Losing or Cheating?

VERITAS · 07-15-2005, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by krispy

Do you play above it? JW...

As I said, you have to. Play in almost any larger event and you will see your paint break on someone and you assume they are dead only to have them come out on you again. Don't assume they are gone until the ref pulls them. Reffing is also a tough job and bad calls are made. You have to play above all of it.

FEZ · 07-15-2005, 07:49 PM

hip hip hurray for cheating. jesus...how much more do we have to go through this. Here is the rundown:

People cheat
Cant do much about it

Options:

A) Bitch and Moan
B) Start Cheating
C) Threaten their loved ones
D) Play above it
E) Quit Paintball

Now i dunno about you guys, but im a fan of option E....

Darkalliance1 · 07-15-2005, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by fez

hip hip hurray for cheating. jesus...how much more do we have to go through this. Here is the rundown:

People cheat
Cant do much about it

Options:

A) Bitch and Moan
B) Start Cheating
C) Threaten their loved ones
D) Play above it
E) Quit Paintball

Now i dunno about you guys, but im a fan of option E....

Totally man i agree

krispy · 07-15-2005, 08:17 PM

I opt for D and F, G, H......

F- Doing things about it. Starting at local levels and fields and enforcing rules. I like what I have heard about Battlegrounds, players get caught cheating they are done for the day. If that was enforced all around on local levels and then nationally....How much funner paintball would be.

G-Realize losing happens in paintball and play fair....

I played at Addicts Thursday night and watched a player on the team i was on wipe a shot, I wanted to shoot him out myself.....After all its just rec ball, no prizes or trophies were being played for.

Step up and play above it. Just cus billy or johny across the field wipes doesnt mean you have to do as well.

Peace..

insanepain · 07-15-2005, 11:10 PM

in our first tourny of the season out here. we had cheaters i shot a guy right in the mask and he poped out the other side and my teammate shot him again and he went out. and don't get me on bouncing. wow how fast can u constantly(sp) shoot with 3 fingers? im betting not very fast and we had this guy just raping my bunker and reffs never checked him i was pissed.

FrontPlaya04 · 07-17-2005, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkone

cheating is ---!ALWAYS!--- going to happen. Even if you make harsher rules people are still going to cheat. When i went down to the last xpsl and played young guns a couple teams cheated, the reffs pulled one for ones when they caught these players. Teams get dqed for having the wrong color of paint. I think the rules are strict enough and if people want to risk it and cheat go ahead....its only a matter of time before you get caught.

good point. Im not going to lie i have cheated. EVERYONE HAS. Im just saying that i would rather not cheat but when you get into that situation its hard to keep you integrity. I just feel i should work on getting better at playing and that way i wont need to cheat. anyway i wish the reffs would be braver and call penalties more.

krispy · 07-17-2005, 03:52 PM

If you waste time on cheating, you waste time on improving your skills. Skills are what paintball players need to win. When hit walk off the field and think why was I hit? Think about the situation and what you could have done better, figure it out and then go into the next game with a game plan.

It's agreed that everyone has cheated at one point in paintball. Step up. Play above it and you'll see your skills improve. I played at the Airport last night and I could have wiped 3-4 of the games, but what would that teach me... Nothing. I learned my arm hangs out to far, my hopper /gun stays out to long, and not to run into lanes.....

FEZ · 07-17-2005, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by krispy

If you waste time on cheating, you waste time on improving your skills. Skills are what paintball players need to win. When hit walk off the field and think why was I hit? Think about the situation and what you could have done better, figure it out and then go into the next game with a game plan.

It's agreed that everyone has cheated at one point in paintball. Step up. Play above it and you'll see your skills improve. I played at the Airport last night and I could have wiped 3-4 of the games, but what would that teach me... Nothing. I learned my arm hangs out to far, my hopper /gun stays out to long, and not to run into lanes.....

K we get your point. Enough of this cheating is immoral and bad bullshit. Its peoples choices if they want to take away from their skill. Nothing YOU can do about it. Rules were made to be broken. So i speak for a ton of people when i say "Lets shut the fuck up about this cheating crap." we all know the consequences, we all know not to do it, we all know YOU dont like it. i think youve made your point clear. - You Dont like cheating. Well i have news for you. Some people do, and some people dont. Each person is different, they think cheating is bad but they can get away with it. Nothing you can do to change their minds.

krispy · 07-17-2005, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by fez

K we get your point. Enough of this cheating is immoral and bad bullshit. Its peoples choices if they want to take away from their skill. Nothing YOU can do about it. Rules were made to be broken. So i speak for a ton of people when i say "Lets shut the fuck up about this cheating crap." we all know the consequences, we all know not to do it, we all know YOU dont like it. i think youve made your point clear. - You Dont like cheating. Well i have news for you. Some people do, and some people dont. Each person is different, they think cheating is bad but they can get away with it. Nothing you can do to change their minds.

Lets not. Lets change the pace and change where paintball is headed to. Lets make it more respectable. Lets get rid of as much cheating, swearing, and the I'm a bad mo fo attitude as possible. Paintball, if it wants to grow bigger needs to become an event that familes would like to come out to. It would be cool to see the day that you pay to go to events, kinda like football or baseball and have the opportunity to watch it on live TV.

I posted it on this site for those that don't know about or use utahpb.com.

FEZ · 07-17-2005, 07:40 PM

Cheating isnt half as bad as the whole "Bad ass image" that paintball has. WHen i started my parents immediately wanted me to stop because there are a ton of trash people playing. Just swearing off their heads in front of families and children, smoking in front of them, and just being disrepectful. CHeating is nothing in the image.