You cant snipe in paintball!!!

[jrr112]

You cant snipe in paintball!!!

i know some one agrees.

[tj]

yes you can if you play in the woods and have got a cocker or similar gun that is very accurate i have done it is funny

[RebelLe]

who is allgertic to a adline rush........a sniper

[Mmadill]

Who failed English......RebelLe

[RebelLe]

im 12 and suck in spelling

[tj]

dont diss people who cant speel
its not cool




yes i no i spelt it rong im makin a point:)

[RebelLe]

Hey i can spell man

[jrr112]

the true definition of a sniper is being able to accuratly hit a target at a great distance.

in paintball you can accuratly shoot more than 50 feet if u are lucky so dont tell me u can snipe in paintball.
u must suck real bad if u need to sit and hide. get your head out of your @$$es and go and shoot someone.

[tj]

I wit u man, I hate peeps who are to scared to get shot so they "snipe"lol. There are some guns that ive seen ok one gun that could do it and its accurate at about 75 yards.
with that gun i bet some one could put out an impy easy. In a game in the woods.

[RebelLe]

A sniper usually never gets in a fire fight. All he has to do is sit,hide,and shoot.On the ground is a lot harder

[EvilAngel2001]

There is a difference between a coward, and a sniper. The coward is the idiot he says he's going to snipe and tries to make contact. The sniper, is the guy who takes selective shots from a nice distance and removes players from the game! I am a paintball sniper. And I understand that many players don't like the idea of snipers in paintball. They say there is no room for them. That they are cowards. That they are afraid of getting shot. That they sit there and shoot. I don't sit. I am not afraid of getting shot. Infact, I am all over the place when I play. And if you are afraid of getting shot, the game of paintball is not for you! Just because I don't get shot as much as most players doesn't mean I am afraid of it, it just means that I manage to avoid it by playing more conservatively. To be a good sniper, is to be a good hunter. Honestly, being a sniper is similar to it. Being a paintball sniper allows you to stalk the enemy. I must say that I enjoy that rush, that thrill, of taking the enemy down like that. Understand that there is no such thing as a professional paintball sniper. Because a paintball sniper needs some time, and is really only effective when he has range to play with. I don't get why all you people bash snipers. Well, I can kind of relate concidering that when I hear the term paintball sniper, it kind of pisses me off knowing that half of them are pathetic wannabes. I just want some of you more open-minded players out there to understand that their are a few of us out there with skill and technique. And to all of them who have that skill, that technique, good luck and good hunting.

[CDietz]

read my opinion in this in the other thread about this topic... im too lazy to type it up again

[Blaster CA]

<<the true definition of a sniper is being able to accuratly hit a target at a great distance.>>

Wrong! The definition of snipe, straight from an online dictionary;

snipe [2] (verb intransitive) sniped; snip*ing
First appeared 1832

1: to shoot at exposed individual (as of an enemy's forces) from a usually concealed point of vantage.
-- snip*er (noun)

You people don't realize what sniping actually is. It's not about takin a shot from a mile away. It's about stealth & accuracy.

Stealth to get into a good firin position undetected.
Accuracy to eliminate targets with the minimum amount of shots necessary so that the 'sniper' will remain undetected.

Police snipers don't use military tactics. Military snipers are very different from Police snipers. Paintball snipers are different than Police or military snipers. There's no one way to 'snipe'. But every type of 'sniping' has two things in common; The sniper shoots from an undetected position & waits for the first 'best' opportunity to take out the target.

Simple!

[Rascal_X5]

Originally posted by Blaster CA

1: to shoot at exposed individual (as of an enemy's forces) from a usually concealed point of vantage.
-- snip*er (noun)

You people don't realize what sniping actually is. It's not about takin a shot from a mile away. It's about stealth & accuracy.

Stealth to get into a good firin position undetected.
Accuracy to eliminate targets with the minimum amount of shots necessary so that the 'sniper' will remain undetected.

Police snipers don't use military tactics. Military snipers are very different from Police snipers. Paintball snipers are different than Police or military snipers. There's no one way to 'snipe'. But every type of 'sniping' has two things in common; The sniper shoots from an undetected position & waits for the first 'best' opportunity to take out the target.

