Not even joking. I played a game today, and got all buddy-buddy with one of the older regulars at the field. We got to talking, and, as he was on a scenario team, started telling good bushball stories. Some how or another, we started discussing strategies, and the subject of sniping came up. We shared agreement that being all sneaky and such is definately not our style of play, but he told me there was a scenario-runner-group-thingy (like MXS) that did have sniping. Now follow along, this is where it gets cool:

You can snipe, never make a sound, and make an elimination up to 300 feet away, perfectly straight. Heck, you don't even have to fire a shot! What it is, is a sniper character gets sniper cards, and those are like his ammo. When he finds a target, probably a high value target like a general or what have you, the sniper calls in the referee (via walkie-talkie or something like that) and points out the target to the ref. The ref then declares the target sniped and eliminated, and the sniper, now effectively out of the range of return fire, can slink off unseen and look for another kill.

IT WORKS! I wish I'd have thought of it when I was a newb. I'd have killed for that position.

*Role

But yeah. Kinda. You are fulfilling the exact same role as a sniper. Arguments?

That has to be really boring though. I mean, its not fun camping either, but lineing up someone in your crosshairs, then firing and getting a goggle hit from 400 feet is a great feeling. Unline saying "Hey ref, that guy in the ghillie is out".

It's a good idea, but the target should have some line of defense.

For instance, say the sniper points at the opposing team's general. The ref would then contact the general and inform him that he has been targeted. The ref would have dice or something that the general and sniper would roll. In order to evade the shot, the general would have to roll higher than the sniper. If he rolls lower, he's out.

Sure, it sounds like like D&D, but it's the best way of making it fair for all of the players.

Okay, I can see the naysayers point, but someone's being a little closed-minded! :P

The sniper position has limited use. The character has to get to the HVT without being seen, has a paintball gun for defense or what-have-you, has to call in the shot (of which I'm sure there's more to it than that, such as line of site rules), the player is out, the sniper sneaks out and resumes his normal paintball duties until the general calls in another mission. He can probably do this like 5 times in a scenario, it's not a permanent position.

Ken Majors wrote: This is unbelievable. Next thing you know they will just video the game and you can play sniper from your couch. You can phone in your sniper shots and the ref will use a 20 sided D&D die to roll whether or not you get your kill. That sounds like some fun "paintball" <insert enormous amount of sarcasm here>

Seriously.

I play paintball specifically to get away from this "bang-bang, you are dead" crap.

Wipers aside, paintballs provide a nice way of keeping track of hits, and adds a little agony of defeat to the exercise.  Kills by pointing at each other?  Hell no.

I don't know why everyone is freaking out. It's for a major scenario series, the players are told about the positions. They are fully aware of the position and it's capabilities. It's not like it's all encompassing...

This is quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever heard.  Heck, might as well not even bring a paintball marker into the game, just a deck of cards and your magic pointing finger.

Mack wrote: While this may put "snipers" in paintball, it doesn't create "paintball snipers."  After all, paintballs aren't even part of the elimination process. Maybe the general should be allowed to pay higher prices for more powerful "snipers" as well. "That shot was made by my 33rd level sniper from his couch at home.  He didn't even have to put down his beer."

i loled

DeTrevni wrote: ...  Saying people shouldn't even bring their markers is 3x as "silly" as these cards...

If I could snipe and always get an elimination just by informing a ref, why would I need a marker?  Who would want to go out on the field with a marker only to be eliminated because somebody waved a ref over to give him a card?  "I saw him, here's his card."  We'd be better off playing a game of children's tag.  When you take paintball out of the equation, it isn't paintball anymore.

Once again, you are completely missing what's going on here. It's not like everyone has a sniper card they can use infinitely. Each card is good for 1 elimination, and each card is expensive. You can't just constantly "point and click" and get everyone out. 1 ELIMINATION ONLY.

Your analogy is way too exaggerated.

Taking it too seriously?

"Paintball is fun."

DeTrevni wrote: Well, there is an air strike card (not sarcasm).

[/sigh]