DISCIPLINE IN PAINTBALL
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007leSimple things to do to keep paintball fun and injury-free.
Wear masks at all times
When a game is being played, wear your mask at all times. Do not remove your mask in the dead zone if the dead zone is within the field. There is NO exception to this rule. Keep masks on until barrel plugs have been placed back on all players’ markers. Remember that most severe paintball injuries occur because someone removed their mask at an inappropriate time.
Do Not Drink and Play
If you are under the influence of alcohol, illegal drugs, or prescription medicine, DO NOT PLAY PAINTBALL. Keep things safe and only play if you are fully coherent.
No DRY firing outside the field
Dry firing is shooting without loader or with empty loader. if you do that in any of pb field in US, Europe, people will say "why the f*ck is this noob doing there"
So dont think that by doing so you will look cool, instead true paintballer will think you are a complete nut.
No Blind Firing
Do not fire if you can’t see what you are firing at. Many players are tempted to stick their markers out and fire without looking, but avoid this. Blind firing can lead to accidentally shooting players who are leaving the field, referees, or other things you shouldn’t shoot.
Surrenders
Close-range shots are considerably more painful than shots from a distance and it is customary to offer a surrender to any opposing player within twenty feet.
Many fields require players to accept surrender if another player has come within twenty feet and has a shot on them.
Shoot Less Than 290 FPS
Keep paintball velocities under 290 feet per second (FPS). Marker speeds can be timed with a paintball chronograph (available for use at most pro shops), and should be carefully monitored. A paintball that travels at 290 FPS can cause small bruises, while a paintball that travels faster can cause significantly more damage including severe welts and broken skin.
Use Barrel Plugs
Whenever masks are not being worn, all markers should be blocked with a barrel plug or barrel sock. This safety measure is good and should be used, but implementation often fail or not properly used, and a physical protection from wayward paintballs is a must. Unless everyone has a mask on, do not take out your barrel plugs.
Marshall
The appointed field marshall is not standing in the field to WORK for you. So dont be stupid by asking them to do this and that for you. They are with you in the field to ensure your SAFETY. So get used to being scolded by field marshalls when you do wrong, because your safety is the main reason they are hired. If you think you could not OBEY the PAINTBALL FIELD rules, the marshalls’ commands, then please leave the field because paintball sport COULD not tolerate stupid chimps who would not read the rules.
There is a quote from one paintball field in New Jersey saying that "MARSHALL ALWAYS RIGHT AREA"
- CUSTOMER IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE HERE, ONLY PAINTBALLER DOes -
So i guess you can understand why such rules are created. Some snobbish just like to think that they could do anything just because they have $ to pay the pallet. They complain this and that and often break the field rules too. But many field will rather lose this type of customer (i dont like to call them paintballer anyway because they dont deserve to be one) than losing the paintball image which is one of the most HIGH DISCIPLINE-required sport.
Some operator even ban this type of chimp out from the field (no next visit dude!!) because rather than keeping them, they will ruin the whole paintball industry around should an accident occur. Safety is not an accident. If you think our safety measures are intolerable, try think if you could tolerate living with one/no eye for the rest of your life 
Common Sense
Most problems can be avoided if you just use common sense. Don’t shoot private property (this include cow, dog, cat or any other animal you seen around). Don’t shoot out of a moving vehicle. Don’t look down the barrel of a loaded gun. Don’t shoot yourself, etc.
If you ever thought of doing something cool (breaking the rules - dry firing, take off your face masks, lose your barrel plugs, etc), just to show off, think again. Twice. Thrice. Many times if you have to. Then forget about it!
Don’t Take Off Your Mask Until the Game is Over
This has already been said, but needs repeating: DO NOT REMOVE YOUR MASK WHILE A GAME IS STILL BEING PLAYED! Most severe injuries can be avoided if players simply keep their masks on.
ALWAYS REMEMBER
GOOD PAINTBALLERS KNOW THE RULES TO MAINTAIN SAFETY OF THEMSELVES AND OTHERS IN THE FIELD.
