tippmann snipers

[KaMiKaZiPosTMaN]

Ok....I've been reading posts on here for awhile and i hear "i want to be a sniper give me the best set up".....and a few threads down they posted about using tippmanns for sniping and stuff.......why would anyone want to be a sniper?....i mean anyone can sneak up and shoot somebody when they have no pressure on them.....i like being that guy that's in the trenchs trading shots with his enemy no more then 25 ft infront of him....cause thats where the action is....i mean hearing paintballs flying past you and hitting any cover you have...you firing back and having to watch your angles...thats a fire fight...i give players like that more props then anyone....they want to fight...they're the ones that came to play......now yes i'll agree that it takes skill to sneak around and not be seen....but IMO i don't see that as being fun...and mind you i'm talking bout PB here not real life war situation...thats a whole other ball game.....but thats my opinion...i hope other people on here feel the same way...

[xjnation]

Ya know that is what makes a good team, some aggressive and some stealthy. I tend to be more stealth than gungho. I usually have a higer kill ratio than any other on the team of guys I play with.

Ther draw the fire and I get the kill

It takes all types to make a good team.

[12 Gauge]

I like both. I got a pump setup for when I wanna be stealthy and go in behind enemy lines, but I got my imagine for when I feel like a huge firefight. What's best though is taking the imagine, going stealthy, then breaking out a firefight after that first stealth tag.

[Satanicsanta090]

1 shot eliminations are real cool :D (playing pump though, not sniping)
n00bs probably are attracted to sniping cuz the intimidation and the illusion of being invincible

[Menohl]

Click here for the official end to the Sniper Argument (http://www.webdogradio.us/video/tipclip/s2/2WDR27xhi.wmv)

[vicious666]

noobs see the military and then think paintball is like the military (it really isnt) and then they see sniper and think "there really ******", they think that the "custom tactical sniper 21" barrel scoped gun" will make them better snipers and the truth is that sniping as with most military tactics just dont work in paintball. There are some useful paintball "snipers" like the ones who use a phantom, buzzard, WGP sniper or other accurate gun usually a pump. the ones that DONT wear massive amounts of burlap or whatnot are the snipers that know what they are doing paintball is a generally fast game and military sniper tactics and camo cant keep up. effective paintball snipers should be quick quiet and know there gun well as well as having a good ability to find good shooting lanes and should exercise good communication skills. If they are good and know what they are doing you will see that they are an effective player and are not something to ignore. I snipe, I have a phantom and I DO eliminate people regularly with it. I like to paintball as a normal player more though (more fun+adrenaline) (I use the good ol' p/c for that role)

[The Arsonist]

Its an adreniline (sp?) rush, when your on the ground, and a group of 6 people on the other team, walk right by you... Thats when you go to work on them, and when they all have their back turned, 6 shots, their out!:cool:

[ghilliesnipe]

Originally posted by Menohl
Click here for the official end to the Sniper Argument (http://www.webdogradio.us/video/tipclip/s2/2WDR27xhi.wmv)

Menohl, this video does not end the sniper argument, but I kinda understand why you are bringing up these old sniper threads and share your desire to end them. The thread posted in general paintball talk titled "sniper....oh now I got your attention" should be stickied there and I guess here in the tippmann forum and all others should be immediatly closed. You also brought that dead thread back to life, and hopefully I already explained why that video doesnt put an end to the argument, but only adds fuel to the fire.

NOW DIE THREAD DIE.

[Screwball]

My Tippmann is almost the same as the "Sniper" version. I don't snipe. If I was, I would be able to out shoot all the guns on the field by more than the Flatline does. If some kid wants to call himself a sniper, go ahead. But I will always say to myself he's just a noob. The only time I use my Tippmann is in big scenario games (mainly because I need accuracy and I don't have to worry about keeping my gun very close). I don't see it as sniping, but a very laid back version of speed ball

[ArmyBoy1210]

Who really cares. One of the best things about paintball anyway is eatin' that McDonald's on the way back... :cool:
Hooah!

[Menohl]

Originally posted by Screwball
My Tippmann is almost the same as the "Sniper" version. I don't snipe. If I was, I would be able to out shoot all the guns on the field by more than the Flatline does.

I was just curious, what do you play with that will outshoot a tippmann flatline system as you claim you can?

[Screwball]

Originally posted by Menohl


I was just curious, what do you play with that will outshoot a tippmann flatline system as you claim you can?

I wasn't saying that it out shoots by a lot (maybe a little but not a lot). I was implying that in real life, snipers shoot up to a mile away. Regular infantry shoots up to 300 yards (just throwing out a reasonable number). That is a big difference. In paintball, the difference between "sniper" guns isn't like that, so it really isn't sniping. You can sit there and talk about how a sniper "stalks" the enemy, but most Special Forces do that (not all of them being snipers).

