speedball --- dont like it

[Strider]

Mmmmmm, speedball... Mmmmm, villiage... Mmmmmm, bushball.... Mmmmm, chronorange....

Stock, pump, semi, bush, speedball, LOVE IT ALL!

[ntn4502]

After I got into speedball I lost all interest into woodsball. It felt more like I was involved in a sport rather then some hick who likes to play with toy guns in the woods, that and the fact that speedball is a rush beyond comparison.

[GT]

Originally posted by ntn4502
After I got into speedball I lost all interest into woodsball. It felt more like I was involved in a sport rather then some hick who likes to play with toy guns in the woods, that and the fact that speedball is a rush beyond comparison.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

i've played speedball, hyperball, woodsball, etc. i played it all.

speedball - easy to hit someone and easier to bunker people

hyperball - fun to crawl into the tubes lol. easy to hit people and easy to bunker

woodsball (rec, woods, whatever you wanna call it) - harder to hit someone, harder to bunker someone, but fun and realistic.

i like all types of fields. it just depends on the situation. if there were like 50 guys i'd wanna go woods. if it's a small amount i'd rather go speed or hyperball.

[50 cal]

I started in '87, I loved playing in the woods. But the game has progressed. I like playing speedball just as much now.
If you can't adapt, you get left behind.

We still play woods ball every now and again.

[Carbon]

Oldschooler, Welcome to AO. Wow your first post, and your already trying to start a flame war, nice try...but that kinda stuff tends to get snuffed pretty quick here on AO. Your gonna have to find some extra strength troll bait to get most of us goin'!

Anyway back on topic. I belive the majority of us here started out woodsballing, I did. In the end the result is usually the same in the end, you get your dose of adrenaline. I do feel sorry though, for the folks who cant enjoy both type of paintball.

[rikkter]

Originally posted by *ArKfEaR*

First off on a speedball field you can see everything. Everything is wide open, and for the most part where you shoot hits. You know where most of the people are, as well as the fact that where your throwing paint its going to go.

In the woods, explain to me what natural barriers are in your line of fire (at all the times as well)?

considering most woods fields, people make bunkers in them. i've yet to see a single woods field that is PURELY woods. i've also yet to see where natural barriers were in the way at all times. when they are, you move, and shoot from a different angle

Oh yeah, brush, brush, brush, twigs, oh and brush.

and bunkers.

You get the point? Im no mathematician but the odds of hitting someone in the woods are much less than on a speedball field, now thats luck.

no, i dont see the point.
its luck if you sit there and shoot. you get.. closer, to be able to make the shot. of course you know that, but if you think a PLACE where you play paintball determines whether or not if you hit someone is luck or not. ok..
shooting up in the air at someone thats about 200 feet away, is luck. we know that paintball doesn't have the distance in the woods, plus the tree lims, so we can't do those long balls, thus we get closer. it makes it harder. yes. its all luck?
if anything, you have to do more work to get those shots

I have been playing paintball since I was about 9-10, so roughly 7-8 years. Except I evolved with the sport as with many others. Opinions are opinions, but straight out ignorance is just retarded.

and stating that woods ball is all luck and you only have twigs and brushs to hide behind, and that its 'luck' isn't?
i dare you to go playing a scenario, a nice long 24hour one, if you think woods ball is still luck after that, your missing something

[~WarpedRT#2~]

Oh yeah, I just thought of something, Alot of speedball games now use pumps. Hows that for strategy?

Still, I understand your point, I dont understand the rule of flag hanging in the sence that you might actually have a chance at hanging the flag without getting the entire other team out? If your running by the other team to hang the flag, why not just shoot them? Or why even have a flag? If you have to shoot everone in order to get the hang anyway, whats the point in having to hang it? Why not just straight elimination?

Woods isnt luck, that for sure, but neither is speedball. I guess it's the way YOU play. if your a back player, yes, you depend a little on luck. You job is to throw paint. Sure you are trying to achive your goals, like keeping someone down, or hitting off the break, but still, when you toss paint at a bunker, you arent hitting the bunker, you are shooting beside the bunker. to do that takes a little skill, and you have to guess at when the perons will come out. THat is luck. It's a little of both.

[JEDI]

Re: speedball --- dont like it

Originally posted by oldschooler
Good people having fun in the woods shooting it out wearing camo and making skilled moves and judgements.


While I am NOT BASHING people who like speedball I find it to be not in the original spirit of the game.

Spending my day in the hot sun on a dirt field shooting at inflatible barriers waiting for the "luck" to hit a player looks more like a cartoon than a sport. I just dont get it.

While I'm sure diehard speedballers will disagree, there just isn't as much skill involved as there is luck.

Speedball is of course the brain child of the big companies to get this "sport" of speedball on TV and to make even more money. And like most americans a lot fell for it. Like

Ok, its your opinion, so take this as mine. I'm not flaming you. Waiting 10 minutes in the woods, just to see an opponent 40 yards out doesn't seem to require much "skilled movement" to me. I once flanked a guy for 1/2 hour on a 2 mile loop. Thats not skill, its idiocy.

Lots of sports have progressed from their origin. It doesnt make it any less in the spirit of the game. Look at football. When was the last time an entire franchise consisted of only 12 guys. Do you think they had "special teams" when football started? The goal post used to be on the goal line for pete's sake!!!

Speedball games are generally 5 to 10 mins long at best. Its the 5 mile hike to the deadbox in a woodball game thats rediculous. With all those branches blocking your shot it takes more luck just to get a ball that doesnt break 20 feet out in front of you. Most people dont get that "filling lanes" and shooting lots of paint is a tactic. Its not the only part of the game, or the only way to get a hit. Try snap shooting with me. You wouldnt have a chance.

I didn't "fall" for speedball, because some promoter pushed it on me. I progressed towards it. My team played independantly in the woods for about 8 months. We got sick of the long walks, the infrequency of action, and the wasted shots that never even made it to the other team. The last few games we played in the woods we were about 30 yards apart, and there were barely any obstructions. We shot the piss outta each other, and the game lasted about 4 minutes. When we finally played a speedball game, it felt like we were waiting for that type of game play for a long time.

I'm not saying speedball is better. I'm just backing it up compared to your arguments. It takes skill to play either set up. It wouldnt be fair for me to sit here and say otherwise. Both variations are a ligitmate side to the sport.

[Wc Keep]

i agree with what jedi said. i started playing woodsball. i hated every minute of it. i hate having to look for someone in a bush. i hate how every shot i take will break on something else before reaching my target. i usually have to shoot a few shots off first to clear the lane before i can actually hit the guy and by that time he has shot me using the lane i created.

[shartley]

[JEDI]

Haha! You're hilarious Keep. Yes ladies and gentleman, that is me in the woods.:o

[Clare]

Haha! You're hilarious Keep. Yes ladies and gentleman, that is me in the woods.

Wow, didn't expect to see that one

[Paintchucker]

Originally posted by ntn4502
After I got into speedball I lost all interest into woodsball. It felt more like I was involved in a sport rather then some hick who likes to play with toy guns in the woods, that and the fact that speedball is a rush beyond comparison.

ROFLMAO... your tones are as condesending as the original poster and equally as short sighted...

Different Strokes for Different Folks. Just because your opinion is different doesn't mean one is right and one is wrong...

And btw NTN4502, by your own description you are also "some hick who likes to play with toy guns". You just choose not to do it in the woods...

[JEDI]

Originally posted by CaPoEiRa


Wow, didn't expect to see that one

Yeah, he button hooked me with that one. Musta left it laying around somewhere.

*Note to self, erase all wood ball evidence*