The "How To Beat Semi's With A Pump" Thread

[M-a-s-sDriver]

There seems to be a growing interest in the whole PUMP thing, maybe due to the Blowfish' success.
So I thought I would start this thread to accumulate the experience and stories from those who know how to lay it down against the hated Semi. Believe me, you can give the average tourny player more game than they can handle. If you are playing really advanced guys or pro's, they're going to clean your clock anyway, so you might as well play pump and save some dough.
Two things that come to mind are using high ROF against the offending slime, and using thier own frustration against them.
Once you get to your bunker, start looking for a back player and get him or her shooting at you. If you pay attention, you will actually find it easier to see the line of paint being thrown at you, especially if they are ramping. Use that to your advantage by shooting back at the times the paint is off your line. It happens more often than you think. The higher the ROF, the easier it is to do.
The next trick is to frustrate a closer player into really hanging it out for a shot, or the best, getting them to "muppet up" for you over the top of a bunker.
This works best if they KNOW you have the pump because they will generally disrespect your skills. After trying to outgun you, they get frustrated and play loose. If you keep your game tight, pretty soon it's GOG time, just watch for that little window.
Welcome all comments,
Brent.

[Jakedubbleya]

I havent done anything but oneball/pump for years.

i also play with decent players.

most decent players one-ball a lot of the time which is actually much more difficult than pump play.

dont delude yourself that experienced players have no idea what you have up your sleeve, just accept that if you are going head to head against good players using semi's you are going to have to use an inferior strategy of play, and that most of the time you are going to be hiding in your bunker from streams of paint waiting for somebody to try and bunker you (during an airball game of 5+ per team).

practice counter-bunkering, thats all the advice i got. everything else is a big DUH!

pump/oneballing is still more fun though, and thats why i do it

[HarrysSon]

thats a really well thought strategy, have you tried that yourself to see if it worked?

[SAW]

One word: Aggressive.

You have to be aggressive when playing pump. Get down the field, make the other team worry about you. Practice snap-shooting, reloading your 10rds / CO2s, and counter bunkering.

[Chipper]

practice counter-bunkering, thats all the advice i got.

This is the MOST important thing you could learn. The 2nd is to know how run up the field. The 3rd is to know how to snipe muppet mowers.

Darn them muppet mowers.

[stop whining buy a mag]

This is the MOST important thing you could learn. The 2nd is to know how run up the field. The 3rd is to know how to snipe muppet mowers.

Darn them muppet mowers.

So you have something against me!?!

A few people at my field play pump every so often. It's just a laid back woodsball field but there's quite a few fast guns out there. Being aggressive is the best thing you can do. Give them something to worry about. And while your upfront, you can get some pretty nice kills as the other team tries to bump up.

[50 cal]

Been using a Phantom for years against semis. It usually takes a few minutes to gage someones timing. That is my secret to playing against them. Nearly everyone has a pattern they fall into. If you can figure them out, you can nail them.
Big games are a good way to practice against electros. The tourney players use the same technique in scenario or big games.
It's pretty funny when you get one of them and they bellyache about you getting them with just one or two shots against their 200.

[Maggot6]

I haven't faced to many pump'ers (is that even a term?) so I can't really input how they beat me..But I suggest others say how the pump'ers beat them...

[Automaggot68]

Play well if not better.

I win.

[Fred]

I really doubt the Blowfish have much to do with it unless you're in Cali.

I played the FL pump event yesterday, and 26(?) people were there, playin hard!

Last month I played the Spring Pump Event in Illinois, and 107 people were there from across the country!

I digress...

Playing pump against semis is easy.

Step 1: Move.

Step 2: Keep moving. Nothing frustrates them more than not knowing where you might be.

Step 3: Snap Shoot. A lot. You Cannot win a toe-to-toe confrontation, so be sneaky.

Step 4: Communicate... I still find this to be the most difficult tactic to get people to follow...

Step 5: Smile, be happy... its funny to see their reactions when you're having a good time, even if you're not winning...

You'll find these tactics change dramatically when you're playing against all pumps... because these work against bunker-monkeys, but not against a mobile, communicative team.

---Fred

[yakitori]

I hear a lot of ppl bragging about beating good players w/ pumps against semis, but then I hear comments about woodsball/rec fields. Just cause you see someone at the rec field that is wearing jersey, paints, harness and all that doesnt mean they are tourney players. Those guys just want to look like that. And they usually arent all as good as you guys think they are. Most rec/woods in this area are very easy fields. I go out there and one ball ppl w/ my ion (used to do it w/ my mag and tippy). There are a lot of things you can practice w/o having to use a pump, although it does conserve paint and prolly make it easier to move since you arent carrying all that much weight.

Even a large majority of tourney players arent all that good. One balling noobs and recsters is really not something to boast about.

[shartley]

I hear a lot of ppl bragging about beating good players w/ pumps against semis, but then I hear comments about woodsball/rec fields. Just cause you see someone at the rec field that is wearing jersey, paints, harness and all that doesnt mean they are tourney players. Those guys just want to look like that. And they usually arent all as good as you guys think they are. Most rec/woods in this area are very easy fields. I go out there and one ball ppl w/ my ion (used to do it w/ my mag and tippy). There are a lot of things you can practice w/o having to use a pump, although it does conserve paint and prolly make it easier to move since you arent carrying all that much weight.

Even a large majority of tourney players arent all that good. One balling noobs and recsters is really not something to boast about.

[shartley]

[frontrunner]

I played with fred at the local pump event and its cool to see a pump on pump airball gan it just sounds different. I saw some of the best players i'd ever seen yesterday guys taht could hit you the first time the snapped out even if you weren't showing that much but over all have fun

[Fred]

Oh teh Noes!

I'm so confused!

Since I'm a pump-player... but I wear nice pants, a jersey, and fancy packs to hold my 12grams and 10 round tubes... does that make me a n00b-basher? or a twib-basher?

Yakitori- keep it on topic bro, there's plenty of room elsewhere to discuss that.

----

There is a big psychological advantage to playing pump, it can work both ways though, some players will overlook you because of it, some will focus on you... both can be easily turned to your advantage: 1) Flank and prove that you are a force to be reckon'd with... 2) have your friends eliminate them while they focus on you!

---Fred