Bonus Ball Question...Somethin to think about

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by azzkikr
i think most people would agree with me when i say, that in a tourny i keep shoting till they are walking off the field, i don't care if they are naked or covered in pillows.

but as for rec ball, where there are no 2000 plus dollars entry fees, i pick my shots and do not shot once i see the first break on them, besides i ussually use my pump on rec ball

I total agree with you.

I also agree with the people who have mentioned clothing specificly designed to cause bounces.

I was playing rec. and had flanked all the way around the other team. When I came out shooting I had them but I was a good 15 yards away so surender wasn't an option for them. I shot one guy with probably a 10 round string most of wich hit. He was PISSED. He's screaming and ranting and threatening me (he was in his late 30's and I was in my mid 20's so we weren't kids). I pretty calmly asked the ref to check and see if there were more than 3 broken balls on him. Guess what....there weren't. He was so padded that I had to shoot him at least 10 times to get those 3 breaks.

He kept screaming and I just kept saying "Show me more than 3 breaks and I'll say I'm sorry."

[boomerfoxtrot]

great topic, first and formost, at my field overshooting is stated as such.

Overshooting a player is: Shooting AFTER you see paint BREAK on the player. Shooting AFTER a ref calls him OUT. Shooting after the player GIVES UP. Shooting a player while he is walking OFF the field. Shooting a player while he is out of bounds.

Which for the most part people just call that "bonus balling"

My personally the only time I really get mad at a player shooting me is shooting me after a ref is over head and pointing me out of the game. everything else is more less myself being pissed at myself for a dumb move.

but you also have to keep in mine the player in which you are playing with. If I'm playing with noobs I'm not going to put a string of 20 in the air first time I see him poke, or move. What's the point. I work on one balling when playing with noobs.

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by boomerfoxtrot

but you also have to keep in mine the player in which you are playing with. If I'm playing with noobs I'm not going to put a string of 20 in the air first time I see him poke, or move. What's the point. I work on one balling when playing with noobs.

[845]

The trick to being bonused balled is when you are walking off and get shot in the back not to flinch. It makes you look bad ***.

[fallout11]

I never bonus ball, no matter what the circumstances.
Nor will I start.

Paintball is a sport, and thus, by (my) definition of "sport", an affair of mutual integrity, honor, trust, and respect.
Besides, it's just a game. What does it matter?


Finally, remember that you, as an individual can and potentially will be held accountable for your own actions.
Be a role model.

[Tyger]

Playing rec I got torched from 15 feet away. When they finally let off the trigger, I looked with at them and said "You know, ONE would have done it." They didn't want to make eye contact with me, becasue hey knew I was right.

Problem is that right now, everyone assumes that you need 10. I played stock class for long enough to know that you can do the job with ONE ball just as effectively. MY mistake is that I expect people I play against to ALSO know this. I forget that not everyone has done what I have.

Some people it's just overkill. They don't understand the concept of fire control at all. I get pissed off when they refuse to believe the opponent when they yell "hit". Last weekend I was in the STAGING AREA and had to yell "HE'S OUT!" at another player. The hit guy yelled "hit" 5 times, the dude on the trigger wouldn't let him out of his bunker to leave the field.

Too many people put the addage "Goggles on, brains off" to heart. Hey, If you're sweetspotting me, fine. I take that as a compliment. I've got you SO WORRIED you need to spend $10 to shoot me. Once the gun goes in the air, tho, get off the trigger.

Oh, IMHO, if I've got the drop on someone, I'm shooting them in the pack, the gun, or the shoes. I know those will break with one ball. It's the Stock Class player in me. Now if there's a group of players, I'll dominate the zone, but not concentrate on any one person. Zone shooting isn't the ball "with your name on it", it's the other dozen or two marked "occupant".

-Tyger

[trevorjk]

am i the only one here who finds getting hit by a few paintballs a strangly weird but very relaxed good fealing? almost erotic in a way? wow im getting flamed for that but yeah when i get hit its like im releasing (my anger and what not) right as im getting hit and for some reason it feals strangly good...


but yeah like tyger said 1 shot does it :) unless they dont want to call out or they cheat then i let them know they should leave the feild :)

[Off Center]

This is exactly why I prefer to wear spandex.

[JEDI]

Originally posted by 845
The trick to being bonused balled is when you are walking off and get shot in the back not to flinch. It makes you look bad ***.

Exactly my opinion... act like you could care less... They'll get theres!

[845]

Originally posted by JEDI


Exactly my opinion... act like you could care less... They'll get theres!

Also if you watch the pros they rarely flinch when they get bonused balled. So it makes you pro too! :)



The only time bonus balling is annoying is when you are playing a big game and your walking off the field out of bounds and you walk by someone bunker and the moron turns and shoots like 15 freaking times. And then are like I am sorry I though you were coming to bunker me. Even though you are walking out of bounds and you have the little barrel condom/arm band in your barrel. This happens all the time at Liberty Big Games. But its still important not to flinch. :)

[dyeforever]

i only got pissed off once at a rec game. my fault, my marker was crapping out on me all day so i needed to vent my anger on something and that one guy got to me. it was only like one or two bonus balls but that cause me to snap. i swore so dam loud and with my mom, dad and little kids around i felt so imbareissed(spelling) not worth it.

[MaxPowers]

well duh....

Gun shoots 25/bps;
Hopper feeds 25/bps;
Adrenalin coarsing through trigger finger;

Exactly how many balls are considered 'extra' when you get hit?

I don't like it anymore than any of you, but unfortunatley its part of the game these days. I don't have the time to waste getting mad about it anymore. Im there to have fun.

[Brophog]

If I put my hand up, yell hit, and am still getting shot, then either the user needs talking to about his behaviour.

OR

The marker needs to replaced with one that the user can safely control.

[50 cal]

It's usually the habitual overshooter that complains the most when they are the one who gets overshot.
Played a tourney once, the team we were playing had a guy that wouldn't let up on the trigger when the game start sounded. I hit him in the back as I ran by on my way to another bunker. I hit him 2x at pretty close range. You would have thought I caved his back in.
He whined and cried after the game till one of the refs told him to quit his bellyaching or go home.

[painball]

I personally don't mind being bonus balled. Occasionaly I'll accidentaly go trigger happy on someone way across the field that is hard to see. I usually will stop when they start yellin. Sometimes not...