Getting Hit....What is the "damage"
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Topic: Getting Hit....What is the "damage"
Posted By: mathwiz5480
Subject: Getting Hit....What is the "damage"
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 3:58pm
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I hve just been hit by my first paintball in the back from about 30 feet away in a t shirt. What should be the effect( the size of a welt/ hit)be? Thanks. ------------- Thanks alot! |
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 4:01pm
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It all depends on the velocity of the gun, distance, and type of paintball. If you get anything, you'll have a welt about the size of a paintball which will last a day or so. ------------- 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: Justice
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 4:11pm
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I want pics!
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 4:23pm
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at that distance, with a shirt, maybe a redish-purple bruise. any closer, you may get a little purple and blue welt. it should sting for a second or 2, but in most instances, you get over that. of course, all this depends on if your gun is set at field velocities, like 280 fps. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 4:35pm
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eh, its not big deal, in a matter of a week, it should be gone...except im wierd, i keep my welts for about 2 weeks...
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Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 4:40pm
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You'll be fine... I was shot in the hand from point blank range...
litterally I may have some pics... For a moment I thought I lost finger
the force was so powerful... I looked down couldnt feel it due to the
numbness and all I saw was blood... |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 5:22pm
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thats a good way to get people into paintball... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: jrod1321
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 5:28pm
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you'll be fine...suck it up junior j/k you'll have a red circle the size of a paintball for about a week of two ------------- Evil PIMP Smart Parts ION 2-98 customs Ariakon Sim4 Ariakon Overlord Mech DragunFly |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 5:47pm
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the circle is cool cause it looks perfect ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 5:53pm
| Different people just take the hit worse than others. One guy I know would get a welt the size of a baseball for a paintball hit. |
Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 5:54pm
| Yeah it's pretty much on how sensitive your skin is.... |
Posted By: mathwiz5480
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 7:09pm
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Thanks for all of the replies everyone! But now a new question, what should I be wearing for playing paintball...im very new...? ------------- Thanks alot! |
Posted By: bottomdweller
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 7:16pm
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Something to protect your nuts! Otherwise...anything goes. |
mathwiz5480 wrote:Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 8:49pm
my first time, i just wore jeans, sliding shorts, a t-shirt, and a jacket... depending on wear you live, you might want to replace the jacket with a longsleeve shirt. the sliding pants can go if you feel brave... getting hit in the nuts doesn't hurt that bad... ------------- X |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 9:06pm
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the odds you get hit in the balls is fairly small if you use cover good. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: thornygravy
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 9:08pm
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umm, i got hit there from like 6 feet away (bunkered) and i sat out for a few games.. it must have like clipped ur nats, cuz i felt like my bawl cracked open.. Also about the welt thing, ive noticed that some of my friends that are a little *Heavy* (fat) w/e seem to get really small welts.. im guessin the blubber like rebounds the hits. ------------- -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: estcstpnt
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 9:25pm
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Well.... If you play woods ball (in the woods) use camo clothes. A camo jacket, BDU's, cammo bandana/hat. Dont use new clothes because you will get dirty and colorful. You rarley get hit in the coin purse so I wouldn't wear a jock but, Your choice. If you dont want to spend 50 dollars on camis than jeans and an old sweater will work to. Hope I was help. EDIT-I'll post some pics of my camis...I'm bored and need somthing to do. ------------- Thinking about it... |
Posted By: irish_guy
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 10:49pm
| I just wear shorts and a t-shirt... Hell, I thought half the fun of paintball was the pain! |
Posted By: S\/\/4T-L()G4N
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 11:15pm
Actually, from my experience, large padded people tend to get bigger welts that bleed. ------------- 
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 11:18pm
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has anyone seen the video of the slowmo shots with a paintball gun its amazing. ill try and find it here: http://spikedhumor.com/articles/10560/Shot_in_the_Back_By_Paintball.html - http://spikedhumor.com/articles/10560/Shot_in_the_Back_By_Pa intball.html notice the ripple ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 11:47pm