Simple!

that has to be the most amazing thing I've seen, someone reffrencing a dictionary of all things to prove a point ::joke:: anywho, he's right. Good Job blaster.

Snipers change depending on what it is they are sniping in. I posted on this once before. Paintball snipers are one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented bunch in paintball. We have a guy(sniper) at the field that I play at who uses a Sniper III. He's big and he's slow, but that won't stop us from picking him to be on our team first. By the time you see him, your already walking off the field.

[EvilAngel2001]

All the sudden snipers are popping up everywhere. As well as those who believe in us.

[RebelLe]

our a sniper

[EvilAngel2001]

Yea, what you said...

[Blaster CA]

<<Paintball snipers are one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented bunch in paintball.>>

You got that right! Some people think sniping is all about range. It's not. It's about takin accurate shots at targets of opportunity.

Some people think that a newbie &/or unskilled player that sits back hidin & hopin is a 'sniper'. Hell, that newbie/unskilled player probably says he's a 'sniper'. He's not! He's just a newbie or unskilled player that needs to learn how to get in the game.

A paintball 'sniper', if he's got any skill at all, will have used stealth to get into the other teams half of the field & take his shots from a hidden position.

If he wants to remain hidden (& he damn well beter 'cause he's all alone...) he'll use the minimum amount of paint necessary. Among all the noise of dozens of paintguns firin half a dozen balls a second & all those balls splattin on somethin, plus all the yellin & screamin that comes from a big firefight, one guy in a hidden position that shoots a couple paintballs here & there is gonna be hard to notice.

[Tanasovich]

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

"Sniper" now that is SOOOO G@y.

[Mmadill]

Originally posted by Tanasovich
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

"Sniper" now that is SOOOO G@y.


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[Blaster CA]

<<HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

"Sniper" now that is SOOOO G@y.>>

Wow, that was an intelligent post! Very insightful & well thought out...

[high adjucator]

i have insight to these things you see because only one front player on my team is good and i play back tape so i normally have to play EVERY position in 2 games. to be a true sniper is to time your shots! dont blow in like (my) front players ans waste it all in one game.

if you wanna really bash snipers, try tis. 98 c car15stock, flatline, fulltigerstripe all equipment, lay in the dirt but move then tell us snipers suck!!!

[EvilAngel2001]

Be forewarned! high adjucator does not speak for me! Why? Because it takes much more than well timed shots. It takes discipline, patience, marksmanship ability, and overall instinct to be a true sniper. As is the same with paintball. I just wish those damn newbs who claimed to "snipe" didn't give us real paintball snipers such a bad reputation.

PS:high adjucator... How'd you camouflage your gun, I have been interested in doing the same for my Custom 98 too.

[Edited by EvilAngel2001 on 06-15-2001 at 10:39 PM]

[high adjucator]

my bad i meant to go along with whatcha said!! i might as well play front. *sniffle*

oh yea i like the sig, hehe


one shot one kill, sniper squad motto hehe
try this
:he who watches his back will see a small red dot.
:he who watches the building behind his back will see a sniper with a powerful sight.

[EvilAngel2001]

A real sniper, paintball or otherwise, wouldn't give the enemy the chance to see him. And a real sniper, paintball or otherwise, wouldn't compromise being caught by using a "red dot" projection.

[RebelLe]

my dad is a sniper in thh police

[EvilAngel2001]

All the more power to your father.

[high adjucator]

everthing i say people take the wrong way I HAAAAATE BEING PICKED ON :mad: ok now what was the topic about oh yeah!
sniper in police hunh? cool! ya my great gramps was armor, oh wait, thats tottally different!

