girl paintball players..for or against? [Archive]

SinfulCindy

10-23-2003, 09:00 AM

Would've been easier if you made a poll, hmm?

I know I'm a female paintballer, but I'm commenting in this thread anyway.

I'm both for and against. For, because paintball's fun and girls could experience the rush paintball gives you. Against, because of girls who are just there to be attention whores and the annoying, baby ones who always go, "Oh my gawd! It sounds sooo scary!" and then they end up never trying to play or try to get better at playing.

Other than that, I'm for other female paintballers who play for the love of the sport.

Jaster

10-23-2003, 09:06 AM

To me male/female doesn't matter. My team has a girl on it and she does what she's supposed to on the field so I have no issues with it. I'll play with her just like I would anyone else. If she screws up on the field I'll blast her just as fast as I would anyone else. Gender doesn't matter, ability does.
I think it's funny when other teams underestimate us because there's a girl on our team. We just laugh and them roll over them in seconds.

Sniper15

10-23-2003, 09:38 AM

Paintball is one of the few sports were being a guy or a girl really doesn't matter. A girl paintball player can be just as good, and in some cases better than guys. I'm all for girls playing who are actually going to play and not sit there and cry about how much it hurts to get shot.

teufelhunden

10-23-2003, 09:47 AM

I don't care if you're male, female, or transvestite-- just don't hide in the same bunker for entire games and I'd love to play some paintball with you

amzng_spyderman

10-23-2003, 11:05 AM

when i see someone playing pb, i don't think of them as either males or females. they're just paintball players and that's all that matters.

UTLadiesMan

10-23-2003, 11:13 AM

They don't belong out there... they just hit on me all day long and keep me from playing my best. ;)

RaiderWin16

10-23-2003, 11:47 AM

As long as they try to play and not whine about everything (I've seen guys of all ages whine), then they are good for the sport. It also helps if a few on your team have a great looking body and shows some skin cuz it distacts the other team:wink2: j/k.

Assass!n

10-23-2003, 11:57 AM

Originally posted by UTLadiesMan
they just hit on me all day long and keep me from playing my best. ;)

heh

lollibird87

10-23-2003, 12:43 PM

I totally agree with you cindy...i have tried to get some of my friends(girls also) to play and they whine about it being scary, and it hurting but they wouldnt know cause they've never played:rolleyes: it makes me sick if they would just play they would realize it doesnt hurt that bad even when your being bunkered.........our team has been looked at funny cause i'm a girl but we still kicked there butt!!:D .......should i comment on the thread i started i didnt even answer the question:crazy: ....but yea i think if girls are going to be for real then they should play but not if they are going to play to meet guys :rolleyes: or whine the whole time!....a girl that whines all the time=a pain in the butt it also helps if a few on your team have a great looking body and shows some skin cuz it distacts the other team:wink2:j/k <i think those are what cindy meant..attention whores yea i think so..hehe

Ebonclaw

10-23-2003, 12:46 PM

Dude, I don't think I can ever say girls are whiny about getting hit with paintballs until I have two massive lumps of flesh hanging off my chest getting pelted at 204 MPH, leaving me with the option of either looking like I have some weird form of breast cancer, or wearing the uber-cool chest armor they make for women, which results in more breaks.

SNWB

10-23-2003, 12:53 PM

I've played against some chicks that could flat rip it up!!
If they want to play, let'em play. But don't go easy on'em 'cause before you know it some chick will come and take over you favorite bunker!

--sAm

lollibird87

10-23-2003, 01:00 PM

But don't go easy on'em
:nod: i hate it when guys do that:nod:

edrex

10-23-2003, 01:02 PM

I'm all for it as long as they try to play. Last time I went out there were a couple girls on my team that came with a group of guys. They all had rental markers. On the third game, right after the break and I got to my first bunker I got shot on the shoulder. I got up and got out thinking that someone just got a lucky shot in. When I kept watching 3 more of my teammates came out on friendly fire hits and I realized thats what mine was too. The stupid girls were just standing in the back spraying paint and giggling.:pissed: Girls like that do not belong on the feild.

paintballr87

10-23-2003, 01:05 PM

Me personally I fdont really care.... my friend g/f wanted to try cuz she has watched us play a few times so we got her geard up and she did dam well for he first time ( was useing a marauder) she didnt move to teriably much but he she got 2 ppl out....and my freind was al worried about her(she did bettere than him that day:eyes: )

SNWB

10-23-2003, 01:12 PM

I don't really like it when anyone(male or fem) sits and sprays paint at random w/o actually trying to take someone out.

