Paintball Essays

Student, Ross Taylor, author of “Paintball: Promoter of violence or healthy fun?” writes for all ages about the game of paintball. He claims that paintball could be a fun and healthy and not a violent game. His audience for this passage is people who haven’t played paintball but, could also be for those who have played. Taylor produces a well put passage using common ground, psychic space, ethos, pathos, and logos to show how paintball is a fun, healthy sport. Throughout Taylor’s writing, there is

Paintball is one of the fastest growing sports currently in the world. Although to some it is considered almost obscure, or inappropriate because of the sport being referred to as a war game. Are you one of the millions of people who have experienced the adrenalin rush of running through streams of flying paintballs? If not perhaps your issue is with safety? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety commission ranks paintball as “safer than bowling.” Paintball is the number one sport I would recommend to

Just like the real-deal, a paintball sniper requires precision accuracy and ease of handling in a rifle. Paintball enthusiasts need a weapon that provides expert marksmanship qualities while they maneuver their way around an assortment of staged arenas. Misfires, poor action, or loading malfunctions are unacceptable. Here are some tips and types of markers to help you choose the best paintball sniper rifle. Features of a Quality Sniper Rifle Since the accuracy of a sniper rifle can change the

like paintball. Both can be played with any arrangement of players, teams, game types, and scenarios. Airsoft and paintball have many similarities, but the key difference between the two are the kind of ammo that the guns shoot. The player’s honesty and integrity more greatly tested in Airsoft, because it doesn’t leave a colorful mess after the player is hit. Many Airsoft guns are replicas made by real rifle manufacture companies, so Airsoft guns look like the real deal compared to paintball. Also

Who had an amazing spring break? I know I did. It's probably the best one out of all my spring breaks. I went many places with my family and friends. Some places were very interesting and one place I loved the most but HURT ALOT!! I started my spring break on a sunny vibrant Friday, I had a baseball game that day and the next and the next days also. Yeah, A LOT of baseball. Friday I only had one game, Saturday I had 2 games and then Sunday I had 3 games. We won all of our games till the end

angle to shoot a paintball to achieve the farthest distance possible?” The hypothesis of the experiment was,” If a paintball is shot at a 50 degree angle, than the paintball will travel the farther than any other angle tested.” The independent variable is the angle of degrees the paintball is shot from and the dependent variable is the distance the paintball travels at the different angles it is shot from. The control variables are the brand of paintball gun, the model of the paintball gun, the type

Paintball has been a popular sport since the 1980s. The first game played was “capture the flag”, and is played to this day. In this sport, two opposing teams each shoot paint at each other until everyone falls on one side. People have criticized it as a violent sport that promotes violence by using guns. Ross Taylor, however, sees it as a excellent extracurricular activity that promotes both the physical and mental health in the players. Instead of focusing on the use of guns, he focuses on the

Paintball is an extreme sport that has fired the imaginations of many people. It is also a sport that requires a lot of gear for a new player figure out. Perhaps the most important purchase is the gun, or paintball marker. There are different styles of paintball to keep in mind when selecting the best paintball gun for beginners. The two main types of paintball are Woodsball and Speedball. In general, Woodsball is played in natural settings. Speedball is played in a smaller court with man-made objects

Prologue: Okay so here's a little background information before I get into the story. Caleb organizes paintball games usually every other weekend where we practice military tactics and strategies on each other at Caleb's acreage. Paintball guns are obviously non lethal, but they hurt!(Ask Caleb about his arm) We usually go by the “mercy” rule. The mercy rule is the player not officially out until he/she yells mercy, so until the player say mercy, others can shoot the other player as much as they

Pop pop pop the sound of the other kids’ paintball markers sending dozens of paintballs at sixty feet per second past my head. Typical school sports have never truly interested me, but paintball is something else. For the past three years, I have become increasingly involved in the sport, but I have yet to have my own team. At Indiana University I plan on joining a paintball team club or starting one. Paintball is one thing outside academics that I am truly passionate about. I am considering pursuing

