Newsgroups: rec.sport.paintball
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 13:57:59 -0400 
From: Alexander Franklin Rose <ar2z+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: paintball questions

Hey,
	First of all I would like it if you would post your questions on the
board as well so all can see.  So when you get this post it and your
question and comments.
	Okay next I would like to thank you for being as candid as you were. 
Finally someone tells me what they hear.  This is the only way for us to
change public opinion or at least correct rumors about our team.  I will
fist respond to the rumor that you heard concerning one of our players
using a ref as a shield.  Our team has never ever been penalized for the
violation that you speak of.  However we have gotten single penalties
that have thrown us out of tournaments.  I would assume that the one you
heard about was the Music City Open.  In that tournament the last game
in the semifinals which all we needed to do was hold, we were penaliaed
a total of 150 points.  The three 50 point penalties were assesed to two
players.  One of them to Brian for shooting on a neutral player when he
was getting pushed by three of the opposing team.  The neutral call on
that player was made by a ref that "didn't want to get too close because
of the volume of paint " so he made the call without touching the player
and Brian did not hear it so therefore he was penalized a major for
deliberately breaking the rules.  The next two penalties were assessed
to our captain Bob Long.  The fist was for shooting after he was hit,
which I did not see, but fortunately Bob Mcguire had happened to be
filming that field and even had a gun cam on Bob Long.  After viewing
this I feel confident that Bob did not fire after he was hit , but it
was a judgement call and we were penalized another major.  Now we
checked the scores after this game and we were so far ahead that both of
these rather controvertial penalties would not keep us out of the
finals.  Bob signed the sheet and we began to gear up.  The ultimate at
this point came over to Bob and told him that we were receiving an
additional 50 pointer for Bob arguing with the ref , again a mojor for
deliberately breaking the rules.  (the video also proved that Bob never
spoke to the ref after he was hit)  now we were out and Tour De Force
was in.  They would not allow the video to be played to alter the
decisions.
	Now I do not mean to offer excuses, just the facts as I saw them and
understood them.  That was not the first time this has happened and I
doubt it will be the last, (Dallas 92, and World Cup 92, the same thing
happened) But I do know that it was not until we won all of the Lively
tourny's we attended last year including the series bonus that we all of
sudden began to get these quirky decision making penalties.  No one
likes the winners.  Back when we lost everyone thought we were the most
honest players out there.
     Now as far as equipment goes.  
	I use a Nasty Boys nine pouch harness: 4 horizontal down each side and
one vertical in the middle, 
	A two hundren and fifty round motorized loader from viewloader,
	For certain games I add a three pouch belt harness
	I use a custom pull through squeegie made by a player on my team that
uses 2 rubber washers, four neoprene discs, and a 12guage fleece swab,
in that sequence on a rubber coated cable.
	I use JT gloves and headgear
	SCOTT full head gear
	I alternate between my pump and semi Bud Orr guns depending on the field.

	The glasses thing is not something that I have to deal with and I know
that all the guys on our team who need vision correction, have a special
set of contacts for paintball.  I also know a good trick to stop fogging
that I learned from the Fl. Terminators.  Tear off a quarter of paper
towell and roll it up and place it under the nose piece in your mask
across the bridge of your nose.  This is the best antifog device I have
found.  Also JT now makes a fan unit just for the crossfire.  I dont
know if you can wear glasses and SCOTT goggles try going to the store
and trying them on.  I do know that SCOTT's have never fogged on me and
the extra periferal vision and light weight is something that has been
needed for long time.
	Thanks a lot for your questions and please keep them coming,
			Zander of the IRONMEN
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