Summary Of Paintballer By Ritch Telford

Ritch Telford, the author of the book Paintballer, emphasizes the importance of calling for a paint check. Telford says, “Asking for a paintcheck is asking for a referee to check if a particular player has been hit (e.g. has paint on him/her)… once the player was identified, the ref would go to him/her and declare him/her neutral.” (13). This is important because it keeps all the players honest, if there was not someone enforcing the rule that once you are shot, and the paintball breaks, then that player is out, then players would constantly cheat. This makes sure that players are also not getting over shot. This happens when a player is shot “out” already, and for whatever reason they continue playing, so players continue shooting at them, resulting in that player to get over shot. Once a player is determined “dead” the referee then calls them out by pointing at them and saying “players out!” signifying they are indeed dead and no longer may be shot at. …show more content…
Gordon More, the author of this article, is an outdoor recreation fanatic, operates a kayaking company, managed a ski resort as well as lives for these sports and paintball, presents all of these statistics out of 100,000 exposures each year. “Paintball: 0.2, Tackle Football/Downhill Skiing: 3.8, Ice Hockey: 3.7, and Soccer/Baseball: 2.8”. Paintball is only 0.2 injuries per 100,000, compared to soccer at 2.8. That is astonishing. The predetermined assumption that any other sport is safer than paintball is proven inaccurate by these statistics, paintball doesn’t even compare to the amount of injuries retained by other sports. This is just another reason paintball is so