In a National "Girls" Magazine called 19 In the UK a vile a horrid article has been printed bringing down what we as paintballers is all about.
It reads like this
" In an article called "Its a Bloke thing" (The artical was written by DR Ron Bracey)
PAINTBALLING.
Whats the story?
You might think blokes dressing up in combats, charging round woods and pretending to kill people is just a bit of harmless, playground-style fun. But, sadly, most men take it far too seriously. Tales of blokes coating themselves in camouflage paint, unloading multiple rounds of orange paint at someone's bum while screaming 'Die, you *******' are not uncommon.
Why do they do it?
"Paintballing is realising the typical male fantasy of, 'If only I was in the wild west armed with a pistol and not a forest armed with Dulux'," says Bracey. "This is typical for men raised on a diet of war and cowboy films, but too cowardly to ever really get involved with either."
Worth Getting into?
It's a good way of letting off steam, but the novelty soon wears off when you find yourself cowering under a bush in a bid to not get shot by some crazed wannabe SAS marksman."
I am not going to stand for this so if you agree with me copy and paste the next bit into you email and send an email to complain and educate the people at 19. The more people who do it the greater chance we have of changing opinions.
Click here to send the email
Dear 19,
After reading your article about Paintball, I would like to make a complaint.
While showing a small part and narrow minded view of what paintball is all about I believe that you have not given or even tried paintball.
While 90% of paintball is played in the woods, and yes camoflage clothes are worn (1 to protect your own clothes, 2) you might stand out like a sore thumb) it is not as rambo as it is made out to be. Thousands of people play paintball in the UK each year and it is one of the fastest growing sports in europe. It is not just played by men, a whole range of ages play and also women.
Contrary to popular beleif paintballers don't want to be cowboys, or SAS marksmen (but its true some Paintballers serve in the forces) we want to be paintballers.
In your article it states "This is for men raised on a diet of war and cowboy films, but are too cowardly to do either."
But as already stated many paintballers serve in the forces and are doing both.
Paintball today has also left the woods and is now played in stadiums in tournaments by teams who train hard to compete agains each other.
The format is very different to the crawling through bushes and trees and is played on a "sup'air" field. This is fast paced and fun to watch.
http://www.smartpartseurope.co.uk/teams.html#
this Is a few pictures of what tournament paintball is about, there are MANY more.
I would like to see a better review of our sport and not just a small minded bigoted view from someone who has probably never even played.
Yours Sincerely
It reads like this
" In an article called "Its a Bloke thing" (The artical was written by DR Ron Bracey)
PAINTBALLING.
Whats the story?
You might think blokes dressing up in combats, charging round woods and pretending to kill people is just a bit of harmless, playground-style fun. But, sadly, most men take it far too seriously. Tales of blokes coating themselves in camouflage paint, unloading multiple rounds of orange paint at someone's bum while screaming 'Die, you *******' are not uncommon.
Why do they do it?
"Paintballing is realising the typical male fantasy of, 'If only I was in the wild west armed with a pistol and not a forest armed with Dulux'," says Bracey. "This is typical for men raised on a diet of war and cowboy films, but too cowardly to ever really get involved with either."
Worth Getting into?
It's a good way of letting off steam, but the novelty soon wears off when you find yourself cowering under a bush in a bid to not get shot by some crazed wannabe SAS marksman."
I am not going to stand for this so if you agree with me copy and paste the next bit into you email and send an email to complain and educate the people at 19. The more people who do it the greater chance we have of changing opinions.
Click here to send the email
Dear 19,
After reading your article about Paintball, I would like to make a complaint.
While showing a small part and narrow minded view of what paintball is all about I believe that you have not given or even tried paintball.
While 90% of paintball is played in the woods, and yes camoflage clothes are worn (1 to protect your own clothes, 2) you might stand out like a sore thumb) it is not as rambo as it is made out to be. Thousands of people play paintball in the UK each year and it is one of the fastest growing sports in europe. It is not just played by men, a whole range of ages play and also women.
Contrary to popular beleif paintballers don't want to be cowboys, or SAS marksmen (but its true some Paintballers serve in the forces) we want to be paintballers.
In your article it states "This is for men raised on a diet of war and cowboy films, but are too cowardly to do either."
But as already stated many paintballers serve in the forces and are doing both.
Paintball today has also left the woods and is now played in stadiums in tournaments by teams who train hard to compete agains each other.
The format is very different to the crawling through bushes and trees and is played on a "sup'air" field. This is fast paced and fun to watch.
http://www.smartpartseurope.co.uk/teams.html#
this Is a few pictures of what tournament paintball is about, there are MANY more.
I would like to see a better review of our sport and not just a small minded bigoted view from someone who has probably never even played.
Yours Sincerely
