US ARMY to sponsor

[rpm07]

Three Rivers Paintball Festival Welcomes U.S. Army Recruiting


U.S. Army Recruiting has come on board as a major sponsor for the upcoming Three Rivers Paintball Festival July 27-30 in Pittsburgh, PA.! They'll be supplying lanyards and promotional items for players, as well as an opportunity to play the #1 computer video game "America's Army"! Potential gamers will have a chance to test their skills and play the action-packed game at a black and gold Army tent that will be on-site throughout the festival.



"We're happy to be a part of the Three Rivers Paintball Festival," says Dale Terry, chief of Advertising and Public Affairs for the Pittsburgh Recruiting Battalion. "We know there will be lots of young people that will be interested in learning about Army opportunities. But just as importantly, we're planning on joining in the fun and adding to the festivities with our great computer game."



Vendors signed up before June 1st can save Hundreds! Free primitive camping for teams is also available on a limited basis - so don't delay! Over $50,000 in prizes and still building! The event will feature a 3-man, Young Guns, 5-player rookie/novice in airfields, a Pro-Clinic with Philly Americans and a special Retro, 5-player woodsball event as well as the famous Blackcat scenario production "Team America"! National Paintball Supply will also be hosting their infamous Industry Cocktail Party with the Shari Richards Band and Diablo Cigar Room. The fun comes back to Three Rivers Paintball Park just 5 minutes from the hopping town of Cranberry, and 20 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh! Don't miss this 16th Annual IAO now known as The Three Rivers Paintball Festival sponsored by Empire!



For more information on this offer go to our web site

https://www.PaintballFestival.com

[Indignant]

Seems to me like this will just give people more ways to say paintball is training people for war...

[slade]

Seems to me like this will just give people more ways to say paintball is training people for war...

just going to say that, i really dont like the idea.

[magman007]

it seems like a waste of time and money, any one else think its funny the army is sponsoring an event, that has a team america theme?

[slade]

it seems like a waste of time and money, any one else think its funny the army is sponsoring an event, that has a team america theme?

it has a team america theme?!

well, then my opinion has changed. this is just awesome.

[RapidTransit]

it seems like a waste of time and money, any one else think its funny the army is sponsoring an event, that has a team america theme?

I heard they are assembling a NASCAR team NOW thats a waste of time and Money

[Rudz]

yup

Seems to me like this will just give people more ways to say paintball is training people for war...

Exactly....does the army reserve have a team? Lol....

[REDRT]

The winning team gets drafted.

[CoolHand]

3 day ban for cussing...Army

[slade]

Beggars can't be choosers, and basically every paintball player I have ever known has been a beggar so . . . . . . .

beggars certainly can be choosers, they just wont necessarily get what they want.

and anyway, sponsorship isnt necessarily "begging". the sponsor sponsors the event because (they hope) they will get something from it.

They'll be supplying lanyards and promotional items for players, as well as an opportunity to play the #1 computer video game "America's Army"!

if you think about it, what is the event actually getting from this? a few lanyards and the opportunity to play a promotional videogame? personally, at the risk of having people call paintball violent, i would have passed on the sponsorship.

...if it werent for the fact that its a "team america" event, that just makes the sponsorship hilarious.

[CoolHand]

Paintball IS violent.

Everything about it is violent.

Might as well get used to it.

Now, just because it is voilent, doesn't mean it's bad.

Football is violent as hell, so is rugby, and soccer too.

I don't see why you guys get so up in arms about this stuff. Being hypersensitve to any criticism is not a way to get around it or improve things.

[slade]

Paintball IS violent.

Everything about it is violent.

Might as well get used to it.

Now, just because it is voilent, doesn't mean it's bad.

Football is violent as hell, so is rugby, and soccer too.

I don't see why you guys get so up in arms about this stuff. Being hypersensitve to any criticism is not a way to get around it or improve things.

why is it violent?

i dont see what necessarily makes paintball violent, or rather how it could make a person violent.

and even then, its not a good idea to associate a sport with the military.

[REDRT]

why is it violent?

i dont see what necessarily makes paintball violent, or rather how it could make a person violent.

and even then, its not a good idea to associate a sport with the military.

going out of your way to shoot people with multiple projectiles. Ending up brused and bleeding sometimes. Pretty easy to associate violence and paintball.

paintball isn't an official sport

Thousands of rec and senerio players getting dressed up like soldiers. Everything going tacticle and looking like the real thing. Where have you been? Paintball / military, Yeah I can see the association...

[warbeak2099]

or rather how it could make a person violent.

I think that's the biggest point that people try to make. Sure the very nature of people shooting each other is violent. However, is this activity going to cause people to act violent off the field? No, probably not. Just like video games have no significant, positive correlation with violent behavior. You've got to have a tendency towards violence in the first place.

But people try to make that point and argue that playing paintball will train you to be a militant terrorist. I also think that having the army as a sponsor is incredibly stupid. It can't be good for anyone.

[ThePixelGuru]

Yes, paintball's a very militaristic sport, but tons of others are, too. The problem is that ours gets singled out for a number of stupid reasons. People say it's got guns, so it's war. Ever use a nailgun? How about a spraygun? Water gun? Why aren't roofing, spraypainting and water fights war? Water fights certainly are, but somehow it's culturally acceptable while paintball isn't. People say paintball's based on war, that's why it's different. Consider, though, that most sports are wargames. Lacrosse is entirely a wargame, but there's no problem with people playing it. Many sports were designed by emulating war. There's not even (supposed to be) any physical contact in paintball, unlike almost every other sport. Basically, people consider paintball violent because they want to. The Army's not going to help us with that, and even though for some reason it's an admirable goal to go overseas and kill and die for oil (whoops, I meant our country), shooting people with glorified bath beads is a morally wrong pastime. Lame.

If the Army wants to pay to have a tent at a paintball event, though, let 'em. Take their money, and don't enlist if you don't want to. It's not like anyone besides paintball players is going to pay attention to who sponsors paintball.