You can only hide your lack of skill behind your rate of fire for so long

[paint magnet]

Last time I played, I noticed just how true this was. I had sliced a ball(my fault, stupid autotrigger) in my SL 68 and didn't have a squeegie. We were playing speedball against a guy with an 00 angel LCD, a guy with a nice blue Dye Cocker and another guy with a cocker. On my team we had 2 people with rentals, a guy with a Spyder, and me. I noticed that I was able to pop up and shoot 4 times with my pump before the guy with the Angel even came close to hitting me. I did this a couple times and was amazed that he couldn't hit me. I was literally staring down my barrel with his goggles in my sights when he would start to come close to hitting me. So, if I work on my aiming, maybe I'll win next time. Anybody else have experiences with players who just hide behind walls of paint?

[shartley]

[mykroft]

Well, being one of those wall-o-paint type players, there are some advantages to the style. First off, I can keep you in your bunker, so the other folks on my team can move up and get an angle on you. you can't shoot if there's a wall of paint coming through where you'd need to come out. Second, there's my patented 'World's Slowest Bunker' move where I casually walk over and bunker you, using the wall-o-paint to keep you from shooting back. The Wall-o-paint manouver even works with pumps (been there, done that, 440rds in a 15 minute game, with a Sniper 3)

Now, for this style of play, you need deep pockets, good aim, and the ability to snap shoot. If you can't snap shoot, you are going to get massacred on the speedball field no matter how fast you can shoot, the wall of paint is a tactic, not a crutch. It doesn't matter how much you shoot if you can't put it in the right place at the right time.

[Jonno06]

go play some 2on1 and ull know what mycroft is talking about.

i hate those(when im the 1 of course)


and btw:ive been hiding my skill behind ROF for along time,and it seems to work quite well

[paintbattler]

yea some ppl do, but some ppl dont..the majority of the ppl do hide behind it..i would like to hide behind it...

[RT_Luver]

Originally posted by shartley

OR seein someone pop out shoot 104 times and hit them everytime(I exagerated a bit witht he 104)

[cphilip]

Sounds like that guy needs some target practice....

But a Steady steam of paint from the right position from someone who knows what he/she is doing can sure beat a little paint almost anytime...

[FrAuStY]

I just count the shots... 1234567.......177178179180.. then I pop out and elim ole boy while he's reloading.lol J/K, It doesn't bother me as I try to change the place where I pop out from regardless of munker size... I may pop out on their left of my bunker (my right etc) just to dawr fire..then I'll go to their right of my bunker immediately. This will throw them off and I may be able to pin/elime them with a good 3-5 shot burst.

[mykroft]

jonno: sometimes that stream'o'paint works if you're the one. I've taken out 2 guys by bunkering, using the stream of paint to keep them in their bunkers (1 bunker behind the other, ultimate airball, bouncing balls off the first bunker into the second. Very nifty trick the one time I pulled it off.)

[xmetal2001]

True, but i've been hiding behind my Matrix for quite some time now

Actually, im one of the most conservative people you'll ever meet in recball, but in tournaments its a whole different story.

[Scootyd]

In the woods a wall of paint (wop) will hold any newbie in their bunker. But, the seasoned player knows that a good low crawl is the very effective counter.

[paint magnet]

I'm not saying it doesn't work, I'm saying it takes no skill.

[TransMan]

i only spray a lot in certain situations most of the time i conserve because im a poor high school student

[Farlow]

I find it very hard to shoot a lot of paint. I think it may be that I am cheap. If I get a game going in the backyard, my friends go through a case, while I am lucky to go thru 500 rounds. However, I do prefer to crawl for a half hour and shoot someone in the back with one shot. Been playing for 15 years and still have no interest in going for the flag and shooting a lot of paint. So I doubt I will be wearing out my RT Pro anytime soon. I must be tired because I am rambling..........

[CpSuPeRkId]

hey paint magnet, what is skill? its a simple question, and if u say crawling and aiming is skill, then thats your opinion, but to say high rof takes no skill? some people cant get 7 bps on an angel. those who can get that and higher are skillful in being able to shoot that fast. i hate when rec players say high rof takes no skill, because u know what somebodys gotta get that gun shooting and somebodsy gotta aim those 15bps. there is just as much skill in shooting fast as there is in not doin so, its just that in one scenario you are shooting slow and the other fast.