Is it ever OK

[Lupis Fidelis]

Hey all, Im interested in the community's feedback on something...

This season I watched two players explode into a point blank shooting incident. One player accused his team mate of shooting his marker too close to his head and the shooter then replied he wasn't hitting him and proceeded to shoot. In responce the player complaining then shot the other point blank in the mask. This lead to about 3 or 4 more shots from each player directed at the other at point blank range.

There is a bit of a back-story in that the two players had not been seeing eye to eye on the team leadership for almost the entire season.

1. Is it ever OK to shoot anyone like that?
2. If the "first point blank shooter" was the team capt. would you stay on the team?

One last question:
If it was your friend that was shot point blank by the team capt. and you were also a member of the team, would you stay on the team or is this something that can just be put behind and the players apologize and continue like it never happend?

I have my opinion (unforgivable and now has resulted in "trust issues" ) but Im currious what you guys think....

[Tool-of-death]

Hey all, Im interested in the community's feedback on something...

This season I watched two players explode into a point blank shooting incident. One player accused his team mate of shooting his marker too close to his head and the shooter then replied he wasn't hitting him and proceeded to shoot. In responce the player complaining then shot the other point blank in the mask. This lead to about 3 or 4 more shots from each player directed at the other at point blank range.

There is a bit of a back-story in that the two players had not been seeing eye to eye on the team leadership for almost the entire season.

1. Is it ever OK to shoot anyone like that?
2. If the "first point blank shooter" was the team capt. would you stay on the team?

One last question:
If it was your friend that was shot point blank by the team capt. and you were also a member of the team, would you stay on the team or is this something that can just be put behind and the players apologize and continue like it never happend?

I have my opinion (unforgivable and now has resulted in "trust issues" ) but Im currious what you guys think....

No it's not ok and I would not play on a team that has that kind of tension in it. it could lead to some issues on the field.

[kruger]

Why put yourself thru that much stress? Wondering when you are going to be on the receiving end of his anger. Paintball is supposed to be fun, a passtime, a sport? If you have already formed an opinion of what you SHOULD do, then you should go with your gut instinct. Instincts are usually right. There are too many teams out there that are not hostile in their game play to have to put up with this sort of childish stuff. Start you own team, you might be suprised at how many of your old team mates come with you.

[kenndogg]

I recently competed in a tourny where in the final game my teamate shot me out. Though I got really pissed intially; after it was all over I got over it. We ended the tourny with a 3rd place showing. I never ever thought about turning around and lighting my teammate up. I would never shot my teammates point blank like that or tolerate it on my team with the rest of the crew. As the team captain I try to make sure my team is having fun and won't turn on them like that. Nor would I even be on a team if the captain acted like that b/c chances are we'll end up in a fist fight.

[pump]

1. Is it ever OK to shoot anyone like that?

just as long as equipment is up to ASTM standards i see no reason to why not


sounds like its time for a good ol fashioned Fist(foot, knee, elbow, headbutt, throw, and submission) fight....Violence Solves Everything

[hs2000]

my answer is, no, no, and no. I play to have fun.

[RavishingEddie]

just as long as equipment is up to ASTM standards i see no reason to why not


sounds like its time for a good ol fashioned Fist(foot, knee, elbow, headbutt, throw, and submission) fight....Violence Solves Everything

Yeah same thing happened to me the other day. I was watching a game from the outside net and some jerk starts shooting paint towards me. I told him to not do that **** and he tells me "I can shoot whenever I want" and starts shoots paint towards me again. He then says "Comon I'll take you on one on one!" So I put on my mask and kicked his ***. I later found out he meant to play a game of paintball not an actual fist fight.

[Pneumagger]

You guys should not play for an ******* like that. If I were you and your friend... I would get the captain to front the dough for the next tourney... then just not show up.

Although I can have quite a temper. I wouldve walked up behind him and stuck a paintball right in the base of his neck point blank. Then proceed to kick his ***. Needless to say that would be my 14 day notice... hehe

[Shirow]

Are you asking if it's ever OK to act like an immature brat? Or am I misunderstanding the question?

[Pullman]

Dude,

Not safe. Not cool. Walk away. If you aren't having fun it's not worth it. I'm sure you guys can start your own team. My guess is the rest of your team probably feels the way you do, and you can just boot the captain and start over.

[pump]

Not safe.

really? the shooting or the fighting?

thought googles were strong enough...they should be if they are not

[stop whining buy a mag]

Drop the markers and fight with your fists.

[Shirow]

really? the shooting or the fighting?

thought googles were strong enough...they should be if they are not

I seem to recall an incident a couple of years back, at the start of the whole ramping acceptance, where somebody got 'accidentally' shot 9 or 10 times in the googles at point blank range because the guy didn't really have control of his marker, and his goggles broke.

I don't believe they are really designed to take repeated close range shots - IIRC the manual for my goggles says to replace the lens after every single hit.

Probably more CYA than real need, but think how much force is hitting that thin piece of plastic - to do it repeatedly in the same spot is probably not a good idea.

[bentothejam1n]

I seem to recall an incident a couple of years back, at the start of the whole ramping acceptance, where somebody got 'accidentally' shot 9 or 10 times in the googles at point blank range because the guy didn't really have control of his marker, and his goggles broke.

just to see how strong my OLD (over 1 1/2 years) lenses were, I took my newly acquired borg and I shot 1/4 hopper into them. I was ramping and I was probably shooting way more than 10bps at point blank and nothing happened to the goggles......
/sorry for the bad grammar... im tired

[Lohman446]

Firing the marker at someone, in anger, outside of the context of the game is NOT ok and may in fact be criminal. As to my reaction - it really depends on my relationship with the person before, and there actions after.