is paintball a sport?

[Automaggot68]

tell that to offensive linemen.

or golfers.

or basketball centers.

Or 1stDeadeye

Or Old Soldier

Or Chewbacca

/page 2 snypar
//bill is fat

[Vex]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_sport

I don't like to think of paintball as an extreme sport even though it's listed. Paintballs are not dangerous. The potential for injury is from running around and stuff. But if this qualifies... then Extreme Stairclimbing with Laces Untied (ESLU) would also be an extreme sport.

It's also a team sport... most extreme sports are done solo.

The actual definition of "extreme sport" is not that the sport is necessarily dangerous. It was a moniker given to those sports that were outside the parameters of "normal" sports; i.e., baseball, basketball, etc, yet were worthy enough of also being defined as a sport. They usually do involve a little more physical exertion, however.

[benzy2]

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.

If you even want to say that there is little skill in nascar you have no clue about it. And when it comes to physical activity driving takes a freat deal of endourence. **** could you drive around a track for hours at a time inches from the rest of the crowd going 180mph? It does take a lot of energy to be good at nascar. If you dont consider it a sport oh well. Its all entertainment be it called a sport or not.

[ThePixelGuru]

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.

Then why do the pros do so much better than everyone else? It's not because one team is shooting better markers than the other.

[Totenkopfver]

I can't recall one instance of competitive 'dumping'.
You say it's a sport, I say you're an idiot.

Sport is defined as follows in the World Book Dictionary:
'1 a game, contest, or other pastime requiring some skill and usually a certain amount of physical exercise.'

Having a bowel movement is neither a game or a contest, is not a pass time, and unless you're digestive tract is very abnormal, to poop requires no skill or physical exercise.
I argued.

every one of your claims aginst extreme sh*tting is is false. btw i now officially claim coinage on the term "extreme sh*tting". you narrow-minded tool. please think outside the box and open your mind. just because you don't think us competetive bowel movers are real sportsman doesn't make it so. what makes a real sportsman is a will for greatness and a heart for competition, in this case taking a dump, and the mightiest dump of all time.

but seriously, my original statement stands. you can claim pretty much anything is a sport. like said, people HAVE been competitive about their "movements", it most definitely can take a "certain amount of excersize" (oh, i've DEFINITELY been tired after a number of big turds. and i mean exhausted. tough nuggets those bastards were. much straining and red face-ness. old turds can get DAMN hard). and yes, people have been known to "skillfully" take dumps. in fact i've done it. like taking a helical dump. im the man. and you'd be surprised how hard it is to do. the key is symmetry. and the squating without a seat only adds to the excersize bit.

pretty much anything. can be a sport.

ps: now recruiting members for the AESO, American Extreme Sh*tting League. Don't skimp on fiber if you plan to join.

[Jeffy-CanCon]

Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
2. A particular form of this activity.
2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

Paintball has no standardised rules regarding field size, team size, scoring, game length or allowable equipment. There is no governing body at the national or international level that I am aware of. There are commercially run leagues, and an industry association, but that's it.

Paintball is sport-like, but is not a sport. It is a recreational activity or an industry, depending on how you choose to look at it.

X-ball might be a sport, but I never heard of any other sport with proprietary rules.

[minimag03]

Then why do the pros do so much better than everyone else? It's not because one team is shooting better markers than the other.

I didn't say some skill wasn't. But if two equally skilled teams play against each other, one armed with DM6s and one armed with nelspots, who do you think will win?

As for the nascar reply, imo, being able to drive around a track for hours isn't a sport. There is some skill needed, but like I mentioned before, the equipment makes the biggest difference.

[hmmpaintball]

paintball is not a sport

i dont think paintball is a sport at all. it is not a team thing that u could get a scholarship for and become ritch off of. in paintball u dont need to work out and all u do is shoot people. my friend also says that paintball is a sport and so im trying to prove him wrong

[warbeak2099]

Too bad everyone proved you wrong in the thread you created. Your friend is right, I hope he doesn't listen to a word you say.

[Kwaidd]

i guess i shoulda said in my first post that, yeah paintball is a sport.....but its also a game.

its both, at the same time even /boggle

and does it really matter if its a sport or a game if we are able to do it and can enjoy it?

im not going to extend that statement to competetive dumping, cuz no matter how proud i've been over it...takin a dump isnt my idea of a good time.

[Cow hunter]

hmmpaintball is my idiot friend ive been arguing with he has no right to be on AO because he doesnt paly paintball

edit; do not argue more it IS a sport thank you to all who helped prove it.

[p8ntball72]

Think outside of the box for just a minute.

Football has 1 ball, regulation size
Football has regulation gear, they all wear the same protection
Football played at a national level has one set of rules

Basketball has 1 ball, regulation size
Basketball has regulation gear, they all wear the same protection
Basketball played at a national level has one set of rules

ALL SPORTS ARE LIKE THIS.

For someone that wanted to state paintball wasn't a sport could take the stance that in paintball there is an abundance of equipment that *may* give one team/person an advantage over another that has more skill.


P.S. I agree that paintball on a national level is a SPORT, although I do not believe professional paintballers are athletes.

[UTDragun]

Think outside of the box for just a minute.

Football has 1 ball, regulation size
Football has regulation gear, they all wear the same protection
Football played at a national level has one set of rules

Basketball has 1 ball, regulation size
Basketball has regulation gear, they all wear the same protection
Basketball played at a national level has one set of rules

ALL SPORTS ARE LIKE THIS.

For someone that wanted to state paintball wasn't a sport could take the stance that in paintball there is an abundance of equipment that *may* give one team/person an advantage over another that has more skill.


P.S. I agree that paintball on a national level is a SPORT, although I do not believe professional paintballers are athletes.

ok... so nxl or nppl are sports? does that make arena football not a sport?

bowling has different size balls
pb has regulation gear


how are pro pb players not atheletes?

[p8ntball72]

ok... so nxl or nppl are sports? does that make arena football not a sport?

bowling has different size balls
pb has regulation gear


how are pro pb players not atheletes?

Arena football is a joke and im sure the sponsors lose money everytime they play.
Bowling.... wow, where did that come from

[Cow hunter]

of all the replies here only a few are negative..... most of them are hmmpaintball (george) WHO HAS NEVER EVEN FRKKIN PLAYED PAINTBALL