Paintball help

[Paingiver]

Well next week im going paintballing with a bunch of my friends, only problem is that its my fist time paintballing. I need some advice/tactics to use on the field :cool: , because they'll have really good equipment and ill have nothin.

[Dharkbayne]

Aim for the genitalia.

[SDM]

Actually, aim for teh nipples.

If you've ever been nippled in paintball, you'll understand.

[Navaron]

Well next week im going paintballing with a bunch of my friends, only problem is that its my fist time paintballing. I need some advice/tactics to use on the field :cool: , because they'll have really good equipment and ill have nothin.


Anybody who's played for a long time will tell you the equipment doesn't make the player. If you're outgunned, you need to admit it, and not play rambo ball. Your best bet is to stay on the perimeter, be stealthy and quiet and move with a partner who has a big gun. There's lots of little tips, but being quiet, is your best bet. If you're outside in the woods, wear camo, or dark clothes. If you're in an arena, break out some sweatshirts.

If you're behind a tree/barrel/T whatever, don't stick your head around the side, back straight up. Gradually you'll gain sight of your target, but you're still protected by the item in front of you, and you can move back up fast.

Watch your marker, don't let it stick outside of stuff, keep the CO2 on the inside of your arm.

Don't spray and pray, their guns will be better than yours, just try and sneak around them and get on their flanks. Don't get stuck in one place. If you see guys moving around you, move back. If you get in crossfire that's it.

There's a million techniques, but most of all have fun and don't let equipment dictate how you do or how much fun you have. I've got 2G of equipment easy, and I still prefer playing with an old tippman over an autococker alot of the time.

[ViperGTS]

My only Advice is tuck your shirt in. Ive seen peoples shirts fly up while running and get it right in the side. Busted his skin right open. :scared:

[JetRaiden]

Well, Im on a sponsored paintball team, and the only advice I can give you is dont be afraid to get hit. Dont try to aim for any particular area, because, especcially in outdoor rental Tippman 98s arent the most accurate markers out there. So if you can hit any part of them, shoot. I've been paintballing since I was like 10, so I dont want to start you on any advanced tactics, but I guess a little guidance couldnt hurt.

One of my strategies for paintball especcially with an inaccurate gun is this:

If someone on the other team knows where you are, find out where they are. Once you do, Fire at their bunker as you move. this will keep them down I promise. As you move in a semi-circular motion towards them, you should be able to get close enough to "bunker" them, or, get them from behind, so they have absolutely no cover.

edit: O yea and where baggy clothes, alot of the time when the paintball hits it would just roll off, causing less pain and leaving you in the game.

[scarpas]

what gun are u using, be safe, keep movin, use grens if u have em, give me 4000 dollars

[Navaron]

O yeah, I agree with JR. Sending paintballs around the edge of a bunker send the message that "You'd better stay there because I can hit you", and while you're sending that message, walk up on them. Always crouch too. I've seen tons of people blow shots because they stand up when they run.

[xmodum]

aim for between the eyes :O my brother did this to me.... it was like i was in the matrix , i saw the psintball comin strait for me in slow motion, couldnt move that fast tho, had paint in my helmet forevar :D

[Red October]

1) Wear Red.
2) Just shoot at anything that moves.
3) Stand out in the open.
4) Just charge straight at them, while shooting everything you got.
5) Get in the line of fire of friendlies
6) Don't worry about getting hit, you'll re-spawn in the next game.

[Bighoss]

Use common sense and try to be quiet when moving around. Use team work, Never judge a player by there gun! This kid I play with has the most decked out Tippmann A-5 EVER. I had a tippmann 98 custom with no upgrades at all My kill record for the season last year with the people I play with was 21:7 his was 5:18

[Rayder]

How the hell do you score in paintball? Those who don't get back up = 1 kill?

[Ivan]

Well, Im on a sponsored paintball team, and the only advice I can give you is dont be afraid to get hit....
edit: O yea and where baggy clothes, alot of the time when the paintball hits it would just roll off, causing less pain and leaving you in the game.
I was going to say those too. One I will add is if you are sticking close to a team mate don't forget or be affaid to talk, whisper, yell to him any info you can give him that he might not see or know. Communication some times is the winning factor.

I yell a lot. As long as I have cover I yell. :)


Oh and JetRaiden, what team/league you play on? And what gun(s) do you shoot? I wish I could get on a team. I'm useing a 03 Gen-E Matrix. One of the last ones Gen-E made before Dye bought the Matrix license. It's not a stock gas hog though. I've bought the Evolve Bolt Kit and many other things I don't have time to type cause I can see my boss coming down the hall to talk to me. :)

[Navaron]

Yep, two noisy paintball players communicating well and working as a team will own anyone else on the field.

