Just saw a promo for a new game show called "Man Hunt" on Entertainment (I don't admit to watching it regularly, but my wife had it on and I happened to be in the room at the time) that will air later on this year in the States, apparently they're filming the first game right now. The idea behind this new show is they have hunters (some WWF wannabes, supposedly former Marines, you know, big dumb looking guys that are really loud) armed with paintball markers (custom Shockers with a cool looking wooden stock and what appears to be a 10-15 round horizontal loader) chasing after the hunted (the contestants). They didn't go into much detail, but showed some scenes of the hunted running through the woods. Rules of the game are that any contestant marked 3 times is eliminated from the game. The game lasts 6 days long.
Now this has the potential to be a really cool game show. My only complaint was in that as usual, very little in the way of eye protection is being used. The hunted were seen wearing only clear JT Blades sunglasses, which wrap the eyes completely. Other then that, there was no face or head protection at all. A few of the hunted had on bandanas covering their hair, but their ears were unprotected.
Fortunately, the markers only had small capacity loaders, so it appears they're not setup for spray and pray. If the hunters really are former marines and not WWF rejects, then they'll understand the basic skills of aiming and fire control, thereby limiting the posibility of someone getting shot in the face... but we all know paintball physics, the ball doesn't always go where you want it, so proper protection is mandatory... So why is it that any time paintball equipment is used on TV (and I'm not talking about televised league or tournament games, I'm talking TV programs here), proper protective gear is NOT used? It's only a matter of time before someone loses an eye on national/international TV and paintball as a sport will lose out big time.
-Evil Bob
Now this has the potential to be a really cool game show. My only complaint was in that as usual, very little in the way of eye protection is being used. The hunted were seen wearing only clear JT Blades sunglasses, which wrap the eyes completely. Other then that, there was no face or head protection at all. A few of the hunted had on bandanas covering their hair, but their ears were unprotected.
Fortunately, the markers only had small capacity loaders, so it appears they're not setup for spray and pray. If the hunters really are former marines and not WWF rejects, then they'll understand the basic skills of aiming and fire control, thereby limiting the posibility of someone getting shot in the face... but we all know paintball physics, the ball doesn't always go where you want it, so proper protection is mandatory... So why is it that any time paintball equipment is used on TV (and I'm not talking about televised league or tournament games, I'm talking TV programs here), proper protective gear is NOT used? It's only a matter of time before someone loses an eye on national/international TV and paintball as a sport will lose out big time.
-Evil Bob