--sAm

PhoenixZERO1

10-23-2003, 01:38 PM

To me a player is a player :)
the more people the better and the more fun.

Snake545

10-23-2003, 01:53 PM

I am half and half for it. I don't want girls to come to a paintball field just becuase they want to get hot guys or something. There needs to be girls there that play cuase they love the sport.

PhoenixZERO1

10-23-2003, 02:15 PM

^ ^ Hey Snake545 you do have a point there.

Some girls do do that. Unfortunately if your looking for a good paintball game, girls that are playing to chase guys usually won't end you up with a good game.

If they really want to play the game it's cool with me though :)

LAMANTEthePBguy

10-23-2003, 02:23 PM

well i dont care if they play as long as they dont whine or complain. But i guess that would go for any male player too...

ive never played with girls that i know, but i think somtimes its nice to be away from people you can offend easily. I mean when your around a female, youre supposed to watch your mouth, and i know that would be hard on the feild. Somtimes its just nice to get away and be the rude, crude male you are, without worring about having to impress the females

PhoenixZERO1

10-23-2003, 02:37 PM

unfortunately it's like male instinct to impress the women

teufelhunden

10-23-2003, 02:39 PM

I've never, ever seen a girl come and spend a bunch of money to play/rent + paint and then risk what may be considered pain to get a guy.

It's a lot easier to go to the movies or something..

weeji

10-23-2003, 02:41 PM

Like countless people before me, I don't mind at all if they play, as long as I have someone to play.

PBfreak01

10-23-2003, 02:50 PM

Originally posted by Ebonclaw
Dude, I don't think I can ever say girls are whiny about getting hit with paintballs until I have two massive lumps of flesh hanging off my chest getting pelted at 204 MPH

I fullfill that description, and I must say I like it! :laugh:

Cobra_Clark

10-23-2003, 02:54 PM

Its wierd when I play agaisnt a girl I make sure I shoot her only in like her arm or leg. Its wierd to play with them but I'm all for them getting in the sport.

PhoenixZERO1

10-23-2003, 02:55 PM

I give some girls credit, as i've actually seen some guys who have chickened out of playing for the first time when they got to a field...the girls were ready to play however :)

Azn_gansta

10-23-2003, 03:46 PM

if they can ball then yes, if they cant i dont want to waste my playing time on sucky players

SinfulCindy

10-23-2003, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by LAMANTEthePBguy
ive never played with girls that i know, but i think somtimes its nice to be away from people you can offend easily. I mean when your around a female, youre supposed to watch your mouth, and i know that would be hard on the feild. Somtimes its just nice to get away and be the rude, crude male you are, without worring about having to impress the females The guys at my outlaw field don't watch their mouths at all. They swear, belch a lot, say a lot of rude things... It's pretty damn funny to me. :) Originally posted by teufelhunden
I've never, ever seen a girl come and spend a bunch of money to play/rent + paint and then risk what may be considered pain to get a guy.Maybe you haven't see one do that, but I wouldn't be surprised to find a chic really like that. A lot of chics are stupid when it comes to guys, too. It's true, seriously. I've met plenty of chics before on online PC games and in other places that are just there to flirt with the guys and get all the attention from them. Any other girl they see come around, they're automatically competition for them, even if that chic is there for the game and not the guys. See, stupid, right?

asa4575

10-23-2003, 04:03 PM

yeah that sounds like todays girls... well most...they will do anything. steal, fight, be nasty.

