Steelrat
08-03-2003, 10:42 PM
Okay, SPS16 (Emag), Zaust (Mag), and I (Viking)entered a 3 man tournament today in Northern California. We called ourselves the "AO Army." It was the first tournament for any of us, and my 4th day of play since getting back into paintball after a 6 year hiatus. Heres some highs and lows from the day:
Beginning problems:
-This was supposed to be a "Rookie Tournament." However, teams with names like "Team XYZ" (with XYZ being local stores and paintball parks) showed up in droves. Customized jerseys, display stands for their multiple timmys, the works. Even the person who organized it commented on the derth of actual "rookies" there.
-2000 psi max for air fills. The flyer said nothing about this. With my Viking, that was more than enough, but SPS16 and Zaust were both running mags with 45/45 tanks. Needless to say, that air didnt last long once gameplay started.
-Zausts mag. His poor mag needs help. About 2 BPS max. The guy kicked butt considering that he had to deal with his mag issues.
The games:
Game 1-VS some well equipped "rookies" (note sarcasm). Our first tournament game EVER. We got spanked bad, total loss. I was first out, of course. SPS16 ran out of air pretty quickly.
Game 2-VS some well equipped kids (2 timmys, a matrix). I went out after nailing one of their guys. First out, again. Zaust and SPS16 cleaned up the rest of the guys, and capped the flag. However, one of the kids claimed Zaust had wiped a hit on his loader. If you looked, you could see green paint from the last game in a crease on his hopper. The kids pointed at it and claimed it invalidated the hang. Catch was, none of them shot green paint. Ref gave us a stern warning on proper cleaning(hello moron, were rookies, remember), but let us keep the win. Kids literally went crying to their mom, who was on the sidelines. Truly sad.
Game 3-VS a well equipped sponsored team. They quickly finished off Zaust and SPS16, while I had taken one of theirs out. I had called about 5 paint checks because of multiple hits I had recieved, but none of them had broken. I guess the other team though I was out, cause their 2 guys came trotting accross the field. I popped out and got one. I tried to advance on the other but got nailed. A good game.
Game 4-VS a friendly rookie team with NICE impulses. We took out two while Zaust got nailed. Their remaining guy then offed me and SPS16. Well played by them.
Game 5-VS the top team at the tournament. Sponsored, again. We actually managed to take out two, giving them their lowest game total out of their 5 games.
We followed up with some rec play at the great new field, Thunder something in Galt, that the tourney was at.
All in all, it was amazing we did so well. Zaust was a demon, and played well with a gun that shot slower than my old VM. SPS16 did a great job of dealing with a pathetic air supply and a gas-hungry gun. We placed 20th out of 24, but I'm very happy with our first tourney experience. And the look on peoples faces when they realized that they had been taken out by Zaust's and SPS16's mags was PRICELESS.
Beginning problems:
-This was supposed to be a "Rookie Tournament." However, teams with names like "Team XYZ" (with XYZ being local stores and paintball parks) showed up in droves. Customized jerseys, display stands for their multiple timmys, the works. Even the person who organized it commented on the derth of actual "rookies" there.
-2000 psi max for air fills. The flyer said nothing about this. With my Viking, that was more than enough, but SPS16 and Zaust were both running mags with 45/45 tanks. Needless to say, that air didnt last long once gameplay started.
-Zausts mag. His poor mag needs help. About 2 BPS max. The guy kicked butt considering that he had to deal with his mag issues.
The games:
Game 1-VS some well equipped "rookies" (note sarcasm). Our first tournament game EVER. We got spanked bad, total loss. I was first out, of course. SPS16 ran out of air pretty quickly.
Game 2-VS some well equipped kids (2 timmys, a matrix). I went out after nailing one of their guys. First out, again. Zaust and SPS16 cleaned up the rest of the guys, and capped the flag. However, one of the kids claimed Zaust had wiped a hit on his loader. If you looked, you could see green paint from the last game in a crease on his hopper. The kids pointed at it and claimed it invalidated the hang. Catch was, none of them shot green paint. Ref gave us a stern warning on proper cleaning(hello moron, were rookies, remember), but let us keep the win. Kids literally went crying to their mom, who was on the sidelines. Truly sad.
Game 3-VS a well equipped sponsored team. They quickly finished off Zaust and SPS16, while I had taken one of theirs out. I had called about 5 paint checks because of multiple hits I had recieved, but none of them had broken. I guess the other team though I was out, cause their 2 guys came trotting accross the field. I popped out and got one. I tried to advance on the other but got nailed. A good game.
Game 4-VS a friendly rookie team with NICE impulses. We took out two while Zaust got nailed. Their remaining guy then offed me and SPS16. Well played by them.
Game 5-VS the top team at the tournament. Sponsored, again. We actually managed to take out two, giving them their lowest game total out of their 5 games.
We followed up with some rec play at the great new field, Thunder something in Galt, that the tourney was at.
All in all, it was amazing we did so well. Zaust was a demon, and played well with a gun that shot slower than my old VM. SPS16 did a great job of dealing with a pathetic air supply and a gas-hungry gun. We placed 20th out of 24, but I'm very happy with our first tourney experience. And the look on peoples faces when they realized that they had been taken out by Zaust's and SPS16's mags was PRICELESS.