Generic responses when you tell someone you play paintba..

[Tom]

Bearing in mind that there are regular threads on how to encourage more paintballers, get sports recognition, even get in the Olympics etc ....... Should more thought be put into constructive responses and turning these into conversations that inform the people around you?

 

[Lewys]

Very simple one "I didn't know it was a hobbie people had" <-- dear god the stupidity of people...

 

[Tom]

Very simple one "I didn't know it was a hobbie people had" <-- dear god the stupidity of people...

I didn't know that numerous hobbies existed until I met people who had those hobbies

What a total idiot i am - or is that ignorant?
Isn't the real idiot the one who criticises someone for not having heard of something before?

 

[Tom]

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......

Isn't golf a real sport that's recognised by sport England and paintball (in its speedball guise) a tiny little sport that's unrecognized and desperately seeks recognition ?

 

[Tom]

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

Why do you play?

 

[Tom]

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.

Considered letting them know how you can afford to play paintball by moving on from punter play to walkons (which can also be done as a rental)...?

 

[Tom]

Come on guys - bring something positive to the conversation, don't just take the mick out of people
Spread the love of paintball and communicate with your fellow man

 

[Canon Fodder]

I do try and convince people to give it a go, oddly I get a less positive response if I've played in the last week, mainly because I get big bruises.

 

[Lewys]

when you try and explain speedball to people " so its fastpaced and hurts?" then they say they will come down one day

 

[john cook]

1 ?@&$ that it hurts
2 why don't you just join the army