Ever shoot a ref on purpose?

[FallNAngel]

Looking through all the tabs I had open on Opera (24 of them) I came across a webpage I forgot I even had open. On this particular site, I read an article where the author was fed up with the cheating that went on at a field he played at (link) and it got me thinking of one of the last time I had played. We were on what was basically a hyperball field. I make it to my primary bunker near the 50 and I look out of my bunker and see a guy hanging *way* out crossfield... so I shoot him and watch him duck back into his bunker. I know I hit him... so I start screaming at a ref to check him... nothing. So I scream louder... still nothing. I continue to scream for the next 20-30 seconds at the top of my lungs. Nothing.

Now granted the field had more players than it should've, it's slightly larger than normal and there was only 2 refs... but I've worked with these refs, on these fields, for over a year. I know what it's like to be on the field reffing and I know what someone screaming at the top of their lungs sounds like. So, I look up and see a ref just kinda walking up the field... not a care in the world, so I take aim and let loose a rather nice string. A few hit him in the chest, a couple more in the head. Finally looks up and give me a "What the hell?" look. I continue to point and try to scream "Check the ****ing roller!" and of course he jogs over, looks at the guy and calls him clean.

I get off the field and he's like "Dude, you shot me in the head..." I replied... "I was *SCREAMING* for someone to check him... *SCREAMING*" and had a friend that was in the bunker with me confirm it and then I just walked off and said "Pay attention next time"

Just wondering if anyone else shot up the refs when they started dazing off...

[behemoth]

haha, small world.

Thats my best friend's personal site.

I played that game, and yes, the refs are that worthless.

[txaggie08]

i shot a guy for being an idiot one time. He kept walking right in front of me. I asked him to move and he informed me he would stand werever he pleased, his father owned the field, and i was a Fing walk on. Unfortunatly I had made friends with said father and had his imp......i **moved** him.


His fathers reaction to this....."should have shot him first THEN told him to move."

[LiveWire]

oh most deffinatly dude, once one of the refs at our field was telling the other team our locations. so i start shooting at him when hes not looking, and when hed look over i pretend like i was shooting at the other side of the field. he never found out it was me but he knows someone is watching... ME

[RoadDawg]

Once or twice. Only because the refs were "sharing" information about our location during play. I used to shoot "dead" players that would talk on the sideline about locations too. If your going to help the other team, I am going to treat you as an opponent.

[psychowarden]

.i **moved** him.

Nicely put. I can honestly say that I have never intentionally shot at a ref. The field that I play at is very small, so on rec days, we dont even have refs, except for a few of us more experienced players that step into first timer games to keep them going smoothly. But on tournaments, there are 4-6 refs on a 3vs3 field, so they do a fairly good job.

[68magOwner]

hmm, i dont think i have ever really picked out a ref for the sole purpose of shooting him, but, i have definatley shot refs out of my way (say, theyre checking a player, and i decide to just blast both of them rather than waiting for the ref to call the player hit or out) only in tournaments though of course.

[Glickman]

there used to be a paintball field near me that had 10-12 year old kids as refs.

apparently they thought it was funny to shoot the players with airsoft and zap the players with tazers (both of which they sold in the "pro-shop"



yes, these were the REFS shooting and shocking the players, so the 4 people i was with, all joined to snap the ref when he wasnt looking.

if one of you kids are on this forum, just consider yourself lucky that i was young then, now, you wouldve took a fist to the face.

actually, the owner was one of the nicest guys you couldve met in paintball, but it wasnt a smart move hiring immature kids. (im sure we have all seen perfectly fine 14-16 year old refs, so age isnt the ONLY factor)

eventually the place was shut down

[ShotOnSight]

Well as much as refs can sometime make bad calls theyre still the ultamite authority on the field and I think should be treated as such, for me this primarily goes for tournaments and the like but if youre just at your home field and your familiar with the ref's then its not that bad,

I can clearly remember one day where te refs where walking around the field with one hand in the air to let everyone know they where the ref and the other hand cupped over theyre balls, we would shoot them in the nuts if they ever made a wrong call or were just being plain stupid the stock class players had more fun plinking the refs jewels than actually playing I think

[Toll]

Sure, but I work at the field so it's a wee bit different.

