Rumors OF A High End Marker

Ok first off, I'm gonna defend the game of speedball.  Speedball is a completely different gameplay than woodsball. Nope...once contact is made in the woods, it's largely the same.

They are setup to be a very fastpace game.  It's on a small course and it makes you feel almost trapped and pinned down 24/7.  It's not about stealth at all, it takes agility, strategy, and, most of the time, a fast gun. Wrong, stealth plays a huge part in the game.

Stating this as much opinionated as possible, yes, I myself play both woodsball and speedball, but I think speedball gets your adrenaline pumping at a level that woodsball could never do. Nope, wrong again. Depends on the person. 

Woodsball tactics are about opposite from speedball.  In woodsball you try to be as covert as possible and steathy, trying not to be spotted.  In speedball, your in a small course and you know where everyone is. Wrong...once contact is made, it usually turns into speedball in the woods.

You guys are saying that woodsball is for men, let's see you hide behind those "bubble bunkers" getting shot at by guns shooting 25bps, you'd soil yourselves.  Hidding in some brush with a ghuille suit and a camo'd 98c, waiting for someone to walk by so you could "snipe" them out doesn't take all that much skill.  Stop saying that woodsball is for men, because just because you don't get all that dirty playing speedball, that doesn't mean they aren't afraid do get covered in mud. Be quiet. You've already proven yourself ignorant.

I'm not saying that woodsball doesn't take any skill, it's just that the skill needed for woods/speedball are way different.  This is for you guys that say there's no need for guns that shoot 20+bps.  Most of you guys that play woodsball and occasionally play on speedball fields notice that if you try to shoot only when you have a clear shot, you usually get pwned out by the speedball players by their ropes of paint flying at you. Wrong...again (surprise surprise). The basics remain the same: shoot, move, communicate. 

Guess why? Because it works to shoot faster when your in a tight spot with people all around you. Probably because those guys are better at playing tight...

As I have pointed out, speedball and woodsball are two completely different types of gameplay for the sport of paintball. Nope, get this outta your head, you keep repeating it.

It takes different skills for the game you play.  All I ask is that you discontinue the stereotype that woodsball players are "more manly" than speedball players because you get dirtier. I ask that you stop and realize speed/woods is the same with different settings once contact is made.

Now for the topic of a new Tippmann "highend marker."  I hope that eventually they do sink their teeth into the game of speedball. Ever heard of Tippmann Effect? 

Also opinionated, I believe speedball is for the more serious paintball players, and Tippmann knows that's where the money's at. Which is why Armotech and Pro-Team has shot up.

Yes, Tippmann makes undisputedly the best woodsball markers on the market, but you can't just stay with the 98c or A5 forever. Wrong, there are better.

The future means change, and change is what is needed in order to keep up with today's society. Not true...sometimes steadiness is required. Pick your battles.

Tippmann, I think most everyone would agree, is mostly a "beginner's gun", not trying to knock it's reputation but it is true.  Very good quality beginner's guns none the less, but if they make a new gun for speedball, and it's a success, which most likely it will be, considering Tippmann makes some of the most innovative products on the market (cyclone, r/t, etc.), The community of paintball will look at Tippmann in a whole new perspective. Just like they did with the EM1...

As for you that actually took the time to read this post, I hope I didn't waste your time or seem to bash woodsball, by no means do I try to, but anyway, thanks for reading! Don't worry, you thoroughly wasted my time.

On top of that, they give each one upgrades that set it above other guns because there is nothing else like it. The 98/98c has the RT which allows high rates of fire without batteries or electronics And isn't always tournament or field legal...

and the flatline which adds a ton of range with flat trajectory. And then bounces...

Then you have the A5 which comes stock with the cyclone which requires no batteries and is very reliable. Except with paint shell in it...and when it wears down...

They also redesign all the 98 upgrades for the A5 so that they're even better than before. Like the E-Bolt and LP Kit...which got worse because the A-5 is a sear-tripper.

 Maybe an improved feeding system or mechanical full auto, who knows. Why mech F/A? Who could use it?

Other companies are more predictable. You know Bob Long, Smart Parts, etc. will always just change the milling and make their guns shoot faster at lower pressures. Yes, because the Shocker, Impulse, and new Shocker are all the same gun with different milling and stock accessories.

My guess is that they've been working on new stuff since the A5 was released Or working on getting upgrades out...

That's pretty much what they've been doing anyway but apparantly they don't meet the expectations of speedball players. I wonder why...it's long, big, slow (trigger pull stinks as much as an Impulse, stock), loud, and kinda ugly.

I think an A5 with a few performance upgrades would be great for speedball but tourny players love to spend thousands on super-electros that just spray paint everywhere and the A5 just isn't a paint hose. Hence it does not "meet the expectations of speedball players"

They don't like that they have to rely on skill more because of the lower (and more sane) ROF of the A5. Or maybe because if two equal teams play and one is shooting faster, the one with faster guns will win?