Padding and Ball Bounce

[batman]

I've noticed more players wearing padding or insulated clothing at the field. I have also gone through a lot of paint hitting them with same result, they contiune to play and I get hit and walk. Should people suck it up and take the welt or should we continue to throw needless amounts of paint at them?

[Administrator]

The rule right now is anyone wearing a ghille suit must call themselves hit when a ball impacts. As for the other 2, it is under consideration right now to ban them.

[jasonsammo]

I say no, keep shoot until you do break a ball on that person.

[bigjohn]

Those wearing padding and insulated clothing will most likely continue no matter where you go and play. If you think there is a solid hit attempt to call on the other player for a paint check. Other than that, follow Jason's advice and break some paint on them.

[anotherbeerplease]

If you crackdown on padding / ghillie suits / etc, and they don't like it they will just go somewheres else and play.

Downside is you will lose alot of PAYING customers!!!

Best thing to do is suck it up and accept that it goes on here as well as ALL other fields.

I think we should also keep in mind that in order to keep the doors open and make the field prosperous you have to make the players happy in order to keep the field running.

Personally.... I do not like it, but there is NOTHING you can do about it unless you go up to someone and pat them down like the cops and check for layer thickness.... but that aint happenin!!!

Personally..... I think the field needs to lighten up a little.
The rules are beginning to tighten up so much that it is almost getting absurd.

Sooner or later people will get tired of all the structure!

Paintball is supposed to be a RELEASE.

Let's all keep in mind that it is a game... and TOO MUCH structure and discipline kills the fun atmosphere.

People wear padding.... I don't like it, but they pay the fields bills and that is what counts the most.

Let's be a little flexible shall we ?

[rollingthunder]

Yes, the paying customer has a right to voice there opinion or desires, but in the end it is up to the owner/operated to decide what he wants for his field. Can't make everybody happy, if you tried then no one would be happy. Paying for the right to play at the field does not give you the right to call the shots.....please....next thing you'll be saying it gives the customer the right to make the rules....

Ghille suits have been impact elimination for SEVERAL years...gives the player an unfair advantage. And the field will not give any player an advantage over another that is not relevant to gun or skill. Nope, doubt that we will loose alot of customers, since it such a low percentage of people using pads or even padded/insulated clothes.

Yes, let's take the lemming approach to this....if everyone is jumping off the cliff we might as well too. That makes it ok...

Anyway, warm weather is coming and padded suits will be few and far between.

[anotherbeerplease]

Yes, it is indeed up to the owner/operator to make the rules for the field.
However, when MANY paying customers are overheard during speeches, between games ( more frequent) and now on the forum complaining, then the number of persons / sheer volume of feedback seems to indicate there might just be something to it after all. Numbers don't lie.

As for going over the cliff with the rest of the fields....
All those fields following the same philosophy with regard to rules and keeping a conformity seems to bode rather well.
Seeing as how they have many RETURN customers and the fact that you don't seem to hear any negative feedback seems to cement the notion they are doing quite well.

It seems that having an opinion and voicing constructive critique of a field on this forum has been met with blatant scorn and ridicule.

Not trying to "make the rules" as you say.... just critiquing.
Now I know what it most have been like to have an opinion during 1940 Germany.
So much for fair democracy......

[rollingthunder]

Whoever said the field was a democracy?

I guess we will see!

[snipe]

if they wear padding just shoot them in the head, it'll break i guarantee it

[coroner]

I voted yes, but I would include some exceptions:
I would not include things like knee pads or elbow pads as "padding".
You have to make some exceptions for insulated clothing for cold weather paly - especially for a skinny kid.

[tigar19]

I voted no because these items are allowed.

If the person wearing the padding doesn't see or feel the ball bouncing then it could easily become a yes it did/no it didn't argument with no proof unless a ref sees it.

Also, when I'm shooting at someone how can I even tell that they are wearing padding and that those bouncing balls count?

I just think it is something we'll have to live with unless of course the Field bans it.

[Qball]

I can see where padding would be helpful for small beginners who really don't need their first experience marred by pain. however, adults should know that if they are being struck by paintballs that they are not being very "tactical" and in real life the injury would eliminate them from play.

I like Jason's point to shoot them somewhere else where the padding isn't.

A blanket rule of no padding to address the few offenders can make the many suffer. Deal with the offenders case by case. If enough people complain about the same person, address that person, and get onto the next game!

That crack about 1940 Germany wasn't really nice, and if you call someone a Nazi to their face it probably wouldn't end well....

[dhamilton]

For the while I have been going to NKPG, I have only seen a handful of ghille suits, but quite a bit of padding on the really young ones. But like Jason said, keep shooting them until they give up..shouldn't bee to long of a wait.