I think it's the A-5 because it's better in aiming

I would generally answer Tippmann 98 Custom, but there are sure to be 10 of those posts, and 10 for the A-5.... so lets see if anyone else will back me up on this..

the SMG-60, and SMG-68.

weemanfan98 wrote: I think it's the A-5 because it's better in aiming

If you really want to aim, get a stock ... and with most stocks, it's almost impossible to comfortably sight down the iron sights on a Tippmann marker... Still, the A5 is a good marker. Feild strippable, Tippmann ruggedness and customizability, plus the cyclone feed out of the box.

Wow, i love all these new threads.

Are you planning on getting an A5?  You dont really aim in paintball.  It gets back to the "no snipers in paintball" idea.

What to do? wrote: MeanMan wrote: Wow, i love all these new threads. Are you planning on getting an A5?  You dont really aim in paintball.  It gets back to the "no snipers in paintball" idea. Well I take my old Model98 and snipe with it when we play in the woods and I still dominate...

Snipers do not exist in paintball.

YAY...SSNIPPEERR FESST 2007...lawl

Yes you aim in Paintball ... but ... I agree, calling yourself a sniper in a sport where the max range is about 150ft ... 200 IF you're lobbing or have a flatline ... is more a commentary on your own knowledge and maturity level than it is about the position you play.

The fact remains is that due to the ballistics of a paintball (or lack therof) using a set of hard sights, be it iron-sights, a red dot, the length of your barrel, a scope, a laser or whatever contraption you could come up with ... the sights are still going to be more of a guideline than an effective aiming point. Factor in velocity variation, drop, wind, variation in paint .. everything ... you're still going to end up watching your impact points and leading your shots 'tracer' style.

A sight is just going to help you guess where the first shot might land (if use correctly) ... it's a guideline at most ... and far from the whole enchilada of aiming a marker.

tallen702 wrote: c4cypher wrote: Yes you aim in Paintball ... but ... I agree, calling yourself a sniper... is more a commentary on your own knowledge and maturity level than it is about the position you play. I seriously hope that I'm mis-interpreting what you're saying there. Calling oneself a "sniper" implies that you are a camper with the lofty ideas of being some sort of Tom Berringer-esque one-against-one-hundred one-shot-one-kill schmuck who thinks that they're somehow "better" than someone who plays aggressively and uses a bit more ammo for a higher hit count. It certainly does not make me think that the said "sniper" is mature in the slightest. Just poorly informed and disillusioned. It is possible to get those one-shot-one kill shots off every once in a while, but seriously, what good are you doing for the rest of your team when you're sitting in some shrub for a half-hour while they're slugging it out and actually taking firm real-estate? You aren't going to demoralize the other team with a lucky shot. You aren't going to hold up a whole flank by yourself indefinitely, you're just going to be patting yourself on the back for getting lucky once-or-twice and for how cool you think you look in your home-made ghillie suit while the rest of the guys are doing the real work. Give me a DM and 1,000 rounds and I'll punch a hole in a line and cause more chaos than any "sniper" ever could.

I understand what you both said but you may have misunderstood me...I am a sniper by not camping because but by remaining silent and slinking around the feild and fire off a hooper or 2 of paintballs when I need to....But all I'm trying to say is that it doesnt matter what you think that a sniper is lame or stupid....or if a person that go s straight into the fight with my ION or old Spyder...but you both can just say that both are equal and both are EXTREMELY deadly on the field #IF# they know how to play their position well.

^^^ Could you try to put effort into posting properly? Grammar and punctuation really help.

And "slinking around the feild and fire off a hooper or 2 of paintballs when I need to" shouldn't even be associated with the word "sniper."

By his definition we're all a bunch of snipers...lol

I LOVE SNIPING...YAy

tallen702 wrote: "Sniper" =/= Paintball "Position" "Paintball Sniper" == Spec-Ops wanna-be fanboy BS to sell more useless equipment.

What, you're saying Daggers and Broadswords are a load of crap? Man, you need to talk to the battlefield commander. I'm sure he can hook you up with a copy of "Woodball Revolution." Spec Ops really has it all figured out.

"Delta Tango! Four bogeys on your six! Over!"

"Roger that, Mother Hen. Engaging bogeys."

Mack wrote: tallen702 wrote: We need to find out some way of making watching that movie a drinking game. It'd make it bearable.... no.... wait... it wouldn't, but at least it'd make it useful! How 'bout you down a shot everytime someone on the vidio does/says something stupid. Never mind, that's a recipe for alcohol poisoning.

Yeah, that would require a constant chug.

Commander_Cool wrote: [QUOTE=What to do?][QUOTE=MeanMan] Are you planning on getting an A5?  You dont really aim in paintball.  It gets back to the "no snipers in paintball" idea. Snipers do not exist in paintball.

See? Commander-Cool Started it!!!!

hybrid-sniper wrote: Mack wrote: tallen702 wrote: We need to find out some way of making watching that movie a drinking game. It'd make it bearable.... no.... wait... it wouldn't, but at least it'd make it useful! How 'bout you down a shot everytime someone on the vidio does/says something stupid. Never mind, that's a recipe for alcohol poisoning. Yeah, that would require a constant chug.

Thats funny as crap!

What to do? wrote: hybrid-sniper wrote: Mack wrote: tallen702 wrote: We need to find out some way of making watching that movie a drinking game. It'd make it bearable.... no.... wait... it wouldn't, but at least it'd make it useful! How 'bout you down a shot everytime someone on the vidio does/says something stupid. Never mind, that's a recipe for alcohol poisoning. Yeah, that would require a constant chug. Thats funny as crap!

Because its true.

