Josh Battles <josh@omg-stfu.com> wrote:
: jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
:> "Josh Battles" <josh@omg-stfu.com> wrote:
:>
:> : That's always been one of my most favorite paintball games. I think we
:> : should all bring our paint markers this year and get a game going in the
:> : woods at Jon's. The paint is biodegradable....
:>
:>
:> I know we've talked about this in the past, but it hasn't come to
:> be yet; it would be pretty cool. Although the BBQ is probably the only
:> time all year I'd get to play, I might be able to be convinced to
:> go out and buy a gun (or a marker or whatever they call them). :-)
:> The only thing though is that when playing games of this type (video
:> games, etc.) my favorite role/technique is sniper. I'm not sure what
:> that says about my psychological makeup, ;-) but I love to blend into
:> the shadows; nothing like a head shot on some unsuspecting sap. ;-)
:> Anyway, I'm not even sure if that is possible in paintball. Hmmm, I
:> wonder what it would take to build a custom sniper rifle, possibly even
:> with a nice long rifled barrel, and a heck of a lot of pressure to really
:> reach out and touch someone. :-) Speaking of custom paintball guns,
:> wasn't Barry building a gattling gun? I want to be on his team! ;-)
: IIRC, they have sniper ones you can buy but they're cost prohibitive.
: I've got a Pirhana STS 2k3 tournament gun that's really nice. I just
: need to rebuild if before the BBQ and get some CO2. I think it'd be
: really cool if we could set this up this year. The only issue I can
: think of would be running out of CO2, but my tank is large enough where
: it'll last a solid 8 hours of playtime easily so I guess I'm good.
I don't know what is involved with refilling the CO2 tanks in the
guns (i.e. what type of equipment, regulator, etc. you would need), but
if this is an option, I could check to see what it would cost to get
a CO2 tank for the BBQ. If enough people were interested, we could
split the cost or something.
:> What might be a cool twist is to add some GPS technology into
:> the mix... Instead of a known location for the "flag", each team
:> would choose a location and record the coordinates. The teams start
:> out not knowing where the other team's flag is, then before the
:> game starts, the teams swap coordinates. (Via radio maybe, so both
:> teams are already out in the field, and thus no clues would be
:> given to the other team by watching to see which way they go? The
:> procedure would be something like 10-15 mins to plant the flag,
:> then swap the coordinates, after which each team has 5 mins to input
:> the coordinates, plan out a strategy, then its game on...) Anyhoo,
:> just a thought. :-)
: This is a _really_ sweet idea, it might make the game a little more
: challenging. We'd still need vague maps of the property though just so
: we would be able to find our way back to base camp after we'd been
: eliminated. Also, having the different teams use different colors of
: paint might be a good idea so that you can tell if you were offed by a
: friendly and pick him off later.
Thanks. :-) Yep, we've got the maps showing the trails of course,
and I can also provide an arial photo of the entire property as well as
topographic maps.
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