Profanity-Getting paintball accepted?

[shartley]

Who cares if paintball is "accepted" or not?

I do.... and you should as well.

[68magOwner]

the refs here swear, so they dont care about players, there are some awful young players too

[TDonovan]

Swearing happens everywhere. But I am sick of EXCESSIVE swearing in paintball. I think a surprizing s*** is fun, and even funny, but it's when the F-word gets thrown around constantly that it becomes a real problem.

I saw a kid at the last MXS scenario get barrel tagged, then shot point blank (I know tyger barrel tagged 1 guy, but he says he never shot anyone :) ). While I believe he deserved to yell a couple curses and then hop around for a while, he took it WAY too far.

He yelled the F-word over 10 times VERY loudly so that I heard it about 70 yards away, then proceeded to yell every other curse word he ever knew. And then threatened the unknown tagger that he'd kill him and wait for him in the parking lot.

Of course, aside from the cursing, I thought it was hillarious. That kid shot me in the back of the head from no more than 6 inches away with his DM4 while trying to rip off a string of balls (yes it was friendly fire).

I was also cussed out by a man who was probably somewhere in his 40's (sad considering he's yelling at a 17yo). He shot me fair and square in the leg as I darted for the tall grass and I laid there to make sure I was hit. He walked by (eliminated by the 20 guys behind me) and started screaming at me for no apparent reason. I had called for a medic and when I figured out we didn't have any, I called myself out.

But in either situation, the refs didn't do much about the swearing and verbal abuse. I think that a strict no-swearing policy should be enforced. I'm just kinda sick of it.

[hAppy]

i disapprove of swearing as an attack, but i see little wrong in using it as a exclamation

the refs at SCP in CA cuss like crazy at the players

[1ofkind]

I was watching this little fat kid playing in a speedball field. It was pretty funny listening to him yell like he was the biggest tough A$$assintion. Sometimes I curse when I redicilously over shot after it was obvious I'm out, or when I get hit in the legs lol.
Anyway, whos parents don't really curse? What can they really say back if you make that point.

[Jaremy Rykker]

As far as the cursing goes, I can see a word or two coming out from a nasty hit. I got nailed once from about five feet on the wrist by somebody who got chronoed after the game because it hit so hard. 350 FPS. That thing hurt like a , and it tore up the skin all over the top of my wrist because it hit pretty hard.

As far as the rest goes, I somewhat dislike it. I wouldn't want to bring my nine-year old brother to some joint where over half of what is said would be censored on tv. Refs should grow up a little bit and show some professionalism as well. Its a real mark of immaturity on their part, and I really disrespect that, and it has caused me to avoid one place; not that I'm missing much.

[Lohman446]

I like the rules for PSP and adopted by our field

If the spectators can hear it.. its a problem - thought not enforced at Chicago this idea is a great guideline to the rule.. get hurt, out, whatever, curse under your breath, or quietly fine. Start yelling it theres a problem

[stondroopy]

hehe im gonna start a swear jar,either i learn to bite my tongue or ill get a trip to the islands

[mkmckinley]

I can see not allowing swears at your field because you don't want to scare off paying customers, but should tourneys really enforce a no swearing rule? I agree that swearing isn't very classy but I'm not going to tell anyone they can't do it. And be realistic, it's not going to scar your children for life to hear the big kids talking naughty at a tournament, especially if they're old enough to be playing in the tournament. Furthermore I agree with the above post: I don't think swearing is going to keep paintball from getting accepted. People that don't like it will probably never accept it because they're afraid of guns, not because of potty mouths. In any case seems to me 99% of the population is pretty indifferent to paintball so I don't know if acceptance is such a big issue.

[frontrunner]

i think some words are too much but i see no reason i can say a on the field, a few months ago i was over shot and i think i said "did you really need to shot me in the A 6 times" the ref had a manager talk to me about it off the field while this was going on the guy parked beside me was in a fight with his gf(on the phone) about half way through my lecture i said hey he just droped the f bomb and there are young children around our here (maybe 5 or so) the manager finshed and said nothing to the guy on his cell phone i was pretty ticked i shoot up all my paint the next game and left and will not return to that field

[Karizma]

What's the point in swearing during a game? No-one can hear you clearly anyway, except for the ref thats pulling you out, and over here in the UK, the PA refs give you a 25 point penalty straight off, for each occassion you bucket mouth. Why win the game, then lose it on penalties?

[Torbo]

at team practice, we dont care at all. we'll warn people who are cursing at others, and for open play we'll warn then sit then kick people out, but its not a big deal for practice. For toruneys we warn people. we have way more important things to worry about than someone casually dropping an f bomb.

[elpimpo]

if a ref really wanted to be a d*** about people cussing, he can actually fine the player $250 and if they dont pay its a 3 or 6 game suspension