you 'pro players' are a joke
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Full respect to anyone who gets paid a decent living to play paintball.
Recball (woods) and tourney ball, two totally different things.
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If anyone wants to pay me to play and give me lots of shiny things then thats fine.
Recball (woods) and tourney ball, two totally different things.
p.s.
If anyone wants to pay me to play and give me lots of shiny things then thats fine.
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Cerberus
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Close Combat? what's he going to do bayonet you with his air tank?
Frankly it looks to me like he saw Black Hawk Down and decided that being a Ranger would be cool (thats if getting shot up the arse by a bunch of somali militia is anyone's definition of elite).
what's he going to do bayonet you with his air tank? Frankly it looks to me like he saw Black Hawk Down and decided that being a Ranger would be cool (thats if getting shot up the arse by a bunch of somali militia is anyone's definition of elite).
Is this guy for real????.........
Army Ranger my arse!!And i'll tell you what, if you are, i bet the US army is thrilled at the great way you have portrayed you "beloved battalion"!!
Using small arms, storming buildings, perfect timing? What the F@*k are you on about? Real soldiers are taught these skills to stop them getting KILLED, all paintballers do is throw a bit of sticky colourful paint. Get it, THERE'S NO KILLING!!!
As for small arms training and the associated tactics being relevant to paintball. That's just crap, the skills involved in the modern game of paintball are wholly different to those needed to survive on the battlefield. Trust me, i've done both sets of training, used assualt rifles and paintball markers (they're NOT real guns!!) and the way in which they are used is very different. You think you could whoop a Pro's ass at Speedball? You couldn't whoop mine! (and you can take that as a challenge!!). The Pro's in any sport are at the best. Paintball is no different, those of a lower standard recognise that these guys are truly great and give them the respect they deserve. Shouldn't you? A true soldier knows self discipline and doesn't go looking for fights, maybe you should think about that?
Army Ranger my arse!!And i'll tell you what, if you are, i bet the US army is thrilled at the great way you have portrayed you "beloved battalion"!!
Using small arms, storming buildings, perfect timing? What the F@*k are you on about? Real soldiers are taught these skills to stop them getting KILLED, all paintballers do is throw a bit of sticky colourful paint. Get it, THERE'S NO KILLING!!!
As for small arms training and the associated tactics being relevant to paintball. That's just crap, the skills involved in the modern game of paintball are wholly different to those needed to survive on the battlefield. Trust me, i've done both sets of training, used assualt rifles and paintball markers (they're NOT real guns!!) and the way in which they are used is very different. You think you could whoop a Pro's ass at Speedball? You couldn't whoop mine! (and you can take that as a challenge!!). The Pro's in any sport are at the best. Paintball is no different, those of a lower standard recognise that these guys are truly great and give them the respect they deserve. Shouldn't you? A true soldier knows self discipline and doesn't go looking for fights, maybe you should think about that?
once again im the ignorant one?? I wonder if you guys have cable in your houses, and if you do you should turn to USA around 9pm to watch combat missions, and then get on here and tell me paintball and Army are diffrent. you know the way a speedball field is set up would just be another dry run for us, go in kill what is around and get out, without any casualties, wow kinda like speedball. The more people you loose the more points you loose. And thank you HERMITT for proving a point, pro speedball players are just threo colored paint at each other, rangers treat it like it is live fire coming at them, now i dont know what would prevent you from sticking out a shoulder to far, the thought of a real bullet coming at you or the thought of a paintball coming at you. I dont know about you but for me i will take the bullet. Their for making me a lot more cautious about getting hit. Yes i would like to see a Ranger Battalion go against a 5 man pro team, i would bet all my money on the ranger battalion. Just think about it, Rangers are tought strategy in sticky situations a lot stickier than any speedball game is going to get, thus will keep the ranger more in controle. And to you cerberus, well as long as i die fighting for my country and die doing what i have wanted to do since i was a lil kid that is all that matters. And you want to talk about respect HERMITT? wel what the hell kind of recpect does any soldier get from anyone in this country? hardly any. And i bet i could whoop yours. i bet you all think i am just some average joe with a stock tippmann, well not really. I own the intimidator with center flags 201 series tank, center flags regulator high preassure, smart parts freak barrel kit autococker thread, derline bolt, halo loader, and aka's excalibur, with the dyna flow on it j&j 2 piece ceramic barrel. well any way i would mention the tippmanns but then it would be annoying.
