NCPA #1 Tourney at Xsphere

[Xphere]

Alright guys, I would like to explain a few things here.

Xphere paintball and the staff that supports it are interested in one main goal. We want to grow the sport of paintball. We want to teach people who know nothing of the sport how great it really is. We are dedicated to this. As a paintballer, you should be too. I want to see paintball blow all other sports out of the water. How do we get there?

Just under half of the referees that were on the field were volunteering. That means getting shot all day long because they felt like helping out and being nice people. I don't know that any of them ever complained openly about getting railed by the random lane that was fired at them out of your marker on ACCIDENT.

Put the ego aside, help people rather than bashing them.

It is not fun to reff, it is not possible to be perfect.

[ColeLarsen]

im sorry i didnt play but went to watch give my 2 cents to friends and i wanted to quit... i know it is difficult to have to make big decisions that can change the game but refs need to watch zones and not the game. i saw a guy (with a rapper) get shot in the hopper in the 50 snake and wipe it in front of the 3 refs there after one went in to check him. but hey there were refs there so that has to count for something.

[JaBeach]

Originally Posted by Tydie01

when they more as of unobvious cant see it in your site but now you'll be able to feel the ball it you like on the pack cause of the force that gets distributed threw your gear and you'll feel that.

Not sure what was said above, as it was a little bit un-readable, however I think you were saying that..."you can feel the hit on your pack or back because of the force that is put against it"?

I agree that most of the time you can feel a paintball hit your body, or maybe even move your pack, but that doesnt mean that it broke. This is when you should be calling for a paint check, but what if that ball that hit your pack was when you were running. Running can cause things (packs) to shift around and could possibly lead to you not feeling the pack hit.

I was not at this event, but the one complaint that I heard from the WSU guys was that there was a 1 4 1 called on a pack hit that the player didnt know was there, and was baited into a call by the ref, as he claimed to "see the hit a while back" but didnt pull the player immediately.

I can see baiting a player into a 1 4 1 on an obvious hit, but as for an un-obvious hit, I feel thats a bit too much.

-switching gears-
Realizing that being a ref is a thankless job, and that no one is perfect 100% of the time is something that all players need to be conscious of. If I remember correctly, this was one of, if not the cheapest events that the MWN has had in years, and the old saying goes, you get what you pay for.....and guess what, it has held true.

Glad to hear that there were volunteers out there and my hat is off to them. People have this entitlement attitude, and it runs rampant in college kids....maybe this will show them that you cant always get everything (ie..cheap tournament, good refs, paint, food...ect).

TLDR: Props to John and Rob, Facility for standing behind its crew, and the volunteers.

[Robgrover]

College kids spend to much time bored on the internet, and are way to opinionated.