Generic responses when you tell someone you play paintba..

[Carbon Fibre Spider]

Haha I love it when I get approached by delta paintball stand in shopping malls..

You should try flipping at them about being unsafe with no barrel socks and setting a bad example for kids looking to get into the sport. Their faces are just priceless

 

[FOSSIL FUELS]

"Doesn't it hurt" is my personal favorite. I don't really bother trying to explain the intricacies of it anymore. I just show them this video haha

thats a brilliant video - good music to

 

[connor96]

talking to people about speedball and someone asks is that the one with tanks.

 

[Tom]

talking to people about speedball and someone asks is that the one with tanks.

And of course, you let them know that you're talking about the sport style of paintball, whereas they are thinking of the tank vs tank game at armourgeddon, Leicestershire
http://www.armourgeddon.co.uk/

 

[connor96]

And of course, you let them know that you're talking about the sport style of paintball, whereas they are thinking of the tank vs tank game at armourgeddon, Leicestershire
http://www.armourgeddon.co.uk/

kind of sad really no one knowing about the sport

 

[Tom]

kind of sad really no one knowing about the sport

There is an easy solution to that - tell them about it

 

[connor96]

There is an easy solution to that - tell them about it

you make it sound so easy but most people who ask me are not the brightest and somehow don't understand

 

[Tom]

you make it sound so easy but most people who ask me are not the brightest and somehow don't understand

It's paintball on a football field, with blow up barricades

If it gets down to disinterest then they are not going to listen, end the conversation and move on

 

[Kevin Winter]

It's so that you don't just aim for the heads I believe only on punter days so that you don't scare them off hitting them in head might make them not want to come back. So they make head shots not count in a hope that you won't headshot

No, it's so they stay in the game longer and shoot more paint and spend more money If headshots count, punters spend a lot more time totally hidden behind cover and games see lots less paint used up - if gun and head shots are counted, people tend to shoot more, and keep their guns / heads out of cover more.

 

[Kevin Winter]

As for being asked - I have a couple of videos and photos on my phone and have shown them to mates/colleagues to explain what I do.