[tj]

Originally posted by EvilAngel2001
There is a difference between a coward, and a sniper. The coward is the idiot he says he's going to snipe and tries to make contact. The sniper, is the guy who takes selective shots from a nice distance and removes players from the game! I am a paintball sniper. And I understand that many players don't like the idea of snipers in paintball. They say there is no room for them. That they are cowards. That they are afraid of getting shot. That they sit there and shoot. I don't sit. I am not afraid of getting shot. Infact, I am all over the place when I play. And if you are afraid of getting shot, the game of paintball is not for you! Just because I don't get shot as much as most players doesn't mean I am afraid of it, it just means that I manage to avoid it by playing more conservatively. To be a good sniper, is to be a good hunter. Honestly, being a sniper is similar to it. Being a paintball sniper allows you to stalk the enemy. I must say that I enjoy that rush, that thrill, of taking the enemy down like that. Understand that there is no such thing as a professional paintball sniper. Because a paintball sniper needs some time, and is really only effective when he has range to play with. I don't get why all you people bash snipers. Well, I can kind of relate concidering that when I hear the term paintball sniper, it kind of pisses me off knowing that half of them are pathetic wannabes. I just want some of you more open-minded players out there to understand that their are a few of us out there with skill and technique. And to all of them who have that skill, that technique, good luck and good hunting.


i can live with that but u got to admit there are a lot of chickens that are snipers

[EvilAngel2001]

There are a lot of chickens who claim to be snipers.

[EvilAngel2001]

Originally posted by high adjucator
i have insight to these things you see because only one front player on my team is good and i play back tape so i normally have to play EVERY position in 2 games. to be a true sniper is to time your shots! dont blow in like (my) front players ans waste it all in one game.

if you wanna really bash snipers, try tis. 98 c car15stock, flatline, fulltigerstripe all equipment, lay in the dirt but move then tell us snipers suck!!!

What did you use to paint your gun?

[hadoken]

you can sniper from far but to me thats smelling like pus*y,,and very seldom that you will hit your target,,,sniping for paintball would be a close range sniper,,face it paintball guns are not gun rifles,,and close range sniping would be in the bush,, if you wait for your opponents to walk up to you more, instead of shooting at them when you see them from far ,then you got them ,,it's hard to see someone if he doesn't move nor shoot ,,even letting them pass you,, be patient,,i know right when you see them you want to kill them,,but take a corner spot bunker,,something they won't use or think of,,wait till they pass you then rapid fire,,

[EvilAngel2001]

Congrats Hadoken, you just repeated everything that every other person on this thread said.

[jrr112]

good for all of that no gun in paintball has an effective range of more than 50 yards. at that range it is difficult to aim and hope to come close to hitting your target. and the whole deal with taking selective shots thats setting a one man ambush in my oponion. so please stop saying that you can snipe in paintball.

[tj]

thats true but you might be able to hide very well thats kinda snipeing in paintball

[hadoken]

sorry evil angel,,i have no time to read your crap,and if i did ,,i wouldn't read it ,,i say what i say when i want to say it,,

[jrr112]

Sitting and waiting for someone is not sniping it is setting an ambush. once again a pball gun cant shoot more than 50 feet before you need to start long balling. and longballing isnt sniping either thats just raining paint. cause u cant accurately longball with out shooting in bursts.

[hadoken]

we are all trying to say the same thing ,buddy who replied just after me said it better then what i did,,

[sniper737]

For the people that say snipers are *****s the newbie sniper is by just staying in the back and saying there sniping. The real sniper is behind enemy lines so if they get spotted most the time there isnt a bunker to hid behind so who is going to get shot more the guy who has a bunker to hide behind with more of his team to back him up or the lone man without a bunker to hide behind. I will say sniping in the 15-20min games can and usally is pointless. but those who say that snipers are *****s are wrong.

[jrr112]

going behind enemy lines isnt being a sniper thats guts, if you can pull it off without being caught. if anything that is thw closest to sniping in paintball, good point. at least someone makes some sense in this thread. and even more impressive its from a newbie at least there is some intelligence from that group.

take this for a lesson for all pball players who think that you snipe from the farthest back part of the field. the only thing you do from the back of the field is waste your time and corner yourself if you get outnumbered.

[EvilAngel2001]

I suppose the term "sniper" can't really be used in paintball. Unless you say "paintball sniper". By saying that, you must mean that you have the mentallity of the normal sniper, yet you are far more close than the true sniper. I, don't really concider myself that much of a paintball sniper, more like a hunter of sorts. My style is of the "stalk and kill" sort. I find it enjoyable and interesting, as I incorporate stealth, tracking, patience (not too much since I am mostly following and finding the enemy) and sharpshooting into my way of paintballing. It is effective, for me anyway. I understand and respect the rest of you and your styles. Just don't bash the "paintball sniper". Bash the newb who claims to "snipe".

