Collegiate Paintball

[Masherbrum]

I dint see how "purposely" having dimples in your paintballs would be effective or practical.

As it is now, all paintballs are created to be perfectly round, but we all know that if you examine a paintball closely (especially the cheaper kind) you'll find a random number and placement of dimples caused from pressure points by the other balls in the 250 round bags. Also, its a rare sight to open up a box of paintballs and "not" find any broken balls or sweaty ones that have become slick and soggy.

Having dimples in your paintballs like a golfball would mean they would have to be perfectly arranged. This is possible with a golfball because it is rigid and firm while a paintball is soft and malleable. If the air catches the paintballs in dimple, its going to spin it in a direction other than the target. Don't know how many times I've seen defected balls that go about 20 feet then dive down into the ground long before they reach the target.

Got to get ready now, going to go play some speedball. 

You used cheap paintballs.   Only two paintballs I would buy/shoot were Marballizer or Zap!.   All of the others had dimples from "improper storing" (too many cases stacked on top at one point).   

You're describing a place of business that handles their stuff like crap.   I'd go elsewhere. 

[crazyivan]

I have a flatline barrell on my Tippmann A-5 and that gives me all the accuracy i need 

its just kinda heavy with the 20 oz tank and all 

You should fire your flatline when its windy. It fly's straight for 30 feet and goes vertical. Funniest thing I ever saw. Guy was in the open, I shot and ball stopped 3 feet in front of him and went straight up. Right out of the matrix!

[shotgunneeley]

Over 20 guys came to the interest meeting on forming a intercollegiate paintball club. Only 3 (including myself) showed up yesterday to help clean up the local field after a tornado blew through it...

Not a good initial sign. I believe you have to "pay to play", you cant just show up to have fun without putting forth the work effort. Hope it gets straightened out because I'm very excited about playing tournament paintball with other schools.

[Sonicblu]

I use a angel with the q loader. Firedrgns Dm6 is a beast though. I agree with Firedrgn.
The Markers will only take you so far. You have to practice strategy. And put the right people in the right position. Great communication skills are a must. Clear and to the point.

Sounds like fun.  I play woods ball but we get a coupld of games that are speed ball like.

[shotgunneeley]

I use a angel with the q loader.

Oh yeah, how do you like the q-loader system? I originally had that outfitted to my tac-one q-bow, but it was too complicated and cumbersome to use effectively. That spring tension would also force the paintballs into the gun so hard that they would break, or would got to spinnin and chop them up into sushi LOL. Finally got tired of foolin with it and switched to the longbow system.

[stodd]

On that note, my invert mini was stolen today. While playing up at "balls to the walls" in hyannis on the cape for the first time. Ive been playing 3 years and this is the first time I have ever had anything stolen. Whoever took it is lucky he hauled bellybutton and left cause I was looking for him.