One hopper game?

[Big_M]

Just a question, but would anybody enjoy a game of paintball in which each player can only bring a hopper full of paint and no more? I think It would #1 Not waste Paint #2 Require more skill, and #3 Would be more fun! I can't tell you how sick I am of some "tourny player" who comes onto an open game with a case of paint on his back and sprays untill he is eliminated, I think that they should restrict paint on a pro level too, Allowing it to be more of a thinking, fast paced game, instead of a spray and pray based game, that and it would make the game a lot more noob freindly,(not to mention help out paint sponcers) any thoughts? comments welcome, flames are somewhat expected, so please, comment away!

[jayloo]

I play like this all the time during rec play indoor. I only use my pod belt for tourneys and tourney practice. It will help sharpen your skills if you know you have a limited amount of paint while everyone esle can have as much as they want.

[Grasshopper]

I enjoy playing hopper ball. It saves me ALOT of money, and is hard trying to keep a watch on how much paint you have, and how many shots to use on each person. It can add alot of different stratagies, and changes the gameplay ALOT. I love hopper ball Just like alot of people enjoy playing pump, even if they have an X-mag. Makes you think about your shots, and know when to shoot.

[NJPaint]

heh, I buddy up with the 12 year old with an angel and a rich mom, he sprays and spends the $$ on paint and I take my time

[adam shannon]

ive played alot of 1 hopper games...even though i concentrate on not shooting alot im geneticly prohibited from firing slow...im usually out of paint in a few minutes and end up running around trying to scare newbs into surrendering by diving into their bunker firing air.

[FooTemps]

i've been playing hopperball ever since I started... I'm getting sick of it, I'm getting a pack and pods soon.

[Lopy-slopy]

PB isn't as fun if there is paint flying every which way at all times durring the game IMO. For shot rec games it would be great to make a rule of only alowing a hopper full of paint and no more. It would make it easyer to get up close and play some real ball. I agree it would be ALOT more noob friendly becuase I know that my first time, when paint was flying everywhere it scared the $%^^ out of me. In tournees it fine if your a back player to shoot a lot of paint becuse you have too and you and your team have a plan so you know where each other are and are good enough not to shoot each other. When some kid who isn't very good sits at the back and sprays paint all over the feild he usualy ends up hitting his team mates.

[graycie]

hopper games are good for practice, players sometimes get too comfortable with a huge pack of paint on their back and just hose. it teaches you to conserve paint, and make you want to make the moves to take the game. if your really into hopper games you should check out the pan-am circuit where only a hopper is allowed.

[jwren00]

i used to play 10 shot in the woods a lot about 5 years ago. It was fun because we would get so close to eachother before shooting, but it also made for some really long boring games.

[land hurricane]

We've played hopper ball at the local field quite a few times. Seeing that I dont own a harness its better for me anyway. Unless I decide to put a pod in my pocket.

[21caballer]

its called PANAM. at least the 5 man is still hopper ball. the 7 man switched. its funny to watch unlimited teams try to play hopper ball.

It is very easy to shoot more paint, but very hard to shoot less, so always practice with less than you want to carry in the average game.

[Quickling]

I play hopperball all the time too. Most of the time I get two games outta one hopper. Sometimes I take only a BE Pocket Hopper out. I found if I carry X paint, I will shoot X/2

so if I ihave pods I end up using one, if not.. then I dont.. weird. but its the whole knowing your shots have to count mentality. Plus I with my PGP against semi alot so I dont mind having less paint to shoot.

[56kSomeGuy]

I personally like to play hopperball too it makes me save money on paint and seem much more fun trying to sneek up instead of spraying and praying.

I think it would make paintball a much better spectator sport if more major turneys limit the paint, it makes the game much more exciting since it will involve more skillz and tactics.(Well after watching a few games on warpigtv it looks very boring since no one is moving much, they only sit there and spray....it gets very boring)

[ShooterJM]

I tend to camp in a bunker if I have a full set of pods, so I play hopperball most of the time. Makes me learn movement better. Besides, if I can make a quarter or half case last all day. It's that much cheaper!

[trutle]

that's why I like pump guns, while the other suckers are shilling out $80 for a case i am happy and content with my $15 bag of five hundered. If you really want to not use so much paint, you could always try and see if there is a organzied woods ball field around were you live (like husker paintball in nebraska), you usually use alot less paint in woodsballs games.