How much paint did you use at Texball?

[GoatBoy]

Just out of curiousity...



1. How much paint did you use overall?

2. What was your paint usage during a single game?

[Cryer]

I used a TON less than I expected. All weekend, I used just over a case. maybe 2500.

In individual games, I think I only dumped more than one pod like twice. Usually, I'd finish the game, and toss a handfull of balls into my hopper.

[member#10,261]

I didn't go...soooooooo...none:(

[edweird]

I bought 2 cases... shot about 1.5 cases the rest went to filling my teammates pods while I was coaching on day 2.

If my SFL was totally together for it I would of bought/shot another case

[Creative Mayhem]

I shot 2 cases, all but maybe 300 rnds were used for xball, and the 300 for some recball with mango, mangoo, and then some of the locals..

[logamus]

i used just under 2500 rounds. the most i used in one game was a hopper +2 pods.

[CodeMA]

3800esh for the weekend... I was REALLY conservitive most of the time to be honest, if I could have afforded another case I would have prolly used most of it as well...

most games I used between a hopper and hopper +2... a couple games I used hopper+3-4 pods... but that was rare..

and on a mech mag ;)

[Chupas2]

I shot about one case. I only reloaded in two game. most games I went though a half a hopper

[GTakacs]

I used about 1400 rounds (not couting the 100 rounds I dumped on the ground when my hopper flipped open on the bench :D )

Most I used in a single game was about hopper + 2.

[blackclown]

i did not count but i think hovoc when through 3 cases sunday :eek:

[vf-xx]

I used a lot less than expected as well. Only one case-ish.

[darwin]

two and a half cases

[Havoc_online]

4 cases

[GoatBoy]

Hrm, some variance in paint usage.

I used 650 rounds all Saturday. I never emptied my hopper; the one pod I did carry out with me to the field was never pulled out of the pack; it's still sitting in my living room full of paint right now.


There's been talk in other threads about the "future of paintball" and blah blah blah, and oddly enough, there seem to be signs that we're no longer going down the same path as before. These games can be won without huge volumes of paint. It appears that X-Ball and NPPL are trying to get rid of the hardcore "back players". I immediately noticed this when I walked the X-Ball field for the first time.





Maybe we're coming out of the age of trench warfare.

[Miscue]

About a case and a half.

[logamus]

Originally posted by GoatBoy
Maybe we're coming out of the age of trench warfare.

i sure hope so. and i hope its because xball really takes off.

[Havoc_online]

pro teams go through 20-35 cases a match in the NXL :)

[Brophog]

Originally posted by GoatBoy
Hrm, some variance in paint usage.

I used 650 rounds all Saturday. I never emptied my hopper; the one pod I did carry out with me to the field was never pulled out of the pack; it's still sitting in my living room full of paint right now.


There's been talk in other threads about the "future of paintball" and blah blah blah, and oddly enough, there seem to be signs that we're no longer going down the same path as before. These games can be won without huge volumes of paint. It appears that X-Ball and NPPL are trying to get rid of the hardcore "back players". I immediately noticed this when I walked the X-Ball field for the first time.





Maybe we're coming out of the age of trench warfare.

I'd be interested to see how your coming to this conclusion. Is it merely yourself perceiving patterns, or is there something that has been done to encourage this?

[Mango]

Originally posted by Havoc_online
pro teams go through 20-35 cases a match in the NXL :)

thats friggen amazing!


I went through 1.5 cases.

[cphilip]

To give you another X Ball example, our guys in the College X Ball matches at World Cup a few years back would go through 5 - 6 case a match in one full game period. And thats with 10 guys on deck. Five playing at a time. Generaly a game in X Ball does not use that much paint. Thats how much paint we would load up and stack pods for. Not all was used. I think about 4 cases maybe were actualy shot up. Less than half a case per man. And those are long game periods. And hour of play.

[GT]

2k and somne change. I played mostly front shot no more than 2 pods a game...

[CoFFeY[NiTrO]]

Lets leave it at, I still have enough paint to go play rec ball next weekend.

[Load SM5]

Since I was'nt there Sunday I only went through a case. I bought 2 and pretty much gave it to the team. I would love to have some of that paint now. I'm flat broke and it shot pretty nice.

[Fuji]

Ummm about a case on Saturday, that includes chrono, messing around, etc. Was having gun problems and only shooting about 10-13 bps when laning off the break.

Sunday was a diferent matter. Thanks to SkyBoySurfer, Brian and Curtis (Thanks for the Sear pin!) I was ripping strings 16-17 bps. Went thru a case in the first half of the match. Bought another case and wound up sitting/coaching more on the second half and wound up taking 3/4 case back to AZ with me.

[GT]

Originally posted by Fuji
I was ripping strings 16-17 bps.

4.x in hybrid is not fair for US classic owners ;)

[Fuji]

Hey! I was on your team. I normally can shoot about 16 bps. You weren't complaining when I was laning the back temples. ;)

Besides, without that new sear rod thingy from Curtis. I would've been shooting like I was on Saturday.

[GoatBoy]

Originally posted by Brophog


I'd be interested to see how your coming to this conclusion. Is it merely yourself perceiving patterns, or is there something that has been done to encourage this?


Which conclusion?

It looks like they're trying to kill off "back players" by reducing the bunker sizes. In our specific layout, the only "safe" bunkers were the two canister bunkers at the backs of the field.

I think other people have noticed this as well, in case you have a problem with it coming from me. I was looking at this guy's (http://www.skinnyk.com) page a short while back. Look for "Endangered back guys".