Generic responses when you tell someone you play paintba..

[Pelch]

Lol i love this thread im quite new to all this but have been marshalling for about 6 months and even i get this even though i havent played a single tournament yet ! haha

 

[Ricki_diego]

I tend to get ... "so do you dress up in all the camo gear? are you a sniper?"

or.

"it's really expensive, how can you go that often? ...When I went for a birthday I spent £££" lol.

 

[Soggee]

eurgh, no one likes cold paint.

 

[Donk]

What like in the woods?...

 

[Dusty]

I had a guy tell me on saturday he'd seen custom paintball sniper rifles which were "like, thousands of pounds"

Nod, smile, wait for person to leave. Don't ever argue with an imbecile, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

 

[sx1990]

I've given up on explaining to people what these red rings on my skin are,

 

[Southern goodness]

They ask why I play it, I ask them why they smoke and they shut right up

 

[PEBBLE]

Because paintball ruins your life?

 

[Southern goodness]

It does when I've spent thousands of dollars or pounds on paintball

 

[choness2004]

Got asked this today by a guy who plays golf, telling me that it's not exciting and I should get into golf to experience a real sport, rrrrrrriiiiiggggghhhhhttttt......