Idiots ruining paintball

[Bonestock98]

Here is the link to their main site, they have a video on there. There is also a place to send e-mails, I hope you guys care about paintball as much as I do and will give him your sentiments ( ).

[Lohman446]

Who cares - consenting adults, ethical hedonism, no harm done to anyone but the participants.

[BD_Paintball]

that is sweet. and yes i love paintball but its not hurting anything.

[evildead420]

lol, that was funny with that girl screaming like Bigfoot or something. very bad for paintball, no mask

[Lohman446]

The general public frankly does not care if you are wearing a mask or not. Look at hockey, do they look safe on the ice for pucks travelling at high rates of speed? Or baseball for balls being thrown near 100mph

[Cow hunter]

sounds fun.... how much u figure those guys get paid to get shot?

[Hexis]

very bad for paintball, no mask

Except:

Q: Will the targets, models, actors, actresses be wearing eye protection?

A: Yes, absolutely. In some of our promotion video previews, the targets aren't wearing eye protection, but will be wearing proper safety protection during actual member sessions.



So not so much with the whining please.

[temps]

The general public frankly does not care if you are wearing a mask or not. Look at hockey, do they look safe on the ice for pucks travelling at high rates of speed? Or baseball for balls being thrown near 100mph

Hockey and baseball is a little different.. in the game there is one puck/ball and I can easily see if its comeing my way..

as for this.. like the post above me says they are wearing proper protection.. so I dont have a problem with it.

[benzy2]

Hockey and baseball is a little different.. in the game there is one puck/ball and I can easily see if its comeing my way..

as for this.. like the post above me says they are wearing proper protection.. so I dont have a problem with it.

I broke my nose during baseball running the bases. I never saw it coming. A little higher and it would have hit my eye socket which the ER lady was thankful didnt happen. You dont always see it coming just because there arent as many things in the air.

[evildead420]

Except:

Q: Will the targets, models, actors, actresses be wearing eye protection?

A: Yes, absolutely. In some of our promotion video previews, the targets aren't wearing eye protection, but will be wearing proper safety protection during actual member sessions.



So not so much with the whining please.

so you saying, YOU GUYS are doing this? damn. got balls?

[refugee]

I think you guys are to quick to nock this idea. Think about this; a remote turret set up at a key crossroads at a large scenario game. The turret is neutral and immune to small arms fire. Somewhere there is a guy sitting at his computer controlling the thing. It would be like a live version of that beachhead video game, plus it would add a fun aspect to the scenario. To make the whole concept more sporting, and more exiting for the turret operator (give him more players to shoot at) there could be a small target some where on the turret that if hit shuts it off for a short period of time (something like 5 minutes) allowing players to pass by unmolested. There could even be points awarded for each turret kill, meaning the operator would see plenty of action.

[noodles]

interesting idea refugee but think about the lag between what the camera pics up and how fast it sends that info to the computer. By the time you saw someone on screen they'd be half a mile away from the turret.

[Lohman446]

The reaction OMG its going to ruin paintball, he's playing without a mask is overdone.

How many baseball movies / scenes / advertisements have you seen where the batter does not wear a helmet?

How about football and proper padding?

Hocker (especially roller hockey) without padding?

Skateboarding without protective gear?

The point is, the general public doesn't care if some set up situation is done without a mask / protective gear / etc. The knee jerk reaction is just that...

[Hexis]

so you saying, YOU GUYS are doing this? damn. got balls?

I gots nothing to do with it. I am simply literate and don't like to over react. Reading a bit of info on their web page shows that this is not sime evil deal, it's simply a company tossing together a FPS on a robot and maybe making money. I don't see any real problem with it. Not everything that folks don't like is going to ruin paintball.

I'll use my CKY/Jack*** example. Just because a bunch of yahoos made some videos of foolish stunts in shopping carts, did it ruin the shopping cart industry? Nope, had zero effect. A second example: Do all the slasher films with butcher/chef knifes cut into Wusthof's sales? Don't think so. The use of a technology or device for strange and sometimes offensive uses does little, or nothing to tarnish the technology/device.

Me, I'll keep using shopping carts. I'll keep using my Wustohf knives. I'll keep playing and intorducing new people to paintball. All of those things have a much greater positive impact than any of the above examples.

[refugee]

interesting idea refugee but think about the lag between what the camera pics up and how fast it sends that info to the computer. By the time you saw someone on screen they'd be half a mile away from the turret

I admit to not knowing much about the limitations of the technologies involved, however since the same concept was used to allow the hunting of live animals from a home computer, which would also call for a quick reaction time, I would think that the idea is not entirely improbable.