Ouchies!

This has been a very illuminating thread ,,,, and as I see it , there will always be two "Camps" of players ;

Those that play fairly and honor the spirit and intent of paintball , wether it be in tournament or recball .

and

Those that justify cheating based upon whatever "reason" they choose to argue , money , points , prestige . Hell why not , Eh?

Some can and always will be able to claim they arent doing anything wrong by cheating , whether its on the field , their wives , taxes whatever have you . They claim all others have a "Holier than Thou" attitude because they are frowned upon and shunned by the general polulation as outcasts and criminals (at the very least non-conformists !) in what they practice , that practice is called deception as someone already mentioned .

As Tae Kwon Do already said , that practice is relatively rare in recball , not necessarily because of the skill of the "Type" of player that plays recball (I venture to say they are as good on the average as a lot of tournament level players, in fact a lot ARE former tournament players that grew disenchanted by the mindset openly displayed by usafpilot and others of like ilk ), but more the Values and integrity they prefer to be associated with .

I disagree with you.  The majority of recballers who are actually good enough to begin with are picked up by teams. Just because I wipe, doesn't mean I would wipe the field with you.  Do you really think I play D3 Xball just because I'm good at wiping? If so, you really need to rethink your position on what makes a good player.

I wont necessarily blow my lid when I see a "Wiper" , but I will spread the word among my team and upon confirmation , that person then becomes the most desirable and coveted target upon the field , and yes , I will bonus ball the daylights out of him/her given the opportunity . It seems to deliver a not so subtle message of whats expected , and yes , I WILL aim for tender spots , throat , fingers and ears . They dont like it , and I have even had some directly complain to me that I seemed to be hunting them , I told them I was and told them why .

Man, you sound like a total hard ass, I sure hope I never have to play against you.   It's like gatyr said, you assume just because I wipe, you'd have the chance to put extra on me anyways...

when somebody wipes , they deprive me of a legitimate elimination I've scored on them , there fore , I put as many on them as I can... IF and only if I have confirmation its deliberate .

I never said bonus balling is harmless or even the politically correct thing to do . I play renegade ball mostly and have never had to practice this on a renegade field , but on organised pay fields I have done this .

Maybe equating a bonus ball on a wiper as insurance is a bad thing (Yeah , right) , you wipe , you get bonus balled , seems a fair trade since you choose not to recognise a legitimate hit in the first place , NUFF SAID .