You CAN snipe in paintball. Seriously.

DeTrevni wrote: 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...

i'd still go to a scenario with that rule in it...

but i still won't snipe

Bump for update!

I refereed for the said scenario organizer last weekend (Viper Paintball), and this system works! Each general gets money (not real money) for completed missions. And with this money, he can buy special benefits, like air strikes and snipers. What happens is the general purchases a sniper card, gives the card to the player, and the player can now use it to get a single elimination on any person in his line of sight, confirmed by a referee. Example: I'm just chilling, watching what's going on, and I get called over.

"Hey ref!"
"Yeah?"
"See that guy sticking out over there, behind that bunker?"
"Which one?"
"The one with the Double-Trouble A-5, keeping our lines back [true story]."
"Oh yeah."
*player hands me sniper card*
"He's sniped."
"K."
*I call nearest ref over to A-5 guy, or run over there myself to call player out. A-5 guy is confused, then upset, but resigned to his fate*

It works. I had to do that a lot...

And as a military man, I'm sure you can understand how handing a card is about as close as we can get in the game of paintball.

I'm sure there's room for the cards to be tweaked. But to be honest, when I reffed the game, people seemed happy with the way things were. While it may take some of the "feel" out of sniping, I say don't fix what ain't broken.

Plus it was fun when both sides met each other in the center speedball field. Sniper cards flying left and right! I've never seen mass sniper war.

This how you reply to "Sniper Cards"

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I don't know how many times I'm going to have to say this. They cost the general game money, and they ain't cheap. Some people are blowing this entirely out of proportion. It's not like everyone has like 10 cards. When I said "mass sniper warfare," I meant there were like 6 or 7 calls. Out of like 20 on each side (the rest of each team was off in the woods somewhere). Saying people shouldn't even bring their markers is 3x as "silly" as these cards...

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

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."

StormyKnight wrote: Not at all.  Cards are good for playing poker, solitaire and Go Fish.  I would never bring a paintball to a cardgame.

Player 1:  "My full house beats your 3 of a kind."

Player 2:  "Jerk!"

POP POP POP POP POP

Player 1:  "Ref . . . overshooting!  Ref!"