Little kids are the best paintball players.

[athomas]

The fields around here don't allow you to throw anything at the opposing team. It is considered a hostile move and you could get eliminated.

[slade]

2 tournies ago, I had no gun and the ref said if I threw paint and it broke on someone it wouldn't could as an elim because the paint wasn't coming out of a gun.

exactly, but the kid didnt know that so he called himself out. if you call yourself out you are out no matter what.

[hAppy]

So I was reffing at Velocity yesterday, and on the last set, there was a 12 year-old kid who didn't have a gun. He was just running around, drawing fire from opponents. Then a teammate of his handed him a pod of paint, so he started to run around throwing paint at the other team. I told him I'd buy him a soda if he bunkered someone. Sure enough he runs up and bunkers an older guy, throwing the paint at his goggles. The paint broke, and the kid didn't get shot that game. He had some mad skills to do that, and he's got more guts than other adult players I've seen out there. Anyone else manage to bunker someone like this?

I believe younger kids play their heart out at anything. They are very determined, and VERY aggressive. Doesn't surprise me, kids know how to have a blast

[spasticsquirrel]

well im years older than 12, and paintball madness is way to easy on the weakends, its taget practice... everyone stays in the back bunkers.

me and my friend dominated the field that day, because no one moved up, even those 30 year olds.

[Teamslayer76]

Actually yes. Me and my teammates got done with a game which superisingly enough we won, and we decided to play a though ball game with a group of kids and adults. There was this one kid I think he was like 10 or 11 and he hit my front man Matt right in the ear [yes he had googles on] its was so funny he wasnt looking all aroudn and bam right in the side of his head.
We all just stopped to laugh and the game just fell apart. Good times good times.

[slade]

oh yeah, one time i saw a rental kid that was about 12 that played speedball against 3-4 other people, and he just ran down the field off the break and did a run through, getting everyone out and winning the game in less than 10 seconds

[felony]

great, more reason for me to quit

[JoshK]

huh? i dont get it...

[slade]

great, more reason for me to quit

[Rather]

there's a 12 year old at my field that is like 4 feet tall.. when he runs (knees bent like a pro) he litterally dissapears behind the little boxes... hell the kid even decided to play with storm.... and was doing quite well! :rofl: if only I was 4 feet tall...

[felony]

be being sarcastic and looking for a reason to quit.

[spasticsquirrel]

oh yeah, one time i saw a rental kid that was about 12 that played speedball against 3-4 other people, and he just ran down the field off the break and did a run through, getting everyone out and winning the game in less than 10 seconds

rental doesnt mean that he doesnt have a gun, my gun is broken now, and i want to play so i have to do rentals.

[Fatjon]

I was reffing a tourny that was a church fund raiser. There was all kind of little teams of just little kids from the church. It was a rookie tourny, and theres always a team that wants to sandbag.

It was a team constiting of about two twelve y/o's and like a 10 y/o againts this sandbaging team. Off the break the 10 y/o kid ran down the field all the way to there back left bunker. he turns around and shoots them all in the back. It had to be the funniest thing in the world.

good times

[cky shane]

I havent seen anything like that personally, but there is a cool ref at my field that likes to tell stories in between games a lot. in one tourney he went to, it was down to 1 on 1 and one of the guys guns broke. he took out a full pod of paint, opened it, and bunkered the guy, hurling the full pod of paint at him, and he called himself out, making the guy win that game of the tourney single handedly without a gun.

That story is a load of crap. As soon as he left a 5 foot radius of his gun, he would've been out. And I hardly believe he could throw a handful of paint hard enough to break it if he was carrying a gun in his off-hand. Load of crap.

[slade]

That story is a load of crap. As soon as he left a 5 foot radius of his gun, he would've been out. And I hardly believe he could throw a handful of paint hard enough to break it if he was carrying a gun in his off-hand. Load of crap.

first of all, the rule isnt a 5 foot radius, you have to be within five feet of a bunker that your gun is within five feet of. he could have easily set his gun down on the opposite side of the bunker that the guy was behind. and secondly, yes, you can throw a pod of paint hard enough for a few to break even with a marker in your other hand. its not like your pitching a baseball, having something in your other hand wont affect it that much. if youre going to say load of crap think it through first.