The Shocker, rebound, and the field

[Lohman446]

LOL... its been a long time since I have seen experienced players where I play care abotu what marker is in your hands, but after I cleared the useability of rebound settings for play people did take notice.

One experienced player, walking down on my team made the comment to me. "We've won already, you have mentally intimidated them" And we won... careful instructions were given me that game to pound on the bunker of there best front player, and he flat out told me he could not move all game.

After that I never got to play with the gun again for most of the day, it was passed around like a cheap :) . A lot of people played with it, A LOT of people dry fired it. After 8K to 10K shots you have to lube it to keep away drop off, I had to do so halfway through the day. It go more looks, handling, than any marker I have ever brought to the field.

The marker was insane.... one finger you could fire off the Halo's paint supply with astounding speed. As a front player I had the firepower when I wanted it, and was able to concentrate on the game - until I got over that firepower and played it actually hurt my game.

Awesome gun, awesome speed, accurate, did not chop, and reasonably efficient. I loved it, I had a lot of fun, and nearly everyone who held it was impressed.

:) and I already know your opinions about it not being legal, FA issues etc. They do exist, they are issues, but it was still fun

[68magOwner]

but after I cleared the useability of rebound settings for play

...how? who let you/why? there insurance cant cover that (im assuming)

[Steelrat]

If everyone else put their gun onto a cheat mode, Im guessing yours wouldn't have been the focus of attention any longer. Bragging about how impressive it was, when it wasnt even you doing the work, doesnt come accross too well.

[Lohman446]

Hehe.. hey, thats how it came out of the box, sue SP??

No doubt... but I didn't see one there - besides, its NXL settings, not cheat mode. Of course.. Im not in the NXL so that argument fades fast?

Seriously - liability, I carry a personal liability policy that covers my actions on the field... likely would be in effect before the fields and could likely settle to cover the field as well off of mine.

[BlackWeenie]

hey guys- BOO HOO. who cares if he used rebound, that doesnt make him a better player. if someone wanted to use cheats at my field, i really wouldnt care. hes just having fun with his new gun. is there something wrong with that? go cry somewhere else, let him have his fun, im sure he isnt going to do that every day

[Lohman446]

hey guys- BOO HOO. who cares if he used rebound, that doesnt make him a better player. if someone wanted to use cheats at my field, i really wouldnt care. hes just having fun with his new gun. is there something wrong with that? go cry somewhere else, let him have his fun, im sure he isnt going to do that every day

Thank you

Two things I noticed
A) My game suffered using it, I depended on teh marker to do it all for me, it didn't.
B) I played more with my normal Shocker than this, though I dont think this one missed a game, everyone tried it, played with it, and it was fun to play with. It was a piece of technology that was fun.

[Steelrat]

There is something wrong with a gun having a built-in mode that lets it fire faster than is humanly possible. Hey, I can setup my viking to get 31 bps. Watch me keep all the suckas tucked in their bunkers. Wheee. The interesting question is, if you setup that shocker so it actually shoots one ball for each pull, is it still going to be the fantastic crowd-attracting gun it was when used with rebound?

EDIT: I can see it being interesting to try, but that first post almost made it seemed like you were bragging about it.

[Lohman446]

There is something wrong with a gun having a built-in mode that lets it fire faster than is humanly possible. Hey, I can setup my viking to get 31 bps. Watch me keep all the suckas tucked in their bunkers. Wheee. The interesting question is, if you setup that shocker so it actually shoots one ball for each pull, is it still going to be the fantastic crowd-attracting gun it was when used with rebound?

Is any gun - my Phantom was close, not that anyone else used it. My Pump-mag close, my Sydarm close....

People like oddities, new things - the DM4s got a lot of attention, the Shockers when new got a lot of attention. E-blades got a lot of attetnons.

Oh... and my e-mag in hybrid mode got A LOT of attention also. Was it wrong?

[Steelrat]

I never said it was wrong to get attention. I questioned whether anyone would have been drooling over the shocker if it had not had the rebound enabled. If your field allows rebound, they better be ready to accept turbo and autoresponse modes on other guns, like pandora'd vikings. Then watch the paint start flying.

[ghideon]

Cheat mode, by any another name, would sound as foul.

[BlackWeenie]

There is something wrong with a gun having a built-in mode that lets it fire faster than is humanly possible. Hey, I can setup my viking to get 31 bps. Watch me keep all the suckas tucked in their bunkers. Wheee. The interesting question is, if you setup that shocker so it actually shoots one ball for each pull, is it still going to be the fantastic crowd-attracting gun it was when used with rebound?

EDIT: I can see it being interesting to try, but that first post almost made it seemed like you were bragging about it.

id play someone who has a bouncing vike at 31 bps.. it doesnt matter how much paint is in the air, that doesnt make you better. and besides youve gotta reload after 3.5 seconds at that speed (you use a q loader right?). a fast gun doesnt make you invincible.

[Evil1]

Lohman, I understand where your coming from. It is fun to shoot an amazingly fast illegal gun. I do not condone them being used in tournaments and stuff, but they are fun. It is way fun to shoot a gun real fast with little to no effort. I can also agree with what you said about it hurting your game. With an illegal gun like that, you tend to do stupid things like hang out of the side of a bunker for too long or something else to the effect of relying on the gun.

[Steelrat]

id play someone who has a bouncing vike at 31 bps.. it doesnt matter how much paint is in the air, that doesnt make you better. and besides youve gotta reload after 3.5 seconds at that speed (you use a q loader right?). a fast gun doesnt make you invincible.

If the amount of paint in the air doesnt matter, why do the tournaments either restrict maximum ROF or have explicit rules regarding only shooting once per pull?

[Deathshadow9k]

this whole argument is escalating a bit, we all know that this whole rebound thing is gonna get x'd soon just like ramping and bounce, so let him have his fun with his crazy toy that makes him into a paintball speed demon for shooting, he'll get shot, give him time

[punkncat]

Even more shame on SP for helping make cheating acceptable.

Shame on you by supporting this in buying their product.

A fellow at the field using the new Nerve has how earned the nickname "cheater cheater".

Our field had started a new rule. Anyone using a marker with bounce , ramping , whatever is limited to the HOPPER ONLY of paint in open play. Totally disallowed for any tournies. Try getting the best out of your Anderson board on 200 rounds......