Playing injured, and the sportsmanship of the tournament "crowd"

[Vicious6]

I was at my local field (Ruckus Paintball in NJ) this weekend... the *expletive* bastards that make up "Team Ruckus" were throwing broken paintballs at other players in the staging areas. A few parents of younger players mentioned they wouldn't bring their kids there anymore. ..which is just a shame because Chris and the guys that work there are simply amazing people.

Not only did this make Ruckus look bad, but the team members doing it looked like they were 14 years old. This just adds to many of the labels and generalizations involving those "damn kids" that play paintball. I'm aware of the questionable attitudes of any sponsored or professional team, but wouldn't you think by even just wearing the name of a sponsor or field that you're obligated to give them a positive image?

[Rudz]

wow

yeah im with gettin the girl part, maybe she will feel sorry for u now and make u feel better, lol, ur nuts man, hardcore, least u have some war scars now to tell ur grandkids about...when i was in the war....the paintballs...yeah some war...lol

[phantomhitman]

There is no way tourney players did that. You mean there are some that do nto overshoot, cheat, wipe, scream, moan and groan?!!
Seems you have a good crowd like I have around my area. Get well soon, and stop playing and get some rest.

[NewbieMagMan10988]

Colors is a great feild. Ive been playing there for at leat 3 years now, and everyone there is great. Im going to be in Jpan for the tourny, which blows.
Oh well.

Hope you get better, good friend of mine had his lung collapse last month, must be the popular injury of the time.

Mike

[68magOwner]

Yeah, i would say that in general the tournament crowd here is a nice group of people. Last CFOA i played, everyone on both teams always wished each other good luck before the games, and i saw something that was quite amazing. Ya know when a team is getting hyped up for a game they may do a chant in front of the deadbox or whatever, well, what i saw was 2 teams (about to play one another) meet in the middle of the field and both do a chant type thing together. I personally know one of the teams, and know that they did NOT closley know the other team. Was just a cool thing i thought. Also heard a lot of "good shot baller"'s from people who had just been shot out (i made shure to complement my opponents whenever applicable). Just a fun day for everyone and a good time.