The guys at my outlaw field don't watch their mouths at all. They swear, belch a lot, say a lot of rude things... It's pretty damn funny to me.

you find that funny? wow...:crazy:

Firby665

10-23-2003, 04:19 PM

I'd say girls have every right to be in the sport, no matter how awkward it may be. If they want to play let em. No sexism here.

pballfin

10-23-2003, 06:52 PM

The chicks I pb with are cool.

One is the wife of the guy that runs everything. She got in to it becasue her husband was in it, and now she is deadly as hell. She is almost 2x my age and has made me eat paint more times that I care to admit.

My x plays with us too. She is getting in to it so she has lots to learn but she likes it.

Then there is this girl that come with a friend of mine. This is the greatest. There is some really good sexual tension between them. When we play some random games they sometimes end up just pelting the hell our of each other at point blank range. She is a little more twords the atention whore but hey, it gives us something to look at too. :|

But yeah I am up for anyone playing as long as you can be cool at least 95% of the time.

Magnus55

10-23-2003, 07:44 PM

Originally posted by Cobra_Clark
Its wierd when I play agaisnt a girl I make sure I shoot her only in like her arm or leg. Its wierd to play with them but I'm all for them getting in the sport.

That's assuming she hasn't already bunkered or eliminated you...:|

Cobra_Clark

10-23-2003, 10:36 PM

the day i get bunkered by a girl is the day... I get bunkerd by a girl. and that would really really hurt my pride.

lollibird87

10-24-2003, 08:40 AM

the day i get bunkered by a girl...i get bunkered by a girl and that would really really hurt my pride

if you played with a girl you would get use to it the guys on my team always tried not to get hit by me but they do all the time and it's cool they are use to it......they get me back by shooting my head and "dying" my hair as they call it....but after the first couple of times they get use to it epically if you play with them each week like i do....they are cool about it even when if bunker them....last week this guys tried to bunker me well to say the least it didnt work and i got him like 5or6 times...i didnt feel bad (its has happened to me before)neither did he .......yea but after you play with them for a while they are cool about it:D the best part is , is that they dont go easy on me and it rocks!

PhoenixZERO1

10-24-2003, 11:46 AM

If a girl bunkers me that's my own stupid fault. If anyone bunkers me that's my own fault.

But would it really matter if a girl got you out if they play with your reguarlly?

lollibird87

10-24-2003, 01:07 PM

right dude thats what i meant it doesnt bother them anymore cuz i play with them all the time...

zipkid84

10-24-2003, 03:29 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by lollibird87
right dude thats what i meant it doesnt bother them anymore cuz i play with them all the time... [/QUOTE

hey lollibird, tell them who you're always tryin' to paint. he's the same person that always ends up dyeing your hair. cough, cough.:D
but really, some of you guys should hit m-fire if your ever in.....um........well....er, what i meant was........ heber springs, arkansas I WASN'T BORN HERE!!!!!! tell me though, we can get some of the decent players like lollibird and some of the team members. i played lollibird in one on one and she moved more than me. it was scary. on the break she ws moving up shooting, and hit my bunker and next time i looked up she was about ten feet away<side note- this was one of the first times i'd ever played a girl, so i didn't want to shoot her up close. i didn't know what reaction i would get> so i bailed that bunker and made to a nother through a series of...uhhhh, dance moves and snap shot her. of course, i'll never live it down to my team i ran from a girl.......:|

lollibird87

10-24-2003, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by zipkid84
[QUOTE]
this was one of the first times i'd ever played a girl, so i didn't want to shoot her up close. i didn't know what reaction i would get
:rolleyes: ......you were just scared........:D .....and your not the only one that "dyes" my hair everyone aims for it cause they know it makes me mad.....i'll ya sunday!:P :laugh: Originally posted by zipkid84i'll never live it down to my team i ran from a girl.....:/..it's not that bad the other guys have had to do it too:D

SinfulCindy

10-24-2003, 07:40 PM

I put my hair under my skull cap and the ponytail in my camo. If anyone were to paint my hair, I'll make sure they'll be so sorry... My hair goes all the way down to almost my butt and takes me 30 to 45 minutes to shampoo and condition, no way am I letting someone put paint in my hair! :crazy: I'm lazy...

