[Warbeast]

Hello,

as you may have heard, German politicians are trying to ban paintball. Now we have an online petition against such actions, which is situated on the German gouvernment's website. This is an official petition that will find it's way into the discussions if we raise enough signings.

HERE IS THE PETITION!

To sign, you have to register, and provide real name and info. This is important, because fake or anonymous signatures DO. NOT. COUNT. After you have signed the petition, you will receive an affirmation eMail, which tells you your spot in the list and that you have indeed signed it. If there are any questions about it, feel free to ask anyone of us - Ced or me.

It doesn't matter where you are from, this petition is open to everyone. Tell your friends, family, everyone you can get a hold of, that they can support us by signing this petition. We need to raise 50,000 signatures for an instant discussion, which would be absolutely great - help us out here, unleash a storm of signatures and save Paintball in Germany, maybe Europe, maybe even in your country or state!

from Germany,
Phil and Ced.

How to register
If you decided to sign this petiton, here are the steps and their translations:

• The first site you will see when you hit the link is this:
  
  
  Here, you have to register first, so you can sign the petition.
  
  
• When you click on the "Registrieren" link you're going to see this site:
  
  
  On these images, each field has it's description. Please fill out the form to the best of your abilities, with correct data, and keep an eye on the Captcha at the end.
  
• The field reserved for "state" ("Bundesland") has to be set to "Ausland", which means that you are from abroad.
  
• Hit the button with "Senden", and wait for your confirmation eMail.
  
• It contains a link you need to click to finalize your registration, then, you are good to go. You will also have a user ID, which will look like this: "NutzerXXXXXX" - Nutzer means user, by the way.

When this is done, you are ready to sign the petition. Try to rally anyone you can get a hold off, this is no joke, and this is nothing we can accept to just pass by. None of the data will be used for commercial, civil or persecutive means, this just signs the petition on an official website of the German gouvernment. This is no scam, no sign-up for any bullshit - this is as serious as it gets. Please, get the word out, and please help us. If Germany kills Paintball, other countries in Europe will follow - and the Millenium series will die, the European 'ballers will fade away and companies like Planet Eclipse will loose a lot of income and also their place of work. Help us to help everyone next in line in this uphill battle.

Thanks a lot,
Phil and Ced.

Edit: Cleared up spelling and grammar, refined choice of words, pinned, relayed to Staff, text reformatted.

This post has been edited by Ced: 15 June 2009 - 09:19 AM

[Ced]

Okay guys,

• READ THIS!
  
• SIGN THIS!

We need your help to actually do something, to fight the senseless ban of Paintball and to set an example. This is where we, as united 'ballers from everywhere around the world can show officials that we are not going silently into the night and that we will muster forces to resist the tyranny of a helpless gouvernment that tries to supress its people and sugarcoat their disability to deal with happenings as the school shooters, and they are not fooling us.

Help us here, and help yourself in the end. If Germany falls, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, Italy, France, Spain, the UK, and the rest of Europe will follow. The Millenium series will die, and a lot of companies, like Planet Eclipse and Belsales lose their homes! Help us now, because we are a family, and if you threathen one of us, you threaten all of us. This is where you can join our protest and your signature makes it count. Spread the word, get parents, friends, coworkers and fiances to sign this - we need every vote we can get.

Set an example. Defend your hobby. Be a family

Now!

This post has been edited by Ced: 15 June 2009 - 09:45 AM

[sawcast]

I'd sign but the site isn't working for me.

[Ced]

Okay guys, as a lot of people are storming this petition right now, their servers might be down or unreachable. Keep trying. Only rest when your signature is down, get a cold drink, then start recruiting. Help us. Show 'em.

[a.k.a.demiker]

That could be posssible, just reload it and try again!

There might be some mayor problems with the governments' server. hehe..

This post has been edited by a.k.a.demiker: 15 June 2009 - 09:58 AM

[sawcast]

a.k.a.demiker, on Jun 15 2009, 07:55 AM, said:

That could be posssible, just reload it and try again!

Thanks, I just got it after trying about 10 times.

[sawcast]

Do you guys have this posted in any other forums? We really need to spread the word about this petition.

[Ced]

I am currently swarming all forums I've ever been to. Which is a lot. But I will do eeeet.

[a.k.a.demiker]

Thats a problem which remains every 500 signings.....keep on signing!

And tell your friends, family, and everyone who could help keeping paintball legal.

This post has been edited by a.k.a.demiker: 15 June 2009 - 10:06 AM

[Warbeast]

thanks ced for editing my crappy english, ^^
hoped someone would to that

every sign is great, tell everony u know, that likes or repsects paintball, or the freedom of choosing ur own hobby

[Jebuskitty]

This is hard to do on an itouch

But i will do it!!!!

[a.k.a.demiker]

Thanks jebuskitty!

I know it seems hard to do, but it's worth. We need ervery sign we can get! Please tell erverybody, everywhere, at erverytime

Thanks to erverybody who spread the message! and a special thanks to all who signed the petition! (great Job!)

This post has been edited by a.k.a.demiker: 15 June 2009 - 10:39 AM

[sawcast]

Ok, I just signed it.

[pb4good]

hey guys

i just wanted to say thanks to everyone in this great forum who signed the petition yet and those who hopefully will do the same!
we need every help here in germany to avoid the banning of paintball!

Thanks everyone!!!

greetings

[a.k.a.demiker]

Please put this thread in your sig! Thats a good way to spread the Message through techpb!

(Put this into the sig: http://www.techpb.co...howtopic=34816)

This post has been edited by a.k.a.demiker: 15 June 2009 - 12:15 PM

[Nicholai]

Signed!

Here is the recent list of people signed:

2669 Nicholai, Muzzio Canada / Ausland 15.06.2009
2668 Fesl, Thomas Deutschland / Bayern 15.06.2009
2666 Schulz, Armin Deutschland / Baden-Württemberg 15.06.2009
2667 Leonhard, Jörg Deutschland / Rheinland-Pfalz 15.06.2009
2665 Grab, Christian Deutschland / Bayern 15.06.2009
2664 Hillebrands, Jonas Deutschland / Nordrhein-Westfalen 15.06.2009
2663 Pick, Holger Deutschland / Saarland 15.06.2009
2662 Kölsch, Adrian Deutschland / Rheinland-Pfalz 15.06.2009
2661 Großmann, Jörn BRD / Brandenburg 15.06.2009
2660 Rampke, Matthias Deutschland / Sachsen 15.06.2009

Hope it helps!

[MurphMan]

Signed!

2799 Travis, Murphy United States / Ausland 15.06.2009

[a.k.a.demiker]

Great Job! Keep on signing!

[vega__]

Hello everybody!
Thanks for your support! We really need it!

Keep on signing guys!


Greetings from Germany!

This post has been edited by vega__: 15 June 2009 - 02:33 PM

[a.k.a.demiker]

Come on, i want to see some more sigs like ced's, MurphMan's an mine!!!

Keep on going!

This post has been edited by a.k.a.demiker: 15 June 2009 - 03:26 PM