[|\/|onkeyman]

not all snipers are just for people..some scenarios have :shoot the object: objectives but really paintball isnt accurate enough to have snipers upto 100 feet (sometimes 150 flatlined) if you want to "snipe" airsoft is the way to go more military tactics are used in airsoft Bc the military sometimes uses airsoft to run fake ops. but i think there should be a sticky were people can duke it out on the sniper subject.

[p_ballermatt98]

and my two cents goes as so...

Most of the people here are biased. For example if a person playes speed ball they just CANNOT understand why some woodsballers buy the things they do, and vice versa. True, sniping in paintball is highly unlikeley considerng markers are loud,not accurate enough and only have a short range of fire. In the case that you have a marker that doesnt fall into any of those categories you probably a speedball player with a maxed out high end electro or have a flatline on your tippy. "Snipers" are just the mil sim/scenario players and if you think that you can be a "sniper" in any other game(well maybe in a few slow woodsball games) you are wrong. If somebody starts a thread saying something like help me be a sniper, don't flame the living crap outa them, its only a phase and it will pass. With that said let this thread die.

ArmyBoy1210: Who really cares. One of the best things about paintball anyway is eatin' that McDonald's on the way back...
Hooah!
-sigged

[LiveLax]

IMO, people disagree about snipers for many of the reasons stated in this thread. But I see one that may not be so obvious and split this argument in half(kinda) sorta like.... well nvm.

Look the first problem is defining "Sniper"
1. A skilled military shooter detailed to spot and pick off enemy soldiers from a concealed place.
or
2.One who shoots at other people from a concealed place.

These are the words of Webster.

You may notice that in both of these definitions and many others i have found, off the net (which i don't feel like copying), don't mention anything about range. The real point is that they shoot at people from a concealed location.

Secondly now we have to define the difference between sniping and ambush. The only difference i can see is that in ambush you wait for the targets.

SO, You can call urself a sniper, but u really are just setting up an ambush, or just sneaking up on people. And don't try to bull**** anyone saying that you can get so much better range than someone else when it is a proven fact that there is not much difference in effective range throught different guns. Secondly there is nothing in sniping that depicts greater range then a normal shot.

In conclusion just let people call themselves snipers and give them the actual definition, if they still claim to be a sniper in that they shoot far just leave them alone, walk away knowing that they are either illiterate, or an idiot.

oh yeah and that video had some good info but it was so &$%^ing biased.

I am not taking sides just pointing out the facts.

[csreymann]

No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball.

[Eladamri]

Originally posted by csreymann
No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball.

No No, tell us how you really feel. Posts like that are pointless and just take up space. If you feel inclined to post at least explain your rational, otherwise it is just spam IMO.

Edit: Thank you for the follow up explaining your opinion. I appreciate the effort.

[csreymann]

To me, people who snipe (in paintball) are wimps. Just too scared to get up their and duke it out. A sniper is useless in paintball. You can't even shoot a paintball far enough to make sniping wroth doing. I hate it when people have scopes on their markers. A paintball isn't like a bullet because it doesn't fly straight and true, to be able to snipe.
That my 2 cents to support my post.

[yuik]

Originally posted by csreymann
No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. No such thing as sniping in paintball. Whats that suposed to be your 50cent or something? :rolleyes:

You think people who fire from a hidden position are wimps(Snipers). Is it because you always get out by the 10 year old with his ghost talon who is hiding?(no insult to BE here my talon shoots more consistant than my Spyder Flash if i use co2). And Snipers are useless. Well i play more speedball than forest ball but whenever i play president and im always a guard sniping helps alot because not many people feel like standing in the open when you have 10 players to your 1. Maybe thats why your never picked by the president?

[evalha07]

The 12 year olds get Counterstrike mixed up with paintball.

[LiveLax]

Why are you all infatuated that sniping involves a long shot IE greater range. When their is nothing in the definition of sniper that depicts greater range. You are all just going in (*^$ing circles just let this thread die like the numerous ones before it concerning Snipers

[moses688]

Most of the people who say "I'm gonna be a sniper this game" are young and retarded.

no offense to retards.

[csreymann]

paintball sniper = one who knows nothing

[spoon's66]

well, here's how i look at it. If im sneaking up on someone and i pop a few, FEW being the key word, shots off on someone and they hit him. It makes me feel better, like i got more accuacy and skill than having a fully auto gun and spraying the other bunker right infront of me with a hundred balls and hopeing he will stick his head out and mabey hit him. Tough i do enjoy being a front gunner on speedball courses every once and a while. Usualy i like to try and get along side the opposite teams bunkers and lay off a couple of well placed shots then hide for a while so the other team, if they saw me, forgets about me. That also gives time for people obliviouse to my position to run up to the bunker i just tagged the other guy out at.

BTW i dont consider myself a sniper, just a realy sneaky pansy.

[csreymann]

i dont consider myself a sniper, just a realy sneaky pansy

thats more like it