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Paintball a sport?!
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Poll Question: Do you think paintball is a real sport
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    Posted: 22 September 2004 at 5:56pm
Ok well i did a report about my fav sport for gym and i said paintball.... but my stupid gym teacher said paintball isn't a sport..... i said it was becasue it has three main parts: its fun, competitive, and it gives you a work out. Well he didn't beleive me so i got a b- :( but anyway.... i told my mom and my sis overheard it and she agreed with my gym teacher and she said its a stupid game and its only for "ratbags." Well i shot her that day after she said that and i got in trouble but nevermind that... i just don't get it why people don't think its a sport.... see my sister has played but she got shot in the butt and she hates it soo... i don't know about her lol but then some poeple say its an "outdoor sport" soo i'm like what? hahah i think its a sport..... what ya think?
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i call it something to do.
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Well most peopel here will say a sport.

Not butt pirate!
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    1. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
    2. A particular form of this activity.
  2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
  3. An active pastime; recreation.
dictionary.com  if you wanna check yourself.


It is a sport, because it involves teamwork, pyshical activity, and is competative.

People are just ignorant about the benifits of playing and decide to label it with a bad name.  If they knew it developed teamwork, and increased pyshical fitness level, than it would grow more, and become more widely considered a sport.


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Who cares.

Anyone that insists on calling it a sport is probably the same deluded idiot that thinks paintball will be "better" in some unexplained way when it gets on TV and in the olympics and other nonsense.
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there was a post , about a month back on just this topic , maybe you could do a search and find it still .

I believe, by the definition of what a sport is , that Paintball qualifies , it has national organizations , is sanctioned , has its own insurance ratings , , has professional and amatuer players .

It qualifies , Yes..

But your behavior , makes it hard for the rest of us to keep paintball what it was intended to be , played on the field , not on Yer sisters Arse ...

Enos, did you Bump Your head ??



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What the hell is a ratbag?
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Originally posted by Burnt Fingers Burnt Fingers wrote:

What the hell is a ratbag?



hoodlum, trouble maker...etc.
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if paintball isnt a sport than what is? nothing

from wordperfect10 (comp. dictionary)- sport >noun  1 an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others.  2 informal a person who behaves in a good or specified way in response to teasing, defeat, etc.  3 success or pleasure derived from an activity such as hunting.  4 dated entertainment; fun.  5 chiefly Austral./NZ a friendly form of address, especially between unacquainted men.  6 Biology an animal or plant showing abnormal or striking variation from the parent type as a result of spontaneous mutation. >verb  1 wear or display (a distinctive item).  2 amuse oneself or play in a lively way.
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wheres the SEARCH choice on your poll??????

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Originally posted by Glassjaw Glassjaw wrote:

Originally posted by Burnt Fingers Burnt Fingers wrote:

What the hell is a ratbag?



hoodlum, trouble maker...etc.
Ah, must be some strange northerner term.
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what^?
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Well if you go stright by the dictonary, then there are snipers in paintball.

Paintball is a hobby, not a sport.

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not another "is paintball a sport?" debate.....
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Tae , if you go strictly by the dictionary , there cannot be snipers in paintball , lol, cannot engage from beyond range of effective return fire .
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Originally posted by Tae Kwon Do Tae Kwon Do wrote:

Well if you go stright by the dictonary, then there are snipers in paintball.

Paintball is a hobby, not a sport.

a hobby thats **edited**! its a freakin sport, not a collecting little toys hobby
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To me and 9 million and counting paintballers say that paintball is a sport....an extreme sport at that.

If its a hobby, then we're all wasting our money and time.
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Originally posted by evil_fingers evil_fingers wrote:

To me and 9 million and counting paintballers say that paintball is a sport....an extreme sport at that.

If its a hobby, then we're all wasting our money and time.

 ya really i think i'm gonna need to talk to who ever made that dictionary

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Read the fine print....it says it was copy written in Cuba.
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