okay so you describe pro players as guys 'with the best looking gun and gear' yet you own an Intimidator and an Excaluibur?!? which are both top notch markers..... so are you pro then? erm no.
sort of shot yourself in the foot there.... (hardly surprising from a US Soldier given the number of 'friendly fire' incidents that happen)
sort of shot yourself in the foot there.... (hardly surprising from a US Soldier given the number of 'friendly fire' incidents that happen)
DQ
You are trying your damn hardest to associate paintball and military as one commodity.
Many years ago I had the great pleasure of playing some of the British army in a paintball (woodland as there was no concept then), we got all the usual stuff like “your out of your league with us” and “you won’t no what’s hit you when we get going”.
Game on…they break about 20 yards then hit the deck crawling all over the place, approximately 4 minutes later they were all gone, without loss. They took it well and realised that there is a different skill/tactic used for paintball than for live rounds.
I’m trying to see a point in your postings but come back to the same conclusion that all you want to be is a gun toting Rambo, not good for the image of paintball.
The bottom line is that paintball is an individual sport and not some military subsidiary.
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O yeah, just to pre empt your reply of how crap the british military are, blah blah..... S.A.S if you were not going to go down this line then i withdraw the last statement
You are trying your damn hardest to associate paintball and military as one commodity.
Many years ago I had the great pleasure of playing some of the British army in a paintball (woodland as there was no concept then), we got all the usual stuff like “your out of your league with us” and “you won’t no what’s hit you when we get going”.
Game on…they break about 20 yards then hit the deck crawling all over the place, approximately 4 minutes later they were all gone, without loss. They took it well and realised that there is a different skill/tactic used for paintball than for live rounds.
I’m trying to see a point in your postings but come back to the same conclusion that all you want to be is a gun toting Rambo, not good for the image of paintball.
The bottom line is that paintball is an individual sport and not some military subsidiary.
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O yeah, just to pre empt your reply of how crap the british military are, blah blah..... S.A.S
if you were not going to go down this line then i withdraw the last statement
OOOOOOOOOO!
Once again we are getting no where with this, lets all agree to differ. Two different games, woodland and tourney.
By the way i thought a Ranger would have a macho handle, DQ Boy sounds a bit , well, weak?
Once again we are getting no where with this, lets all agree to differ. Two different games, woodland and tourney.
By the way i thought a Ranger would have a macho handle, DQ Boy sounds a bit , well, weak?
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I wonder if you guys have cable in your houses, and if you do you should turn to USA around 9pm to watch combat missions, and then get on here and tell me paintball and Army are diffrent.
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First point I don't live in the USA and can't see USA at 9pm but it seems like you are trying to equate paintball with the army cause they both use "guns" and what you learned in training would beat up a "pro" paint team.
You own by the sounds of it a lot of good kit (which as pointed out throws holes in your earlier argument) which means you should know the difference between going out on the paintball field and going out onto a battle field.
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you know the way a speedball field is set up would just be another dry run for us, go in kill what is around and get out, without any casualties, wow kinda like speedball.
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From this you sound like a gun-ho idiot (again the i don't know you from adam argument applies)
I what way is trying to eliminate a team to get points to win £££ like trying to get into a building rescue the hostage and get out without being killed and if possible take out the terrorists? You seem to be taking the arguments about militart tactics and paintball tactics personally and from what you say belive they are the same. Well the way this argument has grown the only real way to find out if what anyone here is saying is true is to have your match up with a 5,7,10 man pro team. (I'll marshall)
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The more people you loose the more points you loose
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Yes but they will with out a doubt be at the next tourney trying to win again and not dead.
