Can mags compete?

[Scott Hudnall]

for most local, novice and up tournaments, a well set up mag (whether AIR or Xvalved) in the hands of a good players can definitely compete. On the higher level tournaments, would have a disadvantage in regards to ROF, but that's it.

What I've certainly observed is that once the initial "laning" has died down, the ROF isn't so much of an issue. It tends to level out once the game gets going. Admittedly, I'm not playing NPPL or Xball, but then again, neither is 99 percent of paintballers out there.

Have a Merry Christmas. Just have fun with your 'mag and don't worry about this crazy talk.

[warbeak2099]

I don't think a mech mag can compete on the tournament level, but an Xmag or Dmag can.

OMG, everyone shuttup. I think he just pseudo-defended mags...

He's right tho. An electro is an electro. It just depends on what board you have. The basic platform of an RT/X-valved mag has the ability to shoot fast and consistantly. As long as you make it electro with a decent board, it will be able to meet that.

On the local tourny level, you should be fine with any sort of electro mag. As a frontman, a mech would not put you at a serious disadvantage. As a backman you wouldn't want a mech of any kind. Unless it's a pneu-framed gun.

[angelpena]

It's not always about what can be used in a tourney, there are plenty of A-5's out there and I wouldn't play a tourney with one, but I'd shoot my friends with it.

[Pyroboy597]

Can mags compete with the markers in tounries today? No.

[JKR]

I think that may be true in the top division, but 90% of us don't play there. Face it, in the rest of the divisions there are far greater areas we could address than our marker, all of the skill based.

Good post Lohman446...


I dare say that 90% of paintballers don't even participate at any level of tournament play. I believe that AGD realized they were marketing to a minority and changed gears accordingly. Wise decision? Only history will tell the tale.

Now if the recreational players would only realize that they don't need anything close to top level tournament level equipment and focus on having fun, all of us would be better off.

Mechanical 'Mags at top level tournaments? I don't believe anything short of the RT Pro could really be competitive. Not even sure if the RT would be competitive since my knowledge of tournament play is pretty much zilch.

However, this rec player's Classic 'Mag will have to be pulled from my cold dead fingers before being left to my heirs!

[nate2k191]

i say eff the competition... mags are quality products. in my opinion the BEST semi-auto markers and they are great electric markers. shockers and all the other guns are sweet, but i will be a mag owner forever.

[SpitFire1299]

I have a mech mag.. and i compete. So of course they can!

[Troen]

emags compete with any gun up there in semi only tournaments, especially in connecticut where everyone thinks they're modified shockers

[The Action Figure]

my hypermag will compete just fine drew. In any case, mags will do just fine. Why ask? its more the player than the gun. Ive seen paintmagnet take out dm5 shootin ppl with a nelspot pump chrono'n 240.

yeah ummm is a hypermag mech? No. and Daniel is pretty good anyway and the little kids at upstate suck so... but could he compete with a pump at 240 at the national level? No. also im sure he had teammates backing him up

[SpitFire1299]

I actually recently played a tournament with my classic valved micro. It was a 5man, and 15bps ramping was allowed. I had the slowest gun there, but easily kept up.

I forgot to add that.

[peewee]

In a word..... Yep, being that most of us will never be on the field starting down Oliver Lang. You can compete with anything. I saw a guy in the finals this last season playing with an bone stock A5. I thougfht it was a joke untill I realized that his team took first. He thought his primary guns board shorted out in the second game of the day ( he put in a "new" dead battery).

[Pha|anx]

The only mags that can compete on a high tournament level is a well-tuned and upgraded X-mag, or a very upgraded E-mag, or a devilmag.

Speed is king, and you must be able to set ramping modes.

Right. And even the NPPL still does not allow ramping. Ohhhhh--- woooo--- My X-Mag can't ramp... In any tournament, where ramping is not allowed, I can compete just as well as anyone else. I love it. X-Mags are from 2003 correct? OH GOSH! How can you be using something from 2003? Anyone bother to tell every Shocker sporting team they marker has changed since 2003? Actually my bad-- 'Milled' bodies add 7bps and +1 bps for every added model year.



I still say once you get into true high end markers, it falls to personal preference.
Says the man with a Tadaoed Viking sitting in his gearbag.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

too lazy to go through all the pages of this thread, but yes, mags can still compete might be a bit harder playing against some other markers out there but they still get the job done

[psychowarden]

At the last tournament I went to, the 1st place team had a few different mech guns. Their back player had an Ion, and front players had a Classic mag with a Logic mech frame, and the other had a mech cocker. So, mech mags can.

And we know X-Mags and E-Mags can. I mow muppets with mine

[pachytriton]

I'd say a ult mag in any semi only tourney can compete, and an e mag defineately. If ramping's allowed that's a whole different story.