[Squeeky]

I once played Paintballl in a ghetto wood/urban course. I fucking owned, i had this perch up ontop of a roof with a little slit to shoot out of. It was so fun, i love being sneaky. :)

I wanna try Airsoft though.

[VivaLaNuBc4k3]

Keep you goggles on. Shoot in front of you not behind.

Team Anger Management (Illinois)
Mini-Block E-Blade Autococker
We do the PSP Series

[Bighoss]

How the hell do you score in paintball? Those who don't get back up = 1 kill?

Once your hit in a the torso, arms, legs, mask you yell HIT and you put your heads on top of your head and walk to the safe zone. Usuaully everyone has different color paint so your able to tell who gets what kill.

[worldvengence]

..I once played Paintballl in a ghetto wood/urban course. I fucking owned, i had this perch up ontop of a roof with a little slit to shoot out of. It was so fun, i love being sneaky. :)

I wanna try Airsoft though.Squeeky, Airsoft OWNS..lmao to anyone, if u ever buy an gun, get an AEG...preferably a Classic Army, they are heavy, but durable, a hell of alot harder to break then the plastic Tokyo Mauri's......i run with 2 Mark 23 pistols, and either a MP3 SD6 or an M4! W00t!!

[Ivan]

Keep you goggles on. Shoot in front of you not behind.

Team Anger Management (Illinois)
Mini-Block E-Blade Autococker
We do the PSP Series
Ever gone to the IAO in PA? I live 5 mins from where they hold it.

[VivaLaNuBc4k3]

Haha yea we went to IAO. but i wasnt on the team at the time. just got on cuz they dropped some peeps due to school.

[321]

I've never been paintballing so can anyone explain the ruls for me :lol:

[VivaLaNuBc4k3]

i think it really depends on what kind of paintball you play. if you play in the woods it could be anything. but for tournaments (yes there are tournaments in paintball. there are even pros) there could be a set of rules that hafta be followed.

[Peacemaker]

Ok if your playing speed ball theres one good hint I can give you. Right off the bat find a "firing lane". This is a hole in the bunkers all the way to the back wall. It should be to the left or right of the starting bunker. Get ur team to put as much paint down that lane as possible. You will most likly get 1 or 2 right off the bat with this tactice (as a team I mean). Next ALWAYS go for the snakes. The team that controls the snakes (the long bunkers on the sides of the field) wins the game. Play agressive. Dont be afraid to charge the enemy because they usally dont see it coming. Get a team mate to get their attention and charge (only with 1 or 2 guys left but ive done it with 5 man b4).

Out door play. Bunker walk to a good spot. Bunker walking is merly putting a bunker between you and the enemy and just walking right up the center. Dont be afraid to long ball. Just dont do it all the time and if you can get closer markers arnt exactly right on a dime. DONT WASTE MONEY ON GRENADES, they are worthless, garunteed to A. not explode B. miss C. picked up and thrown back

General. Dont be afraid of thier 16 ball a second guns. U only carry 180 - 200 rounds in the hopper and depending if they have pods they could use all of this in a matter of seconds. Let them use up some ammo if you have too.

As for my loadout.

Speedball
TMC edition Matrix (with new LCD screen frame)
Mini reg from Aardvark
Aligator trigger from Aardvark.
Angle Air
Halo B or Warp Feed
Multitude of barrles
6+1
Two Armotech Zues G2 Pistols for backup
Thy pistol holsters

Outdoor and sim
Armotech Wg-65 w/ most of the attachments you can buy (for out door battles and its getting sent back for the new SIM 4)
Armotech Wg-75 (for indoor close quarters, just throw the 65 on my back when I go inside to clear a biulding b/c its smaller)
The Zues' again for back up.
Custom 6+1 from 911
Shoulder blade pistol holsters
Sometimes I carry a Ghille suit which I purchased from 911 2 months ago (very good, highly recomended)

all together 3.6Gs of gear not including my old Tippmann my cases my other air tanks my other N2 tanks and my scuba quick fill adapter station but yet I STILL get mowed down by a n00bie sometimes. The most important thing to remember in PB, 1/4th of it is luck 1/8th is ur gun (mostly reliabilty) and the rest is you.

