Paintball

[LuXe]

I myself am a paintball-player. Curently there is little in life I enjoy more than paintball. Now as many may know, paintball is an expensive sport, and I (since I want nothing from my bourgeiose parents) have to take a job to pay for it. It costs much for an entire set with marker, mask, gloves, neck-guard, etc. I also have to pay entrance fee, pay for compressed air, and the most expensive of all, the balls. These have to be purchased over the internet.

My question is this, will paintball continue to exist in a stateless classless society? Wouldnt you have to do alot of labor in exchange for the commodity? How would this work?

I had an idea where there were fields to play on, but you idnt get you own gear + marker. You simply got one there. But anyone thats into paintball know that rental eq sucks, stink with sweat, and cannot perform as well as eq which you have at home and can work on. (On of they joys is sitting at the evening disassembling and lubing up your marker, replacing o-rings etc)

Not only this, a sup-air field is hard to produce, and therefore costs money. (Labor)

[Whitten]

I hope so. Paintballs arnt to expensive ordered over the net. Its the pyrotechnics that cost a fortune.

[BreadBros]

I have zero clue about many of the technical aspects you're referring to, sorry. However, why wouldn't it exist? Maybe not in a short-term revolutionary period. However, post-revolutionary, if there were that many people devoted to it, why wouldn't players be able to build/manage the fields themselves, possibly build guns or exchange something with gun factories in return for them, etc. etc. ?

[LuXe]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28, 2006 07:42 pm
I have zero clue about many of the technical aspects you're referring to, sorry.
Im sorry, I'll try to describe them best as I can.

Compressed air; Used for pressure to push the bolt forward so that the paintball gains speed. Others used to push the bolt is co2 or propane.

Paintballs; Come in many varieties. Obviously the ball the marker shoots. This can be rubber (reball) or specially designed winter-balls. Regular ones etc. (All these are filled with paint to mark the player, exept for the reball, which is reusable.

Marker; The "gun" which shoots the paintball. A marker is operated by compressed air, co2 or propane.

O-rings; There are many o-rings inside a marker. O-rings are there to prevent gas from escaping on some ponts, and to ensure that some parts sit as they should. O-rings are basically tiny rings made of rubber.

Sup-air field; Is a premade field which consists of many covers made of some cancas/rubber like material ehich you fill with air. You can of course substutute these for other forms of cover, such as home made bunkers etc.

[BreadBros]

OK, cool, now I know about paintball 8-).

Anyway, yeah, the fields and the general paintballing field can be maintained by the most devoted fans. Building sup-air fields themselves, trading services for factory produced guns, o-rings and what not, etc. Provide help to others seeking recreation.

[which doctor]

I see no reason why it wouldn't exist in a communist society. I myself enjoy paintball, although I haven't played in a while. I enjoy playing out in the woods though, it's far more fun.

[Delta]

Of course it could exist. If you think paintball is expensive think about how expensive real war and imperialism costs. It would be quite easy for society to manufacture enough to provide for paintball, as well as other recreational sports.

[freakazoid]

I don't see why paintball wouldn't exist. Of course I don't see why you would play paintball when you can play airsoft. Long live airsoft!

[sanpal]

I think all sport games which give pleasure and good health to people will be existed.

What I'd like to say is ...

Many of us are interested in casual or secondary aspects of future life in communist society.
But solutions and answers on many of this questions are in the solution of the main goal - creation of workable economic mechanism of communist society.
To begin with in theory and further for practical application.
(This is what hasn't made the former USSR and failed, this is what don't make China and will fail soon too, Cuba, etc)

One of components of this mechanism is as "planning everyone's needs". Every member of communist society would plan his own needs (do you want to play paintball? please, order to a United Planning Center to produce for you marker, balls, etc.) according the quantity of labour time which you could be able to give to the society in the near future. (planning would be done in "socially necessary labour time" units ).