Originally posted by Buddha 3
Well, once the event was underway, it was a bit too late to change all these things. But rest assured that I will do my utmost to ensure that these points of critique end up where they should, so that hopefully they will be taken on board.
Why was it too late? Me too were confused about the different starts on different fields - but I could easily have gone to Steve and Iam sure he would have sorted it out. (That part wouldnt have been to difficult would it, really? No one did though, including me...)
And same with the ID check, me too saw them not standing there during the finals - if it would have bothered me, if it really affected me, I guess I could have walked to the air guys or the info tent and just bitch a sec about it.
But really, the ID check is a joke. I could easily have registered myself as "Tom Henkins" and said I played for "Team X" and I would have gotten myself free access to steal whatever I wanted. Or I could have taken the backdoor in, at the chronostation i.e. Just put your paintball gear on, role around in the gras for a while and get some paint on ya and look mad about "the game" you just lost
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But I guess thieves don´t want to pay 30 euro to steal a marker worth 3000 euro, right?
- I think the whole security issue needs to be re-thought.
But yes, you are right about rules not being consistent - i agree. One way to help as players of the series is to know the rules and complain, complain and complain - but sometimes you need to do this on site and not always afterwards on the net!
When the marshals on field X tells me that there is no 30 seconds on this field you say - "what are you talking about? it´s in the rules - play by them!". How far are they willing to take it? I dunno. Maybe someone should try it sometime.
But it seems to me that people are willing to complain on the net, but not on the site - which one do you REALLY think works best? Honestly? Sure it takes you 10 seconds to walk by the info tent to throw the crap at them, but what the hell... (?)
And sure I got some feedback. What about some soft drinks to human prices for god sake! 1.80 euro for a GLAS, a GLAS of coke?
... man I was willing to RUN in soccer shoes to the nearest gas station just to get 1 liter for 1.40.
Seriously - a cafeteria should be able to serve soft drinks shouldn´t they? And to good prices. Other then that I think the cafeteria was great!
Just my 2 cents.
Edit:
To comment Pinky´s remark: Sure you are right, you shouldn´t have to. But seeing as the marshals are players too and just want to play paintball perhaps some times you, as a player, need to step up and tell it to their face rather then on the net? It gives so much better results doing it on the spot, and not after the tournament seeing as they will not marshal another event this year heh... see my point?