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rangers treat it like it is live fire coming at them, now i dont know what would prevent you from sticking out a shoulder to far, the thought of a real bullet coming at you or the thought of a paintball coming at you.
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Fine treat it like live fire, but in either case war has casualties and people do get hit. And yes i'm sure if it was real bullets I would take less chances but it is a game/sport/fun not war.
I get shot out in a game I will be back for the next with (maybe a bruise)and more determination to improve on my mistakes and make me a better player. I get shot in war and there is no guarentee that I am coming home in anything but a body bag. (depends on where you are hit.
On your argument of "they are both live fire" fine the back players will keep your heads down and the front players can just walk up to eliminate you.
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Yes i would like to see a Ranger Battalion go against a 5 man pro team, i would bet all my money on the ranger battalion. Just think about it, Rangers are tought strategy in sticky situations a lot stickier than any speedball game is going to get, thus will keep the ranger more in controle.
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I think we would all now like to see this match up.
Its a dangerous game to bet all your money!!!!
Yea Ranges get in sticky situations and I don't think any one wants to belittle your experiences as one day they may have to save our lives in a real war situation. BUT paintball does not really hand you (what you are deffining as a sticky situation) as a sticky situatuion. Thats why its a sport with marshalls and safe zones. I don't see why it would keep your more in control on a paintball field what control are you talking about?
A pro team control their game on a paintball field!!! They are not trying to be army guys, thats your job. And I kow lots of paintballers who were in the army before playing and they say that the game is nothing like the army.
I am glad you have job satisfaction in the rangers, but others have job satisfaction in paintball and they are quite content to let you get on with your job and they can get on with theirs. You want a match I think you got one. And one i wanna see.
(as for the best in army guys and the rangers being the best, I have three letters for you.......SBS)
I wonder if you guys have cable in your houses, and if you do you should turn to USA around 9pm to watch combat missions, and then get on here and tell me paintball and Army are diffrent.
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First point I don't live in the USA and can't see USA at 9pm but it seems like you are trying to equate paintball with the army cause they both use "guns" and what you learned in training would beat up a "pro" paint team.
You own by the sounds of it a lot of good kit (which as pointed out throws holes in your earlier argument) which means you should know the difference between going out on the paintball field and going out onto a battle field.
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you know the way a speedball field is set up would just be another dry run for us, go in kill what is around and get out, without any casualties, wow kinda like speedball.
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From this you sound like a gun-ho idiot (again the i don't know you from adam argument applies)
I what way is trying to eliminate a team to get points to win £££ like trying to get into a building rescue the hostage and get out without being killed and if possible take out the terrorists? You seem to be taking the arguments about militart tactics and paintball tactics personally and from what you say belive they are the same. Well the way this argument has grown the only real way to find out if what anyone here is saying is true is to have your match up with a 5,7,10 man pro team. (I'll marshall)
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The more people you loose the more points you loose
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Yes but they will with out a doubt be at the next tourney trying to win again and not dead.
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rangers treat it like it is live fire coming at them, now i dont know what would prevent you from sticking out a shoulder to far, the thought of a real bullet coming at you or the thought of a paintball coming at you.
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Fine treat it like live fire, but in either case war has casualties and people do get hit. And yes i'm sure if it was real bullets I would take less chances but it is a game/sport/fun not war.
I get shot out in a game I will be back for the next with (maybe a bruise)and more determination to improve on my mistakes and make me a better player. I get shot in war and there is no guarentee that I am coming home in anything but a body bag. (depends on where you are hit.
On your argument of "they are both live fire" fine the back players will keep your heads down and the front players can just walk up to eliminate you.
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Yes i would like to see a Ranger Battalion go against a 5 man pro team, i would bet all my money on the ranger battalion. Just think about it, Rangers are tought strategy in sticky situations a lot stickier than any speedball game is going to get, thus will keep the ranger more in controle.
