* New Paintball Idea! *

[�.C.]

it doesn't hafta be a exactly like football. It could be like high speed games, lke hockey and when someone gets shot it's like a powerplay. It could be more of a high scoring game instead but I think footballs scoring system is the best :)

anyways, linebackers are on defense :) and wouldn't have the ball. I was talking about linemen.

[Remington]

I agree. Somehow were gonna have to really follow through with this, it's getting really interesting.

[Mossman]

OH SNAP! you could have "blockers". Hows about u can have 2 guys who are designated to be able to run along side but not within 15 feet or so of your flag runner. They can be shot all they like, but after they are shot they cant shoot, they can only act as human sheilds :) This would make life more interesting, as back guys cant just put up a wall of paint over the endzone,you have to get close enough to the flag runner and get angles around the bunkers hes behind as well as around his blockers.

I think that could be interesting. I call NOT BLOCKER! :)

[logamus]

this is a pretty neat idea. one thing i would like to see incorporated, defensemen cannot sit still. either that or you limit their paint. otherwise you have half the defense stitting behind the back bunkers just pumping out paint and the offense cant move. i like the idea about being hit and not shooting. that should apply to both sides. when the flag carrier gets hit he dropps the flag and the defense takes over at that spot. some kinks to work out but i think thats a doable concept, however i am not sure how much more sense this would make to the average sports fan. if the wc doesnt make much sense, im not sure if this idea would be any easier to understand tbh.

[vlhockey22]

RICKY WILLIAMS CAN GO HOME AND CRY

Say that to Ricky. His arms are probably as big as your torso.

[Sinnet]

hmm... as far as "field-goal" type things go, there could be a button (or flag or whatever) on bunkers at each yard-marker... a team hitting the button when it gets to the 40 gets 5 points, the 50, 10 points, the other teams 40, 20 points, and so on...

[Remington]

Great ideas. Keepin' 'em comin'!

[battlegroup]

Originally posted by SpongeBobSquarePants
LOL i think you got it wrong go Steelers!!!!!

That's right GO STEELERS!

Spongebob you from the burgh?

[�.C.]

Sinnet thats a great idea, it adds a little more risk and chance to the game. I think if we have linemen with sheilds the whole problem with mass paint fire will end. Remember, you could always charge a guy with a shield and he'll most likely have a light weapon with him. And have you ever used one of them? It's not so secure behind it. It moves every time it gets shot and you can feel and hear the paintballs exploding. Also the defense could have the "D line" and they could charge the o line to prevent them from carrying the flag to the endzone. You would be able to make contact but only with the shields(if you hit a person not on the shield it'lll be like illegalcontact in football), it'll turn this game to be more interesting . . .


. . . new contact sport . . . PAINTBALL!

[A.T.S]

Sinnet thats a great idea, it adds a little more risk and chance to the game. I think if we have linemen with sheilds the whole problem with mass paint fire will end. Remember, you could always charge a guy with a shield and he'll most likely have a light weapon with him. And have you ever used one of them? It's not so secure behind it. It moves every time it gets shot and you can feel and hear the paintballs exploding. Also the defense could have the "D line" and they could charge the o line to prevent them from carrying the flag to the endzone. You would be able to make contact but only with the shields(if you hit a person not on the shield it'lll be like illegalcontact in football), it'll turn this game to be more interesting . . .


. . . new contact sport . . . PAINTBALL!

Any Contact would be dangerous. What if you fall on your gun when someone bashes your shield with theirs? I see broken guns, and people being impaled on barrels.

[�.C.]

A.T.S You are right, that'd be a bad thing for the sport, no contact it is!

[digitard]

no no, the shields were a good idea .... but the guys with the shields CANT carry markers, thats their tradeoff ... they have a lot of defense to them, but they cannot attack the offense, so your going to have to work with a "marker" player to maximize your effectiveness.

Sincerely,
Dave K

[Remington]

Yea digitard's got the idea. What about field size though? A regulation speedball field isn't NEARLY big enough for all this. Is the 100 yd by 50 yd dimension good?

[�.C.]

keep chucking in ideas, once we get a rule book down maybe we could come together and rent out a field for a day, like everyone contributes some dough

[digitard]

I figure you need some type of "moving defense" to get the ball runner up the field right, so the shields is the way to go ... by removing the marker from the shield guy he has a lot of defense, but he cant attack .... NOW if he gets shot he's still out otherwise it woudl just be "get the sheild guys around and run".

I think at the next BIG AO meet (like the official everyone meet) we should have part of the day broken into teams of this and have a mini tourny once its done with rules and so forth.

Also with the defense, maybe allow ONE (just one) defenseman to have a marker ... but nobody on the other team knows which of the 4-5 defense shielded guys has the marker to make it more strategic.

Sincerely,
Dave K