Thoughts on Cheating?

[wolfwood_is_here]

Hating the sport is a little extreme. It is like a quote where I work:


It is not about being right, it is about getting it right.


So, no matter who is right or wrong, it is when we foul a good sport that we need to re-evaluate our priorities. It is like professional sports. I almost applauded when the USA basketball team lost in the Olympics because they are overpaid and do not even have that great of skill, yet have the attitude as if they are the top dogs. I mean, they got beat by teams that have no national league, no salary even close to what the NBA players have, yet for some reason those teams played a lot better.

So, it may not be completely accurate of an analogy, but in professional sports like that, there are people that play for the money, and they cheat. When you get caught it is called a foul. Sure, even the good players may break a rule, coaches often tell you to draw a foul instead of giving them an easy shot. But the difference lies in what you are doing when you are NOT cheating. If you need cheating to win, then obviously your skill when not cheating isn't good enough, and you will always have to cheat, and you will not get better at anything other than cheating.

If you don't cheat and lose, it could be because your skill is not good enough either, or just the fact you will not compromise your own values and cheat. But you can admit that. You can get better at playing because that is what you are doing.

Be a player, not a cheater. Simple.

[desslock]

whipping a hit is cheating plain and simple. Any hit on any part of your body or gear/gun the diameter of a quarter or larger is considered an elimination, if you cheat the other player out of his/her elimination by wipping the hit then you are cheating. Is there cheating at pro level and am level tournies you bet, there is even cheating in woodsball. Is there cheating in major sports? You bet, does it make it right? Nope, people cheat everyday, on their taxes, taking naps on company time cheating on their spouses etc. pball is just one more area in life that allows people to cheat. If you cheat you are just feeding a cycle of dishonest practices, yeah you may never get caught and you and your team might even stand in the winners circle, but if you had to cheat to win you are not winners you are cheaters and thats the cold hard truth. So suck on that one cheaters of the world, just realize that you will never truly enjoy your hollow victories.

[Lohman446]

I play tournaments, and frankly the cheating while it annoys me, is not as big a deal to me.

I'm going to get beaten, and frankly often by teams that don't cheat, or don't need to cheat to beat me. I freely admit I'm not that good, and as good as my team is, they can only overcome my lacking of skill to a certain level. But paintball to me, comes down to something else.

Winning is nice, its fun, I enjoy it, don't get me wrong. But I could go on my tournament schedule for the rest of the year, never win a game, and personally not really care. I don't go to win, I go to play, to have fun, and for the friendships I have involving paintball. You might cheat me, but you can't take my enjoyment away from me.

The fact is, I still wander from team to team, and talk with the friends I have made on other teams. I talk to the refs, the promoters, etc. and I have fun. My score on the field doesn't really matter.

I have taken that victory away from those that cheat. I am happy with my sponsorhips, I dont have to bow down to hunt down more. I am not hunting sponsors, I don't have to win. Oh, and we can have more fun, given my team generally outweights every other team by at least three hundred pounds... it can be fun.

I watched a team cheat against us, against another team, and then hang the flag on us. As they did one of my teammates looked at him, smiled, and said, quite audibly "look, theres the team that cheats". He looked at us, smiled, said good game, and walked away. I don't condone cheating, but you know what, Im not going to let it ruin my fun, in fact it can often enough be quite fun.

[vonort]

By cheating you are just telling everyone that your not good enough to compete legit. Nough said on subject.

[Hey Its Vo]

Wipers and ppl that play on.
yes they diserve to die, and I hope they burn in hell!!!
-Dave Chapelle

[68automagpwnr]

i Definitely hate wipers, wipers are just gay and its so annoying when your trying to get someone out and you hit them and it breaks but they cheat and wipe it...Ramping boards...i guess thats cool as long as it doesnt get insane, like if it gets to where there is so much paint and they can shoot so fast you can never move then thats just gay, but as long as ramping is illegal then people will try and hide it and ramping wont be so bad cuz they dont want to shoot TOO fast so yeah....but it is a bunch of bull where the people HAVE to cheat just to be good enough to play...there is going to be cheating everywhere but if you cheat then thats just sad and its sad that the only way you can dominate or even just sometimes pull out with a win then you really dont have enough skill to be playing paintball and should just leave.