Originally posted by EGi
Steve, I find it odd that you take such a good care of many somewhat useless rules but don't care about a major safety concern that the high pressure paintball tanks are. Do I need to remind that two people have lost their lives within a year in accicents where a paintball cylinder has failed it's proper operation. I don't think anybody died not tucking their jerseys in all the way 
I know DOT tanks within date are not a safety concern compared to hse or pi tanks but your attitude seems like you don't give a ratts ass on what tanks the players have. Id let the guys atr H-PAC make the calls since they are the ones providing the fills.
//EGi
Egi,
I don't what I've done to you to cause you to ride my ass so much these days.
You know damned well that my priority number one is safetly and you've seen evidence of it even in NXL rules. I can say that I have almost single-handedly gotten rules into Millennium about use of barrel blocking devices. I took a lot of grief during Nations Cup last year because I was hard and consistent about penalizing ANY PLAYER for not using them in the pit area.
As you point out, the thrust of this discussion is that the DOT vs Pi is almost, if not totally, political. In fact DOT tanks have been tested to a higher pressure compared to Pi, so I think they're safer.
Concerning the loss of live in America, I'm the one that posted that here first.
Also, it's impossible to interpret anything I've said under my name or under Wadidiz that could possible imply that I don't care what tanks players use. To quote Robbo, show me we're I've written such a thing. In fact, I tend to push for promoters to set up systems to ensure that ALL tanks used are within their certification period.
I don't MAKE CALLS that H-PAC should be making. All I have done on this thread is to state some opinions about the bureaucratic and political bull****, thank-you-very-much.
And I guess you're take is, if some people get by with murder we can relax about exceeding speed limits on the highway. (I've heard that argument before!)
If you think some rules are useless, tough titty! Get over it or work to get them changed, like I try to do.
Meanwhile, I'll continue to state my opinion about lame-ass bull-**** red tape and strive for simple, straightforward interpretation of the rules handed to my judges and me.
Steve
