i made a ghillie suit.

carguy wrote: the ghillie suit encourages my patience. that was the point. i am usually all run and gun, but i don't last long. fogging? i used a $5 insert in my googles to aleviate that issue. the suit makes me slow down, and pick my shots. and who said anything about crawling? you can move in the suit, you can kneel in it, i basically move very similiarly in the suit as i do without it, but i just make all of my moves deliberate. and generally i only wear the suit the first game, and maybe only half of it. once i am seen then the suit is worthless. but i can easily take it off. then the next game i can set the suit up in plan site and watch the other team shoot at it. kinda like the un-official 6th man. obviosuly you guys hate these suits, and have invisioned some sniper wanna be, thats NOT at all what i am trying to portray, but think what you want, thats fine. i just thought about making this, i did it on the cheap, and i have found it to be a lot of fun.

I really like the idea and personally want a suit

I think Wolverine was in on the Iwo Jima assault too, wasn't he?  Or was Wolvie still helping Captain America at that point?

notom66866 wrote: MY bad about Mr. Rogers. I did read it somewhere though. O well thanks for the re-education.

Don't worry about it.  You can always dig around and find out how Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin served together in the Marine Corps and helped take Iwo Jima. 

point in case. real snipers, go to the real military, for real training.

notom66866 wrote: Are you sure? I read somewhere that he was a sniper in Vietnam. Maybe it was Korea.

Fred Rogers went directly to college after high school.  He got a job right out of college.  There are no gaps in his education or employment that would account for military service. 

wow, what a fire storm. the way i see it sniper=range. real guns, you have a HUGE variety of range, ammo, scopes etc.

we are all playing make believe with little balls of paint, using some air, therefore no one player is at much of an advantage when range is the deciding factor. i have the deffinition of sniper listed below. paintball players can at best meet about 1/2 of that, (on a good day).

A sniper is an infantry combatant or serviceman (e.g. police officer) who specializes in shooting from a concealed position over longer ranges than regular infantry, often with a specially designed or adapted sniper rifle. A sniper requires skill in marksmanship, camouflage, and field craft. Military snipers are also adept at carrying out methods of infiltration, reconnaissance, and observation techniques.

I started all this with a post about a ghilli suit. my goal, was to be less seen, and have a new way to play. for all you Jr. Tom Beringers who wish to be real snipers, keep dreaming.

Snake6 wrote: Wow. When I thought you couldn't fail any harder...

Remember Snake, there is no such thing as maximum fail.*

*No matter how hard someone fails, there will always be somebody else who eventually comes along and outdoes them.

Well as real life and desert goes, the arabes have the advantage cause they all wear normally the best guillie for the desert, the robes!

ThatGuitarGuy wrote: notom66866 wrote: Did you know that Mr. Rogers was a sniper in Vietnam. Mister Rogers was born in 28.  He woulda been a little old to be a sniper in Vietnam, besides, he was red-green colorblind. He was however an ordained Presbyterian Minister.

The thought however does produce an amusing scenario:

Setting:  It is midday deep in the jungles of Vietnam.  The heat is stifling; nothing is moving and the only sound is the lazy droning of insects.  Tucked away in a ghillie suit, invisible to the outside world that he is observing through the scope of his sniper rifle is Mr. Rogers.  He seems to be mumbling silently to himself.

"It's a beautiful day in the thick jungle."
"A beautiful day for a target."
"Would one be near?"
"Could one be near?"

Suddenly, movement draws his attention.

"Oh my whatever could that be?"
"Well . . . look everyone, it's Mr. VC."

Mr. Rogers resumes mumbling to himself as he sights in on Mr. VC.

"It's a target rich day out here in the bush."
"A very nice day for a head shot."
"Would you be mine?"
"Could you be mine?..."

"I've always wanted to have a target just like you."
"So step into the light, away from that grove of bamboo."

"So how are you today Mr. VC?"

BLAM!

"Not so good I see."

Did you know that Mr. Rogers was a sniper in Vietnam.