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Leper

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Oct 2, 2001
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Originally posted by Guydo2k


Helps you get into a team by talking to people in the know,

Not so much the case at my field, but it is cool to just be in a paintball fueled environment. My owner was hoping to form a team but it never went ahead :( Turns out that if all the marshall team and herself were away...she wouldn't be able to be open and that means losing money. Shame, that.

But still, its a great job and it beats the hell outta shelf stacking!
 

Liz

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Jan 17, 2002
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I think you'll find that lots of tourny players on here ref now and again at big events, as most teams end up doing at least one or two tournaments a year to raise money if nothing else.
You also get teamswho ref regularly e.g. SAD (Midland Masters), Unreal (doing the whole M25 series this year), Manchester Marshals (!) who do events like S2k, Tigers do internationals etc etc etc. Lots of teams are made up from site marshals who ref together e.g. Control Freaks from Ground Control, 6E Marshals from 6E at Witton Castle.
Then many teams that play Millenniums will ref one round a year (compulsory for Pro teams I gather this year), and one or two of the S2k events are "self marshalling" which means the teams playing have all their byes together and have to ref a field for that part of the day thus keeping the event costs down.
Individuals who are probably better known for reffing than playing who are on these boards include Russell Smith and Ralph, who are ultimates for S2k and M25 respectively.
 

Gups

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Yup i do too. In fact i just typed out my resignation from my desk job tonite... handing it in tomorrow....gonna be doing 4 days a week marshalling/fixing markers now, with a 3 day weekend... Ah this is the life! :D
 

Gups

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May 9, 2003
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Originally posted by Guydo2k
ha ha ha tsunami...sounds good...what site?
I work for Delta Force, for my sins! I ref mostly at the Kent and Essex sites and occasionally at the Surrey site. I also do 2 days currently (increasing to 3 from next week) fixing the site markers and various site/yard work... last Monday for instance i had to load 7 pallets box by box (thats 1.4 million paintballs) into the paintstore. Then there's burst disks, goggle fixing, pot washing, van loading and sometimes they even let me loose in the big white vans for the cash n carry/ Powerball runs!!! (Watch out for crazy women van drivers in the Guildford/Aldershot area!) :D It's not glamourous work but it's what i enjoy and but I'm luvvin it!
 

Bird

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Campaign Site marshal for the last six years - in fact almost as long as I've been playing. It funds my habit. Ah, punters....

"Can I take my goggles off yet?"
"How many balls will I use?"
"How long till the next game?"
"Can I take my goggles off yet?"
"Which field are we on next?"
"Can I have the automatic gun?"
"Can I take my goggles off yet?"

:D :D :D