UK Team making big impact at World Cup and X-ball

[Hatts]

.. and of course you're now wondering who I'm talking about.

For the last week I've been getting updates on the story so far from Rulebook Russ with the team of PA and associated UK referees who are currently reffing the World Cup and X-ball events in the US. These guys are really raising the bar for tournament level paintball at the highest level.

The feedback and support for our guys in the US has been phenomenal. Apparently the Brit's have made a big impression and as I understand it have now been asked to ref the X-ball pro teams. In fact they've been so much in demand it sounds like they've been asked to ref everything.

Sometimes it's kind of hard to understand Russ at 1am especially when;

a) he's excited
b) it sounds like he's in an establishment with ladies of negotiable virtue.

Of course not having "tea" in America may be causing him some distress.

 

[Bolter]

did you say PA referees? So there will be different rules on different fields then.

 

[Flash-Bugout]

Originally posted by Bolter
did you say PA referees? So there will be different rules on different fields then.

Yeah, like every other tourney series in the UK has perfectly consistant rules/etc across all fields. FFS I can remember starting on fields where one end was guns backwards and no firing till you crossed the back hose
and the other end was guns up and fire at game on.

Having played or watched pretty much every league around the country over the past however many years I can state that the PA has the most consistant rules implementation I've seen in the UK.

Seems that the PA needs to employ robots as judges so that every rule is remembered and evey situation is acted upon identically by every judge. I guess then they'll be able to compete on an even keel with the backwater 6-man series?

Gotta love the way that when someone in this country tries to give paintball a kick to try prevent it stagnating they get knocked back at every opportunity...

 

[Bolter]

Im not knocking it back, good luck to em! If they are doing well then cool! I had a semi bad experience with a FEW refs at every PA. If you didnt, then thats your experience.

I am in no way holding the UK scene back. I blame our inability to grasp modern paintball personally.

 

[Hatts]

PA Referees don't just ref PA tourneys you know. Before the guys went out there they were required to learn the PSP and X-Ball rules and demonstrate to Russ that they had a sound working knowledge of those rules before hand. Which let's be honest, is way more than most players ever bother their arse to do. Even (or dare I say it... "especially") at the so called "higher" levels.

As for "bad experiences", incidents on field are judged according to the interpretation of the officials. It's when that interpretation doesn't coincide with the players interpretation that we start hearing the same old crap "reffing is biased", "bad call", "that ref is blind"... etc, etc.

Unfortunately there are some players think they know better than ref's, which of course is never the case. What in actual fact they mean is that more calls go against them than for them which of course could never be their own fault now could it?

 

[Gyroscope]

Originally posted by Bolter
I am in no way holding the UK scene back. I blame our inability to grasp modern paintball personally.

I blame all your "problems" on being a relatively small country with a smaller player base and no unusually large financing behind any of the pro teams. Given those liabilities, UK paintball seems pretty solid (from a distance). I would say that based on what I read and see at NPPLs, your top teams get modern paintball just fine.

 

[John C]

I dont think Bolter is alone in his experiences.

On the whole the PA refs are very good. But a FEW are dragging the rest down with LAZY (not bad, biased or blind) marshalling.

 

[Collier]

Originally posted by John C
I dont think Bolter is alone in his experiences.

On the whole the PA refs are very good. But a FEW are dragging the rest down with LAZY (not bad, biased or blind) marshalling.

Why are the lazy ones also the ones on the biggest power trips??

 

[Bolter]

thankyou Mr John C, I maybe shoulda specified more clearly.

Hatts, when the PA games have started I have no problems at all.

PA refs, I apologise for my earlier comment, I generalised, and I shouldn't have.

 

[L J]

Originally posted by Hatts
Unfortunately there are some players think they know better than ref's, which of course is never the case.

was that a joke??

ive been judged by a couple of teams which didnt know any of the rules and tried to make them up as they like... (not talking about PA League)