Russ,
Because you are following Millenium rules, does that mean that you can wear as many layers as you want? Because that is the millenium rule now...
Dressing like girls at tournaments and other stuff.
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Russ,
Because you are following Millenium rules, does that mean that you can wear as many layers as you want? Because that is the millenium rule now...
yeh i sure russ aint a dictator, so gone with democracy despite of his own opinions.
I am against the vest personally, think they will make me sweat like gordon brown in a room with Vladimir Putin's donut!
Pain isn't really a problem for me, had a few real bad uns but walking back to the dead box it pretty much gone. Would only wear one to get however much small advantage they provide as everyone else
As quoted rom the Millennium Series website.
9. Clothing
9.01 Each player may only wear two layers of clothing
1 unless the temperature has been
officially announced to be below 10°C in which case three layers will be allowed. This
clothing shall consist of one pair of underpants (or, additionally, a pair of long
underpants with the lower temperature) and one (or two with the lower temperature)
short-sleeve or long-sleeve undershirt(s).
Players must wear full pants, not shorts and long sleeve jerseys as outer layer.
9.02 Player uniforms may not contain orange color. Player uniforms containing white must
be reasonable clean, if there is too much staining, a ref can demand to change this part
of the uniform.
9.03 Players clothing including pants and jersey must be free from tears and rips, must fit
well and cannot be oversized. Players may not wear pants or jerseys that are made out
of highly absorbent material, such as felt or fleece, or of a highly padded or slick
nature, such as nylon or rubber.
officially announced to be below 10°C in which case three layers will be allowed. This
clothing shall consist of one pair of underpants (or, additionally, a pair of long
underpants with the lower temperature) and one (or two with the lower temperature)
short-sleeve or long-sleeve undershirt(s).
Players must wear full pants, not shorts and long sleeve jerseys as outer layer.
9.02 Player uniforms may not contain orange color. Player uniforms containing white must
be reasonable clean, if there is too much staining, a ref can demand to change this part
of the uniform.
9.03 Players clothing including pants and jersey must be free from tears and rips, must fit
well and cannot be oversized. Players may not wear pants or jerseys that are made out
of highly absorbent material, such as felt or fleece, or of a highly padded or slick
nature, such as nylon or rubber.
9.04 Quilting is two layers of clothing stitched over
I would not be supprised if they had changed the rule without telling any of the players but I am sure you are wrong.
So two layers only.
Russ
if they made them out of harder materials which meant more likelihood of a break rather than a bounce they would be gone overnight...
the only people i know who wear these are going it to help bounces, (or when reffing)
but can we stop calling them cheat vests !! its not cheating if its not against the rules.
the only people i know who wear these are going it to help bounces, (or when reffing)
but can we stop calling them cheat vests !! its not cheating if its not against the rules.
bolter you cant just pick one line out of a paragraph and chose to reply to it wholely out of context besides... no one cheats in paintball...
besides... no one cheats in paintball...
Remember neoprene hopper covers? Those were legal till people started putting 2 or 3 on their hopper
Confident, but sadly wrongWell lets first agree that if the first point is proved it also negates the second point!
If you look at the posters who are being honest and there is a lot of them it is obvious that players do wear the vests to obtain the advantage they offer, and has very little to do with reducing pain, in fact that part is just a bonus for the wearer.
So in this case I am confident my personal opinion is fact.....
Russ
I wear an Empire groundpounder vest for one reason - to reduce the pain of being shot. Other players I know wear them for exactly the same reason - nothing to do with some nefarious scheme to steal games from right-minded-macho-players.
Your insinuation that only people who happen to support your theory are telling the truth is somewhat narrow minded.
Given the quick take up of them, it seems obvious that the demand has always been there, but there haven't been any suitable products on the market until now. Personally I'd have snapped one of these up back in my woodland days.
I would happily wear a 'hard' version of the groundpounder, provided it was as comfy, breathable, provided the same amount of protection and still allowed easy movement.