importance of backmen

[Trunnion]

mid's have the option of staying in the back or moving up front whenever they have an opening. a mid player is a sort of mobile reserve, as i see it. we play a sort of 2-1-2 formation; backs and fronts on the tapes and corners, mid literally in the middle. he can double up a tape or go up the middle, hang back or move way up front. mid is a tough position because you have to have a sense of the game and know where to go and when, but you also have to have total trust in your back men to let you know EXACTLY where your opponents are so you don't run into a rope of paint.

[eddie885221]

backmen are important because they show ppl how cool it is to shoot fast, just kiddin, i play back and its like everybody says they are the communication center for the team, i am our team captain because i am first in command on the field, i realy calls and make calls and that is y we win, one of the worst things thats ever happened to us was when my gun screwed up, dont know how (it was a spyder wut can i say), and i had to leave the game, we got crushed, none of our front men could move up because the other teams backs had them pinned, usually when i get out or sumthin we do a shift move and the mids move back to cover, we didnt this time for some reason, backmen are the most important for cover and communication

[127.0.0.1]

There's a wise saying that says...

"Front players get all the chicks, Back players get all the Men."

[TheTramp]

...one of the worst things thats ever happened to us was when my gun screwed up, dont know how (it was a spyder wut can i say), and i had to leave the game...

I hope you were hit before you left.

You don't need a gun to call positions and to make the other team spend time/paint dealing with you.

[eddie885221]

i was hit, it messed up so i tried to move back a little so that i could work on it, while i was moving one of thier front guys had just started to shoot and instead of my mids covering me like i asked them to do while i went back they did nuthing

[tony3]

There's a wise saying that says...

"Front players get all the chicks, Back players get all the Men."

No, more like this Front players get all the girls, Back players always have a job.

Kind of like the guitar one, Guitarists get the girls, bassists always have a job.

[127.0.0.1]

No, more like this Front players get all the girls, Back players always have a job.

Kind of like the guitar one, Guitarists get the girls, bassists always have a job.

I'm a guitar player and I play back... I guess I get both

[Lohman446]

i was hit, it messed up so i tried to move back a little so that i could work on it, while i was moving one of thier front guys had just started to shoot and instead of my mids covering me like i asked them to do while i went back they did nuthing

I once played a tournament with someone who had a reason why everytime he was eliminated it wasn't his fault. Once...

[teufelhunden]

I'm with eddie. When we're on the field, I'm in charge as a backman. Although I'm not the team captain [basically because I didn't organize the team] I'm the one running the team on the field because I'm more experienced than our other backman [when in our 5man config] and well, our only backman in our 3man config. Doing it that way just makes the most sense... why put a front in charge, as they don't see everybody on the field.

[trains are bad]

I <3 my backmen

[puckmaster]

I play back, and i find it is very underrated, even tho we have a harder job than the front or mid players IMO. I've played games where our front players been taken out of the break, and its left to 2 or three of us backplayers, and we were able to win. And then i've seen games when the back players get taken out off the break, and it seems that the frontguys only last a couple of minutes, and i've never seen only front men win a game. so, without back guys, you might as wll turn around and bend over.

[jdev]

I hope you were hit before you left.

You don't need a gun to call positions and to make the other team spend time/paint dealing with you.

very true. my marker went down just before the beginning of the game (ok, someone, who will remain nameless, put the bolt in upside down) and rather than call myself out, I stayed in and yelled positions (yes, I am a back player).

a man down, we ended up rolling the other team, but team captain got called for bunker rub, but, none the less, my staying in the game helped the other 2 front guys know where everyone else was.

moral: play with a back guy.

[GoatBoy]

Hrm... sitting comfortably in the furthest back bunker and dumping paint and calling positions vs. running, diving, hiding behind low bunkers while taking shots from multiple directions.


Gee, tough call.






Come on guys, don't delude yourselves as to which position is HARDER to play. I'm not saying backs aren't important. But let's just say a lot of people play back for a reason.