What would you do?

[sbpyro]

I think I would have brought this up to the ref and the owner of the field at the same time. Shooting back (as great of an instinct that it is) is not a good idea. I have been in the same situation before being lit up at close range (I'm not talking about 10 balls or so more like 30 that hit) it takes a lot of restraint not to go lay the punk bastich out but you've got to be an example out there for some of the newbies. Last time that happened to me
I went back to the staging area to cool off and when the ref stepped off the field I showed him the welts on the back and calmly asked him if he could be a little more proactive in preventing that from happening. The players who lit me up were forced to sit out the next game. But if the ref isn't doing his job the owner of the field needs to know that there is a dangerous situation developing from the ref's indifference to the situation.

[tyrion2323]

I don't think I would have really shot back at him. I would have gone up to him and tried to have gotten the ref into the fray by addressing him. I also would have made a big freaking deal about safety and asked for free paint or something.

[speedyejl]

My opinion?

Next time go for the throat. You'd be surprised how fast a trachea can collapse.

[Mindflux]

Originally posted by Emily


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

Typo = Typographical error = Hit wrong key.

Blatant Miss-spelling is more like it.

But whatever, don't learn. Don't ever get corrected and go through life spelling things wrong. It'll make you look brilliant some day.

[Sir_Brass]

I would've first finished hanging the flag, then got behind cover, stayed there, and yelled for a ref to make him stop as fast as possible.

[Jeffy-CanCon]

afrankart, IMO what you did wasn't the best thing you could have, but far from the worst, either. It was a pretty natural reaction.

Pressing assault charges, as some have suggested, would be a bad idea IMO. It's be unneccessary bad press for all concerned, and the sport of paintball in general. And you may be setting a dangerous precedent in the courts.

For myself, I think my reaction would have been to seek cover and start yelling & cursing. I've lit people up once or twice before in situations like that, but I always felt a bit bad about it afterwards. It makes it hard to keep up my "holier than thou" attitude.