[jrr112]

thank you for understanding. Hey newbies these two replys are the most anyone has made sense in this thread yet. thank you evil angel and sniper 737.

sniping in paintball isnt about sitting and trying to get hits from long distance. its about getting up there finding the other team and taking them out. not sitting some where and hoping that someone might come along cause thats not gonna happen. now for all you newbies out there that think you are gonna snipe in paintball stop just dont cause you are only ruining the sport for the rest of us.

[SmartDyeSpyder]

U can not purely be a sniper in the prof. of Paintball...if u are then everyone will know and will look out for u, they won't make moves they would when there isn't a "sniper". So to me, it is impossilbe.

[Blaster CA]

<<U can not purely be a sniper in the prof. of Paintball...>>

You can't be purely any one thing in paintball. For example; If you're normally a back player but it's come down to 2 on 1 in your favor, you damn well better get upfield to help your teammate finish the game off.

<<if u are then everyone will know and will look out for u, they won't make moves they would when there isn't a "sniper".>>

If one player can make everyone paranoid, it's all good. Any time a player can keep opponents from makin their normal moves, the other team is in trouble. When a player or team gets the other team outta their game plan, the pther team is done. If everyone is lookin out for one particular opponent, the rest of their opponents will jump up & bite 'em. If a 'sniper' does all that by reputation alone, he's more than done his job!

<<So to me, it is impossilbe.>>

Anything's possible.

[PB$niper2001]

I agree with Evil I think that the newbs are giving the actual snipers a bad rep by sucking but we cant be blamed. ur just wayy to arrogant to realise how much skill it takes

[PB$niper2001]

once again i agree. you have to be a well rounded player to be a good sniper but if you are better at stealth and accuracy than all the reast then you can declare yourself a sniper

[Ace]

Picture this.

The game starts. I run the tape into your territory. You're advancing down center field. I'm hidden between a thicket of tree trunks. I fire one round, hitting you in the chest. You never saw it coming...you never saw me at all.

Congratulations...you just got SNIPED by a SNIPER. ;)

[Ded]

i agree there can be some type of sniping in paintball but i have to voice an opinion here, to me it's just no damn fun. maybe i don't have the patience to follow someone around or something but to me the whole fun of paintball is running into the line of fire and blasting out 200 rds. in a matter of minutes!! It's the adrenaline rush for me, but hey, I'm not one to judge. That's just how i enjoy the game, I'm sure many people enjoy the sneaking around and ambush stuff. It's just not for me though.

[Letchworth40]

i think there would only be a sniper in 24hour senario games. not in 15 minute speedball/woods games

[magilicous]

You can snipe in rec ball idiot!!!

[SmartDyeSpyder]

you guys can do w/e u want, actually, u should be a sniper, master it, then challenge the "nonsnipers" or the ppl who think ur not one, and beat them on the field, all this bickering will get everyone nowhere, u all have to prove ur self on the field.

[U/\/a/\/\eD]

Prove myself on the field?

In your dreams!

Either way, Ded is right.

That is not how paintball is to be played, that is the pansey way!

It always happens and we all know it.

The "S/\/|p3rs" are the pussies that no one ever notices until the "S/\/|p3r's" team is all tagged, then it is just a hunt and the pussie "S/\/|p3r" pops out picking them off little by little.

The sad part is when you have that same instance but with a "S/\/|p3r" on each team and one frontliner on the opposing team. Then we have two people that don't move for like an hour and everyone ends up going home and never coming back.

I say POWER TO THE ANTI-S/\/|p3r!!!!

/me would have a power to the anti-S/\/|p3r...

If there was such thing as a "S/\/|p3r"!!!!

[Letchworth40]

i am not a sniper. this is what i do.

