First off im new to this site and should maybe start my introducing myself. Well hey, i'm amy, yes i am female, yes i paintball, and im fourteen. Now, what are you macho guys doing taking advice from a fourteen year old girl?
No idea, but honestly i've been playing for about three years now and i get told a lot by the guys i play with that im really good, and as you guys are in the newbie section, im guessing you are newbies. So i figure i could maybe teach you a thing or two, who knows?
Just going to share tactics and things i do when i play, if anything helps you, awesome, if not, im sorry!
1) Wear loose clothing. Tight clothing will chafe and will hurt you, aswell as restricting your movement. When you play, you play to win, and restricted movement means you can't bring your A game. Also, loose, baggy clothing means that paintballs have more chance of bouncing off of you, meaning you can stay in the game longer.
2)Don't run flat out. Keep a steady pace, try not to attract attention. The way our optical's are wired means that the human eye will recognize two things first. Movement and colour. This goes without saying, then, that you shouldn't wear bright, flashy colours. It's all camo, wether it be urban, woodland, whatever. Back to the movement. Moving too fast will attract unwanted attention, so unless its one of those do or die situations where you bunker you're shooting from is under attack and you're going to have to make a mad dash to some other peice of cover then return fire, you need to be quite stealthy with the way you move. Concentrate on the speed in which you move, and the way in which you move. You could sidestep, as this would mean you have a smaller surface area and so less chance of being hit, or you could even army crawl. It depends on the situation you're in. Keep cool and choose wisely.
3) I know its quite obvious, but you dont want to be going into the game shooting blindly, constantly. Don't make the mistake of being trigger-happy. People tend to do it all the time, and there are many downsides to this. Constant, unaccurate firing would attract attention to you, so aim, then shoot. Conserve your ammo and shoot when you have a good shot. Not only will it attract attention to you and giveaway you're spot, it will cost an extortianate amount if you shoot too much.
4) Vary your shot sequences. Dont stick with the boring, monotone shot sequence where you just fire a few off then stop. When your in battle with some guy, you want to fire a couple slow shots, then fire a few rapid ones just to catch him off guard and get a shot on him/her.
5) You should look into cleaning your barrel and operating rod after every game because if you dont clean it often there will be problems. A clean barrel means maxiumum velocity and accuracy.
6) You'll also want to clean your mask after every game because it will probably fog up quite massively, and trying to see through the fogginess is hell, and you will probably end up firing off at a tree, thinking its a person. Its a good idea to bring some tissue paper into the game with you. Many paintballing sites supply camoflague for everyone who doesn't have their own, so just put some in your pocket and if it fogs up or gets paint splatters on during the game, you can duck down for a second or two and sort it out, make sure however, you do not remove the mask. A small ball traveling at 200mph to the eye or any facial area is not a pleasant experience. It may even be a good idea to bring some vinegary solution with you as it will for the most part, prevent fogging.
7) Use the whole field. When i play, i tend to go down the wing, and then make my way across from behind into the heart of the game. It may take a bit longer to do than the standard running straight down the middle, but if done correctly and stealthily, you can flank them from behind and effectively take majority of they're team out on a good run. Before the game there will be an interval, you should use this time to plan you're tactics and strategy's in reference to the ways in which you enter the game. Last time i played we split our squad into 3. We had a central force of 3. These guys just went straight down the middle. They hid behind cover and shot at the opposition, making sure their attention was on the central force our two winging squads of six went down the wings, one down the left, and one down the right. When we got to the middle of the wing, we split up, so three of both the winging six squads split from us. They got behind some good cover and shot at the opposition from both sides. So right now, you can imagine, we had the oppositon being attacked by three from the the front, three from the left, and three from the right. We had a solid hold on them. The three that were left on each wing did as i explained earlier, we went right the way round, and entered the heart of the game from behind. Then, one person from each mini squad rushed the guys, so we had 4 people rushing the opposition with a strong force behind them for cover and support. We had the opposition completely enclosed in 5 minutes or less, and of course it led to a win. You don't have to use that tactic, but think about making you're own in the intervals, strategic teams conquer teams with more firepower and numbers with no strategy everytime. Communication and strategy are what makes a team.
8) Aim before you fire! sounds obvious, but people do it all the time. They see someone, panic, and blindfire at them, hoping one will miraculously hit that guy. Look at him/her, get him in your gun sights, then fire. Keep your cool and dont panic.
