Take me down to tha Taliban City
- Thread starter TJ Lambini
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Hey, don't tar us all with tha same brush - some of us are as pissed about this as everyone else.
Still, could only happen here...can't see tha Brits doing an Enniskillen Urban site where you have to out-sniper Martyne McGuiness, or tha Spanish setting up a scenario to foil ETTA's plan to paintbomb a resort...
Still, could only happen here...can't see tha Brits doing an Enniskillen Urban site where you have to out-sniper Martyne McGuiness, or tha Spanish setting up a scenario to foil ETTA's plan to paintbomb a resort...
Umm....
**pokes the flames a little more**
-Tyger
Didn't there used to be a rec site somewhere in England that was on an old US military base, that included building to building shooting and scenario style games, including a hostage rescue?
**pokes the flames a little more**
-Tyger
Lets look at it this way!!
If the Golden Gate Bridge and Californias biggest finacial center were blown up and over 2000 people lost their lives would Taliban City even be an issue right now??No, because SC wouldnt even think of putting up a field like that!!The sad part of this all is that we as Americans tend to forget things very quickly..And maybe if i didnt have to look at the city skyline every day maybe id forget also...But it still doesnt justify the stupidity and lack of class that SC Village is showing in this situation....
If the Golden Gate Bridge and Californias biggest finacial center were blown up and over 2000 people lost their lives would Taliban City even be an issue right now??No, because SC wouldnt even think of putting up a field like that!!The sad part of this all is that we as Americans tend to forget things very quickly..And maybe if i didnt have to look at the city skyline every day maybe id forget also...But it still doesnt justify the stupidity and lack of class that SC Village is showing in this situation....
Umm....
Just Curious is right, it was called "Hot Shots" & was at an old USAF base. Funnily enough, it was a base that used to have nuclear missiles and was reknowned for the slightly insane CND (campaign for nuclear disarmament) women who camped outside protesting against nuclear weaponry for many years. Can't remember the name of the base off hand, but SOMEONE here must, it used to come up in the news regularly.
Re: Umm....
One of the funniest things at the time seeings as by all accounts most of the missiles were shipped up here to the *huge* underground storage areas beneath what used to be RAF Burtonwood.
Of course it could be an urban myth, but I wouldn't put it past the military. Those underground tank/truck/everything parks would make a great indoor site! I've seen pictures and they were massive, full field hospital kits packed and stored ready for immediate shipping to wherever needed....in the trucks!
RAF Greenham Common.
One of the funniest things at the time seeings as by all accounts most of the missiles were shipped up here to the *huge* underground storage areas beneath what used to be RAF Burtonwood.
Of course it could be an urban myth, but I wouldn't put it past the military. Those underground tank/truck/everything parks would make a great indoor site! I've seen pictures and they were massive, full field hospital kits packed and stored ready for immediate shipping to wherever needed....in the trucks!
This Taliban City is exactly the sort of thing that keeps onlookers from seeing paintball as a sport like any other. If paintballers want paintball's image to ever improve these type of setups should not be supported. On one hand you have paintballer's trying to move the sports image away from combat simulation and show it for what it can be... A SPORT. And then you have others moving in the exact opposite direction. I think that untill we have paintball being played as a sport by all who play it, paintball will never be recognized by the general public and a legitimate sport.
There's nothing wrong with simulating a combat situation, many of people find it very fun. The problem is that they're exploiting something that's still going on right now and is a very personal and touchy subject for a lot of people. If they had built that exact same field and named it Armageddon or anything else that had nothing to do with Afghanistan or 9/11 then I don't think anyone would have a problem with it.
I'll say it again, SC is in it for the money and right or wrong this will bring it in.