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Originally Posted by chrislognshot  from what i hear its the paint that no good and a lot of people get turn away from it because of it |
The paint is not the best but it's usually not as bad as people make it out to be and everyone's using the same stuff so it's a level playing field. It's usually thin and gray because it needs to wash clean with minimal effort from the structures.
What really kills the fun is the blatant cheating. A game at a field like Blanding draws out a lot of weekend rambos who absolutely refuse to admit to themselves that they are not paintball gods. It's hard to decisively tell if you hit someone when shooting through windows because of the shadows. When you throw those factors in with thin easy to wipe paint that doesn't mark well and it's ridiculously easy for people to justify to themselves that they can wipe a hit and get away with it. There usually seem to be lots of refs and they usually seem to try hard but they can't have line-of-sight on every player in an urban environment. Too much cover, too many angles. At best it's 95% honor system and the refs are there mainly for safety.