How much paint do you use?
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Precisely how you play, and not necessarily the type of paintball you play
Though a speedballer may be able to predict the paint they will shoot per game, if they are going to be sat firing ropes then other than getting eliminated they can assess their paint by the length of a game, multiply that by the number of games per day.
Playing punter games the amount per game can vary considerable - attacking an area can mean shooting little, then bursts of fire in a main 'attack', defending that area can mean one corner shoots constantly as attackers try to pick you off, or even nothing if you're defending the back door and no one comes that way
When playing punter games I would initialy split 1000 paintballs with my buddy as that was the optimum price. Then around half way through the day we would assess how far the paint has gone and consider whether to split another 1000 and have a good shoot out for the rest of the day, or if we had not shot so much and would only buy extras as up to 500. Probably spending around £50 each
After running our first event at that site we gained extra discounts, but instead of paying less as we had a discount we would spend about the same total for the day and shoot more paint
Then with the move from punter days or walkons which were a number of games per day, progressing to scenarios with non stop games there was more time spent in game. But the game was played differently - instead of more paint for more time, there would be more time spent moving around, or looking for objectives.
So that meant the same or less paint for more time in game
I normally do 1000-1100 a day but just got a new marker and hopper so imagine this will go up tomorrow when I play.
Two cases a day at training, usually two days a fortnight, if I'm playing a walkon, i'll buy one and when that's done that's done.
Tournaments are different, I'm usually a back player so I'll quite happily sit and shoot 6-7 pots a point, obviously sometimes more, sometimes less. Think the last leg of the CPPS we looked at about 30 boxes of paint between the 7 of us.
Tournaments are different, I'm usually a back player so I'll quite happily sit and shoot 6-7 pots a point, obviously sometimes more, sometimes less. Think the last leg of the CPPS we looked at about 30 boxes of paint between the 7 of us.
Usually, about a hopper a game.
One time, I shot 2 Warped guys out and ran out of paint. I eliminated 3 more without any paint.
Then one of my own players shot me. Jealous, obviously.
One time, I shot 2 Warped guys out and ran out of paint. I eliminated 3 more without any paint.
Then one of my own players shot me. Jealous, obviously.
2 cases normally on a walk on... Slightly less if I'm having bad games lol. That being said the site I play at has relatively small and fast paced maps which is great for how I play so maybe this has some effect.. When I go to larger sites I use less paint as there's all the walking to find the enemy