Super commandos dressed in camo killer paintball team

[Uffe]

Oh please!
I'm sick and tired of the ads in PGI that looks like they're trying to sell stuff straight from the army surplus store.
I had just convinced the guys at work that paintball is a sport and not all the stuff people tend to think it is. Everything was just fine until one of them picked up a copy of PGI I had left on my desk and saw the ad for a Tippmann marker. So now I'm back to being a commando wannabe in their eyes. Not that it's important to me, I really don't care. However, it doesn't help much to promote the sport as a serious one when such pictures are printed in one of paintballs most widely read magazines. Remember that a lot of other people than paintballers read these magazines, and it is in front of the none-players that we want to look good.
Agree anyone?
.The Tippmann ad is just an example, there have been other ads and articles too that depict the same image. I suppose that in the US this is not that big a deal, but here in Europe it's a serious matter

Uffe, Team Malera, Norway

 

[P8ntbllr99]

which tippman add are you talking about?

 

[Gyroscope]

I think I have the solution to the camoflage-image problem in Europe: Dress your rec-ballers in western outfits!

Just think: it is somewhat less uncomfortable than evoking modern warfare, and the litle tykes will look so adorable! And then they will turn 20 or so and look creepy, at which point they'll have to get team jerseys and go compete. Two birds, one stone. Image problem is fixed and you get a bigger talent pool for competition.

Can't you just see Smart Parts coming out with chaps and vests with little tassles?

 

[Baca Loco]

Originally posted by Uffe
I suppose that in the US this is not that big a deal, but here in Europe it's a serious matter

Uffe, Team Malera, Norway

Hey, the whole French army uses Tippmanns when they practice their mass surrender drills!

Yeah, we've never had any arguments over here about that paramilitary vs. sport debate. And of course, every man, woman and child over age 6 in America has a gun.

Gyro--that sounds a bit butch to me. Should work for the Brits. Maybe as part of a whole Village People PB collection.

Can somebody send Uffe a copy of APG?

 

[Mr T]

I know......

what`s the difference between the french and a peice of toast..........

You can make soldiers out of the toast!!!!

Mr T.

 

[kidzero]

thats what i think...i dont like also if people ask me:" oh paintball, thats that wargame, right? i wouldnt have thought you are LIKE THAT!" man, like i am some kind of pervert...i mean, i am but that has nothing to do with that paintball is a sport. and if it was for me camo could be banned also in big games and scenario games could also be fun without throwing smoke grenades and tanks on the field.

 

[le-pig]

I know......

Originally posted by Mr T
what`s the difference between the french and a peice of toast..........

You can make soldiers out of the toast!!!!

Mr T.

roflmao

 

[Davo at work]

French Bashing !!

Whilst we are on the subject !

Q: Whats the differnce between a french bird and a Walrus ??

A: Ones got whiskers and smells of fish and the other one lives in the sea !!

 

[JoseDominguez]

Leave the french alone, their cuisine does a lot for pest control in Europe.

 

[JoseDominguez]

We've had this one before, and they can't stop the camo side of things...it's what brings in the punters... and they are what keeps sites open. It's either keep the rec-ball style of things (i.e sneaking about in the woods with 500 shots for a whole day) or charge less for paint..... goodbye profit, goodbye paintball. Unless you have a major tournament every saturday and sunday, paintball the sport won't keep a site open.