What the fuck is wrong with people? Who the hell plays paintball without a mask? You will get banned from any reputable paintball facility for the shit they are talking about. That isn't paintball. That's horrible parenting.
edit: As for the injuries trippling.... how many more people started playing and how many more injuries have there been? If the numbers increse in the same way, then what the hell is your point?
[ 01-06-2004: Message edited by: diadem ]
- Don't put your fingers into a wall socket
- If you have childern, don't let them play in traffic. Don't let them put glue in their eyes or sniff it. Don't let them drink bleach. Don't let them play paintball without a damn mask. You teach kids about the safteys of using a hammer or an electric saw or a fucking toaster near the shower, it's the same with paintball and wearing a mask.
I agree with your assesment that this is batshit crazy analysis, but I don't think it is that bad of an idea. Could help prevent vandalism and accidents.
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Neo-Blindy had this to say about (_|_):
Can you honestly say it would be a bad idea to require an adult to buy the paintball equipment?I agree with your assesment that this is batshit crazy analysis, but I don't think it is that bad of an idea. Could help prevent vandalism and accidents.
I'm fairly sure that you have to be 16 to buy paintball equipment already. Which somoene who has the sense to know to use the masks in the first place is purchasing them.
"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." ~ Magus
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So quoth Masamune:
I've never been injured playing paintball, but those frozen paintballs still hurt...
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The Azure Knight got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
YOU PLAY PAINTBALL??!! I never would have thought!
Then don't think!
"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." ~ Magus
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A sleep deprived Masamune stammered:
Then don't think!
You just don't seem like the type of person to actually get out and do somthing active. You seem more like the type to play a virtual paintball game!
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The Azure Knight's fortune cookie read:
You just don't seem like the type of person to actually get out and do somthing active. You seem more like the type to play a virtual paintball game!
I have never played a virtual paintball game, and things are not always what they seem.
"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." ~ Magus
You have to be the dumbest person to not wear protective gear when playing paint ball. 
I can count on my right hand how many injuries there have been at our field since 1997 when I started playing. Eye injuries = ZERO
For the sake of arguement lets say that of the 8 million people that played paintball in 1999 that 2500 of them got an injury of some sort.
2500/8,000,000 = 0.0003125 or 0.03125% rate of injury.
Pretty low percentage of injury if you ask me. It's still the safest 'extreme' sport out there.
The TV execs need to watchdog themselves if you ask me. You have no idea how many shows I've seen on TV with people playing paintball and they're not wearing thier masks. There is always at least one (Insert War) Veteran who also happens to have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who goes postal on someone or high schoolers head to class with thier paintball guns to wreak havoc. etc etc etc.
The fact a lot of these injuries are from kids shows that it's the parents fault. They let their kids do whatever they want without realizing that there are any precautions that must be taken. The article's problems are because of abuse of equipment from irresponsible people, simple as that. Not the sport. If it was becuase of defective masks it would be a seprate issue.
As a side note, I dislike sports being called extreme. Do something because you enjoy it, not for your damn image. [ 01-06-2004: Message edited by: diadem ]
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This one time, at Kaglaaz How'ler camp:
Lets take this a bit further.
I play paintball and happen to also do a bit of work for my local field as a ref or doing other things such as web and computer consulting to get reduced rates, free paint etc etc.I can count on my right hand how many injuries there have been at our field since 1997 when I started playing. Eye injuries = ZERO
For the sake of arguement lets say that of the 8 million people that played paintball in 1999 that 2500 of them got an injury of some sort.
2500/8,000,000 = 0.0003125 or 0.03125% rate of injury.
Pretty low percentage of injury if you ask me. It's still the safest 'extreme' sport out there.The TV execs need to watchdog themselves if you ask me. You have no idea how many shows I've seen on TV with people playing paintball and they're not wearing thier masks. There is always at least one (Insert War) Veteran who also happens to have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who goes postal on someone or high schoolers head to class with thier paintball guns to wreak havoc. etc etc etc.
Thanks, Sidney.
"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." ~ Magus
They wear masks, too, of course. What kind of moron goes out without a mask?
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Arttemis attempted to be funny by writing:
...They wear masks, too, of course. What kind of moron goes out without a mask?
An Overachieving Moron?
My buddy used to play paint ball, now he plays with airsoft guns.
I went paint balling with Demos and a few of the others for his birthday once, and during the thing it was pretty damn hot out, and unfortunately my mask kept fogging up and I couldn't see a damn thing. This was very bad concerning we were trying to sneak through a forest area. I couldn't see a thing and ended up getting ambushed. So while I was sitting out, I asked the ref, and he let me take off my mask and clean it(well he cleaned it, while I sat with my head down and my face covered between my leggs in the tornado drill position).
its the only possible explanation I could think of.
"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." ~ Magus
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Cysa The Clown had this to say about Optimus Prime:
I get no page, but from what I have read so far I can think of one reason they may not have been wearing a mask. Heat.I went paint balling with Demos and a few of the others for his birthday once, and during the thing it was pretty damn hot out, and unfortunately my mask kept fogging up and I couldn't see a damn thing. This was very bad concerning we were trying to sneak through a forest area. I couldn't see a thing and ended up getting ambushed. So while I was sitting out, I asked the ref, and he let me take off my mask and clean it(well he cleaned it, while I sat with my head down and my face covered between my leggs in the tornado drill position).
its the only possible explanation I could think of.
The ref should be fired. Either don't play or get a mask with two layers that's fogproof. Mine is. Never take your mask off in the play area, ever.
Maybe
But then Id freak out and cover my face again as soon as I did that.
But I wouldnt, because taking mask of midmatch = dumb
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There was much rejoicing when diadem said this:
The ref should be fired. Either don't play or get a mask with two layers that's fogproof. Mine is. Never take your mask off in the play area, ever.
Depends on the climate, I've got a mask with both the thermal lens and a fan, and at our field back in Florida I could fog it completely over in under a minute. I agree about not removing you goggles, but it's been my experience that you're much more likely to get an eye injury in the staging areas where you're not required to wear them rather than on the field where you are.
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Reynar had this to say about Robocop:
The media LOVES to report bad news. Even if said bad news has to be slightly altered or certain key facts ignored.
Imagine how much better the news would be if they were like Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons from "Family Guy."
Diane: "Our top story today: I will be playing the lead role in the Quahog Player's production of 'The King and I.'"
Tom: "As a followup story, I probably won't be going to see the play because it's going to be lousy."
Diane: "This just in: Tom's a jealous, no-talent closet case."
Tom: "Thank you. And now we go live to Diane being a cold, frigid bitch; Diane?"
