Monster Ball paint.

OK, so anyone who plays knows that when you get hit by monster balls, they hurt.

Last game at my private field a guy was hit in the neck with a monsterball from 30 feet.

The paintball didn't break, but his skin did. He had a huge welt within minutes and it was bleeding.

You can get bleeding welts from close range hits in paintball through clothes and on bare skin with or without the paint breaking.  It's kind of the nature of the game.

I've been hit in the neck countless times, no problem. The only difference was monster balls.

So, you've been hit at exactly the same velocity, from the same marker, at the same distance countless times.  I assume a myriad of other variables regarding wind and temperature and the age of the paint and how it was stored, both by the dealer and the purchaser, were identical as well?  Doubtful.

I got hit in the fore arm by a monster ball, it left a huge welt as it didn't break.

Paint that doesn't break (of any type) tends to leave larger welts.  It has to do with the way the kinetic energy of the paintball is dispersed upon contact with the target.  I have had similar hits from all kinds of paint.  It has less to do with paint brand and a lot more to do with how the paint was maintained/stored, the velocity the ball is moving at when it makes contact and the interaction of the paint with environmental factors such as wind and humidity.

I then had a buddy hit me on the other arm from the same distance with a combat camo paintball. It broke and didn't even leave a mark.

Good for you.  The science of your testing was obviously so precise.  I'm sure that you perfectly replicated the conditions of the original Monster Ball hit.  /sarcasm

Again, this proves nothing.  I find it highly doubtful that you set up your "experiment" to include all the variables necessary to make it a valid comparison.  The fact that you tried to replicate a single incident in and of itself as opposed to testing to demonstrate trends is indicative of you lack of understanding of scientific principals.

Of course you guys are too tough to be smart enough to realize a dangerous product.

No, we're just mature enough to realize that if you choose to participate in a sport where you run around launching projectiles at each other there is a certain risk involved.  We also take responsibility for our own actions by acknowledging that since we do this activity of our own free will, and are free to quit at any time, that any painful consequences are as a result of our decisions.  Thus, we elect to accept responsibility for the consequences of our actions as opposed to reacting with whining and finger-pointing when things don't necessarily turn out the way we would like.

Keep preaching tough, and when some mom picks up paint for her kids and one of them gets hit in the temple and dies, then you can brag about how that kid wasn't as "tough" as your niece...

If theoretical aforementioned "kid" gets hit in the temple and dies, my question would be where was his mask?

idiots.

Ah . . . name calling . . . always the hallmark of a thoughtful and mature debater.

Fact is, They make monsterballs to be able to handle the rigors of shipping without breakage.

It would probably be safe to assume that all paint manufacturers do this; otherwise they wouldn't sell much paint.

This is done to increase revenue and at a cost to product safety. Of which you are too "tough" to understand.

The fact is that paintball is about eliminating your opponents.  To do so one must successfully place a paint splat upon said opponent.  If Monster Balls were really so much tougher than other paint, people would quit buying them because of the frustration involved with failing to eliminate opponents after successfully stalking/shooting them.  Thus, if you really had any basis for your position, the problem would basically be self-solving as disgruntled customers quit buying Monster Balls in mass.

I guess that is why the sport gets smaller each year.

Wow, that is the most obvious example of usage of the "insert hand down back of pants and pull out a fact" technique I have ever seen.  Paintball participation is not down.  In fact paintball is a growing sport.  This article from the WARPIG site explains the results of the most recent SGMA survey.  (For those who don't want to read, I will sum it up:  Changes to the survey which improved it's accuracy provided data that paintball participation was approximately half of what previous surveys indicated.  However, it is still a growing sport, with losses among the traditional paintball demographic being offset by gains in non-traditional demographics.)

A bad product is allowed because to actively try to get it changed might be deemed "wimpy"...

If it was a bad product, it wouldn't survive.  That is basic economics.

As a grown up man, I don't need to "prove" my toughness.

Never said you did.  I just indicated that I have not seen the whining about Monster Ball brutality that you apparently have.  (I am curious though, if you are so secure in your toughness, why did you feel the need to post pictures of medals later on?)

Monsterballs are a dangerous product. Plain and simple.

If this is true, then it will, as I mentioned before, be a self-solving problem.  Either the manufacturer will be forced to remove/improve the product for sake of their profit margin, or someone will sue them.  Given the litigious nature of our society; the fact that someone has not already instituted a lawsuit over the dangers of this product lead me to believe that such dangers are an exaggerated menace that exists solely in the minds of those who are easily influenced by internet personalities.

I was kind of with you until you whipped out the medals.

I hope you understand just how dorky that makes you look.