Ever shoot a ref on purpose?

[ShotOnSight]

This thread is the reason why refs cary shields lol

[RoadDawg]

This thread is the reason why refs cary shields lol

That reminds me of another one I shot. He purposely stood in the lanes so his buddies (who worked at the proshop) could move to the next bunker. Next time I'm sure he'll hold the shield a little lower.

[dahoeb]

oh yeah, i've shot a ref a few times. playing in the castle at my field, i'd hear someone slowly walking my way without announcing themselves, and as soon as they turned the corner, POP POP POP. about 1/2 the time it was a ref, after a couple games like this they never quit yelling, "REF COMING THROUGH..."

but purposely picking out refs that annoy me and blasting them? naaa, thatd just get my butt kicked out of the game. and i don't think i've ever had that much reason to do it. i'd rather take out my anger on the opposing team.

[Troen]

i was playing on a small feild, after the break i ran to the corner bunker and was shooting down the snake, i come up on the other side of the bunker and i see someone running towards the fly station (it was set up in the middle on a huge plastic pipe). apparently one of the players shot the flag off the pipe and the ref, being new ran over to pick it up since there was no one in his area that would shoot him. whoops. needless to say i overshot him. but have i ever intentially shot a ref? yes, he was standing in my way telling another player on the other side where i was

[Lohman446]

I was one time "reffing" a friendly game. The teams got stacked and one of the new players was using my marker. Keep in mind this is a game amonst friends and there are no real refs. When he got hit I yelled sub and took my marker, stepping into his place. Oh my was the other team surprised

[NewbieMagMan10988]

Somehow when I'm reffing the players get the idea that I may be carrying a firearm on field.
I don't know why

You laugh geek....


http://automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=200970


Thats only one of a few he could easily hide in a PB jersey...

Oh, and i tihnk the reffs outwiegh me by 180, not 80


No offense..........








Russ


Mike

[Lohman446]

You laugh geek....


http://automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=200970


Thats only one of a few he could easily hide in a PB jersey...

Oh, and i tihnk the reffs outwiegh me by 180, not 80


No offense..........

The only arguments I have had to come in and enforce a good call (not a bad call that I made, I should expect those) have been when Truman or Ben were reffing. Its funny how quickly the arguments end when I walk over.

[stop whining buy a mag]

Shooting an already dumb ref in the head doesn't make him any smarter. I've seen some refs make the worst calls during games and I tell them how I feel about. Occasionally I just stand up, give them the finger, and walk off.

If you don't know how to ref, don't ref. You become more of a burden than anything else.

[behemoth]

Once i had a shot on an opponent, and the ref was in the way

I yell 'MOVE! MOVE!'

He just looks at me, so i threw down a rope

He took the first 3 or so to the goggles, the opponent had hidden by that time, and the rest flew past his bunker

Ref was mad.

[jsdatjsd]

they lined up at the blocks, guns back 3-2-1- 10 seconds---whistle they come off the board they are gonna shoot then put there guns down walk to the fifty and play paper rock scissors for the win

Must have been the same guys that came walk on with a couple tricked out cockers on an indoor field i was playing in 1997. All of us had pumps, so the ref split the two cocker players up. They refused to shoot each other, and just hunted the rental players instead.

I never went back to the field.

That was the second to last time I played.

JD

[athomas]

Guy I know got together with another team at Skyball in Toronto a few years back and agreed to shoot the refs for a whole game until the clock ran out. It turns out, the refs on that field were very careless, lazy, biased and generally not doing their job and it had cost both teams during the tournament. Both were out of the running for their last game of the tourny so they agreed to shoot the refs, not ramping, but single shot shooting. They would shoot the refs 2 or 3 times and then shoot at a bunker where an opposing player was a few times. No players were eliminated during the game but the refs were a little sore.

[REDRT]

My personal ideals on shooting a ref. Normally I don't go out of the way to shoot them, but it does happen. A dead beat ref always gets a few from me. Now I used to be nice and peg them in non hurting spots. Now a days I'll shoot to get the point across. There has been times the ref has been in my firing line. Normally a shot or two helps them move. Then there has been the totally innocent times the ball flew untrue and peg the ref or they just poped up in front of my shot sting. Rare for me, but it has happened. Hard to recall them paintballs. If the refs are doing a good jobs no matter if I'm winning or loosing, they could almost run around in a speedo and be free from hits from me.

[FallNAngel]

I only ref tournaments.

Shoot one of my refs on purpose and you're done for the day, and you will be playing a man short (assuming you make it off the field without them killing you). That being said accidents happen.

Fair enough, but I expect the refs to be doing their job too... not wandering aimlessly while staring at their feet.

Shooting an already dumb ref in the head doesn't make him any smarter.

I don't expect it to make him smarter, I expect it to make him pay attention when he's reffing

It's my belief that doing a good job reffing and getting shot go hand in hand. If you don't get shot during the day, it was either a light day or you just weren't doing your job. Personally, when I reffed, I ran, called players out and payed attention to the game in general. I put way too much effort into reffing, especially for what we were paid... but it's how I'd want to be reffed. I don't expect people to go nuts reffing, but if you're not even *looking* at the playing field...

[SpitFire1299]

As a ref for a local field.. i have to say; I have been shot or atleast shot at for not doing paint checks. Its hard to paint check someone when your the only ref on the field and theres a lot of players. We are mainly out there to make sure everyone is safe, and to regulate.

[quasimorte]

at my home field all the refs are volunteers (sp). they don't get payed and they get shot to hell durring any given day. they ref because they like the game and like hanging around paintball. if i couldn't play but could still walk i would ref no question. because they are volunteers they do it because they like it period. this makes even the games where we are short reffs better because it means most of the players are honest or they don't play any more.