Ok so how did you find it this year? the loos, showers, marshalling etc etc
ok marshalling first. sorry to bitch as i had a great time, but:
I thought marshalling across fields was inconsistent...there were a few absolutely crap calls, and some rules followed and some rules not, eg: I saw several 300+ fps markers being allowed to adjust, and rechrono, when we were told expressly that this would not be allowed to happen. On only one field we were told to take off wristbands as they counted as an extra layer.
it seems like each field pick and choose which rules they want to follow, depending on the head ref
on one field one of our players was called out, the guy couldnt see where he'd been hit, he called over the marshall and asked them to point out the shot; they said 'on your shoulder. he looked, he couldnt see it so he decided to stay in. another marshall came over and told him to leave the field...so he did.
There in fact was no shot, no shell, nothing that could have been mistaken for a shot infact the area on his shoulder was completely clean. and then the marshall came over afterwards for a moan about how he shouldnt have had to come over to send him off.
but isnt it fair that if you're called out and dont realize you've been shot, that you ask for explanation ie 'where??'. fair enough on your pack/mask etc this does not apply. but what if im called out, and a ref cant even point to where im hit??
and saying 'sorry it was a mistake' after the game does not really help at all, as it does not make up for the points loss: one player on the field could change the course of the game. I think there should be a system for awarding points after a game has finished, to compensate for that.
ok on to facilities
The girls loos consisted of: 2 toilets and a shower cubicle (hey it was Ok i suppose, except when the guys' loos started to overflow into the girls' this morning). and the girls at least were quite clean
I heave heard very very bad things about the guys loos, and i think a lot of guys were put off by the communal shower room for some reason
I thought play was really agressive, made more so because of the shorter fields. but i was surprised at how much cheating was going on to be honest, even in Div D there was cheating, and really, there was no need
ok see ya sorry if it sounds negative, like i said the tourney was great, good atmosphere just the marshalling could have been a liiiitle bit better on some fields.
Dont flame just post your experiences good or bad
oh yeah the LIPs guys were soooo helpful thanks
and the Axion images tent was such a good idea: play a game, and your piccy would already be on the PC before your next game. I was well impressed!
*also Big Up for www.paintballkit.co.uk*
ok marshalling first. sorry to bitch as i had a great time, but:
I thought marshalling across fields was inconsistent...there were a few absolutely crap calls, and some rules followed and some rules not, eg: I saw several 300+ fps markers being allowed to adjust, and rechrono, when we were told expressly that this would not be allowed to happen. On only one field we were told to take off wristbands as they counted as an extra layer.
it seems like each field pick and choose which rules they want to follow, depending on the head ref
on one field one of our players was called out, the guy couldnt see where he'd been hit, he called over the marshall and asked them to point out the shot; they said 'on your shoulder. he looked, he couldnt see it so he decided to stay in. another marshall came over and told him to leave the field...so he did.
There in fact was no shot, no shell, nothing that could have been mistaken for a shot infact the area on his shoulder was completely clean. and then the marshall came over afterwards for a moan about how he shouldnt have had to come over to send him off.
but isnt it fair that if you're called out and dont realize you've been shot, that you ask for explanation ie 'where??'. fair enough on your pack/mask etc this does not apply. but what if im called out, and a ref cant even point to where im hit??
and saying 'sorry it was a mistake' after the game does not really help at all, as it does not make up for the points loss: one player on the field could change the course of the game. I think there should be a system for awarding points after a game has finished, to compensate for that.
ok on to facilities
The girls loos consisted of: 2 toilets and a shower cubicle (hey it was Ok i suppose, except when the guys' loos started to overflow into the girls' this morning). and the girls at least were quite clean
I heave heard very very bad things about the guys loos, and i think a lot of guys were put off by the communal shower room for some reason
I thought play was really agressive, made more so because of the shorter fields. but i was surprised at how much cheating was going on to be honest, even in Div D there was cheating, and really, there was no need
ok see ya sorry if it sounds negative, like i said the tourney was great, good atmosphere just the marshalling could have been a liiiitle bit better on some fields.
Dont flame just post your experiences good or bad
oh yeah the LIPs guys were soooo helpful thanks
and the Axion images tent was such a good idea: play a game, and your piccy would already be on the PC before your next game. I was well impressed!
*also Big Up for www.paintballkit.co.uk*
