Originally posted by sjt19
There is a difference between fast paced fields and fields with no back bunkers at all! I have played lots of fields that have 3/4 stand up coke cans at the back, yet still encourage fast aggressive play.It wouldnt have made the fields any less aggressive to have back players standing up on all the fields, would it?
I agree with Sam on this one. There's no reason to eliminate all the large back bunkers. Good field design will allow there to be large back bunkers AND still have aggressive field plans. For example in Toulouse on the Splatch field, this field was humungous, it had two standups (1 in the corner and one in the center) and then a half moon in the other corner. Those back bunkers didn't stop teams from making the center 50 or dorrito 50 off the break. It also didn't stop teams from moving up the side which was littered with tall and short bunkers in an alternating pattern. The RPS field was similiar, it had stand ups, but if you played the field aggressively (hit both tapes hard), those stand ups won't last long. In Miami on the JT field their were 4 standups in the back field, but by pushing the tapes and middle concurrently you could work on pinching those people out 1 by 1.
I think it's an easy out to say "let's eliminate all the back bunkers to make the field aggressive". A smart field designer will use each type of bunker in every position on the field to make it a good and aggressive field. I think we are long past the 10 man days where there are 3-4 standups and those guys can cross up the entire game to stop any movement. The fields have gotten smaller which in effect lends itself to a faster game. And who's to say a really fast game is the way things should go? I'd rather play 10 minutes of smart paintball, then 3 minutes of throw all your guys at the 50 and see who wins. I think it's the thinking part of paintball I enjoy though more then the adrenaline rush.
With that being said, paintball is fun, let's play
