Woods ball or speed ball?

[Noza]

Indeed , each to there own i mean ye woods ball rocked when i first played it its all i thought paintball was about but then i wlked in to the sup-air filed and hvnt looked bk. its jsut a big buzz when ya hear that 10 second call and then all hell brakes loose but any way jsut my opinion may the choice be with u hehehehe lame i no

 

[mutley]

odky enough i`m making the transition from the woods to the bouncy castles at the moment i went to a practise field last monday i have never been shot so much in 2 years

bloody good fun tho

 

[Pureball]

hehe yeah last i played on a rec-ball field after playing at KOTH...i got ripped to shreds. every1 was worried as my gun owned theirs but i just couldnt get used to the field layouts....

 

[Tom37]

woodsball is great, but speed ball is better, in my opinion... shame theres not a field near me... funny though, i took my ammerican friend to my local field where i marshall (completly woods ball) he loved it! I guess its good to have a variety

 

[KIA]

I marshal woods ball every weekend and have really seen all there is to see on this kind of set up.

The biggest rush for me is on the speedball fields, we have a hyperball field where I marshal (a mock speedball field where the bunkers are wooden but are shaped like air bunkers), its the smallest and and most intense field we have, but its the only one I could play on all day if i had to.

Plus in my opinion, speedball is based purely on which team has the better skills, whereas in woodsball there is always an element of luck involved. For instance; I see first time ballers hide for the majority of the game and wait for an aggressive opposition player to storm past them (after obliterating half of this guy's front players) only to get shot in the back, as the guy who hid himself away was too chicked to get involved in a gun battle.

Im sure many of you would call camoflage an actual game tactic where woodsball is concerned though... but on the speedball fields, you've got nothing but skills and team effort to rely upon, not a strap-on-bush.

 

[tiffer]

Kia I think you are mistaken,what with the evolution of ramping,increased rof's how can you say there is more skill involved in speedball.
It normally comes down to who can fire the most paint and run the fastest;where as woodsball takes a bit of thinking about.
I do play both and favour falls on field design rather than game title,I prefer a slower game but I am not adverse to speedball.
As for getting shot in the back that would be due to the teams lack of skills in underestimating the opposition,or skill on the side of the opponents.
Cammo'?? now you moving into the 3rd area which is SCENARIO,and relies heavily on skills;no I'm not a scenario player.
As you said it's the biggest rush for YOU,but your comments about skills are missguided;all individuals have their own skills or lack of skills and they choose on which type field to use them;they may be seen more during S/B because S/B fields tend to be more viewer friendly.
And as you said the only one I could play on all day ,so who's lacking in skills .
Using first timers as an example doesn't make for a good analogyconfused: ),lucky shots that's what you get when you fire loads of paint @ naff all during a S/B break ain't it

 

[Tom37]

"And as you said the only one I could play on all day ,so who's lacking in skills "
im sorry what? the guy was only trying to express his opinion, which is what this thread is all about...
He also has a point, during a woodsball game, you could hide in a bush and shoot 10 paint per game, wheras is speedball you are forced to get in there and you will usually get shot out. Something which a lot of noobs will learn. saying "i've only been shot once today, how about you?" and thinking that it is an achievment when your team is loosing is not the best way to get into paintball.
Also- ramping and high rof- that doesnt really decrease the skills needed to play the game. Competing over the rate at which you can move your fingers is nolonger that important, which, if anything, makes the game fairer and safer (ramping means no player will walk onto the field with a gun which can fire 25bps with bounce, they'd really stand out and be pulled immediatley). And tactically it is much more of a team game...

Not saying the woods are bad or anything, they're great, but if you do marshall games in them every week, they get incredibly boring.

anyway... ahem...

 

[tiffer]

Yes Tom I agree,but his opinion valid as it does not extend to implying that anybody that doesn't like a certain type of play lacks skills,does it.
We could go on forever as team play extends to all fields(or it should):I have what I believe is an unbiased opinion I regularly play both,you a speedballer aswell?
And I'm afraid ramping does compensate for lack of skill in some situations;you know what it's like..all sports are the same;you may have all the gear doesn't mean you can use it(and I don't mean YOU) you can't deny seeing this everyone will have.
I agree about the tedium note aswell,but I did mention that;S/B is much better as a viewing sport.
This is not intended as a dig @ anyone
Pleases don't use newbies as an analogyconfused: ) because they play completely differently....
Anyway enjoy whatever you do,that's the point
Ramping safe..we shall see

 

[Tom37]

hmm fair enough, agree with some points, ramping may be banned in the millenium seriese anyway, and if they disallow it, others will probably follow.
oh, and i just didnt understand the first point, i wasnt necesserily rejecting it.
cheers guys

 

[KIA]

Tiffer, you yourself seem 'misguided' here...

If you put a monkey behind a gun capable of firing 25pbs and place him on the field with an experienced player firing only say, 12bps, you bet your ass the most experienced will win regardless of bps... now to avoid your tendency for being politicaly correct and picking up on every one of my metaphores... that monkey could be reference to...yes...a noob.

Also, please don't take me so seriously, as Tom has said, I am entitled to my opinion, and if you have ever had the 'pleasure' of marshalling woodsball for over a year or two now... perhaps you'd feel like I do. Speedball DOES relly upon skills, as you have said yourself, if your ability to 'run fast' is all there is between a loss or a win, then I'm afraid that ability would count as a skill my friend. I would fault you on more of your comments, but I feel my point has been made and I hate going into the technicals of the sport, just enjoy it for what it is, whatever your chosen style of play. (and yes, I too play both speed and woods, and contrary to your belief, I could give you a run for your money on both fields of play)...

Peace out.