Getting bunkered...

[warbeak2099]

Shoulda just shot his gun REDRT.

[Z-man]

sometimes when you're adrenalin is rushing your actions arent the 'smartest', but i agree. If you're playing paintball, be ready to get hit. if you dont want to get bunkered, i may suggest underwater basket weaving?

Depends on the group you are playing with. Paintball is a very physical sport and ESPECIALLY for new people, getting bonus balled or shot at close range can be taken on a personal level. I know when I first started playing if I got shot more than 2x I got mad and thought "what a jerk! he hit me already what the heck is he doing?!?"

But as I learned how the game works I began to understand and accept these things. Besides not being able to hear well with the din of the markers and the masks we wear, paintballs don't always break and they are anything but presicion ammunition.

When playing with people new to the sport or who have only played in a casual level, I try not to do some of the things that I am used to and would do normally. Things like:

Bonusballing & Large Volumes of Paint- OK yea Ill still blow 1000 rounds in a game easy but the difference is I won't put 200 rounds into a bush that a newbie is hiding in. I WILL do that to one of you .

Bunkering- Ill give them a chance to surrender or make every effort to shoot 1x in the foot or leg (as people new tend call themselves out whether the shot broke on them or not)

Run Through's and Close Range Shots- Sometimes you can't help it but if the opportunity occures I probably won't take it.

These new people are going to be the veterans of tomorrow, why not let bring them in under plesant conditions rather than throwing them to the wolves

[REDRT]

I didn't do the shooting in this instance. The fella that got shot didn't feel a thing do to the paint hitting the goggles. At the time of this I told my friend that was pretty new to the game that he shouldn't at pointblank shoot the the guy in the goggles like that, but they held up and no one was hurt. The whole series of actions happened very fast and wasn't planned. The reaction of the one that was shot was priceless.

[blykins]

the field I play at doesn't allow bunkering.

[68magOwner]

the field I play at doesn't allow bunkering.

there really isnt much need for it in rec ball, if you get close enough to bunker someone, you might as well just tap their bunker and get em out that way.

[person1]

the field I play at doesn't allow bunkering.

I actually think my field tells you in the saftey video your forced to watch that you should tell people to surrender. I highly doubt anyone goes by that, but you should be prepared to be hit when you play. When i bunker someone i just shoot until i see the paint break, usually 1 or 2 shots.

[phantomhitman]

i have never been bunkered, does it hurt?

[punkncat]

We don't allow players to surrender one another. There are too many problems that arise out of asking someone to surrender and then getting lit up, or even both players getting out of hand and mowing on each other. If you find yourself in that position(and care) then shoot the other player somewhere it won't hurt....

As far as bunkering, it is a given that it is allowed in all games unless someone objects BEFORE the start of that particular game. There are too many aspects of the game that are lost when playing with no bunkering or "X" foot rules in place. I do enjoy a good friendly game of no bunkering, and find it very valuable for use at times when new players are about, I mean hey noone wants to get lit up their first few times out. But if I played that way all the time my game would suffer for it.

[Pyroboy597]

On Saturday I did a run through on our local rec field and bunkered 9 people

Shortly afterwards the father of one of the kids (who I also hit) ripped his mask off, walked up to me, and punched me in the face. Police came. Bye bye to that guy.

[geekwarrior]

On Saturday I did a run through on our local rec field and bunkered 9 people

Shortly afterwards the father of one of the kids (who I also hit) ripped his mask off, walked up to me, and punched me in the face. Police came. Bye bye to that guy.

I probably would have punched you too...