Another Dark Blow to Paintball

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

[Ov3rmind]

I can't say I disagree with the article.

[Rope a Dope]

Yeah and there is this place called Hunting for Bambi and they shoot naked women and stuff!!!

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

wasnt that a hoax?

[i_baked_cookies]

i hate it how kids go to their backyard and are stupid enough to play with no masks... why would you risk something as precious as your vision?

i bet 7/8 that 2000+ number of injuries comes from idiots who dont play with their masks on... others are probably people with crappy or no barrel plugs in the staging area.

crazy, i tell you, crazy

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

the stupidity these days. once they get hurt they will then realize how stupid they were.

[Tyger]

Originally posted by SuiciDal Sn Y p ER
wasnt that a hoax?

They said they were, only to get the heat off of them.

http://www.huntingforbambi.com/ The site is still up, they're still selling videos and "hunts". See, they said it was a hoax when thy had the media's eye on them. Ten it wasn't, then it was, then it wasn't... It depended on who was talking to them and what they were trying to get from them.

So I'm convinced that it was for real, then when they caught all the flak from everyone it was suddenly a "joke". Now they're back to doing it again. **sigh**

Anyhow, back to topic, The Trib article isn't all that bad. The writer may be misinformed, but it's not untruthful. We've got a LOT more idiots out there playing backyard ball, it's not surprising they're not wearing goggles. You can't make them wear goggles if they're not at a regulated field. (And even then, you can't make them wear goggles all the time...)

-Tyger

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

We still have less injuries than bowling and golf

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

lol now that's a good arguement for the parents

[Jerhew]

id like to see the stats on how many of these are unorganized woods games(outlawball)
verses actual insured fields where masks are mandatory...

the article isn't exactly bashing the paintball industry, it's actually more fair than i was expecting when i started to read it, but it'd have been better if they pointed out how greatly the danger is reduced if you wear a paintball mask

obviously paintballs, co2 and markers shouldn't be sold to minors and obviously parents should be a little more involved in what their kids are doing...make sure that if they are playing somewhere unsupervised that they atleast are wearing gogs...etc

and if you're over 18 and are dumb enough to play paintball in anything less that a paintball mask...
well you know

[pb z]

Yes there have been more injuries, but I think it more or less comes from the growth of the sport.

Although I bet most are from unorganized "outlaw ball"

[thump]

its more then just kids playing in their backyard that is a problem,while granted it is the biggest one the other problem is shady fields that dont care about safty.the ones in it to make a quick buck.you all know the ones in talking about,,the dont give good or sometimes any safty speaches to the players,no netting around the staging areas.places like that should not only be fined they should be shut down for qiving the sport a bad name.ive been lucky cause the field i go to is EXTEAMLY safty conscious.
what do you guys and girls think about thoes type of fields and what should be done to them?

[Jerhew]

the hunting for bambi site said they'll allow the women to wear "protective eyewear" now...that is...if the city of las vegas decides to allow them to start doing it again
and they did note that no one ever was injuried during the "hunts"

not that im supporting them in any way...btw

[Rope a Dope]

OMG that was a joke!!! Because when Hunting for Bambi came out there were 50 threads a day on the subject... just like this new news report!!!!

STOP!!! Theres like 20 threads on this already!!!!

I swear I'm gonna curb stomp the next person that makes a thread about this!!! Look 5 threads down, theres 20 of theses!!! Yes, kids, backyard, eyes, paintball, STOPPPP!!!!!!!

[Odder]

Well, we have Walmart to thank for that, see what happens when you walk into a Walmart and ask about paintball gun, bet you the sales person wouldn't mention anything about a mask.