Hmmm, well if a large amount of players are prepared to cheat in a game, how can the Marshals be criticized too much, if they've got to watch for: Wiping, playing on, allen keys on field, brow beating refs, shooting from the dead zone etc what do we as players expect???
People like MikeyR hit the nail on the head, if we as players are going to show no respect for the rules of the game, our team mates or opponents, why should we expect our marshals to be motivated and accurate 100% of the time?
Unless your whiter than white, or holier than thou, please don't criticise the marshals for showing out and letting us play.
I mean you break new ground when a player who has marshaled before will browbeat, intimidate, cajole, confuse, (delete as you fill applicable), less experienced marshals. I mean you slide into a bunker too hard it lifts up, you get "betokened", your armbands pulled; but because it's only a "Millennium Practice" game, you tell the Marshal "Millennium rules state that if shot out when a bunker lifts, you get wiped down and put back in!", the marshal subsequently puts you back in......that's "Sporting behavior" of the highest order isn't it? I mean who'd wanna pull that in a "practice game"? At least with wiping some people have turned it into an art form, get caught and the penalties severe (I'm not advocating it, but hey your team mates get pulled too if you do it).
Is it any wonder that in the heat of the moment the Marshals are confused / make incorrect calls? I'd imagine most of the guys & girl out there reff'ing were trying to do there best and act in a fair & considered manner before pulling anyone. Only in fantasy La La land will they be able to recite the handbook backwards in their sleep in a nano-second (although I bet they would try). Ok so cheating and it's penalties is covered lets start taking advantage of peoples nature as well now.
Out of the 40 odd teams out there on Sunday, only a handful can afford to play or be sponsored through a full Millennium series (no disrespect to those guys at all, best of luck to the guys in Ecstasy, Tigers, Storm etc), so this is our only chance of frequent 7 man sup air games. Be a crying shame for Paintball in the whole South East if the Marshals decide that it's not worth the abuse anymore.........
If you read my post you'll see it was not ME who claimed the mugger took two further players out, but I'm not going to come on here and speek for others ! Only saying what I was told. Irrespective of who took them out the call was for a 1-4-1 for the origonal playing on, that call reversed the game, that desision was made by the field ultimate, I can only explain MY role in the situation, if we are even talking about the same one !
