Comments. Thank you?

I like comments. It only takes one or two every now and then to make me happy. Sometimes I hit the comment jackpot.  Like I did when I invited my Facebook friends to read this.  Fifty four comments resulted on Facebook. Comments can be good for a writer's ego. They can also be distressing.  I deleted seven due to dirty language my sailor friend informed me had not been documented yet.  Half took the, "I wouldn't touch an 'effing' rental gun ever," direction while the others defended the lowly shooter.  I'd show a sample of the comments but they were lost when Facebook disabled my account.

Another time I hit the comment jackpot was on PBNation when I suggested there was no such thing as an "accidental" marker discharge. I suggested you could not pull the trigger by accident and explained how a gun going off when bumped was not an accident but rather a result of someone setting the trigger ridiculously tight.  Fourteen forum pages later it was a toss up as to whether I was a moron or a genius.

Comment if you get a chance.  I don't think there is a Mom out there who hasn't used the line, "If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all."  In the case of paintball comments - anything goes!

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Bunker business...

Setting up a bunker is more than just throwing up some pallets or staking down an air ball can. It's an art as well as a science. There's even a bit of psychology involved. Building a safe bunker is most important but you don't want to make a bunker to comfortable. A bunker isn't a place where you want players camping out. A bunker should be a stopping off point on the way to the next one.

Building an impenetrable bunker is not good. A bunker that can not be taken will create a stalemate and will frustrate attackers. Building a bunker a player will get slaughtered in is not good either because, well... it's not a bunker at all.  When you build a tournament field you have to consider symetry and mirrors.  Too sanitary and boring in my mind.

The one thing I miss here at T-Square is terrain.  A flood plain tends to be pretty flat.  Digging trenches and piling up dirt helps till it rains and the dirt turns into mud and the ditches fill up with water. I once had a group talk me into taking them out when there was 6 inches of water standing on the entire 40 acres.  I watched a running player suddenly disappear. A split second later he came up out of a ditch/bunker that was hidden by the water, splashing and yelling and fortunately, laughing.

A bunker can be as elaborate as an EMR castle or as simple as a brush pile. What's your favorite kind of bunker?

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Saturday Paintball Reruns...

From March 17, 2005

RING! RING!

"Hello. T-Square Paintball. Can I help you?"

(young voice) "Yeah. How do I get there?"

"Umm, you need directions?"

"Yeah. Yeah, how do I get there?"

"What direction are you coming from?"

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Speak up!

Hey! It's "Open Mike Friday!" Drop a comment on anything that might be on your mind. Paintball topics would be good but anything PG rated will work. I censor comments so don't expect any other rating to get through.



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