There's usually a few chics at my outlaw field, so everyone's use to there being a couple (not few, because the extra's usually a newbie) butt-kicking girls there.

Coenen

10-24-2003, 08:11 PM

I've never really cared one way or the other, paintball is by nature a very simple game, two teams, one has to win. If I go easy on anyone on the other team for ANY reason I am a detriment to my team. I've taken my share of lumps from girls but I haven't felt any different than when it's anybody else. I got hit, I'm out, it doesn't matter who pulled the trigger. If more girls want to get into the game, that's great, the more players we have the stronger we are.

Coenen

lollibird87

10-24-2003, 08:14 PM

well my hair isn't that long but if it was i would make them sorry too! my hair is about to the middle of my back but its really thick so it takes forever to dry....i'm getting a hat or something i was wearing a beanie but it got to hot so i just stopped wearing a hat but i have to start again because it really makes me mad! and they all think its funny..........there are like 3(meincluded) girls that play at our field so not to many but 2 play on saturday one of them just started this will be her third time and the others not really into it...shes only there cause her little brother plays and they are very competitive with each other in everything but shes just now 13 so maybe by the time shes older she'll be pretty good if she keeps playing but i have the feeling she wont shes scared(she had the tendency to hide and not move) but alot of newbs are so maybe she'll get over it...and i play on sunday with the team....:D

Wasted4life

10-25-2003, 10:23 PM

oh man me n my friend were at wal-mart once getting paint and this chick was looking at paintball stuff im like do you paintball and she totally freaked out on me like i was being sexist it was an honest question jeesus it was scary shes like "so what if i do just because im a chick doesnt mean i cant play paintball" it was funny\scary at the same time

bad_brad

10-27-2003, 09:18 PM

Honestly I'm all for girls playing, I think its gr8 that they are there right along side me, shooting the same ppl, u kno, and if they are one of theose gurls that sit there and spray paint at nething, then shoot them, they won't kno, they'll think there out and leave, really simple,and it wurks. and hey, there good company if u end up stuck in a bunker. and if ne1 shouldnt be allowed 2 not play its very little children, they r EXTREMELY ANNOYING, they distract u, ask u wut kind of gun u have, wut they should do, then when u tell them they either dont execute it at all, or perfrom it sooo badly that it doesnt even matter.

My conclusion: Girls in, little kids, out.

nerdcore

10-28-2003, 09:47 AM

Originally posted by teufelhunden
I don't care if you're male, female, or transvestite-- just don't hide in the same bunker for entire games and I'd love to play some paintball with you

BWAA hahahahaha!

anyway, yes, girls who play to play are more than welcome. i know a handful of ladies that are interested even though they don't plan on getting as addicted as me.

zipkid84

10-28-2003, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by Wasted4life
oh man me n my friend were at wal-mart once getting paint and this chick was looking at paintball stuff im like do you paintball and she totally freaked out on me like i was being sexist it was an honest question jeesus it was scary shes like "so what if i do just because im a chick doesnt mean i cant play paintball" it was funny\scary at the same time

was she hot or a dog?:D

asa4575

10-28-2003, 04:34 PM

Originally posted by zipkid84

was she hot or a dog?:D

what?:eyes:

russpaintballer

10-28-2003, 04:54 PM

Originally posted by UTLadiesMan
They don't belong out there... they just hit on me all day long and keep me from playing my best. ;)

I know, the same thing happens to me all the time.

lollibird87

10-28-2003, 06:18 PM

Originally posted by russpaintballer

I know, the same thing happens to me all the time.

sure:rolleyes: its probably the other way around :nod::laugh:

asa4575

10-28-2003, 06:21 PM

Originally posted by lollibird87

sure:rolleyes: its probably the other way around :nod::laugh:

dont hate. why would he lie? this is a online forum anyway. he probably gets the hot chicks come and watch him play and bunker people, or they watch him get bunkered. yeah thats it.:laugh:

lollibird87

10-28-2003, 06:35 PM

Originally posted by asa4575

dont hate. why would he lie? this is a online forum anyway. he probably gets the hot chicks come and watch him play and bunker people, or they watch him get bunkered. yeah thats it.:laugh:
yea :laugh:

thepeashooter

10-28-2003, 06:41 PM

girls in paintball can only lead to greater things, like naked mud wrestling paintball.