[AztecWarrior]

If in the woods, flank, flank, and flank. Have half your team stay and have a few guys go around. Encircle and destroy. Worked for the Soviets at Stalingrad.

[firecrackerNC]

Peacemaker how are the armotech guns? I wanted to get one for outdoor play but I wasnt sure how good they are.Like hows the range,accuracy,reliabilty compared to other guns.Also where do the paintballs go? Ive looked at pics of the guns and cant find where a hopper would go.

[JetRaiden]

Paintball surprisingly works alot like FPS multiplayer games. only the maps arent as cool...

Most of the time its elimination, get everyone on the other team out. THen there's objective matches, like CTF or long-term scenario games.

NExt summer is the D-Day 2004 Paintball event, teams of 8000, 1 weekend, in Myrtle Beach. Me and a few friends are going. You guys should too its insane. here's my load out:

AUTOCOCKER OUTKAST w/ E-Blade
45/45 psi Nitro carbon fiber on/off
Smart Parts jersey
JT mask, gloves, and pod holder
2 Tippman grenades
eVLution 2 loader

I fire off about 18 bps most of the time.

[AztecWarrior]

Paintball surprisingly works alot like FPS multiplayer games. only the maps arent as cool...

Most of the time its elimination, get everyone on the other team out. THen there's objective matches, like CTF or long-term scenario games.

NExt summer is the D-Day 2004 Paintball event, teams of 8000, 1 weekend, in Myrtle Beach. Me and a few friends are going. You guys should too its insane. here's my load out:

AUTOCOCKER OUTKAST w/ E-Blade
45/45 psi Nitro carbon fiber on/off
Smart Parts jersey
JT mask, gloves, and pod holder
2 Tippman grenades
eVLution 2 loader

I fire off about 18 bps most of the time.

Dude- can you get me the website for this? Although my gear is nowhere near as good (Spyder TL Plus w/Boomstick, CO2), I'd still like to be there. I live in FL, too, so this would be a nice summer vacation :D

[Rayder]

So paintball is basically a fast/semi-fast paced sport? Anyone ever try to hang back and snipe their opponents? Or is that frowned upon?

[Everay]

not much is frowned upon, only unsportsman like conduct really, like shooting a man thats already "dead" or shooting a person too close, instead of making them surrendur

[Rayder]

Well, if two people happen upon eachother at pointblank, what you gonna do? 10 paces and shoot?

[Ivan]

So paintball is basically a fast/semi-fast paced sport? Anyone ever try to hang back and snipe their opponents? Or is that frowned upon?
It's very fast. But can be slow if no one moves. One of my pet peeves is some one that will not move to get a better shot on some one. They'll just stay right where they are and waste paint. You have to move once in a while.

You can't really "Snipe" in paintball. Too many inconsistencies.

Well, if two people happen upon eachother at pointblank, what you gonna do? 10 paces and shoot?
Well in most case in speed ball you just shot them... yup point blank. It's called bunkering or mugging. I've done it many time and have had it done to me many times. Hurts like hell but you should have been watching or at least a team mate should have been for you. Well some play surrender. You yell surrender to them if they don't call themselves out then shoot them before they shot you.

[JetRaiden]

Dude- can you get me the website for this? Although my gear is nowhere near as good (Spyder TL Plus w/Boomstick, CO2), I'd still like to be there. I live in FL, too, so this would be a nice summer vacation :D

www.shop4paintball.com

is good but sometimes stuff is out of stock and doesnt say it.


yes I consider paintball a sport. Most fields allow shooting eachotehr at semi-pointblank, but beginneer fields sometimes keep the 2 teams at least 30 feet apart.

theres tons of different game types for it....adn yea...its fun...

[Kikinchikin]

I'd get into it hardcore if i wasn't afraid of it hurting =/. I did it about 3 years ago with my youth group, was fun as heck. I was really good actually only got hit twice took down like 10 people. But man did the hits hurt. First hit i got it in the bare wrist, second was in the leg. Both hurt really bad. I figure if it was always like this though, i could take it, but fact is im not always going to be playing with guys who only have rental tippman 98's. and im sure guns that cost more hurt more due to velocity am i wrong?

