Day of the Rangers
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Topic: Day of the Rangers
Posted By: X-51
Subject: Day of the Rangers
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 2:33pm
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So did anyone else here go to the day of the rangers at hell's survivors in pickeny? It was fun as hell and I got a lot of playtime with my TAG 8, 12 kills, but the night game sucked. Our own team was shooting at each other and I got lit up by a guy after we both verified that we were white. So hopefully next time they'll work out those kinks. ------------- Once we clued in on the fact that life is finite, the thought of losing it didn't scare us anymore. The end comes no matter what, all that matters is how you wanna go out, on your feet or your knees? |
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 2:44pm
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always wanted to play a night game...sounds like you needed better communication with your lines...this might sound stupid but its logical, in ww2 and even now its obviously easier to tell your lines apart when patrolling bc the enemy is obviously speaking another language (in our wars histories anyway) and with a different uniform...in a paintball game, everyones basically wearing the same thing; jerseys, fatigues, etc. where was the game? |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 2:47pm
| The weather didn't suck? It's been cold and rainy here in the thumb today. |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 7:12pm
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did anyone blow up this time? I trust that field owner about as far as i can throw him. "Sure you can bring homemade explosives onto the field!!" ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 8:41pm
Night games are generally complete crap. the main issue is that fields rarely have lights on the field. While yes, players have been known to function in complete darkness without night vision, most players run around and hope to bump into people and eliminate somebody. Many scenario players are rampant cheaters, which makes night play even more of a pain in the ass; as people don't take hits and overshoot, because everyone is a cheater in a cheater's eyes. There are also those people that are oblivious to night strategy, who leave hopper lights on (killing your eyes' adaptations to the darkness) and those who don't understand the meaning of silence. Field lights allow players to know where they're going, make traversing the forests safer, and prevent brutal point blank firefights that happen all the time when you can't see your enemy. It's worth the experience, just don't go out of your way to play at night. It's not worth the trouble at most games. ------------- 
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GI JOES SON wrote:Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 8:43pm
| The main thing I hated about playing at night was you had no idea where your shots were going. Overall I thought a night game sucked. |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 8:54pm
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In case you guys didn't know the story, at the field this was played at, earlier in the year. The owner allowed a player to bring a homemade smoke bomb, packed in PVC. He lit it, and it exploded. The guy that lit it had hearing damage, a ref had a severe arm laceration, and one guy will be blind for the rest his life. Therefor, prices were jacked up this year to help pay for their medical expenses. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:11pm
HAHAHHAHHAHHAHA ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: thebuickguy
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 12:42am
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blind in one eye i believe. ------------- Tippmann A-5 SAW stock E grip J&J Ceramic APEX tip Spyder AMG J&J Ceramic Tippmann 68 Carbine J&J Ceramic APEX tip Tippmann Prolite |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 12:50am
Oh, no big deal then. |
Posted By: tippmannfreak
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 1:33am
appropriate? |
Posted By: X-51
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 8:53am
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Yeah I thought that the field owner and the refs knew nothing about it? From what I heard the guy lit it before anyone could tell him otherwise. And the prices are the same as they were last year. I asked a bunch of players what color they were and they said white and I said we're white up here don't shoot, all of the sudden I was lit up, night games suck for several reasons but I think friendly fire is the worst. ------------- Once we clued in on the fact that life is finite, the thought of losing it didn't scare us anymore. The end comes no matter what, all that matters is how you wanna go out, on your feet or your knees? |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 7:46pm
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I actually wanted to got the DOTR, but couldnt find anyone locally that wanted to go and not crazy about going to a scenario alone. I haven't been to the Hell Survivors field yet, but they seem to put on a lot of scenarios. What was you impression of it X-51? ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 8:13pm
sounds like general coverup, we have people that were there though. The refs stood around and watched while he lit it. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site
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Posted By: paintball437085
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 8:14pm
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lol home made smoke gernade is hardcore ------------- psn=Xx_DY3_xX |
Posted By: thebuickguy
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 8:33pm
still a big deal but, how i was told they were testing it to see if it would be a viable device during there big game series' wasn't like it was in the middle of a game that it happened. they were off on a other field and for some freak accident it exploded thank god then and not at the monster game where many people could have been injured. ------------- Tippmann A-5 SAW stock E grip J&J Ceramic APEX tip Spyder AMG J&J Ceramic Tippmann 68 Carbine J&J Ceramic APEX tip Tippmann Prolite |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 8:50pm
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nope, players were on the field. The guy that is half blind is a regular at our store, he told us exactly what happened.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 9:55pm
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I live about 2-3 miles from Hells Survivors. I love how nobody can seem to spell Pinckney correctly...
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 10:58pm
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yeah, but they all know where Hell is. If you live that close, you should have come visit when i was working at Futureball. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site
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Posted By: thebuickguy
Date Posted: 20 May 2008 at 4:46am
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do tell then i'd like to hear what exactly happened.
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 20 May 2008 at 1:57pm
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the player lit the smoke bomb, and it blew up from being overpacked, but only the top portion blew because of varying densities. Several people ran over to assist te guy that lit it, the bomb was still smoking, and then it blew a second time, which blasted even more pieces of PVC into the first responders. 2 people had to be medivacced out to UofM hospital. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 20 May 2008 at 4:35pm
Futureball FTW !!! BYOP and $15 entrance FTW !!! -------------
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Posted By: X-51
Date Posted: 20 May 2008 at 8:52pm
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Where do you work guy? Do you sell tag 8 magazines. ------------- Once we clued in on the fact that life is finite, the thought of losing it didn't scare us anymore. The end comes no matter what, all that matters is how you wanna go out, on your feet or your knees? |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 20 May 2008 at 9:41pm
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I work at a pool store now... so no.
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Posted By: X-51
Date Posted: 21 May 2008 at 5:03pm
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lol gahderk
------------- Once we clued in on the fact that life is finite, the thought of losing it didn't scare us anymore. The end comes no matter what, all that matters is how you wanna go out, on your feet or your knees? |