Some of us have bigger targets than others. ------------- 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: S\/\/4T-L()G4N
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 11:58pm
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Unfortunately those who have been around big al a lot are among the less fortunate. -------------
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Posted By: GThomas
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 12:33am
Thats high speed imaging...well atleast from a crappy high speed camera. My Dad teaches a course at MIT every year on high speed imaging and machine vision and I always help run the labs. One year during one of the labs we filmed a paintball hitting the lense of a JT Flex 7 mask and you can see the lense bow inward. I'll try to find the video and post it, it really reinforces the importance of a good safe mask. We also do a lot of military testing, I got some awesome video of from the military testing we do. Here are some still pics from the MIT course labs: http://web.mit.edu/Edgerton/6.51s/2003/ - 2003 pics , http://web.mit.edu/Edgerton/6.51s/2004/ - 2004 pics , http://web.mit.edu/Edgerton/6.51s/2005/ - 2005 pics . The 2006 pics should be up soon. In the 2003 pics I wrote my name (Greg Thomas) on one of the cards being shot. I think there might even be some Schlieren photography pictures on one of those pages. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 12:38am
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thats pretty cool. so was it a high speed camera then put in slow motion? ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 12:50am
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It was probably high speed put into a normal fps so we can actually see the details NOTE-I did not watch it, just a guess. ------------- 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: GThomas
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 12:50am
| basically. High speed cameras film at a much higher frame rate then your standard video camera. High speed cameras film from anywhere as low as around 100 frames per second and anywhere as high as 100,000,000 frames per second. When you film something with a normal video camera and then play it back in slow motion you end up with a choppy and poor picture. High speed allows you to capture an event that happens too quickly for normal video cameras to capture. Then allows you to play that event back and instead of seeing a choppy video, you see a nice smooth and clear video of an event that happened literally in the blink of an eye. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 12:50am
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sweet ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: mathwiz5480
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 9:08am
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Thanks alot for all of your replies! They really help!
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 1:36pm
i got here there three seperate times without a cup...i now wear a cup, and ive been hit there about another 3 times....the cup really works to...obviosly... ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: seal160
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 2:05pm
WHat kind of post is about "How much a paintball hurts?" I think its pretty awkward, but I have never seen this posted before.. I wear one of these http://www.opsgear.com/s.nl/it.A/id.3117/.f?sc=22&category=3 - vests from opsgear , no cup because if someone shoots I either drop to my stomach and prone or I walk backwards and shoot! (fall back) There Is no retreat!!  ------------- ---Team Leader--- http://www.freewebs.com/team-odyssey/index.htm"> 
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Posted By: MoNkeY Hunter
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 2:19pm
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First Time I got shot I didn't know what it felt like. I was Laughing and rithing in pain.....
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Posted By: estcstpnt
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 2:20pm
My full camis.
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Posted By: FA22RaptorF22
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 10:07pm
Just to talk about the first page...getting hit in the nads its bad at all....you dont feel a thing...its instantly numb...LOL but really it hurts after... 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 10:09pm
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hmm. ive been playing for years, never got shot even in the area... /me awaits typical jokes to follow this post ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 10:13pm
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I wont wear a cup till i get hit there. Never have. Then again, i didnt wear a neck protector after being shot in the throat either. ------------- 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: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 2:17am
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i don't wear either a neck protector or a cup for the same reasons. i've had several close calls (i've been hit countless times on the upper thighs, mere inches away), but until i get hit bad enough that i can't take it, i'll be fine in a light camo jacket and green pants. ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |
Posted By: Hadarac
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 7:42pm
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[/QUOTE] heh. getting hit in the nuts doesn't hurt that bad... [/QUOTE]lol....... i wear shorts and a tee |
Posted By: kuhndog599
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 8:43pm
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Posted By: estcstpnt
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 9:13pm
Well your area might not be as big as some other people here.
