Originally posted by AUPaintSoc
But if anyone uses ramping, its as close to auto as you can get... Its why one of the series (cant remember which) has said you can ramp or anything, but only to 15bps, its easier to catch people shooting faster than this than to catch people with ramping modes, especially the 'cheater' modes.
The PSP and Millenium, and in the UK the PA legalised ramping. The reason being it was decided it was impractical to check whether the number of trigger pulls matched the number balls fired. In fact when players started to push the limit of trigger sensitivity it was reallised that it is difficult to strictly define what constitutes a trigger pull. However it was possible to measure how many balls were being fired provided you have assess to the equipment. As a result it was decided to allow a degree of ramping but limit the max rate of fire. As it is now easy to achieve the maximum level of performance there is little need for cheating to reach 15 balls/sec, and it is to detectable to risk going past 15 balls/sec.
Firstly all this hinges on having the BPS counter technology, which we don't. Secondly the need for this is based on the fact that people were cheating, which we can rely upon the teams not to do at this more friendly tourney.
Let me justify that last point a little. Whilst i expect that the contenders would very much like to win (I'm sure hoping that Birmingham will whup all your asses and taking home the title
) they actually stand to gain a lot more in the long run from the event developing and strengthening uni paintball - potentially a BUSA event, universal recognition as a sport, and the associated funding. Damaging the integrity of the event in order to win it is against there interests in the long run.
Also I hope there will be a sense of fair play due to the friendly nature of the event.
Aside from this there is the fact that some of the teams may not have ramping markers and that the increased firepower would be make for the newer teams being suppressed of the break and not even getting the chance to play against the more experienced teams.
Any way ramble over, dinner's ready.
