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What is the fascination with achieving the absolute highest BPS out of a marker?  I have been playing paintball for a few years off and on and I still don’t get it. I  Wouldn’t trying to become a better marksman with your marker be the ideal goal? If you hit your target when you shoot at it; it saves paint and propellant.  If you can shoot 30 BPS yet can’t hit the broad side of a barn all your doing is wasting paint, propellant, and money. My 98 Custom can shoot about 11 BPS out of the box, I haven’t upgraded it yet, but if I practice with it I can shoot at the target and hit it without wasting paint, propellant and money.  Now granted I’ve mostly played woods and outlaw, conservation of ammo and hitting the target the first time are important to me the more I hit the target and get the opponent out with less paint means the less I have to carry with me. Or when playing a scenario where I am limited in the amount of ammo I can carry accuracy is paramount not who can spray the most paint. Besides in some of the scenario games I have played once you’re out of paint your as good as dead unless you find an ammo cache.

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It's for speedball.  It's to keep the other people in their bunker so that you can move.  Sometimes it can take 20 BPS to keep someone in a bunker.  I can move when at least 10 BPS is coming at me.
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Originally posted by Trogdor2 Trogdor2 wrote:

It's for speedball.  It's to keep the other people in their bunker so that you can move.  Sometimes it can take 20 BPS to keep someone in a bunker.  I can move when at least 10 BPS is coming at me.


people use it for woodzball...but that 4 games like citadel
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It's all about people trying to show the size... of their wallet.

I just can't afford to shoot like that. Pump? Yes, please.

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pumps r awesome 4 woodzball...accurate and powerfull
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I love playing speedball with my phantom or PGP2K. It's mostly walk-ons so I can often get away with just the pistol. If it gets rough I get out the phantom. And if I'm just having a rough day all around, out comes the 98c.

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98c 4 speedball...u must have a lotta upgrades 4 that 2 b good
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Nope. I put an expansion chamber on it because I liked the grip of it. I also got a LapCo Bigshot barrel. I often play at the cave field so the terrain is a bit different than typical speedball. More room, larger teams. Outside at that field is more like speedball, and I end up playing with the 98 a bit more there when the other team starts camping the back corners.

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intimidation factor.....
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Originally posted by gogged_86 gogged_86 wrote:

intimidation factor.....
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accurcay(sp?) by volume.
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Originally posted by pimptastik pimptastik wrote:

accurcay(sp?) by volume.

Exactly.  You're almost guarenteed a hit if you're shooting 20 BPS in the general direction of something that you can see.
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Right, so being effective would be shooting slow but accurate...

Think about if you can shoot fast and accurate. The advantage is yours.
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Originally posted by Trogdor2 Trogdor2 wrote:

It's for speedball.  It's to keep the other people in their bunker so that you can move.  Sometimes it can take 20 BPS to keep someone in a bunker.  I can move when at least 10 BPS is coming at me.

all talk,  i play speedball with my 98c and i have a flatline, thats it, i take one shot, you see you have to shoot the person when it counts and not hte bunker..
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Originally posted by Ruff Neck - 32 Ruff Neck - 32 wrote:

Originally posted by Trogdor2 Trogdor2 wrote:

It's for speedball.  It's to keep the other people in their bunker so that you can move.  Sometimes it can take 20 BPS to keep someone in a bunker.  I can move when at least 10 BPS is coming at me.

all talk,  i play speedball with my 98c and i have a flatline, thats it, i take one shot, you see you have to shoot the person when it counts and not hte bunker..


Then you don't play against people who know what they are doing.  My local field hosts teams like Bad Company and the All Americans.  They are pro.  When you're playing against them, one shot is definetly not one kill.  You can dodge paintballs.  When you lean out of your bunker, yo can see them coming and have just enough time to get back in again.  If you move fast enough, you can make it to another bunker unless someone is playing really good angles.
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I like being able to shoot a lot of paint and I'm still very accurate with one shot...If you've ever been in tournaments bps really does matter IMO...It's all personal preference, there's an argument from both sides with a good reason behind it and no one will ever win this fight...So how aboot everyone just drop it now before it turns into a 3535350 page flame fest

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yes i hav seen pros dodge paintballs and i myself hav dodge sum (lol just in time i got outta the way of about 50 balls comin from a shocker)

also a guy at my field can hit 30 bps with his angel and trust me....he aint missing
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i see the point in shooting alot of bps....but i soubt i will ever do it...to me it seems like wa waste....
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ya...if u wanna shoot like that form a 98c...do i have an upgrade 4 u...they sell gatling gun cranks that fit the 98c...700bpm...trust me...u wont miss
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