9) Always be aware. Survey your surroundings, dont scope in. What i mean by dont scope in, is just dont concentrate on one area, look everywhere and be aware of everything going on around you. You may or may not have heard of tunnel vision. Tunnel vision is when you're so caught up with one of the opposition that you're firing at, that you ont realise whats going else around you, and can lead to you getting shot at from behind or the sides, and you wont know a thing about it untill its too late. You need to make sure this doesn't happen. Get your teammates to tell you if anythings going on that you need to know about. Comes under communication again, which i cannot stress the importance of.
10) Stay moving when you can. Some people prefer to stay back, and that is fine, but i dont believe it is as useful to the team as more offensive players. Its all about your style of play. Obviously, when you are defending, staying back is almost necassary. But what is the point of defending when your supposed to be attacking? This is why i prefer to keep moving up, advancing on the enemy. Move steadily and stealthily, try not to be seen.
11) If you are defending, its still a good idea to plan your tactics and split your squad. Say its a fort game, you'll want a few up in the fort as sniper kind of shooters, picking anyone off from windows and the like. Then you should have a few people on the frontline, attacking anybody trying to infiltrate the base. Then, you should have a few people staying way back, laying low in the shadows in secluded cover for that element of suprise. One time we even assigned a couple of people to be what we called 'Roamers', they would do the unexpected and leave the base, and be quite offensive, picking off any stray enemys before they could get close. It was a really good tactic and lead to success.
12) Keep your gun up whilst moving. Its easy for me to tell who's experienced or not when i am in gunfire with someone. If we are both moving and kind of spot or bump into eachother, i will have my gun ready, up near me, all i have to do is take aim and fire. If the person who has spotted me is a rookie, the gun will probably down by his side. This means its quite easy for me to pick him off. By the time he has got his gun in the proper hold, i've shot him because i eliminated having to stop moving, pull my gun up, hold it right, aim, and shoot. All i had to do was aim and shoot, and those few seconds i saved were vital in my personal victory.
13) If your in battle, use the duck. Ballers get into the bad habit of ducking behind cover when shot out. So, fire a few varying rounds at your man, he'll most probaly duck down, and this will give you time to move to another bit of cover. When he pops back up, you'll have that element of suprise that is so, so important as he will have no idea where you've gone, and you'll be able to eliminate them quite quickly and efficently.
14) Stealth and calm are key. Play it cool, dont give yourself away. When you move, survey the area from your new angle and surrounding, see if you have any shots on, ad if you dont, keep moving.
15) Herd. stick with your team when possible. Be sure not to stick with the entire team as a group of 15 or so people is really very noticable to the opposition. I like working in a group of three. Me, my sister, and my cousin usually work together when all three of us are balling. I like the three people rule, because if everyone splits off into three, then there will be alot of small individual squads within you're big squad, which is awesome because you're squads will be all over, attacking from everywhere. The other thing i love, is that its quite a unnoticable group, and not only this but its easy to communicate with the two other people freely, but if you're in a larger group it may be harder to be heard if you're not the loud, leadership kind of person. Some people however, prefer to work in groups of up to six. I dont like to do this, but it does work for some people. 4 might be a good starting number to try, then adapt your squad in reference to how you felt about the four. Different things work for different players. Going it alone is harder, and when your with your squad you can cover and watch eachothers back, it makes it much easier.
16) Constantly survey your surroundings, be one step ahead of the enemy, and you will win. Think about where you are, where the opposition is, where they're likely to go, an where you should go in reference to this. Suprise them! pop off a few shots from one peice of cover, then lay low and get to another peice of cover, say a wall of corrugated iron next to the tanker. Then pop up and pop off and they'll be none the wiser.
17) Any over 18's your team should use grenades and pyrotechnics. A well placed smoke grenade can lead to a full on offensive attack on the opposition.
18) Predictable people get shot. If you're predictable, you're gonna get shot, no doubt about it. Do something unpredictable. Fake the opponent, make a run, and stay back. Get inside of the enemys head, what do they think you're going to do? Okay. Now keep you're cool and do the opposite.
19) When the game first starts, you have two options. Attack or stay back, sprint or shoot. If you run, get to some cover in time to still look and observe where the enemy is going. If you stay back, you will also want to look where the enemy is going. This will give you an idea of the areas you need to watch, areas you need to go to, and areas you need to avoid. Using this strategy you can also plan a route into the base.
20) Lead you're target. Shoot where they are going, not where they are, unless they are stationary, as paintball markers are not as fast as real guns.
21) Treewalk. Keep moving up untill you get a shot. Put enough visual objects infront of you in reference to the opposition so that they cant see you coming. You may want to google treewalking as im not quite sure how to explain it with no visual aids.
