Was I in the wrong? a little blurb about this weekend

[phantomhitman]

you were in the right. i still do not bunker kids, or anyone, that i do not know personally. there have been almost punches thrown from rec players, parents of small kids, and even teh tourney players over bunkering/overshooting them.

anytime i play against little kids, or even some normal rec kids, i will shoot out the good players first, then set my gun on the ground and move around. eventually the kid will either shoot me or give up because he thinks he is about to get destroyed. either way is fine for me, the kid will either go brag about how he shot out the guy with the dm5, or he will run away in terror because he ws the last one left shooting against a dm5. you can ask my teammates who post here, they have witnessed me many times give up or let the kiddies shoot me out. i know it sounds stupid, but as we all know, rec players think the gun makes the player.

[Lohman446]

anytime i play against little kids, or even some normal rec kids, i will shoot out the good players first, then set my gun on the ground and move around. .

I have seen players on a mixed team (skill mixed) do that. Once the top players are eliminated they remove there hopper from the gun and feed single balls - practicing moving and snap shooting.

[peewee]

Dont tell me you worded your surrender attempt as "want to go out?" He might have thought for dinner or something!! Played both well. I try & hit pods or a foot if I really have the drop on them.

[shadowspar]

Good on ya for asking about bunkering and for offering a surrender. My introduction to paintball was Stock Class with Nel-Spots, and offering and accepting surrenders wasn't optional -- it was expected behaviour and etiquette. I still offer the surrender option if I have someone dead to rights, and I accept and walk off if I'm caught dead to rights myself. Yeah, I've been burned once or twice by someone who turns on me, but the worst case scenario is both of us walking off with paint on us, and I still know I'm in the right, which is more important to me than winning.

As for bunkering: it all depends on the field policies. If bunkering's allowed, then I don't complain if I take a hit up close. Getting overshot is a different matter. I'll always offer a surrender when I make a bunkering run, unless it's a "tourney-style" game where bunkering is the norm and the folks I'm playing with are experienced players who expect to be on both the giving and receiving end of the muggings.

As for the surrender wording -- for some reason, I've used "Give it up!" for almost as long as I can recall. Lately, though, it's been more of "You're out!" or "You're gone!" when I eliminate someone via the barrel-tag instead.

[SCpoloRicker]

Getting bunkered (ESP when the ref's ok it and you ONLY put 1 round into the guy) is part of the game and the people who shriek about it (I DONT WANT TO HEAR A WORD OUT OF YOU CARBON) are just, as I would say, swine.

I call shenanigans.


Conversekidz, you played it great for a rec-ball field. Only thing I would add, not that it contradicts your actions, is that I will offer surrender to younger players, usually by holding a bead on them and yelling "You're out!"

[Carbon]

LOLin @ gif, ricker

[SCpoloRicker]

I wanted the vid with you and z on the 50, but alas, twenty seconds of searching and it eluded me.

[Sparta]

I live in the Bay area, Antioch as a matter of fact. I know where midway is, but where is tag!? I really don't think you were in the wrong at all BTW.

[Automaggot68]

I DONT WANT TO HEAR A WORD OUT OF YOU CARBON

That was such an awesome video.

[p8ntball365]

If he's on the field then I would bunker him. I always shoot 3 times when bunkering. If theyr'e big enough to be holding a marker and shooting at you than they can be shot.

[Conversekidz]

I live in the Bay area, Antioch as a matter of fact. I know where midway is, but where is tag!? I really don't think you were in the wrong at all BTW.

Down in hollister

[JoshK]

You are very generous, and I would be very thankful the whole day that you didnt punch me if I was that one pump kid.

I try and offer "rambo" to mostly anyone...but more so to younger than me people. I remember this one time I was playing at a friends, and his dad tried to run at me (from like 15ft) out in the open, and I guess he was saying rambo...I guess my finger slipped once or twice as he was charging me