Another Dark Blow to Paintball

[logamus]

last time i was in walmart all the guns came packaged with a mask. i dont know if this was always the case, but at least around here it is now.

[Odder]

Cool, I am glad they are taking positive step :)

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

This is the first thread of its current story. the other thread is from a website in the UK.

and the other threads were made after this one copying it or they just didnt know this thread was made.

[Tyger]

Originally posted by logamus
last time i was in walmart all the guns came packaged with a mask. i dont know if this was always the case, but at least around here it is now.

Not always. I can go into my local wal-mart and buy a gun, no mask. I can go into more than a few outdoor stores and get blisterpacked guns, no mask.

Oh, and for Jerhew : Dont' asssume with age comes wisdom. Unless you're told you need something, odds are that you won't figure it outuntil you learn a lesson. Keep in mind that 15 years ago, we didn't "Need" goggles lke we have today. I mean, why not sunglasses? Back "in the day" it was OK to wear sunglasses like Gargoyles or the like. We wore chemical goggles, or shooting glasses, or motorcycle or ski goggles... We didn't know better. We were stupid, sure, but we did't know better. Until we learned.

Teach, don't preach. You get a wider audience.

-Tyger

[lyer]

It's not just stupid people though: i played at a field called Commando Games this summer where the ref led us (20 people not wearing masks) right past an unnetted field with a game in progress. I even commented to the ref but he didn't do anything. It was left to myself and a couple of other experienced players to ensure none of our friends lost an eye. Later that same day in the dead box (netted safe area to take off your goggles) he was asked to swab some girls rental barrel- so he yanked out the barrel plug and started shooting it over our unmasked heads to clean the barrel out.
We complained to the owner, who briefly pretended to care, before telling me that "he just works here cause i'm screwing his mother".
It's easy to blame kids and their parents, but irresponsible field owners who know better endanger the safety of players too. If that had been my first time playing, i might not have started playing paintball at all

[lyer]

Originally posted by Tyger


Teach, don't preach. You get a wider audience.

-Tyger

So true.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

lyler...the field you just described to us sounds very disturbing. Only the same thing sorta happend to the field i was at...only the refs realized their mistake and quickly told us to put our masks on.

[Automaggin2]

I think AO needs to learn something, there are idiots in the world, and there is nothing you can do about it.

[845]

The kids in my school probably account for half of that because they think it makes you hard/gangsta to play without a mask.

[Trina]

Originally posted by lyer
We complained to the owner, who briefly pretended to care, before telling me that "he just works here cause i'm screwing his mother". It's easy to blame kids and their parents, but irresponsible field owners who know better endanger the safety of players too. If that had been my first time playing, i might not have started playing paintball at all

YIKES!!! I can't believe that guy actually SAID that!!! Not to mention, that he could care less about his field's reputation or the safety of his players!

When I first started playing, I'll admit I was a little nervous, but the field owner of AAA Paintball Park in Constantina, NY, Charlie Menear, was awesome!! He valued his reputation and the safety of everyone at his field. He even took extra measures to make sure us new players were having a good time and feeling comfortable.

That's really sad...cuz I don't know if I would've ever played paintball again, if I had gone to the field you're talking about!!

[Wes Janson]

Idiocy always equals injury, no matter what activity.

[lyer]

Originally posted by SuiciDal Sn Y p ER
lyler...the field you just described to us sounds very disturbing. Only the same thing sorta happend to the field i was at...only the refs realized their mistake and quickly told us to put our masks on.

I didn't even tell you guys the whole story: he sold us old dimpled out of round paint repackaged in Blaze boxes. I heard him ripping off a group playing the same day - they were from Japan, so he charged them double what he charged us because they didn't know any better. That same day i watched him light up a kid (who was willing) at point blank with a full hopper and an IR3 in exchange for a case of paint. The kid was pretty ballsy i admit, but this field doesn't even have insurance for christ sake. Actual quote "did you guys bring any booze?".

[Hexis]

A common mistake people make when trying to design something foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

- Douglas Adams

[Trina]

Originally posted by lyer
I didn't even tell you guys the whole story: he sold us old dimpled out of round paint repackaged in Blaze boxes. I heard him ripping off a group playing the same day - they were from Japan, so he charged them double what he charged us because they didn't know any better. That same day i watched him light up a kid (who was willing) at point blank with a full hopper and an IR3 in exchange for a case of paint. The kid was pretty ballsy i admit, but this field doesn't even have insurance for christ sake. Actual quote "did you guys bring any booze?".

Okay, to all the great AO minds out there--In a situation like this, who would you report this field to?

besides the police...

[Wc Keep]

there are 15000 eye injuries in racquetball every year.

just some food for thought.