NPPL to ban orange guns and equipment

[fire1811]

HUH! Have you ever reffed an nppl tourney?

actually i think most people who are mad about this dont even play or ref NPPL.
I and im sure most will agree you have seen this problem in person.
Your standing on the sidelines saying to your buddies, LOOK that guys hit on the whatever. only to find out it wasnt a hit it was a design, hopper sticker, whatever.

i have no problem with this rule or so far any of the others NPPL has made.
suck if you have a pink or orange gun, but its for the best

[the_BLIND_GUA|2DIAN]

my local field uses nppl rulz but i see the point in the new rule. their just trying to make the game more fair.

i got a red and black revvy does the clear hopper rule affect me.

[KRAKMT]

my local field uses nppl rulz but i see the point in the new rule. their just trying to make the game more fair.

i got a red and black revvy does the clear hopper rule affect me.

[Torbo]

and its not like its a huge deal to these players...all they have to do is tell there sponsers and they will send them new colored markers....most of all these players don't ever pay for equipment....

uh no. definatly not. I take offense to the fact that you think everyone get everything free. That is not the case.

Maybe youre thinking of pro teams. Pro teams some d1 teams and the very best d2 and d3 teams have full marker sponosrships. And, in most cases that still doesnt mean that you can get a free gun anytime you want. Most players work for their equipment.

Think about a d2 team thats struggling. Theyve got a paint sponsorship and apparal sponsorship. All this means is that apparel is cheap...not free. Guns are had at wholesale prices. But guess what....1200 bucks is still alot of money.

I guess the NPPLs banning those colors of guns is fair, it should help out reffing a bit. Im not sure when the rule takes effect. REally it should take effect in the off season as that would give players time to change their gear.

[SlartyBartFast]

they banned pink paint which is crazy if u ask me along with the no clear loaders and only 1 sticker deal whats up with that

From another similar thread from a while back:

...because people decided to play the grey a little bit too far. A pic from WARPIG's tournament gallery (Joy Masters 2001) will serve to illustrate:

Hm. Those 397 hopper stickers wouldn't be there to camouflage paintball hits, would they?

That's what's up with that.

Unfortunately, rules have to be slightly more anal and piddling than the dinks who ignore the spirit of the rules and try to push the letter of the rules to the limit.

[Sac]

im glad they put rules in place to help make the game fair, but im still ticked that im gonna hafta buy a new set of Halo shells, since i'm prolly gonna play NPPL next season.

seriously if everyone stopped cheating we wouldnt have a problem, its awful, even at local tournies. My team always films our games and as one game was wrapping up one of our players bunkered a guy, put a shot square on his chest, bright pink fill, but unfortunatly that guy was at the 50 and by the time the ref got in the kid had wiped it off and our player got pulled instead. we have it on video.

[fire1811]

im glad they put rules in place to help make the game fair, but im still ticked that im gonna hafta buy a new set of Halo shells, since i'm prolly gonna play NPPL next season.

why do you have to get new shells, i had clear and i dyed them smoke??

[Sac]

im not familiar on how to do that, if you could show me some instructions that would be appreciated.

[fire1811]

sure

http://pbnation.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=264989

just be careful with the lids it only takes like a minute for them

[Sac]

thanks, but i'll leave the lid clear, those are still legal.

[fire1811]

yeah i was kinda wishing i had done the same after it was too late.