What would you do?

[tony3]

I would of loaded anoth pod and kept going

But really, anyone that is human, there first action should be to defend themselves. I definitely would of turned around and starting ripping on him. I think you could of simply ran away and found a bunker, theres got to be atleast 1 bunker to hide behind. That though is the ideal reaction. Most people would of turned around and lit him up like a christmas tree.

[funkykarl]

I honestly don't know if I would run for a bunker and hide or turn around and light him up. But what I really want to know is what he had to say for himself afterwards. Was he like "oh, sorry about that" or what?

[hitech]

I am generally the "king" of do the right thing, don't give the sport a bad name, etc. However, I can say for certain that I would have shot back at him while screaming obscenities at him. I know I would, since I have...

However, it's not generally the best thing to do.

[afrankart]

CrimeDog: you'll probably be lucky to see me there as I don't plan on playing there anytime in the near future. I can't stand incompetent reffing, especially when someone's safety is at their mercy. I'm even good friends with most of the refs there. I don't know why they didn't step in.

funkykarl: I didn't get a chance to see him before he left. Me and a few teammates took our time getting off of the field. I had a feeling if I got a chance to hear what he had to say, I might have had assault charges pressed on me. He is one of THOSE people with one of THOSE attitudes.

[Crime Dog]

Well phooey.

Let me know where you might play. I'll try to hook up with ya when I can. Looks like I'll be playin' there less myself as well. For different reasons though. Fireproof will have me pretty busy this season...

[Trina]

Originally posted by Mindflux


What sight?

It's Hindsight (All one word, not high site) is 20/20. As in, "when i look back blah blah"

Hey look guys!! It's AO English 101!! LOL!

I really hope you still get out and play again, not at that field, but maybe you'll find a better field in your area. For the most part paintball players are some of the nicest people I've ever met! Don't let one jerk ruin it for you!

[afrankart]

Don't fret, this experience isn't going to result in me playing any less paintball. there are like 4 pretty decent other fields within an hour of me.

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

Did you do what was right no...

But did you do what every other human being short of Gandhi would have done yes..

[yourBFHD]

Unfortunately when you play paintball for long enough, you are bound to run into people like that...in fact, you will run into people like that in everything you do. I like to refer to them as the 2%...those who think that they are God's gift to the game and who honestly believe that when they are on the field, time stands still as everyone else watches poetry in motion. About a month ago I ran into one of those players at a local field. I had taken some friends out to play at the field because it had just opened, and we wanted to see how it was. There was a group of six of us; only two of us have tournament experience, and all of the others are relatively new to the game. Unfortunately we were given the pleasure of playing with a teenager who thought that he was the next big thing. Dressed from head to toe in the latest gear and sporting a tricked-out cocker, I must admit, he was a little intimidating...that is until he couldn't even get his gun to work. Apparently when mommy and daddy bought that shiny new gun for him, they forgot to grab an instruction manual. After having the airsmith work on his gun for about an hour, he finally joined the rest of us on the fields. Since my group was on the field, and he was all by himself, you would think that he would be grateful to even get to set foot on the field, but unfortunately it just wasn't so. He spent the next several games complaining about how the teams were divided up, despite the fact that we changed teams after every other game. After awhile, his complaints were falling of deaf ears so he decided to start taking cheap-shots at people as they walked off of the field, and bunkering newbies. It was doing wonders for his ego until the table turned on him. He tried to make a move up the tape and was just pelted by about 3 players...what do you think happened next? Well Mr. Allstar immediately runs over to the ref and starts whining about how he was lit up...honestly I wouldn't consider being shot a total of twenty times by three different guys being lit up...especially when you are moving up the tape right into their line of fire. Things escalated from there and soon everyone was arguing. Now, there is something unique about that 2% of the population...because they believe that they received their "skills" from some divine source they forget what they really are. So there we stood toe to toe both ready to snap the other in half...the only funny thing is that he was about 5'8" and 145 pounds while I am 6'4" 250 pounds. It took all of my restraint to keep from just laying him out right then and there...and similar to your situation, the ref was not about to get involved. Deciding that since I had spent about $150 to go and play that night I walked away and decided it wasn't worth it. In the end he was booted from the field and the rest of the night went smoothly. My point is (and yes there actually is one...well kind of) that people like that are going to surround any competition where adrenaline is prevalent...it is up to the other 98% of us to be the bigger people and walk away. I don't claim to be perfect, and anyone will lose their temper if pushed far enough...in fact, in your situation I probably would have done the same thing. What is important though is that if we do have a temporary lapse in judgement and react out of anger, we need to learn from it and just come to accept the fact that there will always be that 2% who just get under our skin (like i am probably doing to some of the other members of this forum right now), and we can't let them ruin this great game for us.

