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headrock6

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While watching the cable program Six feet Under last night there was a good chunk of the show that portrayed them playing paintball..Now as im watching I start seeing WGP jerseys,Proteus masks,Black Magic Autocockers,motorized revys,barrell condoms and plugs and a whole bunch of things that made me believe that someone with knowledge of the game had some insight into the episode..

Now im thinking "great",maybe this is the one that will finally show Pball in good way..Oh how wrong I was...

Its started off with everyone with their masks down and then when 2 actors picked them up the ref screamed at them to keep them down..Now Im thinking "wow,this is gonna be accurate"..This was proceeded by another 20 minutes of masks being picked up every two minutes,a dead mans walk which ended up with him getting shot with no mask,2 players talking about having to commit suicide so the other player can shoot the others killing them and sending them all to hell,only to be followed up by a character getting shot and wiping it and being called a wiper by his teamate yet glorified for doing it by another...


This by far had to be the most amusing and accurate version of recball paintball that ive seen on TV to date and almost an exact account of the first time I ever played paintball many years ago..

Everyones whos ever played this game has seen masks come up,people wiping,playing Rambo and relatively being unsafe sometimes..Will TV be the downfall of us...After watching this account im positive that if people take this $hit seriously we have alot more to worry about than paintball....;)
 

ices

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People will play pball no matter what the TV says.

You see racing in a bad light, yet does that deter people?
Well only the soft gits squirm away.:)
 

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I watched that show and spent the whole time cringing. It started off OK then went down hill. Maybe it was the most realistic portrayal of paintball to date. They just forgot the ref constantly screaming "put your goggles down" :D :D :D
 

headrock6

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Originally posted by shamu
I watched that show and spent the whole time cringing. It started off OK then went down hill. Maybe it was the most realistic portrayal of paintball to date. They just forgot the ref constantly screaming "put your goggles down" :D :D :D


Besides the few safety issues i thought it was hystrical...Plus if anyones familiar with the show you would have seen two gay lovers having a spat and resolving it through paintball:eek: :D ..way to go paintball:p

I wasn't sure what the point of starting this thread was until the very end when i realized that theres no way in hell TV will ever get paintball banned here in the US..I think were the only ones who care if Eminem lights up a cop car,Jackasses shoot themselves at point blank range,or safety issues arent adhered to on some show..
 

shamu

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Originally posted by headrock6
I wasn't sure what the point of starting this thread was until the very end when i realized that theres no way in hell TV will ever get paintball banned here in the US..I think were the only ones who care if Eminem lights up a cop car,Jackasses shoot themselves at point blank range,or safety issues arent adhered to on some show..
I agree with that. I just hate seeing things I care about misrepresented on TV.

That and knowing that I'll have to keep screaming at newbies who've seen these shows and think it's OK to lift your goggles whenever you feel like it :rolleyes: :D :D