Don't be an idiot and sneak paint in. If they catch you, they kick you out and give no refund. The scenarios are great. It's $50 because you play for 24 hours. It's well worth it.
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Huh, never paid 100 a case? Okay buddy
Don't see safety issues?
Now remember, we're talking about Skirmish USA. I don't know what field you're thinking of, but I'm talking about the one near Jim Thorpe. You must be confused.
Chrono-refs are good. If they're actually there! And tackling a kid taking a mask off would be nice, but then again the same ref telling the same kid for the 3rd time to keep his mask on isn't quite as good. Nor taking masks off in the middle of a firefight from people but only 40 feet away.
Sorry bub, you might be obligated to not admit to the stuff due to working there obviously. But I don't work there, and what I see there honestly both scares and pisses me off. So I don't mind expressing my honest, unbiased opinion about something as crucial as basic safety.
If you HONESTLY say "you don't see safety problems" then I actually now WILL try and get some time, and money, to get down there for D-Day. I'll go around with my camera, pen, and notepad. And I will document every single safety hazard I can come up with.
That's good for me. I'm going to D-Day!
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Alright so the dude that works there says that it costs $70 per case, even if it isnt in quantity. Can anyone besides him say that this is true or is he just saying this because he works there. Also, I really don't give a rats *** about safety there. I'm not dumb enough to take my mask off, and if I shoot some kid in the face when he has his mask off, I wouldn't bother me one bit.Comment
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Originally posted by Meph
Huh, never paid 100 a case? Okay buddy Don't see safety issues?
Now remember, we're talking about Skirmish USA. I don't know what field you're thinking of, but I'm talking about the one near Jim Thorpe. You must be confused.
Chrono-refs are good. If they're actually there! And tackling a kid taking a mask off would be nice, but then again the same ref telling the same kid for the 3rd time to keep his mask on isn't quite as good. Nor taking masks off in the middle of a firefight from people but only 40 feet away.
Sorry bub, you might be obligated to not admit to the stuff due to working there obviously. But I don't work there, and what I see there honestly both scares and pisses me off. So I don't mind expressing my honest, unbiased opinion about something as crucial as basic safety.
If you HONESTLY say "you don't see safety problems" then I actually now WILL try and get some time, and money, to get down there for D-Day. I'll go around with my camera, pen, and notepad. And I will document every single safety hazard I can come up with.
That's good for me. I'm going to D-Day!Comment
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I suggest do it like Hells Survivor. They're great with safety. That's why I keep going back there, even though it's a 12hour drive for me. Players MUST chronograph safely to even enter the field! They only have 1 entry point they allow people, and they're strict. Though same policy could be implied to 2 or 4 entry ways.
They simply have a long sticker they slap onto the marker. Not a circular sticker on top of the hopper, but one that goes around usually the airline. And the sticker sticks onto itself, and actually STAYS ON. That or like other places I've seen, use colored Zip Ties. What ever you chose for the color, red for chorno and green for paid entry and blue for approved inspected bottle all that good jazz.
That's the core problem with chronoing. Walking the field and chrono them is great, but the bigger problem is people not even doing it to get onto the field. During Battle of the Bulge everybody just walked into the field ANY TIME they wanted, nobody checked to see if they were chronographed and nobody needed to in order to get onto the field. Unlike Hell which have specific insertion times and only let people on at those times, and only if they see those stickers.
And above all Skirmish needs enough refs to accomidate their size of both field and attendence. I have at times seen more refs in the staging area eating and relaxing than I did on the actual field and doing their job. I ended up being a voluntary (unofficial) In-Play ref telling people to put their masks on. Even threatened to shoot a kid (in the pack, mind you) so he'd be officially out so he could leave the field and put anti-fog spray on his lenses.
Now what good is 2000 people if there's only 35 attentive refs? Or only 50? For that number of people you simply have to have the refs in number to have complete control. 1 ref at a designated location when there's 50-100 people attacking each other is not good or safe.
And for the paint, guess you are "lucky." I just find it pure bull that players have to actually find groups in order to get these discounts for garbage paint. These are the reasons I never play Skirmish anymore, and why I make posts like these. 32* junk is not something I'd even use if given to me for free. Though it's nice for Skirmishs' point of view, with a bit over 400% profit per case (at 100 a case) I'm sure they very much like it!Comment
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