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paintballimpact.com / Cheating in Paintball / Disrespecting the Game
Consequences of Disrespecting the Game
Many of paintball's leaders and event runners agree that the reputation of the game is so important to paintball. Paintball is a very young and growing sport, and one that attracts players as young as 12 years old. While paintball is a very safe sport, some parents and aspiring players may be a little apprehensive about playing in a game that does involve people shooting at each other. While there are concerns of injury in paintball as well as with any other sport, paintball in fact has an injury occurrence comparable to bowling or playing ping pong. So the game is very safe, and does offer players a thrilling couple of hours of game action at their local recreational field or tournament game. As the number of people in the game grow, the market grows with it. As the paintball market grows, the quality of paintballs grows as field owners make more of an investment into their products. And as more and more people become interested and involved in the game of paintball, the number of spectators at professional tournaments grow, drawing national sponsors and hopefully soon, nation television contracts.
While the future of paintball in the United States looks very positive, there are some issues in the game that threaten to jeopardize the sport. Some of these issues include playing the game without the proper head protection system, as well as people using their paintball marker for dishonorable activities such as drive by shootings at cars and houses. The consequences of disrespecting the game can be huge, with fathers & mothers refusing to let their children play, professional paintball leagues losing lucrative endorsements, and just the game being perceived as a sport that attracts shady characters. The reputation of the game is important to everyone that respects the game and wants it to grow. Because of this, manufacturers like Aim Paintball spend hundreds of hours on their Aphix Paintball marker and other gear to make sure that their equipment operates properly, and is a safe machine. People just getting into the game who see that league players play by the rules and take care of each other are more likely to fall in love with the game, and help the sport grow.
Since the first paintball match played by Hayes Noel and his crew, the game has grown in the last 25 years into a sport played by over 12 million yearly in the United States alone. While popular opinion on the sport of paintball has generally been pretty good, it has been criticized by some as glorifying combat, war, and the use of firearms. While the ammo used in a paintball gun is made of paint and gelatin, not the bullets like in real military combat, there are efforts to make some games simulate real war events, There are even matches called scenario games where teams take on the personas of real life battle groups, such as the Germans on one side, and the Allied Powers on the other side. The consequences of disrespecting the game can be great enough to hurt the popularity of the sport.
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