Edit: Before I get called on it. My view on ramping is this - I would gladly use ramping if I did not beleive that violation of ASTM standards put me in areas of criminal and civil negligence that I deem unacceptable. I do not beleive there is a moral problem with it being used within the rules of the game. I just will not accept the legal risks. [/Edit]
I saw a player who beleives he is "gods gift to paintball" because he has a ramping (or bouncing, or whatever you want to call it) Angel that can put out a lot of paint. He is a better player than most people give him credit for, but not near the player he beleives himself to be. Regardless we were playing Sunday and I saw the worst use of ramping ever.
They had pushed hard, and brought it to a 4 on 3 game that gave them a comfort zone to push. A couple lucky shots and we made it 3 to 2. The kid with the ramping Angel was in the left snake at the fifty, there was another player on the right tape behind two bunkers behind the fifty. We had players across the back standups, I was in the right stand up and we had a player in the center and left stand up.
I decided I had to move up the field, and communicated accordingly across the field through relay calls so the other team did not hear them. Now, in theory our opponents had to simply stay crossed and divide the field. Our back right player would poke out and fire two balls down the right tape. The guy with the Angel would respond with 30 or so. In the time he fired those balls I would bump up, hidden from him. I was able to time them by the firing, the string of paint, and ramping - as the balls stopped I would bunker down and keep quiet.
I would argue that his ramping encouraged him to shoot strings, even though he had no chance of shooting. His ramping allowed us to know where he was on the field, and for the most part where he was looking.
My question is not of the advantages of ramping in a skilled players hands but the disadvantages it can cause to the player who uses it in an unskilled manner.
I saw a player who beleives he is "gods gift to paintball" because he has a ramping (or bouncing, or whatever you want to call it) Angel that can put out a lot of paint. He is a better player than most people give him credit for, but not near the player he beleives himself to be. Regardless we were playing Sunday and I saw the worst use of ramping ever.
They had pushed hard, and brought it to a 4 on 3 game that gave them a comfort zone to push. A couple lucky shots and we made it 3 to 2. The kid with the ramping Angel was in the left snake at the fifty, there was another player on the right tape behind two bunkers behind the fifty. We had players across the back standups, I was in the right stand up and we had a player in the center and left stand up.
I decided I had to move up the field, and communicated accordingly across the field through relay calls so the other team did not hear them. Now, in theory our opponents had to simply stay crossed and divide the field. Our back right player would poke out and fire two balls down the right tape. The guy with the Angel would respond with 30 or so. In the time he fired those balls I would bump up, hidden from him. I was able to time them by the firing, the string of paint, and ramping - as the balls stopped I would bunker down and keep quiet.
I would argue that his ramping encouraged him to shoot strings, even though he had no chance of shooting. His ramping allowed us to know where he was on the field, and for the most part where he was looking.
My question is not of the advantages of ramping in a skilled players hands but the disadvantages it can cause to the player who uses it in an unskilled manner.
he was shooting across the field at a teammate at our left 30, and i could just see the line of paint going across the field even from my odd perspective. After the game, the kid made no effort to deny he was ramping (not that anyone didnt know). This marker wasnt as fast as the x-teammates angel just because, trixes of course have slower cycle speeds. But, still jaw droppingly fast.
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