Sorry. I had to do it. ------------- Thinking about it... |
Posted By: God Of War
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 10:38pm
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lol that was mean
As for getting hit in the nuts, just wear athletic shorts underneth your jeans and u should be ok ------------- Semper Fi 98custom 14" Proggressive barrel 20 oz C02 tank R/T kit EmpireII auto hopper |
Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 11:04pm
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dont wear one. havn't got hit there yet ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: lester107
Date Posted: 02 July 2006 at 3:09pm
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i have the same problem as you i have light skin so it stays for like 2 weeks. worst was 2 months. ------------- lester98c +like 1500 to my post count(my computers being strange and wont log in) |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 02 July 2006 at 4:50pm
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I normally get scars from paintball hits, though where I play its 250fps in a small indoor arena. I still have a deep brown mark from when I went over a month ago. ------------- 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: mathwiz5480
Date Posted: 02 July 2006 at 9:15pm
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Thanks for the repies everyone! ------------- Thanks alot! |
Posted By: Smitty
Date Posted: 02 July 2006 at 10:42pm
I've got a scar (kind of purplish) on the right side of my stomach because of a really close hit. The guy was right on me when my gun broke. He snuck around behind my guys and I backed out because my gun wasn't working (stupid spyders  ) and he didn't see me and visa versa until we were really close. I bled like crazy, but the chicks loved it.
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Posted By: Go><>fish
Date Posted: 03 July 2006 at 9:54am
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were u play is also a way to decide what "armor" you should wear.Front players need to have protection but not to much to interfere with running and sliding.if your a back player that tries to shoot long range you dont need nothin but a tee shirt.It really depends on how much of a man you are. &n bsp; One of my friends wears 2 jakets when he plays and he just sits in the back and waists paint shootin with his eyes closed. ------------- Go><>fish |
Posted By: Mousehunter
Date Posted: 03 July 2006 at 10:53am
| I'll post some pics from a few days ago when I get my camera back. |
Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 03 July 2006 at 7:14pm
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i wear a really thin knock off jerzey and a long sleeve shirt, or short sleeve, depending on what the weather is, Then i wear reversable shorts(thicker) and camo pants, which are pretty thin and if its colder out, i might wear high socks, from baseball ------------- 
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 04 July 2006 at 1:54pm
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i got hit in neck this past weekend for first time. i ended up rolling on the ground in pain inside a bunker. wasent out though it didnt break though i wish it did cause i have a welt. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 04 July 2006 at 2:30pm
| Jeans and long sleeved shirt do me just fine. |
Posted By: estcstpnt
Date Posted: 04 July 2006 at 2:57pm
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I hate the kids that show up in like football gear. ------------- Thinking about it... |
Posted By: mathwiz5480
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 9:47pm
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Thanks to everyone! Keep the replies comming! ------------- Thanks alot! |
Posted By: KoolKidsKlan
Date Posted: 06 July 2006 at 3:49am
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I just wear a jersey and some normal pants. It's too hot for anything else on most occasions. ------------- 
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Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 06 July 2006 at 12:41pm
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wear bicyle gloves and a ski hat, and youll hurt less in those two areas
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Posted By: Alienbow13
Date Posted: 06 July 2006 at 1:16pm
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I would advise a nice pair of gloves(paintball ones)and something to cover the top of ur head(ie hat, skull cap, etc) .For the woods like someone else said a set of BDU's but its all on ur preferance.... Like with me i will wear my Speedball jersey into the woods some times because it is a bright color and people kind of focus on me. While other times i break out the camo. If u play speed ball i would say buy a jersey some have a lil extra pading on them but get it a size too big and wear a tshirt under them. Also a Pair of sliding shorts and like a pair of loose pants. Nothing that is gonna restrict your movement. BTW i wear a cup first time i ever got shot was right to the marble sack........ u just have to get used to wearing them i dont too much anymore because i am normally behind a nice lil inflated bunker.....
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Posted By: FarSeer
Date Posted: 06 July 2006 at 4:37pm
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Shot in the finger from four feet away. Lasted 2 weeks. I wear a long
sleeved sweater, jeans, and gloves usually and can't forget the cup. I got hit there three months ago and don't ever want to again. Edit- If you don't want to hurt at all wear a life jacket. I have seen many people wear them at the field. ------------- http://tbish.webs.com/tippy.html - My E-Bolted 98 |