Why do everyone always think scopes are..
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Topic: Why do everyone always think scopes are..
Posted By: Awesomeman
Subject: Why do everyone always think scopes are..
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 9:50pm
| Useless....I have a tippmann 98 custom with flatline and ive used my scope a lot. Ive picked off counltes people wiht it and ive found it really usefull |
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 9:53pm
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 9:55pm
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Because paintballs are not as accurate as bullets and tend to stray off course. Also, scopes are used at distances, when in paintball you're rather close to your target. However, reddots can be useful. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: thornygravy
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 10:02pm
100% right. go to http://webdog.specialopspaintball.com/video/tipclip/ - http://webdog.specialopspaintball.com/video/tipclip/ he tells u alot how a paintball is nothing like a bullet. therefore. scopes arent usefull. ------------- -Tippy 98c -Polished Interns. -RD Double Trig. -5'' Drop -j+j ceram 14'' -12v revy x-board -SmartParts Grips -Pen Spring Mod -Milled Rear Sight -Filled Front Grip -Blue Paint job |
sinisterNorth wrote:Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 10:46pm
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scopes are good plus they look cool. i really needed a sight and i hate red dots. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 10:48pm
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Ok. It helps you, but the normal paintball player will not find much use for a scope. ------------- 
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Posted By: KoolKidsKlan
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 11:07pm
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Yes, maybe for playing in the bush.. But most people here play speedball and games where there is alot more movement. Red dot sights are better and don't give carpel tunnel. ------------- 
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 11:13pm
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red dots still do just not as easily. i dont think scopes give bad tunnel vision but they do distract from your surroundings so u have to be carefull of where ur teammates are. and anyone who plays only speedball shouldnt be allowed to have opinions on scopes. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 11:39pm
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scopes are basically USELESS...
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 10:20am
First of all, what the hell does carpel tunnel have to do with scopes... If anything you'll get it from playing speedball. Secondly, MOST people do not prefer speedball. There have been studies on it, the majority of players enjoy the outdoors. As for on this site, speed players and scenario/woods players seem to be in equal numbers. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 11:07am
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which is weird cause its the tippmann forum. but its good to have equal numbers ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: S\/\/4T-L()G4N
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 12:20pm
Why is that? Most people that get seriously into paintball drift to speedball. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rudy
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 12:26pm
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Scopes should be only be regarded as cosmetic accessories in paintball. I'm a deer hunter here in MN and you basically have to use scopes for deer hunting because most shots are at 75+ yards, low light, deer are on the run, and only one shot is all you can get off ( most times). I have an A-5 with a flatline and unless you can sight your scope to be consistent to within 1 foot at 150 feet a scope is pointless. I guess the only point to have a scope would be to survey the field for opposing players at large distances. |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 12:53pm
So you must be a sniper. 
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Posted By: Rico's Revenge
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 1:44pm
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Oh no... Justice said the "s" word... Where is my popcorn... |
Posted By: spyderman7892
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 1:52pm
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listen kid dont go around thinkin ur some sort of sniper thats just a bunch of crap i mean seriously ur just the same as other paintballers when u play being a "sniper" doesnt make you special |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 2:36pm
I dont know but I'm going to want some too. I brought the soda and beer. -------------
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 3:18pm
I play ONLY woods. Scopes suck. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: FarSeer
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 3:26pm
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Scopes are good because you might see something that you might not have
seen without it (ie. person in a ghille suit). ------------- http://tbish.webs.com/tippy.html - My E-Bolted 98 |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 3:50pm
Do you even know what carpal tunnel is? -------------
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Posted By: thornygravy
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 3:58pm
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haha.. ------------- -Tippy 98c -Polished Interns. -RD Double Trig. -5'' Drop -j+j ceram 14'' -12v revy x-board -SmartParts Grips -Pen Spring Mod -Milled Rear Sight -Filled Front Grip -Blue Paint job |
Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 4:14pm
| I don't use mine for aiming but for simply lookin around and trying to find people from a distance. |
Posted By: S\/\/4T-L()G4N
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 4:18pm
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Lemme fill you guys in, at distances that you can see in the woods, if you can't see someone with your own unaided eyes, you aren't going to see them through a scope. -------------
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Posted By: ninety8freak
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 4:33pm
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If you far enough away from the firefighting that you need to use a scope. You, my friend, suck. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 4:38pm
| I would never use a scope on my gun...ever... |
Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 5:05pm
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I disagree. I occasionally play with a scope. Mostly for cosmetic purposes, but I have successfully used it on more than one occasion to identify an opponent. It's not so much what you can see as what you can identify. At 50 feet in the woods, with everybody in camo, it can be very difficult to tell an opponent from a stump. Zooming in helps a lot. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 5:14pm
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yeah, at my last scenario, i carried a cheap bbgun scope in my pocket, just for that purpose. came in handy too. in a mask, they are a lot easier to use that binoculars. i never used it on my gun though.
sure it souds funny, but people actually wear ghillie. stupid i know, but it happens. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 5:23pm
I've worn one once... Worked great. Granted, I wasn't sitting around being the UBer sniper, I was playing my usual game style of moving around trying to get up behind them. WOrked great in a firefight, just lay down when your taking heat and they lose you. Worked great for crawling about 2-3 feet away and catching them by suprise when you come up in another place, or by just crawling away. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 8:00pm
its usually in the wrist from odd, quick, jerky movements for an extended period of time ------------- what? |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 8:34pm
*giggles exstatically* ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: estcstpnt
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 11:38pm
I hate you!!!!!!, For some reason I do not know, I just watched all 38 shows. If each one is about 2 minutes give or take thats about an hour and 16 minutes. AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! ------------- Thinking about it... |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 24 June 2006 at 1:17am
better not be american beer. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: S\/\/4T-L()G4N
Date Posted: 24 June 2006 at 1:29am
Feel free to disagree but clearly we are talking about two different things. If you were to take my post and read it, clearly I am talking about just scanning through the woods looking through a scope trying to find people. No doubt some magnification could help if you were trying to identify someone you have already spotted. -------------
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Posted By: Awesomeman
Date Posted: 24 June 2006 at 2:31am
| Guys I play only woods too. And im not sniper i am just able to use it if time comes. I have been able to pick people off from 75 pluss yards because ive perfectly set up my gun for maximum distance and straightness. I still say it. SCOPES ARE USEFULL |
Posted By: DsXz
Date Posted: 24 June 2006 at 8:55am
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