"play paintball" or "paintballing"

[snipa]

if you are going to play a game of paintball, do you say "im going to play paintball" or "im going paintballing"?
which is correct?
i mean, you dont say "im going baseballing", you say "im going to play baseball". i hear so many people say "im going paintballing" and i dont think it is correct.......so tell me what you say and tell me which is the correct way to say it.

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hmm never thought of it that way. I have always said paintballing though..

[thunderpig]

I just say I'm gonna go paintballing.

[MrBo]

i say both, but paintballing more so

[LAMANTEthePBguy]

But people say "I'm going fishing," so I don't really see your point.

[snipa]

i dont think it really matters....but you dont say "im going footballing" or "im going volleyballing"

[LAMANTEthePBguy]

But you do say I'm going hunting, I'm going shuffleboarding, I'm going running. Nobody said the English language had to make sense.

[snipa]

Originally posted by LAMANTEthePBguy
Nobody said the English language had to make sense.
so true........
BTW, what kind of mag did you get?

[LAMANTEthePBguy]

RT ULE Custom.

Does that mean this issue has been solved?

[vovchandr]

well the answer is in what exactly is paintball a wevb or a noun i guess

because you dont PLAY snowboarding, hence you go snowboardING

but u dont DO football, so you go to PLAY football

hence its the same with paintball

i am not sure which is it but only one is right i believe

Im going to play paintball is like the football part

and i am going paintballing is like the snowboarding...

can some english major figure this out? lol

im russian after all....

[snipa]

Originally posted by LAMANTEthePBguy

Does that mean this issue has been solved?
yea i guess. i dont think it matters how you say it. english language is just messed up.

[paintball_god07]

i say both. neither is incorrect IMO.

[spyder_king06]

i say paintballing.

[MrTiggleBitties]

I say both. Like, if I'm talking to somebody, I say "So, do you play paintball?" And when I'm talking to my friends, I say "So, are we goin' paintballing this weekend?"

[Kingman27]

Normally, I say go paintballing..

my mom says ''We went to paintball''
:eyes: amost makes it sound like paintball is a place, lol :eyepop:

[flyingeagle3]

i dont even say paintballing when i asked my team if they want to play this weekend... i just say u want to go ballin and they know wat i mean...so i guess its just your choice

[EvilLost]

officially "to paintball' is NOT a verb so paintballing is incorrect, however personally I use it as one and think they should make it a real verb


while u dont say i'm going baseballing you could say I'm going golfing etc

[#1UkrainianPBer]

Originally posted by vovchandr
im russian after all....

Da? gde te radilsa?

ya iz Odessa (Odesa pa ukrainski)

[MrTiggleBitties]

Originally posted by EvilLost
officially "to paintball' is NOT a verb

I'd just like to comment this statement.

The verb "To Paintball" is kind of like the F-word, it can be used as nouns, adverbs, adjectives, interjections, verbs, and so many other parts of speach.

[nerdcore]

Originally posted by paintball_god07
i say both. neither is incorrect IMO. :nod:

from now on, i'm going to say "i'm going to play football" and "i'm going footballing" just to keep it consistent.:crazy:

[rathbaster]

Originally posted by LAMANTEthePBguy
But people say "I'm going fishing," so I don't really see your point.

You can say "Im going to play paintball" or "Im going paintballing" the same as you can say "I'm going fishing" or "I'm go to go fish."

Just remember that saying any of that to your girlfriend or spouse will likely get the same sort of response, so perhaps its just better to say "I'm going out." :D

-Rath

[Gripy]

use which ever you feel like at the moment. its english so if you say anything it will mostly have it said correctly.

A ya moskvich:D

[Caleb98]

I say ballin.