paintball players are MESSY

[PBkilla123]

I agree a lot of ppl do leave trash and its not the parks job to pick it up

[Jeffy-CanCon]

I agree a lot of ppl do leave trash and its not the parks job to pick it up

It IS the staff's job to keep the staging area/field looking presentable. Whether you do this by frequently reminding the players to use the trash cans, or by picking up after them yourself is your own choice. I know what I choose. Very few people will deliberately leave a mess after being asked to clean up after themselves.

[Hybrid]

Actually, it's the opposite here. All the regulars and tourny-level (jerseys, highend markers, good playing skills) pick up all their stuff and usually clean sweep the area once the day's over. The kids and people who only play every now and then leave crap all over the place.

thats how mine and my friends' woodsball field is.

[Chronobreak]

It IS the staff's job to keep the staging area/field looking presentable. Whether you do this by frequently reminding the players to use the trash cans, or by picking up after them yourself is your own choice. I know what I choose. Very few people will deliberately leave a mess after being asked to clean up after themselves.

i agree but its not a refs job to play mommy and say pickup your OWn mess likea bigboy...

good luck telling a drunk group of 25 somethings to clean their own mess up....theyl have forgotten about the mess in a amtter of minutes...

you could remind some peopel 10x a day and theyd stil elave some trash....its upto them to do it..we cant force them too..

and its the PLAYERS who say they wantthe courtyard clean YET they dont help clean it themselves....

but w/e thanks for the replies guys

[Jeffy-CanCon]

i agree but its not a refs job to play mommy and say pickup your OWn mess likea bigboy...

good luck telling a drunk group of 25 somethings to clean their own mess up....theyl have forgotten about the mess in a amtter of minutes...

you could remind some peopel 10x a day and theyd stil elave some trash....its upto them to do it..we cant force them too..

and its the PLAYERS who say they wantthe courtyard clean YET they dont help clean it themselves....

but w/e thanks for the replies guys

You're right, you cannot force people to be responsible. But if your field lets people play drunk, messiness is the least of your worries.

[Target Practice]

You're right, you cannot force people to be responsible. But if your field lets people play drunk, messiness is the least of your worries.

No kidding. If you were drunk at our field, we call the Sheriff on you. Same at my last field, too.

[Chronobreak]

No kidding. If you were drunk at our field, we call the Sheriff on you. Same at my last field, too.

yes and on a sidenot im not sure if i agree with the owners policy on allowing people to drink
but as long as their in a private group is genereally not a problem

[Slimm Jimm]

i love how ao can have a debate about anything, from garbage to guns.

my field no aclohol is allowed under any circumstances, maybe a drink or two for the older guys after a hard day of reffing a tourney but thats it. Garbage for us tend to be in the form of kid regulars not picking up after themselves. I normally stay for as long as i can at the field because its an hour and a half drive one way, so i have helped clean up, and i have been asked to run the field. just part of being sponsored.

[penguinpunk555]

One tourney I gathered everyones trash and spread it convinently across the staging area....





(crappy refs) thanks Seige...