Thats all for now guys, anything else i get i will add. If you have anything for me too add, comment with that, and if you have a question, comment with that too. I hope you've learnt something and hey, if nothing else, maybe you've learnt girls can paintball too
No idea, but honestly i've been playing for about three years now and i get told a lot by the guys i play with that im really good, and as you guys are in the newbie section, im guessing you are newbies. So i figure i could maybe teach you a thing or two, who knows? Just going to share tactics and things i do when i play, if anything helps you, awesome, if not, im sorry!
1) Wear loose clothing. Tight clothing will chafe and will hurt you, aswell as restricting your movement. When you play, you play to win, and restricted movement means you can't bring your A game. Also, loose, baggy clothing means that paintballs have more chance of bouncing off of you, meaning you can stay in the game longer.
2)Don't run flat out. Keep a steady pace, try not to attract attention. The way our optical's are wired means that the human eye will recognize two things first. Movement and colour. This goes without saying, then, that you shouldn't wear bright, flashy colours. It's all camo, wether it be urban, woodland, whatever. Back to the movement. Moving too fast will attract unwanted attention, so unless its one of those do or die situations where you bunker you're shooting from is under attack and you're going to have to make a mad dash to some other peice of cover then return fire, you need to be quite stealthy with the way you move. Concentrate on the speed in which you move, and the way in which you move. You could sidestep, as this would mean you have a smaller surface area and so less chance of being hit, or you could even army crawl. It depends on the situation you're in. Keep cool and choose wisely.
3) I know its quite obvious, but you dont want to be going into the game shooting blindly, constantly. Don't make the mistake of being trigger-happy. People tend to do it all the time, and there are many downsides to this. Constant, unaccurate firing would attract attention to you, so aim, then shoot. Conserve your ammo and shoot when you have a good shot. Not only will it attract attention to you and giveaway you're spot, it will cost an extortianate amount if you shoot too much.
4) Vary your shot sequences. Dont stick with the boring, monotone shot sequence where you just fire a few off then stop. When your in battle with some guy, you want to fire a couple slow shots, then fire a few rapid ones just to catch him off guard and get a shot on him/her.
5) You should look into cleaning your barrel and operating rod after every game because if you dont clean it often there will be problems. A clean barrel means maxiumum velocity and accuracy.
6) You'll also want to clean your mask after every game because it will probably fog up quite massively, and trying to see through the fogginess is hell, and you will probably end up firing off at a tree, thinking its a person. Its a good idea to bring some tissue paper into the game with you. Many paintballing sites supply camoflague for everyone who doesn't have their own, so just put some in your pocket and if it fogs up or gets paint splatters on during the game, you can duck down for a second or two and sort it out, make sure however, you do not remove the mask. A small ball traveling at 200mph to the eye or any facial area is not a pleasant experience. It may even be a good idea to bring some vinegary solution with you as it will for the most part, prevent fogging.
7) Use the whole field. When i play, i tend to go down the wing, and then make my way across from behind into the heart of the game. It may take a bit longer to do than the standard running straight down the middle, but if done correctly and stealthily, you can flank them from behind and effectively take majority of they're team out on a good run. Before the game there will be an interval, you should use this time to plan you're tactics and strategy's in reference to the ways in which you enter the game. Last time i played we split our squad into 3. We had a central force of 3. These guys just went straight down the middle. They hid behind cover and shot at the opposition, making sure their attention was on the central force our two winging squads of six went down the wings, one down the left, and one down the right. When we got to the middle of the wing, we split up, so three of both the winging six squads split from us. They got behind some good cover and shot at the opposition from both sides. So right now, you can imagine, we had the oppositon being attacked by three from the the front, three from the left, and three from the right. We had a solid hold on them. The three that were left on each wing did as i explained earlier, we went right the way round, and entered the heart of the game from behind. Then, one person from each mini squad rushed the guys, so we had 4 people rushing the opposition with a strong force behind them for cover and support. We had the opposition completely enclosed in 5 minutes or less, and of course it led to a win. You don't have to use that tactic, but think about making you're own in the intervals, strategic teams conquer teams with more firepower and numbers with no strategy everytime. Communication and strategy are what makes a team.
8) Aim before you fire! sounds obvious, but people do it all the time. They see someone, panic, and blindfire at them, hoping one will miraculously hit that guy. Look at him/her, get him in your gun sights, then fire. Keep your cool and dont panic.
9) Always be aware. Survey your surroundings, dont scope in. What i mean by dont scope in, is just dont concentrate on one area, look everywhere and be aware of everything going on around you. You may or may not have heard of tunnel vision. Tunnel vision is when you're so caught up with one of the opposition that you're firing at, that you ont realise whats going else around you, and can lead to you getting shot at from behind or the sides, and you wont know a thing about it untill its too late. You need to make sure this doesn't happen. Get your teammates to tell you if anythings going on that you need to know about. Comes under communication again, which i cannot stress the importance of.
