Bonus Balls?

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Originally posted by Tyger
Ok, and what would that entail? Before you answer, think a moment. If I feel that I've been 'wronged', do I have carte blanche permission to brak the rules and law?

Do I have the permission to walk over to the offending player, put the barrel of my paintgun into his throat, and pull the trigger until my sense of justice is satisfied? What's to say I'm right or wrong? What if I walked past a firefight and got torched, showed the ref the splats, and dished out some "fronteer justice"?

Unfortunatley, nothing. As a player, a COMMON PLAYER, there's really NOTHING that can be done about it. You complain to the ref about being overshot, the ref laughs and says "Suck it up." and "You have to expect that." It's easier to rationalise than it is to change.

But you wouldnt even open your mouth when it happens to you??You would be mighty surprised to see just how far a few well placed threats and curses go..Im not saying beat the guy to death..But let him know it wont be tolerated..I know I do..And 99.9% of the time it doesnt happen again for the rest of the day no matter where I am be it tourny or practice or just out for the day showing coworkers the game..

Originally posted by Tyger
As a league, I seriously think that tournament players should unionise. It would have given them some power at Vegas last year (HOW Many broken ribs? How many abbrasions and cuts? And how many broken bones?) Oh, wait, that won't happen because all the pros work for the companies that either SPONSOR or RUN the tournamens they play in!

Also, a players UNION can say "You WILL implement these rule changes, or we walk." But, again, it's a dream.

It wont even require a Union..It would be nice but what were finally starting to see is with the competing leagues here,is that mediocrity wont be tolerated and safety for the players had been addressed much more than it has in the past..Its a good start..

Originally posted by Tyger
And it's only a matter of time before someone is held accountbale for thier actions. The concussion that LaSoya dished out is mild compared to what could have happened. Imagine for a moment a worst case scenario. Let's say someone puts 15 shots, point blank, into someone's throat. The guy's gun is hot, 310 FPS. The balls bruise the guy's vocal chords and throat, and rupture the arteries in his neck.

Ok, so that's not likely to happen. But, consider that LaSoya gave someone a consussion by shooting him in the head. And from all reports I've seen, he's sluffing responsibility for it. (If he IS or NOT, I don't know. But it seems like he's not accepting his accountability for the action.)

Well you said it yourself..Its very very hard to prove intent...But what it would leave us with is the offending player getting away with it and the game itself being scrutinized from all angles by the outside..Is this what were waiting 4??The game today is very safe,unless you take advantage of it..Then it can become hazardous..But penalizing 1 player for his actions would be alot better than having all types of restrictions placed on the game by politicians when there really is no need to..Hence my point of speaking up when you need to and not letting players get away with the bull**** they pull...:EDITneeded to throw this in cuz were on the subject of LaSoya)..In a recent X-Ball match in L.A.,Miami Effect had 6,I repeat 6 guns shooting at 320 and in most cases higher than 340..This is verified as I spoke to someone on the team on the other end of the field..Stroke of bad luck at the chrono..Im betting it wasnt..Now can u imagine being bonus balled 20 times with a gun shooting that high..I saw the welts..It wasnt pretty...Someones gonna get killed before someone says anything and by that time its gonna be way to late..And ya know what the penalty was..They had to get new guns...And by this time their was only 1 half left..Its a joke...

Originally posted by Tyger
One player can not change a culture. I'm proof of that. One player can make a change, however. I saw a punker who had a jacket that had scrawled on the back "Show them what not to be." Not a bad idea.

-Tyger

Not a bad idea at all

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