 About the snipers, I think the is such think as a player who can canceal him/herself very well and is deadly accurate, but a sniper? I believe the ony real snipers live in the country's military. A real sniper takes out V.I.P.s  at any extremely long range (or short range), but sniping has more relations with military than paintball. Real sniping includes shots that can take hours to line up, not a quick sharp shot. Just for a nice cherry on the cake, the definition or Sniper.

Sniper:to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position.

Just please, remember, you are a sharp shooter with concealment, not a sniper. I have relations with a military sniper, and what a paintball "sniper" is claimed to be, is nothing like a real sniper.

Mack wrote: backupdecoy wrote:  About the snipers, I think the is such think as a player who can canceal him/herself very well and is deadly accurate, but a sniper? I believe the ony real snipers live in the country's military. A real sniper takes out V.I.P.s  at any extremely long range (or short range), but sniping has more relations with military than paintball. Real sniping includes shots that can take hours to line up, not a quick sharp shot. Just for a nice cherry on the cake, the definition or Sniper. Sniper:to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position. Just please, remember, you are a sharp shooter with concealment, not a sniper. I have relations with a military sniper, and what a paintball "sniper" is claimed to be, is nothing like a real sniper. TMI

Niiicceee lol

What to do? wrote: Commander_Cool wrote: [QUOTE=What to do?][QUOTE=MeanMan] Are you planning on getting an A5?  You dont really aim in paintball.  It gets back to the "no snipers in paintball" idea. Snipers do not exist in paintball. See? Commander-Cool Started it!!!!

Can you read?  That quote would say i started it.

Commander_Cool wrote: What to do? wrote: MeanMan wrote: Wow, i love all these new threads. Are you planning on getting an A5?  You dont really aim in paintball.  It gets back to the "no snipers in paintball" idea. Well I take my old Model98 and snipe with it when we play in the woods and I still dominate... Snipers do not exist in paintball.

Well "Mean Man" said that a debate exists on the topic, since it seemed people were skirting around it, but "What To Do's" ignorant comment sparked the debate. Mean Mean never took a side. Both of you edited the quote though to make the conversation/ debate appear differently than it actually was.

tallen702 wrote: c4cypher wrote: Yes you aim in Paintball ... but ... I agree, calling yourself a sniper... is more a commentary on your own knowledge and maturity level than it is about the position you play. I seriously hope that I'm mis-interpreting what you're saying there. Calling oneself a "sniper" implies that you are a camper with the lofty ideas of being some sort of Tom Berringer-esque one-against-one-hundred one-shot-one-kill schmuck who thinks that they're somehow "better" than someone who plays aggressively and uses a bit more ammo for a higher hit count. It certainly does not make me think that the said "sniper" is mature in the slightest. Just poorly informed and disillusioned. It is possible to get those one-shot-one kill shots off every once in a while, but seriously, what good are you doing for the rest of your team when you're sitting in some shrub for a half-hour while they're slugging it out and actually taking firm real-estate? You aren't going to demoralize the other team with a lucky shot. You aren't going to hold up a whole flank by yourself indefinitely, you're just going to be patting yourself on the back for getting lucky once-or-twice and for how cool you think you look in your home-made ghillie suit while the rest of the guys are doing the real work. Give me a DM and 1,000 rounds and I'll punch a hole in a line and cause more chaos than any "sniper" ever could.

No C4pher is saying that people who call themselves snipers are showing their knowledge and maturity level by using that title...as in their lack of both. As seen from the rest of his post he goes into why the term sniper and carefully aiming shots in such a manner is not applicable in paintball (as per the ideas of people who call themselves snipers). Basically he is trying to very diplomatically say what you said about "paintball snipers", by saying that he assumes sights might have some benefit although minimal in paintball. 

What to do? wrote: tallen702 wrote: c4cypher wrote: Yes you aim in Paintball ... but ... I agree, calling yourself a sniper... is more a commentary on your own knowledge and maturity level than it is about the position you play. I seriously hope that I'm mis-interpreting what you're saying there. Calling oneself a "sniper" implies that you are a camper with the lofty ideas of being some sort of Tom Berringer-esque one-against-one-hundred one-shot-one-kill schmuck who thinks that they're somehow "better" than someone who plays aggressively and uses a bit more ammo for a higher hit count. It certainly does not make me think that the said "sniper" is mature in the slightest. Just poorly informed and disillusioned. It is possible to get those one-shot-one kill shots off every once in a while, but seriously, what good are you doing for the rest of your team when you're sitting in some shrub for a half-hour while they're slugging it out and actually taking firm real-estate? You aren't going to demoralize the other team with a lucky shot. You aren't going to hold up a whole flank by yourself indefinitely, you're just going to be patting yourself on the back for getting lucky once-or-twice and for how cool you think you look in your home-made ghillie suit while the rest of the guys are doing the real work. Give me a DM and 1,000 rounds and I'll punch a hole in a line and cause more chaos than any "sniper" ever could. I understand what you both said but you may have misunderstood me...I am a sniper by not camping because but by remaining silent and slinking around the feild and fire off a hooper or 2 of paintballs when I need to....But all I'm trying to say is that it doesnt matter what you think that a sniper is lame or stupid....or if a person that go s straight into the fight with my ION or old Spyder...but you both can just say that both are equal and both are EXTREMELY deadly on the field #IF# they know how to play their position well.

We are saying that regardless of what Spec Ops sold you, snipers do not exist in paintball. Term is incorrect, if you want to discuss your playing style, reword into an accurate portrayal: Is it you prefer to outflank the opposition?

What to do? wrote: I kinda really dont care what you people think....I just play and shoot people..

Thats great for you, it just doesnt make you any less wrong.

MeanMan wrote: Wow, i love all these new threads. Are you planning on getting an A5?  You dont really aim in paintball.  It gets back to the "no snipers in paintball" idea.

I agree. Spray and Pray ftw!