Mantra "Officer, I felt my life was in danger"

agreed

[OfficerGoat]

Originally posted by Albinonewt
I didn't even read the poll or any of your explanation.

I always pull the trigger. And then repeat the Mantra "Officer, I felt my life was in danger"

ITS HEADING RIGHT FOR US!!!!!

[MantisMag]

albinoo & officergoat - lmao!

if you're pressing into him and you still have to tell him he's been ramboed something is wrong. maybe he likes it. :o

[deathstalker]

Not to get technical with the rules, but I thought Sam's "Rambo" rule states you have to touch him with your hand, not the gun. Maybe you should start a new poll: "Should I have groped another player to get him out?"

When I got rambo'd last year, I was stabbed in the shoulder with the guy's barrel and the refs told me to keep playing (three of them were within 20 feet of me and they all said the same thing). They said they don't want to risk anyone getting injured and using the barrel of your gun to tag someone can hurt because people jab with it. It also increases the chance that the person doing the rambo'ing accidentally pulls the trigger with his barrel against someone's body. Harry told us that this occurred over the weekend and the guy had the ugliest welt he's ever seen.

[Wc Keep]

i was reffing a couple of weeks ago and i took one right to the "junk" actually it was to my left little buddy. and i must say it is the most unimaginable pain you can ever experience. i would put it up there with giving birth. the shot was taken from about 15 feet away and all the players chronoed in at 290ish.

i would definately not pull the trigger unless when i went to "rambo" the guy he turned on me.i would also pull the trigger if it were someone i didnt like. like joey d.


p.s. jk susan.

[Heebs]

Your field's Rambo Rule is just about as useless as surrendering someone within 10 ft. Just shoot the guy since he would do the same to you if he was in your shoes. You gotta be pretty dumb to press your junk up against an opening and have a guy jam his barrel into it. Sides if the guy is so worried he should of screamed out as fast as humanly possible. Id give him about 2 secs before I fired.

Heebs

[wobbles82]

Well, at least we know you didnt go ahead and touch him, that coulda started a whole new thread.

Anyways, I think you should have pulled the rule on him, yelled through that he was out, and if he pulled something, give him a few shots. When I was playing recball a few weeks ago, somebody was like 30 feet away andt tried to make me surrender, lol, and I just shot right through him. If I were the guy I would have tried to shoot you..I never give up..wait, well maybbee in this case. But definately make him aware of whats gonna happen.