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I totaly agree with everything you say. I dont know if youve ever herd of Challenge Park, CPX, CPX sports or whatever you want to call it, I am currently a referee at the Paintball Field and I TOTALY agree with everything you typed above. People take that job for grantit and the players think that they cann tell us what to do. But being a referee is NOT an easy job. And yes, safety is the #1 most important thing about paintballing. Thats half of our job, to inforce the safety rules. The way we do it where i work is if we see them at any point (open or private party palyers) with there goggles up, off, or lifted, we hole punch their wristband over the barcode. On the 2nd hole punch we send them home. We breif them before every game no matter what. They may play the same field all day, and if they play 20 games on the same field, then they hear the same rules 20 times. They also require walk on players to watch a safety video before getting the "breifing" hole punch on there wristband. After the 2 hole punches we tell them that they are no longer able to play for the remainder of the day. And they always have to argue. And really its not that hard to follow the rules. So anyone who reads this being another ref or walk on, if your another ref, always back up and stick with your and other refs call. Aand if your a walk-on/open player, give the ref the credit they deserve. I GARUNTEE they will go home with at least 3 times as many welts as you will.
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