Sniping in Paintball

[TheJester]

Snipe, no. But i guess it depends on the game, in a woods game i think it's a little easier to try, in speed ball you don't have the time to take careful aim. I don't think some 1 can become a sniper, paintballs aren't accurate enough to be sniper worthy, how ever i do think some 1 can become a marksman, so i think that term would be more fitting, a sniper just sits and waits for a target, where a marksman is the crazy guy who runs all over but seems to get like 5 people out with only like 10 shots. the marksmen way is where to go, be able to draw and shoot as accurate as possible w/ out taking the time to aim, unlike a sniper who needs time and patience

[MrMag]

well it has been proven that sniping in paintball is completely possible, just look at avalanches salm..................LOL what a dumb dumb

[lala]

Come on guys pros do it

[AutomagRT1483]

sniping is pointless. i'd rather waste my time trying to shoot a bird than waiting for someone to shoot at.

[Ov3rmind]

Well, Jeremy Salm took out 4 GZ players in one game, all while using his 733+ snipering talent!

[EnderWigginPballin]

Originally posted by Vern1


Biggest newbie questions:
Is that full auto, you sure are shooting fast?
Can you get me a 2' long snipper barrel?
How do you snipe someone on a speedball course?


Now, how many of you asked the same questions before you became a seasoned oldbie? Come on, we are all friends here, right? - J/K!!

newbs are so fun... I've been asked if my "auto"mag is full auto so many times....

and no, i never asked stupid questions when i was a newb because i was hanging around on pb message boards for months before i first played, just reading.

[Mr. T!]

I dont know about it, but if you need any hints, just go talk to avalance about sniping, maybe they can help you.

[EnderWigginPballin]

i wasn't getting the Avalanche references... and was like, "wow Ender, ur such a loser, don't even understand these people."

but then i saw the thread about Salm sniping from thew sidelines..... lol... u would think that he'd get forward of them and shoot back... but no...

[battlegroup]

I used to play (a long time ago, 1989) where we had 5 man teams, silencers, and no boundries. People would sit and "snipe" (more like 1 man ambush). If they didn't get you with the first shot, they were done. Since everyone had the same range (before the flatline barrel) it couldn't really be called sniping. Try it on a field with boundries with nobody else to cover you and you'll be toast after the first shot.

Sniping is just a new player getting caught up in the adrenalin/mystique of the game. They aren't used to/don't like having paint flying all around them. For me, that happens to be the part that I enjoy the most. Let them sit in their spot for a couple 15 minute games and not shoot at all, while you are telling stories of how you almost made it across mid field on the break and blah...blah..blah and they will soon be up there with you.

[SHAG]

"sniping"

Hi,

Here is a funny story. My local shop has been running games twice a month for the past year and a half. Being one of the long time regular customers at the shop I give a hand to the owner with field set up or reffing. Most of his players in the games are fairly newer players with about year or less of expereience. The store game gives these players more people to play with instead of the usual 5 or 6 people.

About a month ago, I was helping at the field with a charity game. About 50 people showed to the event. I reffed and helped organize the teams. Since I was perfectly happy reffing and it was real enjoyment watching everyone play. My dealer threw me 300 rounds of paint and said go play the last game.

I have my Pro Lite with me and some very basic equipment. It reminded me what it was first like to play before the 10 million in gear that I have now I basically helped the team that walked to the far flag station. My equipment and camo were nothing more than a camo jacket, Blue jeans, A prolite with a 20 oz tank and 200 round hopper. The pro lite had a 10 inch DYE barrel.

We started. Everyone when running about. I made my way through the thick cover and shot several people in open. by the end of the game, several people who decided to hook up with me moved up and took the flag and the game. Everyone in the group thought I was a "sniper" since I shot a hopper of paint were they were shooting thier hopper and another 3 or 4 tubes. Plus i had to be a "sniper" since I took out 8 on the other side.

When the game was over everyone on the other side said "man. I got shot by a sniper." They all played the one side I was on. Moral of the story is If you are an older experienced player, you are more likely to be called a sniper by a newer player. If you just take your time and shoot during a more relaxed game, you are a sniper as well.

Point is "snipers" are point of perspective to a player. If that is the case, anyone who can shoot accurately is a "sniper" in paintball. But this holds close to those who just have started out in paintball. The older crowd knows no such thing.

Later,
Alan

[hostage]

well if you are playing a long term senerio woods ball game, then theoriticly it might be possible. If you could increase your velocity to achieve greater distance and you could sit in a place for hours, and hit a guy when he didn't know it them maybe. But in reality if you play speedball, like 99% of us do, then it is impossible, the best is a snap shot. Other than that there isn't really such thing as a sniper. There is a big difference between theory and reality. if you had a gun with a high powered scope and had an effective range over a 1000meters then you could possible be conisdered a sniper. A flat line increases your range, but doesn't decrease the time it takes to get to a target. Most people would take cover when a shot was fired, so that gives your target to move. There is a tipman that has what I think was a flat line barrel and it was curved up (it had no covering on top) i am speculating that was a tipmman flatliner, but I am not 100% sure. Well anyway hope this helps.
-Doron

[AlabamaMan]

I love the old sniper debate. You should take your N00b friends over to the timmann forum. There are lots of "Sniper" 98 customs there

[Richter]

sniping is possible on concept fields. its finding an opponent and waiting for the shot. My buddy does this all the time especially when we are down players. He waits for the people to come out of there bunker looking for people to shoot. People usually start to hang out when paint hasn't come by them in about a minute. He waits for them to really hang out (like half thier body) and gives them three balls and usually eliminates them. He usually does this though when he has a back man telling were opposing team is on the field and when he has true confidence from that back player.

Just food for thought

[EnderWigginPballin]

I had a "Sniper" experience at a big game about a month ago.

I had a little Sidekick pistol and I was standing in the open next to my team's base, which was just destroyed. The other team comes running down a path and stops to shoot at the guys on the far end of the destroyed base. They stopped 20 feet from me and were just ignoring me because half of my team had been eliminated in the base... So I shot 1 and ducked behind a tree. Then shot 3 more and just walked away to go get my real gun...

[Badmovies.org]

"Sniping" in paintball is a misnomer. A good marksman with a rifle can put a round into a target several hundred yards away (it helps if they stay still). That is enough distance to make identifying the firing position difficult. In paintball you are much closer.

So, what you are talking about is an ambush. In scenario games, I like being a "sniper." You know what I do? I set up in a likely ambush spot and surprise the enemy, usually while they are moving to an objective. I unload on the other guys, tag a number of them, then die horribly in the counter-fire. Still, if I take out five or six of them in the ambush, for only one of me... ...well, you do the math.