Cussing+Bonus Balling+$1000 setups=???

[Head knight of Ni]

I was thinkin about this today. If you shoot some 13-15 year old kid out, then he just starts nonstop shooting you because he's pissed - can you go knock the kid out in self defense?

of course me being 22 :)

Take cover & aim low.

[ApexAZ]

You did the right thing letting him look like the jerk. If it had come to punches you let him take the first shot and let him get thrown out. I have no respect for such immature behavior and I am quite proud of the fact that it did not happen at the NorCal SoCal AO Day last year. I look forward to not seeing it this year

I was at the NoCal vs SoCal event in '03 I believe it was. Some tiny town called Los Robles or something.

It was a blast and I got to meet Tom Kaye. I was a total noob to paintball then (still am really) and I felt a little awkward, but I had a great time. That's pretty much how I got into automags. That and some help from my friend gibby :)

I thought it was really cool how Tom Kaye chatted with everyone for literally like 3 straight hours afterwards at the hotel. He really made an impression on me and I decided that AGD was a company I wanted to support.

Anyways, I got side tracked... When I was at that AO event, everyone seemed really friendly.

[Carbon]

Cussing+Bonus Balling+$1000 setups=not mature enough to play.

also:

well, just to answer the thread title:
cussing+bonus balling+$1000 setups= 95% of paintballers
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the most innacurate description ever. even in the sarcastic sense.
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[Carbon]

ApexAZ, its because most of tye people are friendly.

[PsychoBaller]

I think after Electros first starting becoming mass produced, the true concept of "One Shot One Kill" ended. The political scene and need for new technology threw all the old ideas out the window.

I still remember my first time playing paintball. Was in the woods at a North NJ field... we had pump Tippman rentals, gravity only hoppers that held 50-100 rounds with slide open tops. Every individual shot was important. Most of all... playing the game was more important than how fast one could lay paint.

Those were the good ol' days.

-baller

[VFX_Fenix]

Profanity, while used in discouragement and direct at ones self, I don't see as THAT much of a problem since usually it's a brief spat then it's done and over with. Directing profanity at another player, reguardless of side, or an official is not appropriate and displays a lack of respect for that individual. Do I swear on the field? Sure, I don't scream it, but I do utter the occational explicitive when I've been shot out because I was doing something wrong. When speaking to other players or officials I very conciously avoid swearing unless I know these people and even then I still try not to, raising a voice, sure, but actually cussing someone out, no.

Getting bonus balled, depending on the situation, will get me a little hot under the collar, but so long as the "offender" is considerate about it after the game or when I talk to them about it, that's fine. When they aren't, or just think its part of the game, I have a problem then, but if they don't care I'll take it up with someone else (ref or other official). Bonus balling isn't cool, especially if the person doing it doesn't care about it.

Its all about being friendly with your fellow ballers, never carry a grudge onto the field, show kindness until given a reason not to, and be considerate of other players when you come off the field. The whole "Do unto others" thing.

Rec players generally are among the friendliest people I've ever met at a field (real fields anyway, the "locals" at renegade fields tend to be a might surly) especially the newbies. Tourney players are more hit and miss, part of it comes from the intensity they are used to playing at and the frustration of being eliminated. I think at some point paintball moves from being a recreational thing to a "job" or work for some people, either that or just emulation and amplification of what they've experienced before from other more experienced players.

As for the in cognito pod-boys, eh, let 'em be. I've seen some of them at tournaments and they're kinda fun to watch. Just remeber, when being a pod-boy, always be sure to dirty up your cleats, nothing's more of a dead ringer for a faux player than a full set-up and sparkling white cleats.

[Evil Bob]

The big difference is rec ballers are usually there to "have fun" and tourny players are usually there to "win", major difference in the level of committment and competition.

Its a shame that profanity seems to be required, but thats part of the extreme sports persona bad boy image, ie. the tattoos, the piercings, everyone bringing their "A" game, its all part of the package. Some think its required to intimidate the other teams into making mistakes.

This is why you dont see rec ballers throwing their $1000+ marker on the ground when they get shot out or they're having problems with it, they go back to the stageing area and fix it or they go home for the day. I cant tell you how many times I've seen big name sponsored teams chuck their sponsor provided product on the ground either out of anger or out of frustration. I would hope that the sponsor gets word of such deeds and request that the offending member is removed from the team, but I seriously doubt it, I've seen teams change sponsors like people change underwear.

-Evil Bob

[FreakBaller12]

I bet AO makes up about 3/4 pf that left over 5%. Glad I could learn paintball the real way instead of t3H AgG gatn3ss over at pbn.

If everyone complains about bonus balling. They must not really know what bonus balling is. If you see some guy out of his bunker with your -.0011g trigger pull you're going to react and fire off a shot or two(or 3 hundred if you ramp). When I call myself out I kind of expect a shot or two my way. Dont complain, just don't get shot out and you have no chance to be bonus balled.

[nt2004]

wow, im suprised about how many people corrected me. Its a joke people, lighten up. Its hard to post on AO without 50 people pointing out every little flaw in your logic. Let me go to me field at count out every single person and write out a correct percentage so you guys can sleep at night knowing that everything i said was 100% accurate

In my experience, thats all I see now. I live in chicago, and its ufll of good players but alot of fields that i attend are full of people with nice setups and bad attitudes. Now it may differ with you because you might play fields attended mostly by recballers, but this is my experience so lay off and stop being so anal about everything

[tony3]

People say that like 90% of the people that play are rec ballers, but I can't really agree with that. Maybe its the fact that tourney players play almost every weekend, but on the weekends at the indoor field we have been playing at team practice from 8-12 has more people then they usually get from 12-8. At badlandz where I play, usually recball players and tourney players are equal, or rec ball are more just because there is a big tourney going on somewhere. I dunno, people just need to ignore the people that cause problems on the field. It is a select 5-10 kids at the field that want to start fights and cause problems.

I know sooo many nice guys that will never fight anyone.

[Enraged Monk]

The big difference is rec ballers are usually there to "have fun" and tourny players are usually there to "win", major difference in the level of committment and competition.

Thats what it comes down to. Tourny players are there to win and usually will use all that they have to win. When they use all that, and still lose, they get angry. Their angry is not like a rec-baller losing, because they take the game way more seriously. They cuss, mostly because they are angry, and need to vent some how. As for bonus balling, im not to sure about them with that.

Sean

[mobsterboy]

its honestly just a matter of how you can handle yourself

[The Action Figure]

you can be a "baller" without being retarded. I played with a kid named ronnie from upstate army, well he's a really good player (shoots a dm4, halo, 45/45) and he ended up bunkering me, and i was expecting him to light me up well actually 1 shot to the hat is all he needed. I called myself out, so when he ended up in the 50 dorito with me (hehe he had no clue I was there) i shot him once in the shoulder. you treat me with respect ill treat you with respect

[nt2004]

heres a thought on why most tourney players bonus ball. Most take the game extremely seriously and dont like to lose even in practice. Its not a big secret that alot of players are dishonest these days and dont seem to think wiping is wrong. Most tourney players know other tourney players wipe or play on so those extra hits either get them pulled quicker or cause enough pain to discourage them from playing on.

Lets say a player was to attempt a run through on the other team. If they get hit once on the run, they will most likely ignore it and keep going. If they get shot 9-10 times, they will probably stop and are less likely to try it again some other game ( if you got hit 9-10 times, i doubt you would be too eager to reattempt the move that got you those 9-10 hits).

Im not saying bonus balling is an ok thing to do, but i can see why some people choose to be a bit malicious and add a few extra hits when they can

[CKY_Alliance]

Mobster where in SC do you live?