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***P4IN7 B4LLS*** · July 5th, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by x..x

im too lazy right now

wow that was an extremely pointless post...

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Originally Posted by NYY

i cant stand when people say "dont try to win, try to have fun"
you arent having fun unless youre winning imo

so true... losing is like the worst thing in the world. it sucks when you lose and makes you feel crappy.... when you win, it feels so great

***NYY*** · July 5th, 12:28 PM

yeah i pretty much agree 100% with that article. winning is everything to me when i play a sport. i cant stand losing. back when i started playing hockey on a team i sucked. playing street and playing ice is like day and night. so i started practicing 10 hours a week for pretty much 3 months straight and got a lot better and started winning. and theres no better feeling in the world than winning.

***OaklandDogs187*** · July 5th, 02:52 PM

The sad thing is most of these people hating on him probably shoot their little tippmanns and spyders, when the author of this article is playing for FREE on an NXL team. Maybe if you guys would shut up about "It's all about fun" and "Sportsmanship is everything" you would actually get somewhere in paintball.

Brandon

**Pr0ph3t** · July 5th, 03:28 PM

****in eh that's a good article. I laughed, and it's true. **** all of your preconceived notions about being nice and ****; that doesn't get you anywhere. Winning is everything.

***Barber*** · July 5th, 03:34 PM

Walking onto the feild if we are playing a noob team I talk to them and tell them to have fun and **** like that, then as soon as I am standing at the dead box, I wanna burn down their house and torture their family. I hate them. All I wanna do is put 8 balls through their head.

As soon as I come off the feild, All I say is good game guys. Then I go about my normal day.

***NYY*** · July 5th, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by OaklandDogs187

The sad thing is most of these people hating on him probably shoot their little tippmanns and spyders, when the author of this article is playing for FREE on an NXL team. Maybe if you guys would shut up about "It's all about fun" and "Sportsmanship is everything" you would actually get somewhere in paintball.

Brandon

well theres a difference between being a pro and winning. being a pro means winning because you need to. winning in general is just doing it to have fun. plenty of people can play with tippmanns and spyders and have fun trying to win. to say that they are stupid for not trying to become pro is ignorant.

**x..x** · July 5th, 04:32 PM

ok read it sry about the other post ill delete it

**Sh00t em Up** · July 5th, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Torch

"Do you really think I mean any of the things I say?"
(yes, it's in there.)

Only point worth reading?

"Ok I gotta stick to the point. The point is to have a tough mindset."

Wow...same for anything else that puts you against someone else or another team. Stunning. I didn't even have to write an entire article about being an ass to get that across.

Very true it was wayy to cocky and that guy could have gotten the point across without being an ass.

***OaklandDogs187*** · July 5th, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by NYY

well theres a difference between being a pro and winning. being a pro means winning because you need to. winning in general is just doing it to have fun. plenty of people can play with tippmanns and spyders and have fun trying to win. to say that they are stupid for not trying to become pro is ignorant.

I didn't say they shouldn't have fun trying to win. I said they shouldn't be so quick to criticize this pro who is playing for free, while they are still stuck in the stages of being a good sport. You can argue with me but I'm not changing my mind.

Brandon

**DaBluedevil** · July 5th, 06:29 PM

There is no fun in loosing. At all. I have that mindset of wanting to completely obliterate someone, playing with an ak and literally shooting the other team in the face. Anything and everything to hate them completely, and just wreak havoc as soon as that ref yells go, and not stop till the flag is hung.

***NYY*** · July 5th, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by OaklandDogs187

I didn't say they shouldn't have fun trying to win. I said they shouldn't be so quick to criticize this pro who is playing for free, while they are still stuck in the stages of being a good sport. You can argue with me but I'm not changing my mind.

Brandon

okay i just misread you
i agree, he has the right to come off as an ass because believe it or not that mindset helps win

**Huchacool3** · July 5th, 07:14 PM

so so true, when you're starting out sometimes its hard to think like that but once youve got it, you're that much better

**imhungry** · July 5th, 07:25 PM

the first thing i thought of when i read this was IVAN, lol

that article is so true though. live with the motto "everyone's an enemy"

**croix153** · July 5th, 07:31 PM

Okay let me get this straight, first we bash woodsball because of the "wannabe GI joe" image it gives paintball, and try to make speedball the face of paintball.

Now an article like this comes out, and everyone supports it. Imagine the aggressive image this gives noobs, and even parents whose kids want to play. Although this may be true in Pro level tournaments, is this really the image we want to portray?

prostock05 · July 5th, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by croix153

Okay let me get this straight, first we bash woodsball because of the "wannabe GI joe" image it gives paintball, and try to make speedball the face of paintball.

Now an article like this comes out, and everyone supports it. Imagine the aggressive image this gives noobs, and even parents whose kids want to play. Although this may be true in Pro level tournaments, is this really the image we want to portray?

Amazing QFT.

***P4IN7 B4LLS*** · July 5th, 08:11 PM

well most people that visit paintballstar and read their articles are tournament players, so its being protrayed to the right audience.

off the field you can be a players best friend, but when they are at the other end of the field, you have to hate them. you gotta say "they dont deserve to be on this field, this is my field, my game, not theirs, they dont deserve to play on it, and they dont deserve to live"... and then you go out and wreck havoc shooting everyone in the face. and then you walk off the field and you are the godfather of their kid and you go to dennys with them and are best buddies.

**Snoop06** · July 5th, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by P4IN7 B4LLS

off the field you can be a players best friend, but when they are at the other end of the field, you have to hate them. you gotta say "they dont deserve to be on this field, this is my field, my game, not theirs, they dont deserve to play on it, and they dont deserve to live"... and then you go out and wreck havoc shooting everyone in the face. and then you walk off the field and you are the godfather of their kid and you go to dennys with them and are best buddies.

Exactly, on and off the field are two totally different places when it comes to this.

Nice artice.

**Serpreme** · July 5th, 08:27 PM

What happens when the bunkers are red and no one else is wearing it? Do they forfiet?
Also just to let you know my goal in any paintball game is to make the other guys on the other team feel like they shouldnt even play,that the moment i go out there,they might as well pack it up. The games are over and they might as well shoot themselves in the foot when the countdown is done.

**p8ntballweird** · July 5th, 08:52 PM

I agree with everything the guy in the article says, except for the part "I hate paintball when I'm losing". Sure losing sucks ass, and winnings the best feeling in the world, but I could win in baseball or soccer or some other sport, but i choose paintball, because I like it the most.
I guess Its true, but I'd rather be losing some in paintball than winning in some sport I don't like.