10) Stay moving when you can. Some people prefer to stay back, and that is fine, but i dont believe it is as useful to the team as more offensive players. Its all about your style of play. Obviously, when you are defending, staying back is almost necassary. But what is the point of defending when your supposed to be attacking? This is why i prefer to keep moving up, advancing on the enemy. Move steadily and stealthily, try not to be seen.
11) If you are defending, its still a good idea to plan your tactics and split your squad. Say its a fort game, you'll want a few up in the fort as sniper kind of shooters, picking anyone off from windows and the like. Then you should have a few people on the frontline, attacking anybody trying to infiltrate the base. Then, you should have a few people staying way back, laying low in the shadows in secluded cover for that element of suprise. One time we even assigned a couple of people to be what we called 'Roamers', they would do the unexpected and leave the base, and be quite offensive, picking off any stray enemys before they could get close. It was a really good tactic and lead to success.
12) Keep your gun up whilst moving. Its easy for me to tell who's experienced or not when i am in gunfire with someone. If we are both moving and kind of spot or bump into eachother, i will have my gun ready, up near me, all i have to do is take aim and fire. If the person who has spotted me is a rookie, the gun will probably down by his side. This means its quite easy for me to pick him off. By the time he has got his gun in the proper hold, i've shot him because i eliminated having to stop moving, pull my gun up, hold it right, aim, and shoot. All i had to do was aim and shoot, and those few seconds i saved were vital in my personal victory.
13) If your in battle, use the duck. Ballers get into the bad habit of ducking behind cover when shot out. So, fire a few varying rounds at your man, he'll most probaly duck down, and this will give you time to move to another bit of cover. When he pops back up, you'll have that element of suprise that is so, so important as he will have no idea where you've gone, and you'll be able to eliminate them quite quickly and efficently.
14) Stealth and calm are key. Play it cool, dont give yourself away. When you move, survey the area from your new angle and surrounding, see if you have any shots on, ad if you dont, keep moving.
15) Herd. stick with your team when possible. Be sure not to stick with the entire team as a group of 15 or so people is really very noticable to the opposition. I like working in a group of three. Me, my sister, and my cousin usually work together when all three of us are balling. I like the three people rule, because if everyone splits off into three, then there will be alot of small individual squads within you're big squad, which is awesome because you're squads will be all over, attacking from everywhere. The other thing i love, is that its quite a unnoticable group, and not only this but its easy to communicate with the two other people freely, but if you're in a larger group it may be harder to be heard if you're not the loud, leadership kind of person. Some people however, prefer to work in groups of up to six. I dont like to do this, but it does work for some people. 4 might be a good starting number to try, then adapt your squad in reference to how you felt about the four. Different things work for different players. Going it alone is harder, and when your with your squad you can cover and watch eachothers back, it makes it much easier.
16) Constantly survey your surroundings, be one step ahead of the enemy, and you will win. Think about where you are, where the opposition is, where they're likely to go, an where you should go in reference to this. Suprise them! pop off a few shots from one peice of cover, then lay low and get to another peice of cover, say a wall of corrugated iron next to the tanker. Then pop up and pop off and they'll be none the wiser.
17) Any over 18's your team should use grenades and pyrotechnics. A well placed smoke grenade can lead to a full on offensive attack on the opposition.
18) Predictable people get shot. If you're predictable, you're gonna get shot, no doubt about it. Do something unpredictable. Fake the opponent, make a run, and stay back. Get inside of the enemys head, what do they think you're going to do? Okay. Now keep you're cool and do the opposite.
19) When the game first starts, you have two options. Attack or stay back, sprint or shoot. If you run, get to some cover in time to still look and observe where the enemy is going. If you stay back, you will also want to look where the enemy is going. This will give you an idea of the areas you need to watch, areas you need to go to, and areas you need to avoid. Using this strategy you can also plan a route into the base.
20) Lead you're target. Shoot where they are going, not where they are, unless they are stationary, as paintball markers are not as fast as real guns.
21) Treewalk. Keep moving up untill you get a shot. Put enough visual objects infront of you in reference to the opposition so that they cant see you coming. You may want to google treewalking as im not quite sure how to explain it with no visual aids.
Thats all for now guys, anything else i get i will add. If you have anything for me too add, comment with that, and if you have a question, comment with that too. I hope you've learnt something and hey, if nothing else, maybe you've learnt girls can paintball too
