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The Fake Paint-check - Cheating in Paintball
The fake paint-check is one especially deceptive form of cheating in paintball. When someone attempts this game infraction, a clean player shouts for his own paint-check to distract the referee's eyes away from the paint splattered uniform of his teammate, allowing him time to wipe the hit. This move is particularly sinister, as is any move where a player tries to draw a referee's gaze away from a real paintball impact. Another common move is when a player calls his own paint-check and points a referee to a site away from the real impact. While the referee is examining the site pointed to, the player will cover up the real impact site with the other hand. The official rulebook of the NPPL forbids both of these disreputable tactics. Rule 19.03 of the NPPL handbook says that any types of Distraction Tactics are prohibited in the game. Distraction Tactics are defined as any time a player requests a paint-check towards an area of impact that is not the real area of impact on themselves or their teammates.
The Fake Paint-Check has been used countless times in national tournament events where rankings and big prize money are at stake. The greater the stakes involved, the more likely there will be incidents of cheating. The Fake Paint-Check has been used when they know that a referee has heard or seen someone get hit. In some situations, two attacking players are moving side by side up the right side of the field, towards the enemy flag. In one instant, the coast looks clear and the two players seem to have a clear shot at the enemy flag. In the next instant, they hear the unmistakable sound of paintballs smacking against a body. The one player knows that their teammate has been hit, and a referee turns around fast enough to see paint splatter in the air. In the next moment, the one player decides to distract the referee by calling for a paint-check on them. The referee was already in their direction anyway, and when he reaches them, they point to the site of a paintball impact that doesn't exist. While they are wasting the referee's time, their teammate wipes off the real paint splatter and gets away with it. If a player is able to pull off this move without being caught, they will get points for paintball savvy but lose even more points in paintball morality.
There are several ways to keep players from pulling off game infractions like the Fake Paint-Check and the Bunker Rub. The first way to keep players from cheating will be to have several experienced referees. Seasoned referees have been around for awhile and have likely seen it all. They have seen players whip out their tools in the middle of games to turn up the speeds on their markers. They have seen players running straight into bunkers in order to rub off paintball impacts. The more experienced the referees are, the more likely they will be able to pick up even the subtlest forms of cheating.
Another way to prevent cheating is to use tournament grade paint with thick fills. When players get tagged by thick-filled paintballs, they are left with a big, thick mark that is hard to remove. Some examples of tournament grade paint include Tournament Paintballs from Night Cat Paintballs and Powerball Paintballs from Archon Paintball.
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