Barrel Hits... Out or not?

[cdawg]

Hahaha sword fighting i love it... Pretty soon ppl gonna have bayonettes on their guns like me. see my talon thread to see what i'm talkin bout

[Lakeview Bulldog]

I hate it when my friends argue about what constitutes a hit and what doesnt. I'm about the only serious baller in my area so when I go to play woods ball they try to enforce a bunch of ghetto rules like "Double Hits" and "Kill Shots". And on the same note as the barrel touch, I've heard of guys getting into hand-to-hand in the old days. Those guys really were crazy.

[shartley]

Originally posted by manike
It's not about touching barrels.

There is an 'old skool' code of honour that if someone touches you with the tip of the barrel then you are eliminated without them having to shoot you. It's from the sneaky days of play.

It doesn't count in tourneys etc. it's more of a big game/ scenario game thing.

Over here if you touched someone with your barrel then you would be out and they would still be in since you are not allowed to make 'physical contact'. Same in tournies...

[Darkstorm]

Scenarios are about Barrel Tags and Surrender

Shartley -> "I have never either been barrel tagged or done so myself. To me, it is kind of silly given we are using equipment that can reach out and touch them from a distance."

In a scenario there is plenty of time you don't want to shoot someone. In the last game, more than 50% of my eliminations were from barrel tags or politely asking someone to call themselves out. No sense in shooting someone up from 10-15' feet with an xvalve/intelli combo when I don't have to.

[shartley]

Re: Scenarios are about Barrel Tags and Surrender

Originally posted by Darkstorm
Shartley -> "I have never either been barrel tagged or done so myself. To me, it is kind of silly given we are using equipment that can reach out and touch them from a distance."

In a scenario there is plenty of time you don't want to shoot someone. In the last game, more than 50% of my eliminations were from barrel tags or politely asking someone to call themselves out. No sense in shooting someone up from 10-15' feet with an xvalve/intelli combo when I don't have to.

[Fatjon]

OUT

[�.C.]

digitard - hitting a gun in the barrel does not mean you disable it you just screw it up that you can pretty much say it's broken :P it'll still shoot though.



Anyways they should be out.

[aaron_mag]

At Skirmish in PA marker hits do not count. I didn't think it was a good thing, however, because there should be some risk in exposing yourself while firing. I've played speedball at some places where we play marker hits (including hoppers) don't count. This makes it very difficult to eliminate those pesky back players.

Marker eliminations definetely make the game more challenging. Without them the game starts to become pathetic paintslinging contests. I'm not a good snap shooter myself (as I play speedball infrequently) but I can admire that it does take skill to snap shoot effectively!