Alpha

I'm guessing it was a kalashnikov automat right? They make em to hold the 7.62 30rd AK mags.

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paintballjunk12

Jeez alpha you barely wrote anything you could of written alot more(sarcastic)

pimpin balla

Snipers pretty much always hit what they are aiming for, you cant do that in paintball!!! When is the last time you saw someone go to like a 15 on 15 woodsball match and take 15 or 16 paintballs. Case Closed.

Doable Bill

I've never really found out, but I assume it means personal exchange.

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HP_lovecraft

Its true. I do it, and its my favorite tactic.

I'll travel to "big games", and take up a well concealed position. I WAIT patiently for the OTHER TEAM TO PASS ME. (much harder then it sounds), then I'll quietly follow them from behind.

I possible, I'll pick them off one at a time, or try to dump as much paint as possible, and run like mad.
THe best situation is if they get attacked from the FRONT. Then its pretty easy to pick them off from behind because its impossible to tell where the shots are commin from with all that noise.

Is this sniping? Well, sniping is a military term, but it closely simulates what real snipers do. Regardless of what you call it, it can be done effectively.

Unfortunetly... it usually isnt. Real paintball sniping is friggen HARD TO DO. Letting the other team pass you within being noticed makes your heart beat so hard, you can't even hear the other team.

What newbs do IS NOT sniping. I call that hiding.

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JT_Gosu

Awesome job alpha! Wow, I learned more reading that than I have my whole school career, (not saying much) =] thanks a bunch, way to help!

Cocker16

i tink a mod should close this.

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HP_lovecraft

TO bad there never on....

Doh!

Nick

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Cocker16

who really cares about sniping in paintball anymore its your opinnion and u cant change the othre persons though esp on an internet forum.

just keep your opinions and lets move on this is pretty much like the hk suypporters and h-gay.

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Alpha

Im not changing people's opinion, I'm informing them. Saying you r a pball sniper is like showing up at a BMX comp and telling everyone you can do all these tricks that you made up..

Sniping doesn't exist in paintball, nor does playing back exist in woodsball. There are almost ALWAYS "lines". And yb that I mean its either their controlled land or ours, and theres a front along that line. Thats how it usually is, and you can't stay far back and "Snipe" people off. Even if you do all the things I suggested as far as modifications and gear, your only going to add maybe 20-30 feet. Not nearly enough to stay back where they can't see you.

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Having played tournament level WOODSBALL, there certaintly DO exist backs. They are critical to winning. I'm not sure you understand what backs do.

And, there are certaintly people who Snipe in paintball.

You can huff and puff, but in the 80s, many army units used PAINTBALL for combat simulation, and found that were also able to accurately simulate snipers using paintball guns as well.
So, according to the MILITARY, yes, there IS sniping in paintball. And I would think you could respect the opinion of the military.

The problem is that you think Sniping is what you see in the movies WHICH IS VERY FAR FROM THE TRUTH.
It has very little to do with the gun, or shooting from a distance. That is all trivial.

It all has to do with engaging the enemy while concealed. This is the military, and dictionary definition. Most sniping is actually done at extremely close range. This is accomplished by excellent training, and fantastic concealment tactics.

So, the reason people say that "no sniping in paintball" because of 2 reasons:
1- They have seen to many movies, and do not know what sniping is.
2- or they just hate newbs that brag they are sniping, when obviously they are not.

Paintball is NOT war, but it is an effective simulation. This is why it was originally called wargames. Likewise, sniping in paintball is not identical to real sniping, but is close enough to claim the title as well.

Nick

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JT_Gosu

Well put, Alpha and Lovecraft. It's helped a lot, I admit, I was confused. Now it's clear as mud!! =]

Hobo_Joe

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Please see the bottom video!!!

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MassPainter66

alpha the flatline doesnt use the magnus effect it doesnt use gyroscopic lift it simply use pressure and surface friction the friction lifts the low pressure to the top leaving the high pressure at the bottom like an airplane this is called The Lift Equation go to NASAs sight and on there you will find it

here ill even post a link (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/lifteq.html) for the formula you instead of using V*A you use V*Rotation


HAHAHA you cant beat this one it fully explains with a java applet the affect of rotation on a sphere (set the imput to shape/angle and set the shape from airfoil to ball) http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil2.html


and a screen shot for the lazy people

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Alpha

Alright. Spinning a ball backwards will not create lify. PUTTING BACKSPIN ON A SPHERE TO CREATE LIT IS CALLED THE MAGNUS EFFECT.

Thats like showing me a picture of a wing and telling me that its not called lift, its called making it go up due to the curve of the wing.

The Magnus effect IS gyroscopic lift.

The way an airplane creates lift and the way a spherical object spinning backwards creates lift are two totally different things.

Okay lets pretend your right and its not called the magnus effect. (Wait a minute, so what if its called the magnus effect or not. ).

I encourage you to take a glass of water, fill it 3/4 the way with water, and put 3 ice cubes in it. Turn the glass and tell me what happens.


EDIT: Thats off your nasa link. Odd, last time I checked paintballs wern't shaped like that. The camber of the wing is what creates lift, not the little round part in the front. BEcuase air has to get over the hump on the top of the wing, the pressure is differentthen the air below the wing that doesn't have to travel just as far.

EDIT: LOL, and on that applett, what you just did was create the magnus effect.

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ARagingRebel

the only true sniper i have seen, is when i went to D-day earlier this summer. I charged onto "the beach", middle section, if anyone cares, and a dude with an old pump, was at the top taking people out with one or two shots. the gun was way old, it had wood on the stock and the tank had to be a skinny 9 oz, or it wouldnt have fit in the bottom cause their were metal holder restraints.

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Palmer Hurricane(sp). Diesel marker.

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ARagingRebel

umm wow, you know the gun lol. Yeah, the dude using that was a sniper, cause its not like he could shoot as near fast as us with semi's. He was using a pump. lol

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JT_Gosu

You know, ignorance is not a good quality. First of all, you CAN hit everything you are aiming for, it would just take good accuracy skills (which you CAN obtain by practice). Second of all, you never see kids go out onto a woodsball field with 15 or 16 paintballs, because that would be stupid. Even if they are confident in their abilties, they would take extra paint. Besides, you would never see a sniper go up on a hill, over a camp that has 15 enemies, with only 15 rounds of ammo. They take extra ammo also, because like I already said, it would be stupid to take JUST enough.

Before, if someone said "i'm a good sniper" ida been like 0/\/\G 1 l3/-\7 u n0o1b!111! But now that I think about it, according to the definition of 'sniper' there ARE snipers in paintball. I would not call them snipers though, because most people would just call you a noob and walk off because of what they have seen in the movies. If you are "shooting from a concealed location", go ahead and call yourself a sniper. Just...prepare to get uber flamed. I would just say "I was picking 'em off" or sumtin..whatever.

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DJS2

my take: if there are such things as snipers, i think its stupid... anyways, ive seen some stock class guys just rip it up against other semi-auto guns...i dont think a stock class player is a sniper, but i think its as close as you could get to one in paintball.