Final Narrative I walk on the dry dirt, looking at a huge billboard saying, “Santa Clara Paintball”. I was at my friend’s birthday party with others that I already knew. I was with two of my friends, Jason and someone else. I couldn’t remember the name, but i remember him from other events. When we were walking, we were all smiling and excited to go paintballing. “This is going to be great!” Jason said. We finally got to the main area, and see everyone else coming out. Their names were Victor, Harry

One day Steve was playing paintball with his friends. He was on blue team and they were losing. They were playing in a paintball arena with three floors and a lot of mazes on each floor. Steve loved to play paintball when he was younger, so he played a lot of paintball, and he is really good at it. The other team had his best friend Alex, David, Quentin, Patrick, Jay, Jacob, and Henry. Before they were at Steve’s house doing his favorite thing, playing video games. When they were playing video games

The third time I took Jake Vanderheydt paintballing was the funniest/best time I 've ever gone with him. It was a clear Sunday morning when me and jake arrived at Pekin Paintball. We were ready to kick some butt. We got all geared up and ready to go but there were only about 3 other people there so we couldn 't start at match until we had an even amount of people on each team so me and jake went on a speedball field and played one on one. It was going fine until jakes gu started acting up. His gun

Ross’ acknowledgment of his opposition was particularly convincing, as well as the argument that paintball is safe when well managed. Ross has an effective use of ethos in his essay; he has played paintball, so therefore, he must be a reliable source in regards to paintball. He refers to the many times he, as well as his friends, have played paintball, as well as his positive experiences with paintball. Ross has a weak appeal to pathos-he rarely refers to emotions, or does anything remotely similar

Divergent Compare/ Contrast Essay In case you didn’t already know, there’s quite a noticeable difference from being shot with a paintball gun, compared to a real gun. Paintball guns kill human beings’ spirits of perhaps winning a game, real guns kill people. “Divergent”, both the novel and movie, is about a girl named Tris who must decide which faction to become a part of in future day Chicago. She chooses to be Dauntless, which also means fearless. She was probably the least likely person to switch

Kids have been acting out by what they see and experience in their precious video games in recent years. As a result, children and teenagers are acting out because of what games they are playing on their Xbox’s, Playstation, Ect. Scientists and doctors know that kid’s brains are not fully developed so what see on television, wond them, and of course video games will influence them. So when kids are playing violent games such as shooting games, fighting games, combat, ect, they will be influenced

was gone he likes to travel to the city most weekends and he takes the train as you can see on my collage and other times Holden takes the cab. One might Holden, Ackley and Brossard take the train to New York City to go have hamburgers and play paintball. Sometimes Holden goes into the city to have a drink or two, one time he ran into Mrs.Morrow's on the train and she noticed that he attended pencey prep because of his sticker on his bag. Holden also takes taxis depend on the place and where he's

days later, the newcomers get awakened up at night for another field trip. We won't keep you in doubtfulness: they're going to play some sort of internment the standard paintball game. Eric and Four are the two captains and they choose people for their team. It’s nightly in Chicago, which is a sweet faultless place for paintball. Four’s team decides to go to Navy Pier, which has a enormous Ferris wheel in our time. In their

She knows the drill. She is one of the geeks in her class, and she is about to get freaked. Kayley is clearly annoyed at the girls at the time as she states on line seven of paragraph ten, “Paintballs...You disappoint me, ladies.” She means that in the past geeks were pulled by the ankle and dunked in the river or tortured in some other way that was worse than paintballing. Lauren, clearly frightened, follows her. Moreover, on line nine of paragraph

In the commercial “Bud Light: Between Friends” created for the 2017 Super Bowl, two best friends go through everyday life occurrences together. From moving furniture to watching hockey games, their friendship grew with the help of Bud Light. The audience falls into categorical structures of gender, class, and ethnicity. The advertisement was aired during the Super Bowl, and a large population of viewers tend to be male. They enjoy drinking with their friends when they watch the game, which is why