asa4575

10-28-2003, 06:46 PM

Originally posted by thepeashooter
girls in paintball can only lead to greater things, like naked mud wrestling paintball.

that can get dangerous, and quite muddy.:eyes:

thepeashooter

10-28-2003, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by asa4575

that can get dangerous, and quite muddy.:eyes:

exactly

asa4575

10-28-2003, 06:52 PM

Originally posted by thepeashooter

exactly

lets just leave paintball how it is. its fine how it is. except for the price of paint but thats besides the point.

UTLadiesMan

10-28-2003, 06:54 PM

Let's do our best to not drag this into a sexist debate... (aka, no more talk of paintball mud wrestling)

thepeashooter

10-28-2003, 06:55 PM

ok how bout jus mud wrestling?? j/k

lollibird87

10-28-2003, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by UTLadiesMan
Let's do our best to not drag this into a sexist debate... (aka, no more talk of paintball mud wrestling)
ditto

russpaintballer

10-29-2003, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by lollibird87

sure:rolleyes: its probably the other way around :nod::laugh:

I'm not sure if you've heard of this, but there is this thinbg called a joke. Get acquainted with it.

dont hate. why would he lie? this is a online forum anyway. he probably gets the hot chicks come and watch him play and bunker people, or they watch him get bunkered. yeah thats it.

It goes both ways. When I do get bunkered (rarely), they lick my bruises.:laugh: :laugh:

UTLadiesMan

10-29-2003, 12:51 PM

Getting a little too close to the line again.

russpaintballer

10-29-2003, 01:01 PM

Sorry. :o :(

Anyway, here's my REAL opinion on girl paintballers. There can be those who are honestly interested, and will play aggressively and well, but for every one of those, there is one that will trash talk when they get you out, but then if you bunker them (Or shoot them 'too hard') will call you a mean jerk and stammer off. There are also those who just hide and don't do anything.

So I'll say I'm for girls who want to really play paintball.

mullen

10-29-2003, 01:07 PM

This has probably already been said, so don't tear me apart if it has been, but......

to all the guys who think girls shouldn't play paintball...

are you g a y????

UTLadiesMan

10-29-2003, 01:20 PM

Originally posted by mullen
This has probably already been said, so don't tear me apart if it has been, but......

to all the guys who think girls shouldn't play paintball...

are you g a y????

seriously not appropriate.

size=999999999999999999999999999999990000000000000 0000000000 :rolleyes:

I'd LIKE to keep this thread civilized. A number of these in the past haven't even made it this far, and this one's future is leaking bleaker by the post. Sorry lollibird :(

LAMANTEthePBguy

10-29-2003, 02:23 PM

back to topic...

ive noticed that girl ballers are more honest and dont wipe. Must be that male ego:rolleyes:

xIrish

10-29-2003, 02:37 PM

I've seen girls paintball just as well as any of the guys. To me a girl paintballer is just the same as a guy paintballer. Except she has breasts.

PaintballSnoopy

10-29-2003, 02:53 PM

why would you be against girls playing pball?their just the same as guys playing,right?

thedus

10-29-2003, 03:55 PM

I don't care if the folks on the field are male or female. As long as they play, and play like they mean it.

I've been playing woodsball for a little over a year, and I've had women on my team (and on the opposing team) who can seriously kick some.