[GonePostal]

keep your eyes open and dont sit in one place to long, dont be afraid to move or get hit, make sure you tuck yourself in when you land in a bunker (by that i mean make sure non of your flab is hanging out the cracks in the bunker)

when leaning out the left side of a bunker to shoot, shoot with your left hand (takes practice but a vital skill) keep your gun tucked in to expose as little as possible when shooting

carry a squeegee!!!!

edit: o ye almost forgot, if somebody is sprinting cross field to a bunker or to the flag try sweet spotting( aim a head of them lay down a line of paint for them to run into)

watch for people hanging out the side of bunkers too and shoot anything hanging out even if its a tube or a pack

[Rayder]

Sweet spotting? Call it leading your target.

[GonePostal]

no, i think ill call it sweet spotting

[Rayder]

Then prepare for a life of turmoil and fear as I and my band of evil, corsair lizard-ninjas track you down to Hell itself and feed you slowly to the vegetarian people of PETA, disguised as a tofu burger.

[GonePostal]

instead of hijacking the thread i challenge you toa paintball duel!!!!

eh nvm its fricken cold out

[JetRaiden]

You usually dont have to lead targets too much unless your PSI gets low.

[ORANGE]

Keep tight to the bunkers and keep your gun close to your body. If you poke your head out make sure you gun goes with it. If you wipe I will hunt you down and string you up by your intestines you filthy cheat. Keep in contact with you team mates and dont talk yell while doing it they can't hear you through the mask. Talk to some of the more experienced players (they will be the ones with the nice guns and lots of pods). If you hear a lot of firing going on and it isnt aimed at you stick your head out quick and see if you can take that guy out. If your team goes up against a team with almost all experienced players against a newbie team ask for the teams to be evened out. If the ref says no sit that game out or go home you dont want to play at a field like that.

From: Teh Masta Paintballa

P.S. to learn more just talk to the experienced guys at the field most of them are pretty friendly

P.P.S. dont think that cause your rental gun didnt cost anywhere near the $500-$1000 dollars the other guys spent on his means you wont win. When im not in a tourney I prefer to play with my old pirahna and regularly get some kid out who used mommy and daddys credit card to buy an angel

[Rayder]

Is the quality of the gun really that important? Yeah, so yours can shoot out 6million balls in a second, it only takes one to get someone out right? And, just how accurate are these guns.

[Neon Apocalypse]

dont be afraid of getting hit, move around dont just stay behind one bunker the whole time, i learned this the hard way and got bunkered

[firecrackerNC]

The type of gun u have does have an impact on how you do.When I played with my Spyder I was average player now with Impulse I kick ass.Expensive guns fire faster and have better aim.But the gun only makes up for 1/5 of your skill,the rest is you

oh and really guns arent that accurate unless you got a good gun,good barrel and no wind then they can be really accurate,I can knock pop cans off my fence at like 40 yards away

[ORANGE]

I play with an Impulse and yes it does help just dont feel intimidated by some one with a better gun when you do you become a sitting target.

P.S. Fear the Bunker Monkeys

P.P.S. I think we all know its all about Chicago Aftershock

[AztecWarrior]

www.shop4paintball.com

is good but sometimes stuff is out of stock and doesnt say it.


yes I consider paintball a sport. Most fields allow shooting eachotehr at semi-pointblank, but beginneer fields sometimes keep the 2 teams at least 30 feet apart.

theres tons of different game types for it....adn yea...its fun...
I asked for the event site. I'm happy with my current gear.

[SkunkPunk]

1 - dont be afraid to get hit.(i think thats been said enough already)
2 - DEFINATELY do not get intimidated by anyones guns, theres theese 2 kids that go to my field regularly with angels, and they pay to get in and they buy all their balls etc. and they play maybe 1 round an hour(speedball) its pitiful, usually before the rounds start they will go out... full auto on a bunker and then just sit out that round... i swear i wanna smack them
3 - take all your opportunities you have
4 - keep moving

ps wow lots people at psu paintball
pps anyone have a super chromium or know where i can get one?

[Ivan]

and im sure guns that cost more hurt more due to velocity am i wrong?
Well not exactly. Most fields make sure all guns no matter what they are shoot no more than about 275 to 280 FPS. Shooting over 300 FPS can get really dangerous.

[martyr]

don't get shot.

[worldvengence]

Whatever you do, dont think you are man enough to charge the other sides bunker....i had a very very ignorant friend that thought he was good enough (macho) to charge up this large hill, up to their bunker....i have never seen more paint in one spot in my life...i had to change b/c they couldnt get rid of enough paint....lmfao

[Rayder]

Is the paint washable?

[ORANGE]

Paint sure is washable
Made with fish oils so it's not really paint at all just fish oil with coloring.

[JetRaiden]

yes its water-soluable it comes off very easily, I had paint on a jersey for 2 or 3 days and it didnt stain.

