speedball --- dont like it

[-=Squid=-]

Originally posted by Zimbo


OW MAN! im gonna go cry myself to sleep!

See what I mean? You no longer even have a basis for argument...Or do you?

edit: Does ANYBODY have any basis for argument, now that I think of it? What more can be said? Woodsball players like woodsball, and speedball players like speedball. Granted, I primarily play speedball, but playing sniper is fun every once in a while However, why is it that the rec ballers are the ones who seem to be whining, excluding the few people who dont know how to use a keyboard basically saying woodsball is teh sux?

[Grade A Daga]

[BuNkErEd89]

couldnt u have came up with a better response? ur at a loss for words since u know u just got owned. oh wait, im 14, therefore i couldnt possibly be making sense in this post. sorry...hmm now wheres my mom so i can ask her if she will buy me an angel.

[luke]

36.

[-=Squid=-]

Originally posted by luke
36.

Lol! Good point...So, whos side are YOU on

[Infratracide]

In my area, both game types are equally available. I see both types of play as esential to the sport. Both are different and neither are going away. But in a way speedball just takes paintball to the next level, TV, which is not an option for woodsball. I think that speedball takes more athleticism and teamwork, it is a simple straightforward game that is easy to understand and fast moving. It has all the things players need to have fun and compete and all the things spectators want. The fact that the industry is continually redefining the game by changing styles and performance of equipment means that speedball and paintball in general will likely continue to change forever, the only bad thing in my opinion about paintball.

[Konigballer]

Who cares what Zimbo and other "old schoolers" think about speedball or us as younger players and our reasons for liking it. What does his opinion, or any other alienated player with a moist eye for the grand ole' days of 92', even matter. If they cant move along with the changing direction of the game then they get left behind, period. Many of that sect of oldschool players have made the transition quite nicley, and others, as evidenced by this whole thread, have not. Whatever gripes these grumpy old men have do not even matter. They dont impact the game, new players, or the industry at all. They're a non issue.

There is nothing wrong with woodsball but the paintball industry is a buisness. Higher performing markers MAKE MONEY, using a speedball field to better showcase player/team skills in a shorter, more exiting game format helps draw in new players and MAKE MONEY. The industry and players both benefit from all this money making. Thats how all sports work, their mneymaking industries. And yes paintball is a sport. It was admitedly a less refined game when you probably began playing. However, if the changes and skyrocketing growth of the industry have'nt clued you into anything, as well as the immense influence of the tournement level teams on that industry, paintball has become a sport.

All those activities you equated paintball with, like fishing, swimming, and riflery as not being sports- well maybe you could'nt comprehend it but those events have nothing in common with paintball, their not team competitions wich is the core of speedball. Paintball, as played on speedball field, is a TEAM COMPETITION were teams actually use crazy things like closley cordinated movements and plays,with each individual in their respective positions using their individual skills to work with the team as a whole to achieve victory. Wow, this sounds remarkeably like other sports like football, baseball, etc. Oh and if you "need any more clarification just yell", I can use smaller words.

Of course you would get smoked in a speedball game against competent opponents, even if you were totin' an angel. It wouldnt matter what you were packin', you obviously have'nt been able to make the tactical ,and probably physical, leap it requires to win in a very fast paced, very competitive speedball game. It definetly aint two guys in camo sittin' in bushes listenin' to the wind through the trees.If you cant hack it fine, just dont cry about it.

[luke]

Originally posted by -=Squid=-
Lol! Good point...So, whos side are YOU on

Hummm, is this a trick question.

[hitech]

Originally posted by luke
I'm an old dude. cough cough 36.

Son, your just a baby!

[hitech]

Originally posted by Konigballer
...the grand ole' days of 92', even matter...

Whatever gripes these grumpy old men have do not even matter. They dont impact the game, new players, or the industry at all. They're a non issue...

It wouldnt matter what you were packin', you obviously have'nt been able to make the tactical ,and probably physical, leap it requires to win in a very fast paced, very competitive speedball game.

First, 1992 is NOT the grand ole days of paintball. It is the start of the new days of paintball. Now 1986, that is the ole days.

Second , I do matter. I am an issue.

Third, Even though I'm old enough to be some of your fathers (and might just be ), I had no trouble with the speed of game. I'm still fast enough to keep up. My first time splaying speedball I played front.

[shartley]

Originally posted by Konigballer
Who cares what Zimbo and other "old schoolers" think about speedball or us as younger players and our reasons for liking it. What does his opinion, or any other alienated player with a moist eye for the grand ole' days of 92', even matter. If they cant move along with the changing direction of the game then they get left behind, period. Many of that sect of oldschool players have made the transition quite nicley, and others, as evidenced by this whole thread, have not. Whatever gripes these grumpy old men have do not even matter. They dont impact the game, new players, or the industry at all. They're a non issue.

There is nothing wrong with woodsball but the paintball industry is a buisness. Higher performing markers MAKE MONEY, using a speedball field to better showcase player/team skills in a shorter, more exiting game format helps draw in new players and MAKE MONEY. The industry and players both benefit from all this money making. Thats how all sports work, their mneymaking industries. And yes paintball is a sport. It was admitedly a less refined game when you probably began playing. However, if the changes and skyrocketing growth of the industry have'nt clued you into anything, as well as the immense influence of the tournement level teams on that industry, paintball has become a sport.

All those activities you equated paintball with, like fishing, swimming, and riflery as not being sports- well maybe you could'nt comprehend it but those events have nothing in common with paintball, their not team competitions wich is the core of speedball. Paintball, as played on speedball field, is a TEAM COMPETITION were teams actually use crazy things like closley cordinated movements and plays,with each individual in their respective positions using their individual skills to work with the team as a whole to achieve victory. Wow, this sounds remarkeably like other sports like football, baseball, etc. Oh and if you "need any more clarification just yell", I can use smaller words.

Of course you would get smoked in a speedball game against competent opponents, even if you were totin' an angel. It wouldnt matter what you were packin', you obviously have'nt been able to make the tactical ,and probably physical, leap it requires to win in a very fast paced, very competitive speedball game. It definetly aint two guys in camo sittin' in bushes listenin' to the wind through the trees.If you cant hack it fine, just dont cry about it.

[ShooterJM]

Sounds like someone doesn't know that Zimbo characterized woodsball as not needing running or jumping.

Sounds like someone doesn't know that Zimbo also scoffed at the idea of tactics and has said the if you want tactics play checkers (although personally I think chess would have been a better analogy).

Sounds like someone doesn't realize that the response was designed to counter Zimbo's own definition of woodsball

[shartley]

Originally posted by ShooterJM
Sounds like someone doesn't know that Zimbo characterized woodsball as not needing running or jumping.

Sounds like someone doesn't know that Zimbo also scoffed at the idea of tactics and has said the if you want tactics play checkers (although personally I think chess would have been a better analogy).

Sounds like someone doesn't realize that the response was designed to counter Zimbo's own definition of woodsball

[GT]

sounds like this thread has gone from 0-pointless in 3.5 pages

[shartley]

Originally posted by gtrsi
sounds like this thread has gone from 0-pointless in 3.5 pages

LOL I will not argue with that.