My best friend's wife played for the first time last month, and in the third game of the day (which was a game of center flag on a particularly hellacious field) she came out not only with the flag, but as the one of the last players standing. She pulled a move that blew us all away... I had picked up the flag and was making my way down field when I got pinned down by one on my buddy's friends - a former marine (infantry). He eventually hit me as I was trying to move up to better position. With about two minutes left in the game a ref took the flag and returned it to the center of the field. My buddy's wife got the flag almost as soon at is was put back and began moving down field with our two remaining team mates offering cover, but the marine pinned her down. Two other opponents moved in and added cross-fire to the mix. With about a minute left and only the 3 opponents left on the field she very loudly yelled, "That's it!" and stood up... there was a pause of about 2 or 3 seconds where no one fired. ...I guess everyone was confused and thought she had been hit (back in the Dead Zone we were all a bit confused by the move as well). In almost unison she and her team mates opened fire and picked off both of the opponents that had put her in her a cross fire. With only the marine left, and all three team mates concentrating fire on his bunker she pulled a Doc Holiday and walked out from behind her bunker and began to move down field towards him (he was about 8 or 9 yards away). She broke into a sprint and started unloading her hopper at his bunker to keep him down. He tried to spray and pray, but before he could get a good shot off she had him bunkered.

I generally saw my buddy's wife as being a relatively reserved woman, but after that day I had a much different opinion (so did the marine). She can be on my team any day! :nod:

lollibird87

10-29-2003, 05:51 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by russpaintballer
[B]

I'm not sure if you've heard of this, but there is this thinbg called a joke. Get acquainted with it.
DUH!! what do you think that was!!!

:rolleyes:

lollibird87

10-29-2003, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by UTLadiesMan

seriously not appropriate.

size=999999999999999999999999999999990000000000000 0000000000 :rolleyes:

I'd LIKE to keep this thread civilized. A number of these in the past haven't even made it this far, and this one's future is leaking bleaker by the post. Sorry lollibird :(

it's all good...lets get back to the subject!:D :laugh:

would any of you guys go easy on a girl(not shoot her) just cause you thought she'd be mad? like fo real and not shot?

trickflip

10-29-2003, 06:09 PM

Both sexes. It's very cool when someone of the opposite sex (a girl in my case :blah:) has similar interests. It amazes me when I talk to girls in VB class and they play games like Counterstrike, but it would be even cooler if some of them played paintball too. All for making the sport more co-ed.

UTLadiesMan

10-29-2003, 06:17 PM

I played with a friend of mine a few years ago and it was her first time. We were in the woods, I came around back of her and had a clear shot at her back, but instead I just shot a few by her, got her to look back at me, then I signalled with my thumb to leave.

But she also wasn't really into the whole thing... so... it's not just that she was a girl, and it's not just that I liked her, but she was a newb too. I dunno, lots of pieces. Anyway, I go easy on guy newbs too, but I'll just shoot them in the foot or the gun or the mask or something if I can.

Now, for example, when I've played against Capo, I go for blood. And very rarely do I survive the encounter. :P

thedus

10-30-2003, 03:43 AM

If I feel that someone will be mad if they get hit... or get mad if they're hit somewhere that might hurt then I don't think they should be on the field.

I don't play for blood, but when I play I give it my all, and I would expect anyone else on the field to do the same. If I have a shot I'll take it. If that means I gog someone, hit them square on the top of the head, in the chest, in the hand, or where ever then thats what I'll do - and I would expect anyone else to do the same with me.

A new player (whether it be male or female) shouldn't be treated any differently than a more experienced player. Everyone steps on to the field with some idea of what to expect, and if someone feels that the sport is too rough, too aggressive, too... whatever, and they don't like it then nothing says they have to continue. Hell, I've been in games where new players decided that paintball really wasn't their thing and left after half a day of play - and that's cool, that's their decision, and I'm not going to rag them for it. But if you're on the field with me, and you're new (male or female), don't expect me to treat you any differently than someone who has been playing for five years. We are all out there for the same reason: to have fun. And getting welts, bruises and the occasional cut is all a part of playing paintball, and people who play it understand that. ...actually most of the people I've met are rather proud of their welts by the end a day. :)

So to answer your question, Lollibird87: No, I wouldn't go easy on a girl. Everyone on the field is treated equally.

originally posted by lollibird87:
would any of you guys go easy on a girl(not shoot her) just cause you thought she'd be mad? like fo real and not shot?

Jaster

10-30-2003, 07:06 AM

Originally posted by lollibird87
would any of you guys go easy on a girl(not shoot her) just cause you thought she'd be mad? like fo real and not shot?