I will come around the side of a team and get as close as possible then i will take a crapload of "aimed shots" and usuially can take out a whole team in a few minutes. You guys might call this "sniping" but i think its a type of "assault". yes i do sneak around the sides but its far from "sniping". And what do your so called "snipers" do? You do the same thing and call it "sniping". I bet the army didn't call it sniping in Vietnam when they were "sneaking" around the woods with m16s. Whats stupid is that some of you guys are asking "what do you do when you snipe?" and people answer like "I keep bunkering everyone". last thing... you cant "snipe" in speedball!! everyone plays tight and low. i bet if you ask everyone that plays speedball they would say "I want to keep a low profile". So by what yall are saying, Everyone in speedball is a sniper. some of yall are really stupid. LATER

^I SPENT LOTS OF TIME WRITING THIS SO YOU SHOULD READ IT NOW^

[Edited by Dedagain on 07-25-2001 at 03:10 AM]

[Letchworth40]

HAHA!! THIS WAS A HOT THREAD TILL I CHANGED EVERYONES MIND!!

[tj]

that was beautyful man <tear>
lol i feel sory for the one wuss kid that hides in the very back bunker cause every time he gets his *** bunkerd LMAO and it is funny **** :D

[Letchworth40]

Thanks tj. I think i have done my part. now i'm one step closer to ruling the world :)

[Letchworth40]

up.. im waiting for someone to read my post and reply to it. just wanna see how many "non snipers" we have here.

[SmartDyeSpyder]

I am not a sniper at all, i am very aggressive, that is why i said that u have to prove urself...any hoo, I am usually the "scout" who looks for the enemy, that takes guts to get there and back, or i am the one in the front attacking first...so i think of myself as everything but a sniper.

[SmartDyeSpyder]

Before I don't know why i was sticking up for the so called snipers, but i thought they had a good argument, but as i thought about it, it is impossible to be one, and if anyone thinks they are, they got problems on the field, and off the field.

[Ace]

I snipe when I have to. I play front line when my team needs the extra assistance to make a good push, but I prefer the rush of concealment. Wondering if/when you'll be spotted, and confusing the living $hit out of the other team by making kills from an unknown position.

If you're playing covert ops and making kills without being spotted, you're sniping. You're also helping your team a LOT in this manner by eliminating enemy players BEFORE they get to your team's main offensive group. Then they have less targets to worry about.

All this BS about range and distance is a load of crap...you can't compare a paintball to a large caliber sniper rifle round. lol. Whoever was comparing paintball snipers to Army Ranger snipers or whatever is a complete moron.

I feel sorry for the players who aren't mature or experienced enough to realize the differences in positions.

[Letchworth40]

how long have you played ace? couple of months? and noone is comparing to army ranger snipers. if you are seeing words that i'm not writing i'm not gonna bother even trying to change your mind

[optimusprime888]

Originally posted by EvilAngel2001
There is a difference between a coward, and a sniper. The coward is the idiot he says he's going to snipe and tries to make contact. The sniper, is the guy who takes selective shots from a nice distance and removes players from the game! I am a paintball sniper. And I understand that many players don't like the idea of snipers in paintball. They say there is no room for them. That they are cowards. That they are afraid of getting shot. That they sit there and shoot. I don't sit. I am not afraid of getting shot. Infact, I am all over the place when I play. And if you are afraid of getting shot, the game of paintball is not for you! Just because I don't get shot as much as most players doesn't mean I am afraid of it, it just means that I manage to avoid it by playing more conservatively. To be a good sniper, is to be a good hunter. Honestly, being a sniper is similar to it. Being a paintball sniper allows you to stalk the enemy. I must say that I enjoy that rush, that thrill, of taking the enemy down like that. Understand that there is no such thing as a professional paintball sniper. Because a paintball sniper needs some time, and is really only effective when he has range to play with. I don't get why all you people bash snipers. Well, I can kind of relate concidering that when I hear the term paintball sniper, it kind of pisses me off knowing that half of them are pathetic wannabes. I just want some of you more open-minded players out there to understand that their are a few of us out there with skill and technique. And to all of them who have that skill, that technique, good luck and good hunting. \

Excactly. I'm in no way a coward, and I consider myself a sniper/guerilla style player. Most of the time, I'm far behind enemy lines, with superior numbers of people surrounding me. The fact that I can stalk and eliminate someone with a minumum of shots makes me a sniper.

[Letchworth40]

tell me how you can "snipe" on a speedball field because yall say you can.

