Because they don't?

And if you try to argue that they do, you will be mauled with no mercy.

abrams_75 wrote: iceman1186 wrote: hybrid-sniper wrote: Because they don't what do you mean they don't what makes them don't exist

Why don't you tell us why they do? That is a lot more fun to read.

Hybrid isn't being very friendly tonight....

It's otay. We love Hybrid anyway!

Sure. Maybe a player. Then the players next to him are gonna light anything in the general proximity up. In paintball, there are always players close by (if you're smart).

Because you just bumped it?

(Sorry, some of Hybrid's attitude is rubbing off on me. )

DeTrevni wrote: Now, see? That wasn't so hard. He wasn't defending anything, he just had a question.

Thats because you are an old-school tippmann forumer when it comes to noobs asking about snipers. Instead of flaming you just answerd the question.

Good job.

yeah theres nothing that necessarily makes a pump player better than someone who can fork out 20 bps.

Spike511 wrote: they do... ask spec ops.....ambush sniper.......book closed

Are you kidding me?

I say that my brother is Jesus.... I said it... case closed....

no way

theres 2 jesuses now... there i said it

how much money and where should i wire it to?

I'm under the assumption Spike was being sarcastic.

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For me it's because I'm cool enough to pull it off.

As for carl, I have no clue.

Dont advertise for your posts moron

I made that name because first the tippmann forum thing was going to just be something that i would join, ask a few questions then leave. Can't remember those questions actually. I used the name because it was my battlefield 2 name and easy to remember.

Secondly, at the time of joining i still thought there were snipers in paintball.

I think next time I play at a scenario game I'm going to wear one of these and insist I'm a paintball fighter pilot.

Then when somebody tries to convince me that there can be no such thing since I can't fly a plane at the field I will insist that I am so a fighter pilot because I really can fly a plane in MS flight simulator and I do indeed have this cool hat. Next thing you know this will catch on with noobs who want to be even more l33t than snipers, and Special ops paintball will create a new position of anti-aircraft gunner and a new gun that you absolutly must have mommy buy for you if you want to play scenario ball. I'd better pattent the idea before they do.

By your logic I could snipe with a shotgun as long as I was hidden when i shot and it would not matter if i was immediatly detected afterwards. I guess everybody who shoots from cover is a sniper, but wait, we have another phrase for that..umm not retarded and out of the game in five seconds. People who call themselves snipers in paintball imply by doing so that they are somehow different from the normal player. So far nobody has been able to prove that they do anything signifigantly different than any woodsball player with half a brain, or that if they do anything different it is it all effective. Don't make me bust out the ballistics calculator and show how much a paintball drops between 30 and 50 yards, or how much wind effects it, or how fast it is going by that time. I do not care how much skill with a paintball gun you think you have, or how good you are shooting your .22 at 50 yards. I can hit a human being in center mass from the prone position at 500 yards using open sights with consistancy, I could not do so with a paintball gun at a tenth of that distance. Errors of range estimation of a small as a few meters will drop your shot in the dirt with a paintball gun at short range, and if you lock it down in a vise it still wont be accurate enough.

Crawl back to the special ops forum if you want to have your ego stroked. Maybe they've come up with some new position they can sell you specialised, bulky gear for. And please buy it too. It'll help creat jobs in mexico and maybe help with our illegal immigration problem.

kickinwing2010 wrote:   every thing you just said fits the definition of sniper stocks prey and takes a shot from a concealed position because unlike designated rifle men a snipers shot doesnt have to be any certain length

• Yes I stalk (not stock) my opponents. This does mean that I attempt to sneak up on them and establish ambushes, hopefully shooting them from a concealed location before they notice me. This is not sniping, this is normal, intelligent tactics. What else would I do, advertise my location by yelling at them to come over and be shot?
• Yes, I kind of ghillied up my mask. This is not sniping, it is a basic use of 3D camoflage techniques to make my mask less noticable. (As a side note, the mask is the most noticable part of most individuals equipment and it is also the hardest to conceal because, since ones face and eyes are behind it, they must expose it to detect/select targets.) What do the supposed non-snipers do, paint their mask bright pink and add white bunny ears?
• I prefer to take selected shots from close range and use minimal paint. This is not sniping, it is ambushing. When I'm using a semi-auto I tend to fire more shots because I can. I use a pump sometimes for the extra challenge and to help me improve.  If I was sniping, which it would be cool to have in paintball, I would be eliminating individuals from beyond the range of potential retaliation. Unfortunately, that technology does not yet exist in paintball. Again I wonder, what do non-snipers do in ambush situations, do they fire off a few intentional misses to ensure that they don't get a one-shot-one-kill and get mistaken for a sniper?
  

• Paintballer's use the military definition of sniping. There is no arguing this point. The ghillie, the OSOK credo, the cool sniper specific gadgets from Spec Ops, even the tactics that many would be snipers try to use is all lifted directly from the military.
• Since the military definition is being used, then the military standards apply.
• In the military, the primary differences between your one each Joe infantry and your sniper comes down to training and equipment.
• This training and equipment is what allows the sniper to make shots at ranges that others wouldn't dream of attempting with standard equipment.
  
• That range capability is what makes a sniper, a sniper.

sigh

guess im gona have to slit my wrists to forget this

Evil Elvis wrote: rednekk98 wrote: I think next time I play at a scenario game I'm going to wear one of these and insist I'm a paintball fighter pilot. Then when somebody tries to convince me that there can be no such thing since I can't fly a plane at the field I will insist that I am so a fighter pilot because I really can fly a plane in MS flight simulator and I do indeed have this cool hat. Best response so far I seen in this eternal yak fest.

Stick around. Sometimes, they get better.