Why is it we never have bragging contests about....

[trains are bad]

Physical ability?

I mean right now I can see two threads about how fast you can shoot without even having to scroll down.

Why don't we have people bragging about how fast they can sprint etc?

[Fanatic]

not only in paintball talk....but its a paintball forum
noob.....

[Jaan]

One of the cool things about paintball is you don't have to be a jock to play. I'd really hate it if the game came down to who can run and hide behind the big inflatable triangle first.

Besides, if you're old like me you've twisted enough ankles in woodsball to be a little more careful these days (c:

[master_alexander]

because this is a paintball forum.

then again there is alot of sprinting... but that would have to go in the off topic section, unless you directley made it twards paintball. ex: how fast can you sprint 40 yards with all of your gear on? (full paint too)

that would be a good idea, and i would do that, but i dont have any prizes to give out...

[Jotsy]

i can bench press a 90cu tank... hows that?

[frop]

because this is a paintball forum.

then again there is alot of sprinting... but that would have to go in the off topic section, unless you directley made it twards paintball. ex: how fast can you sprint 40 yards with all of your gear on? (full paint too)

that would be a good idea, and i would do that, but i dont have any prizes to give out...

Gear or not, physical ability is directly and inseparably tied into paintball. Granted, it doesn't make a break a player, but denying it is folly.

For example, at my local indoor place, I never go for corners off the break, I know I'm too slow.

[frontrunner]

I'm waiting for the wiping contest to start.......

Imagine the player starts with a hit and is given 15 seconds to clean it as smothly as posible while a judge gives him on his style and covertness........ sounds odd but it would be easy to start i'm sure given the state of turny ball now days

[luke]

i can bench press a 90cu tank... hows that?

I can bench press over 300lbs, (I weigh 180lbs.) Does that help?

[Codekevin0403]

wow that's like 120 lbs over your weight

i can bench around 215, and i weigh about 145.

anyways i'm a pretty fast sprinter...did a 100m sprint in about 10.4 seconds.

[zackzel]

wow that's like 120 lbs over your weight

i can bench around 215, and i weigh about 145.

anyways i'm a pretty fast sprinter...did a 100m sprint in about 10.4 seconds.

Pretty fast, 10.4 seconds is crazy fast, I never loose a race around here and for the 100m dash my best time was 10.5

So no dude your not pretty fast your extremely fast, i think the olympic athletes only run in the high 9. somethings

10.4 would definafly help you sprinting up to the snake.

[Codekevin0403]

lol

i'm big on running since i play a lot of sports like lacrosse and football, but i know this might be a little off topic, but if any of you decide you want to run a little faster, my coach told me about these new nike's i think that make you feel as if you're running barefoot, and when i trained with them over last summer, it shaved almost a half second off my start. They're amazing

[slade]

i can bench press a 90cu tank... hows that?

i can bench a 112 ci tank... take that!

paintballers have competitions to see who can shoot the fastest because its unique to the sport and fairly easy to measure. if you want to have a competition to see who can run the fastest, then you should probably be on the track team.

...and then theres the fact that paintballers are fat.

[Paintchucker]

Physical ability?

I mean right now I can see two threads about how fast you can shoot without even having to scroll down.

Why don't we have people bragging about how fast they can sprint etc?

No one ever brags about their communication skills or teamwork... To be honest, I feel it is a balance/synergy of the three...

[slade]

No one ever brags about their communication skills or teamwork... To be honest, I feel it is a balance/synergy of the three...

because communication and teamwork are, well, team measures. people want to brag about themselves. also its pretty hard to measure teamwork or communication, its sorta subjective. with BPS you can analyze it and look at a graph and say "person 1 was shooting an average of 13.4 bps and topped out at 15, person 2 was shotting an average of 14.1 and topped out at 16."

[luke]

wow that's like 120 lbs over your weight

i can bench around 215, and i weigh about 145. .

I've lifted weights for the past 24 years.

Although I can lift that much I don't, I normally work out with 225 on bench...