[tj]

exactly rhe closest thing to sniping is being the back player and they never get no 1

[Letchworth40]

my weapons specialist is correct

[SmartDyeSpyder]

optimusprime888~ u said that u were a sniper/guerilla style, well u just proved urself wrong. Ur not a sniper, ur a sniper/guerilla. So I still say, you can NOT be a sniper in paintball.

[Letchworth40]

you can prob be one ONLY in the 24hour games. because they can sit in one spot and act stupid for hours.

[SmartDyeSpyder]

Yeah, That is all i can think of, but then everyone is acting like "snipers", but they still move. so there is still a argument there.

[sniper737]

Like i said in my other thread you CAN'T snipe in speedball!!!!And i go with everyone who says you cant snipe in speedball and if you do your a complete jacka$$ because you aint doing anything but scrwing your team over but you can snipe in the like the 24hour games & senerio.But snipers just dont sit in one spot they move around without being seen.

P.S.All you newbies that want to look good and sit in the back and do nothing and dont move and call yourself a SNIPER! move up and HELP you team!

[mopar]

evil angle, get your head out of you @$$ you dont have to correct every bloody thing that some one says. It is great you are defending snipers but dont make us look like stuck up arogant pompus loosers

[rathkim]

Guys,

Everybody has different playing styles. You just have to develop it. There is no really best style of play whether it be sniping, rushing, ambushing, defending, etc. No one can tell you how to play. You have to develop it on your own.

Paintballjungle.com has 2 25 acre feild. there games last 30 minutes each, you can snipe on the left or right wire. I have a custom 98 flatline for that. I run to the wire and hold the wire. I can shoot the enemy before I am in range of their guns. I usually hide behind some soft cover like brushes and stuff. I use my rifle scope which has a 9x magnification so that I can see where the balls hit at about 150 feet ot 200 feet.

I also have a autococker for the intense close quarters combat.

You guys should stop bad mouthing snipers.

The fun in paintball is that it's man vs man. The most dangerous animal ever to live on earth.

It's good to have different types of playing style. It keeps the game unpredictable and interesting.

It would be so boring if everybody played the same way.

Thats my 2 cents.

[tj]

Originally posted by rathkim
Guys,

Everybody has different playing styles. You just have to develop it. There is no really best style of play whether it be sniping, rushing, ambushing, defending, etc. No one can tell you how to play. You have to develop it on your own.

Paintballjungle.com has 2 25 acre feild. there games last 30 minutes each, you can snipe on the left or right wire. I have a custom 98 flatline for that. I run to the wire and hold the wire. I can shoot the enemy before I am in range of their guns. I usually hide behind some soft cover like brushes and stuff. I use my rifle scope which has a 9x magnification so that I can see where the balls hit at about 150 feet ot 200 feet.

I also have a autococker for the intense close quarters combat.

You guys should stop bad mouthing snipers.

The fun in paintball is that it's man vs man. The most dangerous animal ever to live on earth.

It's good to have different types of playing style. It keeps the game unpredictable and interesting.

It would be so boring if everybody played the same way.

Thats my 2 cents.


it sounds like to me that ur a newby with too much damn money just my 2 cents lol and any one with a scope on a piantball gun im sorry if i ofend anybody but thats STUPED i mean i never even aim lol i just kinda point and squeese

[Ace]

Originally posted by Dedagain
how long have you played ace? couple of months? and noone is comparing to army ranger snipers. if you are seeing words that i'm not writing i'm not gonna bother even trying to change your mind

Oh my goodness. Listen, smarta$$. I've been playing paintball since I was 12 years old. I'll be 23 in August. That's almost 11 years. I'm pretty sure I've got the experience advantage over 99.9% of registered users on this board.

Yes, people WERE comparing to MILITARY SNIPERS. There's at least 2 or 3 threads with this same topic, and I recall seeing people who were AGAINST sniping make comments like "Look at the snipers in the military...they don't snipe from close range. They're like a mile away..." Things like that. I never said it was YOU who made the reference, but nevertheless, people have...and I just pointed out how ignorant of a comparison that would be. If you're going to compare paintball tactics to special ops tactics, why not compare the firearms too? See what I mean? There's a clear cut difference.

And no...you shouldn't bother trying to change my mind. It would be a waste of your time.

