Paintball guns and their bps

Why do so many people even care about how fast their paintball guns can shoot. I hear alot of people braggin about their markers that can shoot 20, 25, 30 paintballs per second, and the only thing this means is they will be the first ones to run out of ammo. So I don't get why people even bother looking for a marker with such a high rate of fire. As long as it can shoot at least 12 balls per second its good, any faster than that is just a waste of good paint. I've played against and with people that have markers that shoot 20+ bps and about 85-95% of thier paint balls don't even hit the opposing team.

Sorry I don't mean to make anyone mad, but I just had to get that off my chest.

Edited by KillerBD - 25 August 2006 at 5:20pm

Keep in mind that most players don't use maximum ramping or the equivalent when they play.

Off the field, it seems like the fastest gun in town equates to the biggest penis in town. We know full well that such speed will never be truly useful, and yet we spend hundreds just to use more paint at the chrono station.

You will understand when you get your first paint thrower. Until then, it is very hard to explain what the attraction is.

i think 9-16bps is perfect for me

Yea well I just look at paintball from a military standpoint, and most real small arms weapons, like an AK47 or M4 shoot at a rate of 600-800 rpm. The MG42 can shoot at a maximum of 1,200 rounds per minute, this high rate of fire would pin down the enemy but it also wasted alot of ammo and overheated the barrel. In paintballing if your using CO2 with your marker and you have it set for a high rate of fire then your gun will freeze up fast.

KillerBD wrote: Yea well I just look at paintball from a military standpoint, and most real small arms weapons, like an AK47 or M4 shoot at a rate of 600-800 rpm. The MG42 can shoot at a maximum of 1,200 rounds per minute, this high rate of fire would pin down the enemy but it also wasted alot of ammo and overheated the barrel. In paintballing if your using CO2 with your marker and you have it set for a high rate of fire then your gun will freeze up fast.

 

This isnt the military, you dont really die with one hit, so dont try to compare the two

people get pinned down in the military because they dont want to risk dieing

plus people with fast mid-high end guns dont use co2, so yet again, it doesnt compare

MeanMan wrote: KillerBD wrote: Yea well I just look at paintball from a military standpoint, and most real small arms weapons, like an AK47 or M4 shoot at a rate of 600-800 rpm. The MG42 can shoot at a maximum of 1,200 rounds per minute, this high rate of fire would pin down the enemy but it also wasted alot of ammo and overheated the barrel. In paintballing if your using CO2 with your marker and you have it set for a high rate of fire then your gun will freeze up fast.   This isnt the military, you dont really die with one hit, so dont try to compare the two people get pinned down in the military because they dont want to risk dieing plus people with fast mid-high end guns dont use co2, so yet again, it doesnt compare

Actually the two do compare in certin aspects, like shooting, finding cover, flanking, getting hit with projectiles, use of tactics, etc. and yea I realize this isn't the military, but thanks for making me look stupid.....

Edited by KillerBD - 26 August 2006 at 11:05pm

yea really listin to what Mutteralex is sayin bps in speedball is inportaint think about  it watch some speed ball movies on google vid or sumtin with higher bps u can pin down the enemy and if you miss the first time if ytou have faster bps you can shoot again faster whats it comes down to is BPS MATTERS!!!!