Give me your opinion on this situation.

[DRAGONSLAYER]

gmag, I never said paintball doesn't hurt. But, why torture other players, some say they never surrender, I ask, if I shoot you at 5 feet or call you out, which would you rather have, be honest. Do you want me to put 3-5 balls on you or call you out? I know I would rather be called out. And I ask again, how does anyone know who has a nervous trigger finger or not?

[Tunaman]

Surrender

We also play the 10 ft rule. If I can get within 20 ft of you without being detected, well then you are gonna get shot anyway....so why even yell surrender.

[DRAGONSLAYER]

Ok, I'm only giving my opinion, which is what he asked for. I think he was too close. Tunaman you are right about the 20 ft rule. So with that being said, Wes_M should not have shot Mr. Newbie.

[Temo Vryce]

Most newbies I know will have a heavy trigger finger if they see you first, but if you get the drop on them and they know about the surrender rule and are told buy the reffing staff to use the surrender rule they will usually surrender when asked. Shoot the experienced players in the foot, but NEVER, NEVER shoot a newbie at close range if you can ask for a surrender.

[gmag]

Dragonslayer....

Well, first of all most newbies have 'nervous trigger fingers'. Why...because they are nervous! Secondly, if you put 3-5 balls on me at bunker range I would be extremely angry with you. There is no need to hit me more than two times at that distance. Of course I would prefer you to ask me to surrender, but in that is not the case in Wes's situation. According to him, he got nailed three times earlier that day trying to be a 'nice guy' and asking for surrender. Bunkering that newbie was not a bad choice because he was not willing to get shot again, plus the placement of his shot was smart.
P.S. No one is 'torturing' anyone. You run the risk of getting shot when you play paintball.

[Cro���ire]

Yes that was good what ya did.


In my case however was really bad,I'll explain it.


After a team practice and scrimage with another team. Some newbies wanted us to play
. So I accepted aswell as most of our team. okay game starts on the break off I hit one in the mask, then proceded to my bunker. After hitting my two other guys it was just down to me and a young guy with a spyder. So proceding to bunker him I thought I'll just say give it up buddy. Got there said give it up buddy and he said okay okay okay! DON'T SHOOT! After that I turned around and the little guy put three balls on the back of my head and yeld NOT! Wow man that was really a rush holy smokes at point blank range it was killer. So I walked off the field and the kid was braggin! So I went up to the kid and offered to go one on one with him. He actually accepted! So shot a few to keep his head down and ran as fast as I could just approching the bunker I look over and put three on the top of his head. He was looking left at the time. Then the kids parents confronted me cause right after I left the field o god I don't even wanna say what happend

[DRAGONSLAYER]

gmag, this is not going anywhere. You know as well as Wes knows he shouldn't have takeb the shot that close. If he, or you is worried about getting shot that close, then shoot the player from further away. Like I said Wes wanted opinions, and I gave mine. :)

[E==Mag MAN]

oh my god crossfire i dont think its me its letting walkons play with tourny teams that get them in trouble dont want to go into detail why a team i was on was BANNED its aload of horse crap.But anyways that kid is the ones u want to kill. I had a surrender i ran around the cornor 7 newbies looking at me i yell surrendur 1 looks at me and shoots i turn adn im sorry surrounded and desperate put 6 balls in him.Then he said its not fair the other didnt get shot.I looked at him said whyd u shoot at me?Because so i guess u can say some have itchy fingers but not all i know i did when i was a newbi:) man does it hurt lol.Anyways that particular situation i would of surrendured him BUT i agree with u if i got shot up last game because they dont surrender call me mean but i shoot him in nice spot like shoe or hopper.

[Tunaman]

newbie

If the "NEWGUY" can't see you coming straight at him, then he is not gonna see you coming from the side or around back. So just shoot him at the first available shot and never have to get that close.(5') I would NEVER want to get so close to the enemy...he also has a marker too you know....paintballs hurt and can cause serious damage at point blank range.

[Nitroduck]

I dont see anything wrong with him shooting the newbie in the shoe....Whenever Im forced to play newbies, and have to get close in (sometimes, you have to if you'd wanna win..) I try to aim for the harness if they have any, thats the only sure-fire place they wont get hurt in.

I've found that when you bunker a newbie, one shot is enough, they WILL call out at that range due to sheer terror.......

[gimp]

yeah, if I end up bunkering a new player, then I'll shoot him. Obviously I'll take it easy on a newer player than someone experienced. With a new guy, I'll shoot one shot, and I'll try to hit him in the foot, or some place that doesn't sting as much. I've been shot a lot, so it doesn't really bother me at all getting shot. I also have areal high tolerance for pain. I've been in a lot of fights, and gotten hurt alot. Currentlly may hand is broken :) that sucks, I learned how to write with my left hand though, so it's not that bad.

I would have done the same thing you did. Or I would have tried at least. When I bunker experienced guys I shoot 3 times. Just to make sure, cause a lot of the times they bounce. And I try to shoot the pack. You did the right thing man, dont worry avout it.

[M-a-s-sDriver]

Do the right thing

I think you were right to shoot him in the foot. You did not overdo it, or light him up. Sometimes you just get shot. It WOULD have been inappropriate to just come over the top and pop a double-tap to the neck. Rec-ball offers up some unusual situations. For instance: One day while playing a little renegade ball down at the river, I got behind this player, a 40 year old man, and shot him on the butt from about 30 feet away. Well, the whining commenced, and he said I should have had him surrender. Since I had no clue as to where anybody else was hiding, I durn sure was'nt going to do that. Know what? If you are gonna play ball, rec or otherwise, some shots are going to hurt, and sometimes you get the crapola scared out of you. Get used to it. I had to, and so did most people here on the board. You are still playing paintball though, huh?
Brent Jackson, PFB.

[Wes_M]

Thanks for your opinions people. Even after all the negative responces I got, I still think I did the right thing. Thanks goes out to all the people who backed me up.

[slayer]

A funny anectedote. I took my friend to play paintball for her first time. I was sitting out on the sidelines after being eliminated, and one chap on the other side runs around back on her, and tells her to surrender. She didn't then she started shooting at him. He then popped her once. Also, when I play speedball I make it quite clear that I don't surrender, so they should shoot me. Surrender wasn't really an option in that game, but they wanted to be chivalrous.