I've seen sniping in more than a few 10-man woodland tourneys, and I see it EVERY time I go play rec ball. Both of my posts had some intelligent things to say, so instead of assuming you're high and mighty, go back and look at the points I made. They speak for themselves. Everyone has their own style of play - and I choose to snipe maybe 50% of the time. It works out well for the other guys on my team, and actually benefits them. How? Well, a 2- or 3-man group heads off to flank from the extreme side (either side, depends on the other team's tactics). This group gets deep into the other team's territory and waits for them to advance on the main offensive group. As they cross us, they get sniped from above/behind. As they get confused and turn around to identify us, the main offensive group presses and there you have it. Snipers pick off 2 or 3 players, and this makes the job for the main group all that much easier. Less bodies to worry about.

There's other situations where snipers come in handy...it's fun to be the vigilante in a rec game and see how many kills you can make without being spotted. That counts for sniping in my opinion.

No one said you have to like it...but to pretend this tactic doesn't exist is just plain ignorant.

[Snoogens]

this guy is right u cant snipe the longer the barrel the weaker the ball velocity will be

[rathkim]

gentlemen,

i only play woods rec. i dont play speed ball and i only pay big fields.

i read a lot of non fiction military stuff. i only play for my enjoyment and no one else.

this is my experience at http://www.paintballjungle.com which is a very big field.

with just me and my custome 98 flatliner, i was able to hold off 25% off the opponent wire flanking rush. this gave time and momentum to my teams offensive therefore winning the game.

that's all.

in paintball like in life, it's good to have different kinds of tactics. it makes the game interesting.

like i said, humans are the most cunning animals to ever exist on earth and damn i have such a good time using my physical and mental attributes against them.

sometimes i lose and sometimes i win but most of the time with my custome 98 flatline, i win because it out ranges all other guns including autocockers, angels, shockers, etc.

in this kind of game, it doesnt matter what you playing style is, what matters is you win wether you are a rushing, defender, etc.

we need all types of players.

you must be open minded and not just be negative about how people play.

in the end, it is to our advantage to get as many to play as possible because there are so many negative sterotype around it.

now if you are using a playing tactic that really sucks, you and ONLY YOURSELF will know to change it.

so when someone says that they want to be a sniper, let them be. if it sucks, let them find out on thier own, dont say they suck.

please be nice and mature to those you disagree with.

hopefully we can all learn from this.

as for me, i will continue to try different playing styles since i have 2 very different guns.

who knows, i might find that sniping is really dumb but for know i enjoy it.

by the way, i play rushing also with my autococker.

please, be nice and try to give good criticism rather then flaming someone.

im a old guy, believe me, the nicer you are the more people will listen to you.

i hope to you all on the field someday and be on the same team and have a great time.

cheers!

[Ace]

Thanks RATHKIM...

I thought I was the only one with functioning gray matter here. ;)

[tj]

ok if u look at the sekond post on this post i said u can snipe in rec ball i mean i dont do it its not my stile but u can and as far as the scope i still see no use in it unless u were makeing shots from 500+ ft witch ur not im sorry its impossible i like flatlines but again i wouldnt play with one and the cocker is just pimp:D (without the scope)

[rathkim]

hey TJ, the sandridge that you have. is it a electronic modification for your autococker? how do you like it and how much does it cost? what is the website for it?

btw, i can aim without the scope. but when i shoot my flatliner at targets at 200 feet or so, i cant see where the balls are hitting. i mainly use the scope to see where it hits and move it accordingly. while i am doing this, the opposing team cannot see me because i am far away and hidden behind a tree.

check out this paintball sniping website

http://www.paintballgods.com/sniperhq.htm

check this out if you like more military like stuff.

http://www.cimmerians.com/profile.htm

http://www.cimmerians.com/

I might try this out.

[harrysacks]

rathkim u dont happen to go to sherwood paintball do u?

[rathkim]

I like to try sherwood forest. I have been to paintball jungle which is right next to it.

How is sherwood forest. Is it more fun than Paintball jungle?

[harrysacks]

yah its fun and its cheap and the owners not a crackhead like at jungle

[SmartDyeSpyder]

U guys got way of the subject of what this thread was posted for.