Whats up with all those girls at the Zap IAO

[automagseeker]

damn well said lol

[pumpamatic]

Um, I agree with you all that this isn't helping the public image of paintball, but i don't think that anyone at IAO had really made it to be chicks wrestling and making out in it. I mean, it was open to anyone who wanted to wrestle in paint, was it not? I saw a different pic(I believe on WARPIG) with two guys wrestling in paintballs. It's kinda like the one baseball game this season with the Milwaukee Brewers and someone else, I forgot who, where everyone threw their free baseballs they received onto the field. The event coordinators might have supplied the paintball wrestling pool, but they didn't plan on having sex involved.

[shartley]

If that was the case, then shouldn't the event coordinators have had someone monitoring and controlling the events?

If they had a monitor for the events and it was allowed to continue, it is the same thing as planning it. No excuses.

And if they did NOT have a monitor for the events, that is poor planning and execution, and STILL makes what happened their direct responsibility.

There is no way to pass the buck on this issue.

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[magman007]

OK LET ME SHUT THIS DOWN ONCE AND FOR ALL, It wasn just girls, there were guys doing it 2! there were also prizes awarded! it drew attention to the nps trailer, it was a good thing! these people were having fun! THey were kissing to make up and to show friend ship, it isnt like a gay or lesbian thing it is how gorls are. Do we even know if thee kissing? how do we know there not huging??? I see there is a problem with the little kid watching but big whoop! his parents were prolly there watching 2! It is stupid to argue this point, did any body see the extreme tent? there was a whole lotta skany stuff gouin n up there! and do you guys remember my post that wdp gives paintball a bad name??? they have porno airs, naked chick triggers and nude parties at the mardigrad open! lighten up! this isn by far the worst thing fpr paintball, so lighten up guys it is over and done with i hope this topic dosnt re surface

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[rt_81]

Originally posted by magman007:
OK LET ME SHUT THIS DOWN ONCE AND FOR ALL, It wasn just girls, there were guys doing it 2! there were also prizes awarded! it drew attention to the nps trailer, it was a good thing! these people were having fun! THey were kissing to make up and to show friend ship, it isnt like a gay or lesbian thing it is how gorls are. Do we even know if thee kissing? how do we know there not huging??? I see there is a problem with the little kid watching but big whoop! his parents were prolly there watching 2! It is stupid to argue this point, did any body see the extreme tent? there was a whole lotta skany stuff gouin n up there! and do you guys remember my post that wdp gives paintball a bad name??? they have porno airs, naked chick triggers and nude parties at the mardigrad open! lighten up! this isn by far the worst thing fpr paintball, so lighten up guys it is over and done with i hope this topic dosnt re surface

i havent seen so many exclamation points since my last high school deficency report.

some good points, though a bit crudly stated.

RT

[Paintballer86]

ho ho ho little boy..... I will tell you whats up....

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[shartley]

hmmm Interesting. Making an argument that the Paintball Wrestling was not bad because there was WORSE stuff going on.

I don't know about anyone else, but that kind of makes the points stated earlier even stronger. Paintball Industry Folks need to seriously look at the self destruction factor in their lack of thinking.

Just points to ponder.

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[Dogbone]

Like I said, paintball is it's own worst enemy.

[Major Ho]

Originally posted by Paintballer86:
ho ho ho little boy..... I will tell you whats up....

You Rang...? Just trying to be neutral and see both sides here but I saw other pics of that scene of the paintball pool and from the looks of things it didn't seem as though this were a mere friendly match, the extra pictures I saw had quite a bit of sexual orientation going on. It probably isnt 100% appropriate at an event such as IAO due to the vastly diverse crowd. When was the last time you went to Redskins training camp and saw the cheerleaders wrestling in a vat of Gatorade?(Huge Washington Redskins fan by the way) There be the wee little tots looking up to the heroic-like football player only to see the soaking wet cheerleaders in the background? No...I think not.

[MagDog68]

shartley
No matter how many times I say i hate the Marketing Department in my company, they always seem to make things "seem" better. Maybe that's why I hate them so...

...that and the fact that they break every piece of IT equipment in their department on a religious schedule.

~Fred

[cphilip]

OK let's try this....Each of you take the picture of the two girls kissing. Only that one. This will simulate the way the Press would handle and use it. That's right...one picture taken out of context with a headline using the word Paintball in it somewhere in the Papers or on the News. Now...send that picture to your Wife, Mother Grandmother...whatever. Tell her this is the kind of things that go on at Paintball Tourneys and will they let you go to them now? Let's see how many Women out there will think highly of paintball when it "appears" to be associated with sexist female degradation. I think a vast majority would say NO WAY! Now remember, this may not be true but taken as one picture (exactly how the Press would do it) it certainly looks that way now doesn't it? So then let's see now...hmmmm? If Moms, Wives and Granny see it that way, then how does the general public see it? Hmmmm? So if one picture can be taken out of context and do damage to the image of Paintball and Zap IAO then isn't it bad for Paintball? Think about it that way...

[automagseeker]

The wise noble cphilip has spoken * moment of silence*