[RT pRo AuToMaG]

lol, I'd say you kept your cool, I would have emptied my hopper+ all extra pods plus a swift kick in the ribs. If the ref called him out, he's out. It doesn't matter what he thinks, if the ref says he is gone, that is it, no arguing.

[E==Mag MAN]

I was playing some woodsball not to long ago for laughs with one of my buddies. Well I was just running around like a lunatic and having fun. Well i get shot, turn around and start walking off the field. After getting shot another 7-8 times I turn around. This player keeps shooting me. I stand there for another 2-3 seconds and he continues to shoot me. Well this isn't the first time I had been blatently over shot that day so I just went off. This guy also had a tippman, so its not like it was a couple xtra from electro that you expect. Well after putting about 30 balls in him i simply felt satisfied and walked off the field. This time he wasn't shooting me. All though it wasn't the right thing, I dont know if he will be blatently overshooting people anymore. I was threatened to be kicked out of the field, I gave them my 2 cents and didn't here anything else. I dont think you should feel bad, he is a jerk.

Peace
Thomas

[Miscue]

I had somebody do that to me. I was stuck in a hole in the woods, in a fetal position as he continued pelting me, gogged blind. He was close range. The game was over already.

I took my barrel off and tried to throw it at him. I must have missed because he kept shooting. If I was able to see, I would have taken him to the ground. I bought a stainless steel Lapco after that.

There comes a point, where it's no longer paintball and it becomes assault.

[Emily]

Originally posted by Mindflux


What sight?

It's Hindsight (All one word, not high site) is 20/20. As in, "when i look back blah blah"

I don't know what I personally would have done... I've never been in that situation, thankfully.

You know excatly what I meant and this is not an English class. It's the internet. It was also a typo. Sheesh

[Wes Janson]

I had somebody do that to me. I was stuck in a hole in the woods, in a fetal position as he continued pelting me, gogged blind. He was close range. The game was over already.

I took my barrel off and tried to throw it at him. I must have missed because he kept shooting. If I was able to see, I would have taken him to the ground. I bought a stainless steel Lapco after that.

There comes a point, where it's no longer paintball and it becomes assault.

What happened after you threw the barrel?

Regardless to appropriated comments prior to this post , I would say that there is a point when retaliation for purposes of self-preservation is entirely ethical. Or to put it more simply, if the dumbass is lighting you up deliberately, repeatedly, and unceasingly, you have every right to stop him (while being sure not to injure anyone else with stray shots). Ejection from the field should also be mandatory, or highly advised.

Personally, I don't know how I would react. Depending on my adrenaline level, pain threshold, fps, and range, I might or might not try to flee the shooter. If not, and if the shots continued for 5-10+ seconds without showing signs of ceasing, I think I might very well retaliate with fire intended to incapacitate. In a just world, such a player should have their gun taken from them, reported to the police on charges of assault, banned from local fields, and be generally removed from all things paintball. Heat-of-the-moment is one thing, but I've known people who would do such a thing deliberately, and not out of blinding anger.

[Garrum]

Originally posted by Miscue
I had somebody do that to me. I was stuck in a hole in the woods, in a fetal position as he continued pelting me, gogged blind. He was close range. The game was over already.

I took my barrel off and tried to throw it at him. I must have missed because he kept shooting. If I was able to see, I would have taken him to the ground. I bought a stainless steel Lapco after that.

There comes a point, where it's no longer paintball and it becomes assault.

If someone were to do that to me, they would be wise to leave and never be in my presence, ever again. Depending on just how it all happened, I might either soak it up until he was empty, jump up tear off my goggles so I could see, and then beat him to death with his own gun, or I might soak it up, and when he finished, make some weak complaint, and then start playing again. Then, do the same thing to him, concentrating all of my fire on his head and neck, and stomp a mudhole in his retarded *** to boot. I don't play that intentional overshooting crap.