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I think we would all now like to see this match up.
Its a dangerous game to bet all your money!!!!
Yea Ranges get in sticky situations and I don't think any one wants to belittle your experiences as one day they may have to save our lives in a real war situation. BUT paintball does not really hand you (what you are deffining as a sticky situation) as a sticky situatuion. Thats why its a sport with marshalls and safe zones. I don't see why it would keep your more in control on a paintball field
what control are you talking about? A pro team control their game on a paintball field!!! They are not trying to be army guys, thats your job. And I kow lots of paintballers who were in the army before playing and they say that the game is nothing like the army.
I am glad you have job satisfaction in the rangers, but others have job satisfaction in paintball and they are quite content to let you get on with your job and they can get on with theirs. You want a match I think you got one. And one i wanna see.
(as for the best in army guys and the rangers being the best, I have three letters for you.......SBS)
Still not convinced??..................
It has to be said, all the people i have met and played against from the U.S military (Team Corrosion) have all been really friendly, helpful and great to play against. You, however, are doing quite a bit of damage to the reasonably good image U.S service personnell have got over here.
As for saying that the military over here gets no respect, well thats rubbish. Even your greatest military officials recognise that British soldiers are some of the most disciplined and well trained in the world. Fact. What more respect do you want. I personnally still don't believe that you are in the military. (just my opinion) Otherwise this thread wouldn't have gone on for so long! I am fully versed in exactly what tactics, weapons and training is involved in what Army Rangers and all other highly trained infantry units do. And i'll say it again, it has no relevance to paintball.
Example: British Parachute Regiment (40 soldiers on leave)
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British school kids (30 kids on holiday)
The para's are world reknowned and feared as some of the best soldiers there are. Fact.
Having started the day with an attitude of lets go out and have some fun. The Para's lost the first two games. This upset them a little since the oldest kid was about 16 years old. After a long discussion over lunch the Para's decided that in order to save their blushes they would have to apply their basic infantry close quarter battle tactics to the paintball they were playing. They used all the knowledge in fire support and squad movement. Crawling, section attacks and the like. All of which only hastened their demise. The kids on the other hand quickly recognised that they couldn't beat the Para's at their own gane and were therefore able to turn the table in their favour. All this was done in dense woodland, an environment in which the Para's thrive in in times of conflict.
If you still want a game and your ever in the UK no probs just stick a post up and i'll be sure to get a team together. Woodland or speedball!
It has to be said, all the people i have met and played against from the U.S military (Team Corrosion) have all been really friendly, helpful and great to play against. You, however, are doing quite a bit of damage to the reasonably good image U.S service personnell have got over here.
As for saying that the military over here gets no respect, well thats rubbish. Even your greatest military officials recognise that British soldiers are some of the most disciplined and well trained in the world. Fact. What more respect do you want. I personnally still don't believe that you are in the military. (just my opinion) Otherwise this thread wouldn't have gone on for so long! I am fully versed in exactly what tactics, weapons and training is involved in what Army Rangers and all other highly trained infantry units do. And i'll say it again, it has no relevance to paintball.
Example: British Parachute Regiment (40 soldiers on leave)
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British school kids (30 kids on holiday)
The para's are world reknowned and feared as some of the best soldiers there are. Fact.
Having started the day with an attitude of lets go out and have some fun. The Para's lost the first two games. This upset them a little since the oldest kid was about 16 years old. After a long discussion over lunch the Para's decided that in order to save their blushes they would have to apply their basic infantry close quarter battle tactics to the paintball they were playing. They used all the knowledge in fire support and squad movement. Crawling, section attacks and the like. All of which only hastened their demise. The kids on the other hand quickly recognised that they couldn't beat the Para's at their own gane and were therefore able to turn the table in their favour. All this was done in dense woodland, an environment in which the Para's thrive in in times of conflict.
If you still want a game and your ever in the UK no probs just stick a post up and i'll be sure to get a team together. Woodland or speedball!
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