EXL Sportsmanship...or lack of it

[H]

no ****....really?

There's also more people who play paintball in the US than Europe...amazing that.

 

[alt01]

I will restate it for captain smartass here; a much higher percentage of US professional and amateur players push the grey area than those in Europe. On top of that the PSP referees have less training than yours and are more relaxed in their issuing of penalties.

 

[Gyroscope]

It's true. Players who play squeeky clean keep quiet about it. There is a stigma, like you are an idiot or a Mormon (sorry, Mormons) if you don't wipe when the refs are spacing out.

 

[Robbo]

Originally posted by alt01
I will restate it for captain smartass here; a much higher percentage of US professional and amateur players push the grey area than those in Europe. On top of that the PSP referees have less training than yours and are more relaxed in their issuing of penalties.

Edited
As for what you suggest, I suppose I would have to agree but I think it is a lot worse when you move into the pro bracket.
There is no way the Euros are cleaner than clean but what always sticks in my mind was the Pittsburgh Nations XBall Cup where by far the most penalised team were the Americans but I sometimes wonder if XBall penalties are more likely to be picked up by the more aggressive teams.
If a team just sits back and gun fights and shoots lanes from behind their bunkers, they are more likely to feel any hits but if you are running like a lunatic to bunker some fool or make some fifty bunker then the adrenaline is coursing thru your veins by the bucket load, is it any wonder that some hits are not gonna be noticed in time?
This implies that the more aggressive teams will be penalised more which in part, does run contra to the aspirations of XBall, that of promoting aggressive and exciting play.
This may go in some way to explaining why the Americans got penalised more but what can never be excused was their propensity to 'bonus ball', a feature of the game that I never saw any other country indulge themselves in Pittsburgh.

 

[Gyroscope]

Yo, Robbo, I think he was talking about the Broz as the smartass; the title "captain smartass" being more smartassed-ness.

 

[TJ Lambini]

Gyro's right Robo...Broz was tha one attempting to be smart and that's who alt01 was referring to.

 

[Robbo]

So.......

Originally posted by Nick Brockdorff
.....you guys are saying Pete is NOT smart ???

Nick

They ain't that silly

 

[Robbo]

Originally posted by gyroscope
Yo, Robbo, I think he was talking about the Broz as the smartass; the title "captain smartass" being more smartassed-ness.

Yo Gyro, TJ, hopefully you are both right and if alt wasn't digging me out, I will apologise for my hastiness and hope he will understand my predisposition for believing that comment was directed at myself...

 

[Beaker]

Originally posted by Robbo
Yo Gyro, TJ, hopefully you are both right and if alt wasn't digging me out, I will apologise for my hastiness and hope he will understand my predisposition for believing that comment was directed at myself...

I'm with spandex boy and chimp lover in saying he was reffereing to Harry P and not you Pete

 

[H]

Apologies to all for the rather dickheaded tone of my remark. I wasn't in the greatest of moods when I posted it. In future I'll try stay out the way on the forum around uni hand-ins, or at all these days for that matter.

Once again, sorry.