Shooting the ref on purpose (blatantly at any rate) for no other reason than to shoot him is just a bit lame...If they aren't doing their job, talk to the field manager. If they walk infront of you go ahead and shoot, their own fault. If he's really being a dick and you feel you are owed some vengence, shooting him won't do that much good. Refs get shot all day (Unless you really are that bad of a ref)

[FallNAngel]

Once or twice. Only because the refs were "sharing" information about our location during play. I used to shoot "dead" players that would talk on the sideline about locations too. If your going to help the other team, I am going to treat you as an opponent.

If someone is calling out positions, I'll have to take it in context.

If it's just a friendly game with some new kids.. no big deal. Do it to help the new guys out.
If it's a competitive game (not so much a tourney, just not a game with newbies), I've started to shoot people who call out positions. If they want to act like a live player, I'll treat them like one.

Well as much as refs can sometime make bad calls theyre still the ultamite authority on the field and I think should be treated as such

Oh absolutely. I'll listen to the ref... good call or not, because they're the ref. After the game I may talk with them about it, but I agree, they are the ones who are *supposed* to be running the field. If a ref is doing a good job, I make a point to tell them so. Unfortunately, I *rarely* see good refs. It's very uncommon to see a ref actually run to a player without having a paint check called because they think they saw something. I can't really say I blame them, most don't get paid well... but when they're just strolling along the field staring at the ground... well you get what you deserve.

[CKY_Alliance]

hmm, i dont think i have ever really picked out a ref for the sole purpose of shooting him, but, i have definatley shot refs out of my way (say, theyre checking a player, and i decide to just blast both of them rather than waiting for the ref to call the player hit or out) only in tournaments though of course.

Ye, ive done this before as well...shot the guy saw a few break on him (i had such an angle he had no where to go) ref goes in and isnt pulling him so i just lay the paint on both of them..not intintionally on the ref but it didnt bother me either...ye that expedited the process slightly...

refs deserve it sometimes...last event my team played we where getting such bad calls that a few of us where shottin reffs..i mean the reffs where so biased..to the point of cheering for the other team when they got an elimination..dead players gave away the position of one of my teamates,refs tried to deny it then one of them came over and was like "ye they where talkin in the box"...still did nothing about it...your not spose to talk at all in the deadbox much less give away position....the guy said it was fine since they didnt give away position (which they did) so i was like ..ok so when it comes down to a 2 on 1 i can cheer for my player and route (sp?) him on?...he was like oh no...no you cant do that..and wouldnt give me a reason why..i was like well im not given away position or any other info..so whats the deal...ehh anyway....

At another event the reffing was so biased twoards the home team..that there was a guy with a very obvious hit on the SIDE of his hoppe..you see where 2 paintball hit him shell and fill and all...when we asked the refs to check players they said ooh we cant check anyone else...???wtf?? is that and they just completley ignored the huge pink spot on the guys hopper...The reffing at this event was so bad that 2 teams that where gettin horrible calls all day had to play each other and 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 ..by far the funniest **** ever..i jus wish someone would have got it on film



anyway added a little uneeded info but its 3 am and im bored so o well...

[punkncat]

At one particular event the refs had been making bad calls all day, had a serious case of butt shoulder going on. After deciding the fix was in and there was no way anyone other than the home team was going to win.....this was AFTER they created another semi final because the favorite team wasn't winning at that point..... We came off the break and blazed the refs instead of the other team, all five guns downfield just tearing the refs a new one. We of course made the break out, ran our hoppers out, bagged them and walked.
Never have played another tourney at that field.

[Lohman446]

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.

I once had a player I was reffing complain another ref was not checking. I asked him for his marker

I reiterate this. There is absolutely no way you, sitting in your bunker and coming out to shoot, are seeing more than the ref two feet away is. It is NOT your job to ref while playing. Most of the time I have two refs watching - in addition to the refs assigned areas the refs are assigned secondary areas (across field) to help with if there is nothing in front of them.

[bentothejam1n]

anybody remember the whole hk army thing at disney land?