[worldvengence]

It does wash of....except for sometimes the pink/red leaves light stains...but i have never seen the green or yellow do that

[Ivan]

It does wash of....except for sometimes the pink/red leaves light stains...but i have never seen the green or yellow do that
I hate that shit. I've used it. I think RP Shear made it.

[SDM]

Gator Paint makes balls that stain too :mad: and it tastes like soap.

[Paingiver]

i just found out that some of the guys have angels with laser targeting and scopes, oh fucking snap :eek:

[Setari]

i just found out that some of the guys have angels with laser targeting and scopes, oh fucking snap :eek:
those are what one would call unnecessary :p

[Peacemaker]

Laser pouinters on guns = useless except for sim guns like mine. (Its a sim M4 what the hell do you expect?) and scopes are useless unless the gun is really really accurate (which angles arnt and mine is mostly for looks but sometimes I use it to see the enemy)

[SDM]

Laser sights in PB is just stupid. Shoot where the red light is coming from.

[JetRaiden]

i just found out that some of the guys have angels with laser targeting and scopes, oh fucking snap :eek:


scopes and laser sights are 100% useless.

[JetRaiden]

Laser pouinters on guns = useless except for sim guns like mine. (Its a sim M4 what the hell do you expect?) and scopes are useless unless the gun is really really accurate (which angles arnt and mine is mostly for looks but sometimes I use it to see the enemy)

:true:

if youre using a sim gun like peacemaker, whcih are fairly easy to find, its ok.

[Destroyeron]

edit: O yea and where baggy clothes, alot of the time when the paintball hits it would just roll off, causing less pain and leaving you in the game.

The one time I played paintball (now a yearly event for my b-day) I had all sweatpants, sweatshirts jacket and crap, more then 1/2 of the paintballs that hit me didn't explode, I was nearly invinsible :D

Also be sure to never run out of:
1.) PAINTBALLS
2.) Air (c02 if your gonna use it)

Oh yeah, try to get a good mask, and try not to fog it up. Sucks like a bitch when you can't see.

and fire.

....a lot.

[Neon Apocalypse]

I watched my friend play today with his Ematrix and halo-b against another friend that had a minimag and a viewloader quantum. My other friend is a total n00b but trys. The matrix just totally tooled on the minimag, my other friend got flank bunkered, he has welts all over his back. It was the funniest thing i had ever seen. My friend with the matrix didnt get hit once, he does tournaments and shit.

[Ivan]

Yeah I love my Matrix. PeaceMaker has a few too. But AutoMags are good guns too. The new X-mag is super fast i've heard. I haven't shot one yet but would love to. I'd also like to try Dye's new DM4.

[Neon Apocalypse]

the thing i dont understand is why people always want to fastest shooting guns, most of the tournament grade guns can shoot way over 20 a second, the matrix's bolt itself can shoot 66 rps, thats fuckin fast and alot of the guns have similar speeds, you dont need a gun that can shoot 66, because no loader can feed that fast, below 30 is the fastest any loader can do, the only differences between most guns is the way they look and are built, some like the smartparts one have eye which helps, but besides that there no reason to get the newest gun there is, just because it can shoot up to 100 rps doesnt mean shit because its impossible to shoot paint that fast, guns also mean shit, its all about the player, theres rich kids with angels getting beaten by tippys out there, of course an angel is much better than a tippy, but still if you have an angel and you want the newest angel that can shoot up to 50 is just stupid

[Ivan]

The thing is you're right. The Hoppers are guns bottle neck right now. The gun industry is almost to a peak. Something in the industry is going to have to change to bring new tech to make more money.

[Neon Apocalypse]

yeah imagine having in the future we being able to teleport the balls into the gun so fast

just athought

but i think that guns needn't be any faster, if you bunker someone and nail them with 100 rounds in 5 seconds, how do you think they feel, the game shouldnt be about how fast you can shoot, its already fast enough

[JetRaiden]

yea, mine can shoot 17-19 bps, and sometimes it feels too fast, I wasted a guy once, wasting a whole hopper, he was several shades of blue, green, and red. anything over 22 is just unnessecary. but guns arent always more expensive because they shoot faster, mine didnt shoot much faster then a Spyder Electra DX when I first got it.

[Ivan]

Yeah a lot of the price is in how the gun is made. The more parts, milling, anodizing, and the more technologically difficult it is to produce will raise the price. And you will also be buying the brand name a lot of time too.