Posted by: FoxWalk on February 03, 2003 at 14:59:47

Most fields are turning away from woods ball. Why? Speed ball makes it easier to demilitartize paintball which makes it easier for newbies to convince there moms that there is nothing evil about paintball. While I don't think paintball should be demilitarized, we do need to keep in mind the sensitive crowd (markers instead of guns, tags instead of kills ect) since that crowd are the ones who will get paintball banned. Also speedball waste a lot more paint and fields usually make there money off of jacked up prices for field paint only. I actually heard a ref at wolverene paintball in asheville NC say his job was to make us shoot as much paint as possible. Speed ball also helps bring spectators to the sport. With that said I for one hate speed ball. It can be fun, and it can draw people to the sport, but (to me) it is nothing compared to sneaking around the wood with and only using 75 rounds a game instead of 800. What can you really do about, by some land and start a woods field and don't play speedball. You can complain to fields since they are a bussiness, and supply will meet demand. And people with money to waste like speedball. It's sad I know

Follow Ups: Funny story about speedballers... Steve "Sneaky Man" Herman 17:55:38 02/03/03 (0) Post a Followup Show your name as: DefaultRealnameBothNickname E-Mail address (eg: joeschmoe@aol.com): Show your e-mail address? DefaultYesNo Your Password: Don't have a password? CLICK HERE - Forgot your password? CLICK HERE Subject: Subject:Message: : Most fields are turning away from woods ball. : Why? : Speed ball makes it easier to demilitartize paintball which makes it easier for newbies to convince there moms that there is nothing evil about paintball. While I don't think paintball should be demilitarized, we do need to keep in mind the sensitive crowd (markers instead of guns, tags instead of kills ect) since that crowd are the ones who will get paintball banned. Also speedball waste a lot more paint and fields usually make there money off of jacked up prices for field paint only. I actually heard a ref at wolverene paintball in asheville NC say his job was to make us shoot as much paint as possible. : Speed ball also helps bring spectators to the sport. : With that said : I for one hate speed ball. It can be fun, and it can draw people to the sport, but (to me) it is nothing compared to sneaking around the wood with and only using 75 rounds a game instead of 800. What can you really do about, by some land and start a woods field and don't play speedball. You can complain to fields since they are a bussiness, and supply will meet demand. And people with money to waste like speedball. : It's sad I know [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ WARPIG Tech Talk - Stock/Pump ]