ok to a degree I will give you that point, however maybe its just the way I slide, I tend to go in on my knees and shins... sorta. I was glad of them at Campaign on the astro turf....
but then I dont wear elbow pads....
Millenniums new rule against shoulder padding
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but then I dont wear elbow pads....
Like I said I used to use Trace pads, and the shin bit didn't do anything even though I slide in the same way. You do need knee pads for that, but the weight is taken by your knees and feet, the shins actually hardly touch the ground (especially when you don't have bulky pads on! 
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I think alot depends on the way you slide, Padding on the knees is a must to protect your cartilage, but friction burns on shins if you go in flat on your keens and shins can be a bitch(can I write that?)
Seems like there is always another reason to write more rules eh??
what ever way you look at it, padding on shoulders are designer cheats. Paintball markers have no recoil, tanks can be fitted with lok skins or neoprine covers to stop them sliding about, so the padding serves no purpose except to cause bounces.
Padding on your forearms, knees, groin, and head should be alowed as these are for personal safety reasons, but shoulders are not vital parts that are going to be damaged by a paintball.
It's common sense.
If i remember correctly, the daltons played in padded football (soccer to the yanks) keepers jerseys last year, and they should have never been alowed on the field. It's about time somebody drew a line about padding.
Padding on your forearms, knees, groin, and head should be alowed as these are for personal safety reasons, but shoulders are not vital parts that are going to be damaged by a paintball.
It's common sense.
If i remember correctly, the daltons played in padded football (soccer to the yanks) keepers jerseys last year, and they should have never been alowed on the field. It's about time somebody drew a line about padding.
Actually Sam, these Dye tops are illegal under the previous seasons rules already. You can't have padding on your torso unless you're female.
Whereas I haven't specifically voted for the ban I haven't voted against it either.
Yes I have felt the new tops, in fact we had a damn good look at them as we were contemplating them as the new team tops.
Previous to this announcement I remember a picture in PGI which was discussed on this board, it was the picture with the hopperhit/sticker, I made a comment about the guy in the forefront of the picture who was wearing one of the new Dye tops, to me because of the way the material bunches up when in a firing position to other quite a good deal of buffering, the padding itself may not be that thick but bunched up I'm sure it'd do the job or rather be more likely to get a bounce then not do.
Paul.
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http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb...15&pagenumber=2
Ever since I crushed a knee-cap during a tournament (by far the worst pain I have ever experienced; I understand the Cosa Nostra's methods now) I will not step foot on a PB field without knee protection. As I said earlier in this thread, protective padding, where allowed is good, should probably even be required at most indoor fields.
The "new rule" against padded jerseys is not really a new rule at all: it is an interpretation of existing rules against padding. A clarification if you will so people don't have to think. It's too bad peeps can't figure things out themselves and that things have to be spelled out in the most minute detail. At this rate the rules will fill up a van that has to be driven to each tournament.
Like I and others have said here: leave this door open and the door will get blasted off its hinges. The line has to be drawn for all the non-thinkers and pushers of grey areas.
As far as interpreting rules, judges need to grow a set and make some common-sense judgments and stick with them. If someone comes to play with clothing or equipment that violate the rules or the intention behind the rules, judges need to just say no (ex. the issue of trigger-guards, hopper stickers and tucked-in jerseys).
Steve
The "new rule" against padded jerseys is not really a new rule at all: it is an interpretation of existing rules against padding. A clarification if you will so people don't have to think. It's too bad peeps can't figure things out themselves and that things have to be spelled out in the most minute detail. At this rate the rules will fill up a van that has to be driven to each tournament.
Like I and others have said here: leave this door open and the door will get blasted off its hinges. The line has to be drawn for all the non-thinkers and pushers of grey areas.
As far as interpreting rules, judges need to grow a set and make some common-sense judgments and stick with them. If someone comes to play with clothing or equipment that violate the rules or the intention behind the rules, judges need to just say no (ex. the issue of trigger-guards, hopper stickers and tucked-in jerseys).
Steve
Welp
If anyone has the mentioned jersey please do us a favor!!
Check if you can somehow remove (rip/burn/excorcise) that damn padding PLEASE!
Just to be creative a bit
If anyone has the mentioned jersey please do us a favor!!
Check if you can somehow remove (rip/burn/excorcise) that damn padding PLEASE!
Just to be creative a bit