Not a chance. I go after every opponent with everything I have. Everyone gets treated the same. Someone said this already...if they get mad about getting hit then they shouldn't be there, no matter what gender they are.

Though I must admit...I've seen more male players walk off the field whining and complaining then female players.

UTLadiesMan

10-30-2003, 07:17 AM

Originally posted by thedus
A new player (whether it be male or female) shouldn't be treated any differently than a more experienced player. Everyone steps on to the field with some idea of what to expect, and if someone feels that the sport is too rough, too aggressive, too... whatever, and they don't like it then nothing says they have to continue.

Thanks, Chris Lasoya...

I see one ultimate truth to newbies in paintball. The first day must 100% absolutely be fun. Getting hammered on all day and going home as a piece of tenderized meat does not help. Awhile back, I would bring friends in during tourny practice days and even told them up front they would get pretty messed up. They did. Not one of them has played more than twice. Compare to when I take people out for a nice relaxing walk on woodsball game where I'll put down my $1000+ marker for a pistol so I can play in the beginners group with them... almost ALL of them still play. The only one I can think of that doesn't... got hit three times in the neck by some jerk from 10 feet. (when we were playing 20 ft surrender.) If they come home mad about even one piece of the day, they're gone. You'll never see them out there again.

thedus

10-30-2003, 10:07 AM

I agree with you 100% UTLadiesMan: the first time out should be all about having fun. :tup: ...That's still what its all about for me. :nod:

Anytime that I've taken a newbie out to play it has always been for woodsball... hell, I prefer to play woodsball anyway. As a matter of fact I have two friends who have never played, and are on a major paintball jag, and are asking me when I can take them out to try it. :)

Anytime I've walked into the Dead Zone after the first game of the day with a newbie I've never seen anything but a huge face-splitting grin greeting me. Which is usually followed by something to the tune of: "That was great!" Only once did that not happen - but the two women that were disappointed were there only because their husbands had coaxed them into going, and they really had no true desire to play.

I will still let a new player (male or female) know that they are going to get welts, that some shots may sting more than others, and occasionally a shot will split the skin. I don't want them to be surprised. I also tell them not to worry about strategies - they will come later. Just go out and have fun. But I also let them know that once they are out on the field they should expect to be treated the same as everyone else, and that new players (or women) wont get treated any differently than the more experienced players.

originally posted by UTLadiesMan:
I see one ultimate truth to newbies in paintball. The first day must 100% absolutely be fun.

nerdcore

10-30-2003, 10:11 AM

Originally posted by lollibird87
would any of you guys go easy on a girl(not shoot her) just cause you thought she'd be mad? like fo real and not shot?

most of the time on the field i can't see all of the person trying to shoot me or who i'm trying to shoot because of obstacles like bunkers, trees, other players, etc. i never know what gender they are, or age even, until the game is over or i get em out, which helps me be totally objective towards my opponent.

a good example was one of the last times i played i was holding down this one guy while my cousin advanced. i never got him out but my cousin got him to surrender. turned out he was about 10 yrs old.

spyderChoPP3r

10-30-2003, 12:38 PM

I think that:

If someone is playing and is on the field they should expect to get shot. No mercy there shoot everyone in sight.

If its a girl do i go easy?
Most likely I cant even tell if its a girl or a guy. Everyone at velocity is wearing the same friggin thing so you cant really tell who is who let alone what gender they are.

For all the girls out there...

if you see a cute guy playing do you go easy on him?

mullen

10-30-2003, 12:54 PM

Originally posted by UTLadiesMan

seriously not appropriate.

size=999999999999999999999999999999990000000000000 0000000000 :rolleyes:

I'd LIKE to keep this thread civilized. A number of these in the past haven't even made it this far, and this one's future is leaking bleaker by the post. Sorry lollibird :(

Sorry,just coudnt hold it back any longer. Nice size choice, eh? ;)

I haven't read the whole thread yet, and I don't really plan on it because the topic doesn't interest me that much, so I am going to leave now. You all know my standpoint :)

xIrish

10-30-2003, 01:09 PM

Originally posted by lollibird87

would any of you guys go easy on a girl(not shoot her) just cause you thought she'd be mad? like fo real and not shot?

