is paintball a sport?

[geekwarrior]

if curling is an olympic sport, than paintball is a sport....if it's not a sport than what would you call it? paintball is a lot like dodgeball....and we all know that is the best sport ever (next to paintballing)

[Miscue]

paintball is art. it touches the soul and is beauty in my eyes. it was born of imagination

I think it started like this. Couple guys are marking cattle with paint markers. One guy gets bored and shoots the other guy. He retaliates and starts shooting back. Others see it and want to give it a try. They get some shop goggles and go to town.

I don't think it has anything to do with art, beauty, or imagination... but rather, it has more to do with how guys like to throw rocks, shoot rubber bands at each other, and practice giving headlocks and wedgies.

[Kwaidd]

not that i want to agree with the guy saying "taking a dump is a sport"...but my old college roommate and I used to take pictures of exceptional "movements" and e-mail them to each other in the name of competitiveness. Im sad to say that even with "the rim crawler" I still lost thus far
/shrug. its messed up, but there you have it.


*edit*

but yeah, paintball is a sport.

and btw, that thing about the beer....thank you for that amazing piece of wisdom. Never were truer words spoken. It's all so clear now. Beer ftw!!!

[gc82000]

This has been discussed many times. The definitive way to determine whether or not it's a sport is to ask yourself, can I partake in this activity without significant risk of spilling my beer? If you attempt to play paintball while drinking a beer, then you will most likely spill it, therefore it's a sport, just like football and hockey. The beer rule is infallible.

Me and some team mates have played soccer many a times without spilling a beer. True we were piss drunk but the factor of holding your beer while running and dribbling made it so much more of a thinking game.

Football is a peice of cake to play just try to be a lineman and never run or anything. OH and dont try to slap a beer aout of hand. We all know what will ensue from that.

[Pacifist_Farmer]

not that i want to agree with the guy saying "taking a dump is a sport"...but my old college roommate and I used to take pictures of exceptional "movements" and e-mail them to each other in the name of competitiveness. Im sad to say that even with "the rim crawler" I still lost thus far

wtf?

amd yes its a sport

[wanna-b-ballin']

i truly belive that paintball is a sport.... but to prove all my friends wrong i need your thoughts... and my friends also belive that a sport is "somthing u cant be fat and be good at".....

have your friends heard of this thing called football?

[Cow hunter]

i said "well what about football" and they said "PHHHH under the fat theyre all muscle"

[benzy2]

A sport isnt defined by stregth of muscle. Certain sports judge muscle and strength but almost all have no penalties due to being fat other than the possibility of not being as competative. Look at most of the pro paintball teams. They in general are in great shape, even more so for the front and mid players. As posted the definition of a sport either goes by the physical activity definition or the beer spillage definition. And I argue that golf isnt a sport. Take a full swing while holding a beer and see if non spills. Also try driving the cart after 18 holes of beer drinking without spillage of a beer.

[mobsterboy]

well, all i have to say, is that if cheerleading is a sport, then heck yes paintballing is a sport

[Eric Cartman]

Take a full swing while holding a beer and see if non spills. Also try driving the cart after 18 holes of beer drinking without spillage of a beer.

Yeah, but the time spent actually swinging the club is a pretty minimal percentage of the time it takes to play 18 holes. You can drink easily for the rest of it. To avoid spillage on the cart, simply chug the first half of your beer. A half full beer is harder to spill than a full one.

Me and some team mates have played soccer many a times without spilling a beer. True we were piss drunk but the factor of holding your beer while running and dribbling made it so much more of a thinking game.

Football is a peice of cake to play just try to be a lineman and never run or anything. OH and dont try to slap a beer aout of hand. We all know what will ensue from that.

OK but that's screwin' around, and there's nothing wrong with that, but if you're seriously playing either football or soccer, your risk of spillage is high enough to qualify as a sport. The same argument can be made regarding baseball, but not softball / slowpitch. Those are games and again, drinking is virtually required.

[JKR]

Definition (partial) of "game" directly from an online dictionary...

Quote:

activity engaged in for diversion or amusement : PLAY (2) : the equipment for a game b : often derisive or mocking jesting : FUN, SPORT
2 a : a procedure or strategy for gaining an end : TACTIC b : an illegal or shady scheme or maneuver : RACKET
3 a (1) : a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other (2) : a division of a larger contest


I believe if more of us considered paintball a game, there might be fewer bad attitudes and problems associated with cheating.

I always have considered paintball a game rather than a sport. Of course, it is all relative to the level at which you participate. Professionals and tourney guys could claim it a sport, but I feel rec guys such as myself are just out there to play a game!

Justin

[Recon by Fire]

Curling (stone on ice) and Ping Pong are sports just like Paintball. Oh wait, Curlinga and Ping Pong are in the Olympics! Sorry, personally I consider paintball an activity or hobby.

[onedude36]

I play paintball as a sport as as often and as hard as i can. I push myself to my limit and farther to do well. I hate losing in paintball. I can lose in anything else and not care(cept CS)

[Carbon]

the way i see it , im my broad general view, if it requires running and sprinting abillity, its a sport.

Also you have to distinguish what level of play.

[minimag03]

I personally don't think it's a sport. My reasoning is that our equpiment does most of the work for us. I think paintball is around the same level as nascar; there is more equipment needed skills. Just my 2 cents.