Playing "theories" gun battling and the sort.

[VFX_Fenix]

There's a saying that's used by the SAS "Who Dares, Wins" and in paintball it's true to a point. Another problem that we have is the inconsistancy of our play time together, I think there have been maybe 4 certified team practices where everyone who was playing has been there. Hopefully when the winter sets in and there aren't any tournaments for us to hit (aka the off season lol) we'll have some time to get together and really play some ball with eachother. I've been playing paintball with only one of these people for any reasonable ammount of time and I haven't really been able to learn his habbits.

There isn't a whole lotta meshin going on and I think much of the time we end up fighting eachother more than the other teams. I dunno, we'll figure it out.

So will we be seeing you guys in Vacaville?

[Lohman446]

Fenix. our team is still trying to find the equillibrium between of aggressive and defensive play.

At times we find it is very ok to play the shoot-shoot-shoot-keep-a-head-in, move-repeat.
Other times we'll play game where we have this unbreakable crossup between the backs and mids while we have a small amount of movement.

Almost always though we find we are more succesful when we are agressive.

i dunno, suppose we are all just looking for the "smart game"

My five man team has a pretty good balance - its because the back players frankly are a lot better than the front players. On the break we take two back players, two front players, and a mid to fill in. The mid normally trails the snake player and helps them in, before turning towards the center of the field. The other front player is responsible for his own tape. The backplayers are responsible for defense. It gives us a pretty good balance.

I would like to think the three man I played with the other day had a great balance. We were breaking one player forward on the left tape, one to the back stand that controlled the right tape, and the third was a fill in player. This player broke left to fill create a defensive cross, or move forward if the situation dictated in the event the snake player was taken out or take the back right side if the backplayer got taken out. Once the snake player was secure in his position this player moved laterally to the right side of the field (lateral moves are easier than you think) depending on the situation to either play forward, or back up the now advancing backplayer on the right side. The tactic worked wonderfully, and had the added benefit of throwing the other teams count off on at least three occassions. As our team plays more together and gets used to it (and one point when I was playing filler and we lost the right tape and I moved over. I was halfway up the right tape when our snake player made a desperation move that paid off and took out the other team... he had lost me on the field, as had they. As we get better at just knowing each other, I think we will become very very competetive

[buzzboy]

would you say you are an agressive gun fighter/battle?
I prefere to only be aggressive when I am held down in a bunker. If not I like to be more just shoot when nessasary.

do you like gunbattling to begin with? or do you prefer to be sneaky?
I really like to be sneaky. I will get in bushes(yes woodsball) and crawl through them so I can sneak up on an unsuspecting enemy. That way if I miss the shots I take on them I won't be out in the open for them or one of their teammates to get me.

What is you comfort zone? How many guys do you tend to gun battle at one time?
After about 2 guys I like to have another team mate helping me pound them. That way we can cover each other on reloads and such. Or if the other team makes a move we can hit them from multiple angles.

do you win most of your gun battles (eliminating the otehr guy)?
I believe that with only one person against me I win if I see him first and the other way around. If I get off the first shot I usually win the battle unless they have a good bunker and I'm to far out in the open.

[Carbon]

Fenix, yes we will be in Vacaville. I was there last time as a pod botch/gear tech/video

[NukeGoose]

Well, I doubt many people will come in here and say that they usually lose gunfighting battles. The best approach to gunfighting is to walk the field thoroughly with your team before the games start. Everyone has a zone of responsibility and a job to do, and you've gotta do whatever you can to accomplish your objective - whether it's keeping control of your tape line so that the snake guy can move, or fighting your way into the next dorito so that you can pinch out a key corner. If you have to gunfight with someone, then go ahead - but the best way to score eliminations is to move up the field and take advantage of the new angles that you get.

[captian pinky]

hey guys great thread .i usually play pump and rec ball and i do usually loose the gun fights mainly cuz i get lanned from 3 people.but im not a huge fan of being smeaky i just push really hard off the break and then give them hell usually with one balls got to love that pump mag.

[athomas]

I tell my guys, never engage in a one on one battle. Its 50/50 whether you win or lose. Always look for a tactacal advantage. Try to combine more than one gun on a given bunker to hold a player in and move one of your players to a better bunker, or to pinch a player. There will be bunkers that the other team occupies, which aren't really important, especially at the start of a game. We ignore them for the most part ( we will fire a few balls at them once in a while to keep them on there toes), knowing that they can't do any real damage from there anyway. Our main objective throughout the game is to flood any bunker we want to eliminate.

[cioeboy]

i usually pick out the biggest threat to my team (usually in a back corner taking out my teams front players) and i fight with him so he can't move or shoot anyone unless he takes me out first and that usually gives my front men time to take control of the field before i run out of paint, run out of air, or get shot

[MoneyShot]

I am an aggressive person. I like the gun battles. Its more of an adrenaline rush for me. I will always snap shoot some and if i dont get them out then i will usually get them pinned down and then i will make my move and bunker them. I know im not professional or anything but i rarely lose gun battles.