Well, I would normally say "No, I wouldn't go easy. She should be treated like everyone else". But a thing to take into consideration is how old the girl is. I was playing a game of woodsball and a 9 year old girl was the only one left. I could have shot her (from probably 15 feet away), but decided to barrel tag her instead. I'm a softy :(

russpaintballer

10-30-2003, 01:16 PM

Originally posted by xIrish

Well, I would normally say "No, I wouldn't go easy. She should be treated like everyone else". But a thing to take into consideration is how old the girl is. I was playing a game of woodsball and a 9 year old girl was the only one left. I could have shot her (from probably 15 feet away), but decided to barrel tag her instead. I'm a softy :(

In that situation, I'd have done the same thing.:|

mullen

10-30-2003, 01:25 PM

what's barrel tagging?

russpaintballer

10-30-2003, 01:31 PM

Tap them with your barrel and have them surrender.

mullen

10-30-2003, 01:36 PM

So if you tap them they're out?
If they have to surrender after you tap them, wouldn't that be dumb because they can just shoot you on the spot instead of surrendering.. and then it'd be from near point blank range.. :|

russpaintballer

10-30-2003, 01:40 PM

They probably had a rule for it before they started.

SinfulCindy

10-30-2003, 01:55 PM

Originally posted by spyderChoPP3r
For all the girls out there...

if you see a cute guy playing do you go easy on him? Hell no. And I hate if guys go easy on me, but they regret it, because I certainly don't go easy on anyone (except kids sometimes, there's kids at my outlaw who are just as mean and tough as the older guys. :eyes: So adorable.)

My boyfriend and I usually end up on opposite teams. We're so mean to each other sometimes. It's pretty funny. :)

thedus

10-30-2003, 01:58 PM

Actually, one of the places I play has a "10 foot rule" in woodsball that states if an opponent gets within ten feet of you, and has you dead to rights, then you have to surrender. ...I've never seen someone who is looking up the open end of a barrel at less than 10 feet try to shoot the threatening opponent - they simply surrender and walk off the field.

originally posted by mullen:
So if you tap them they're out?
If they have to surrender after you tap them, wouldn't that be dumb because they can just shoot you on the spot instead of surrendering.. and then it'd be from near point blank range..

lollibird87

10-30-2003, 02:45 PM

Originally posted by spyderChoPP3r

For all the girls out there...

if you see a cute guy playing do you go easy on him?

haha:laugh: yea right!........I have never gone easy on a guy(even if they are cute)......or girl except if they are like really young they i try not to light them up....i dont like going easy on people because when i first played the guys went easy on me and i didnt like it...even as a newb cause i couldnt tell if i sucked or not cause they weren't playing their best....but they dont now and its great:D .......i love bunkering!....they all think i'm crazy:crazy:

The Slacker

10-30-2003, 03:29 PM

What does it really matter if the player is a girl or not? I may sound a little harsh but this kind of question is absurd. You might as well name this thread "African American paintball players... for or against?" Same thing. I bet if you played against a girl you couldn't tell the difference. Their are skilled and unskilled guys, same with girls. I'll just leave saying "the more paintball players the better, as long as they don't teamkill." Good day

xIrish

10-30-2003, 08:30 PM

Originally posted by The Slacker
I bet if you played against a girl you couldn't tell the difference.

Well I was thinking that the hair or mascara may give it away...if they're wearing that. But in skill, no.

spyderChoPP3r

10-31-2003, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by lollibird87

haha:laugh: yea right!........I have never gone easy on a guy(even if they are cute)......or girl except if they are like really young they i try not to light them up....i dont like going easy on people because when i first played the guys went easy on me and i didnt like it...even as a newb cause i couldnt tell if i sucked or not cause they weren't playing their best....but they dont now and its great:D .......i love bunkering!....they all think i'm crazy:crazy:

good for you:)

zipkid84

10-31-2003, 05:25 PM