[Jdeason89]

i was at a place where they were calling players out for blind firing when all they where realy doing doing was laying cover to move. they couldnt see there opponent but knew there general location. if people want a game that is as close to real as its going to get then blind firing is a must. i beat my last dollar if you guys where in a real fire fight you would blind fire like crazy to stay behind cover but still at the same time lay down cover fire for you or your team mates to move under. blind firing is important to every combat situation

[Pyrate Jim]

Paintball is not combat.
You want real, go enlist.

You want to play a game, play by the rules and keep it safe.

[Polly101]

go play airsoft

[rammstein_5v2]

Originally Posted by Pyrate Jim

Paintball is not combat.
You want real, go enlist.

You want to play a game, play by the rules and keep it safe.

Might be hard to enlist nowadays.

Anyways its a matter of safety. If you can't see where your balls are going or where you're shooting you could shoot dead players, spectators, refs, animals, etc.

[headcase]

Originally Posted by rammstein_5v2

Might be hard to enlist nowadays.

Anyways its a matter of safety. If you can't see where your balls are going or where you're shooting you could shoot dead players, spectators, refs, animals, etc.

Which is exactly the same reason that it is frowned upon in the military as well, regardless of what the movies tell you.

[loneturtle]

blind fire is for gears of war video games. join the big boys and look at where you are shooting. You want to lay down some cover fire, pop up real quick and squeeze off a few shots. I know for a fact that is you pop up real fast other players will duck real fast.

[throw em up[rex]]

Blind Firing is a big NO-NO! If you just shoot all willy-nilly your probley gonna hit a ref and they will get mad, a spectator who may have a camera in their hand and you could hit it and then pay for it, dead players hate to be shot. So just don't do it. Play by the rules and play safe.

[badneighbors3]

Originally Posted by loneturtle

blind fire is for gears of war video games. join the big boys and look at where you are shooting. You want to lay down some cover fire, pop up real quick and squeeze off a few shots. I know for a fact that is you pop up real fast other players will duck real fast.

No they wouldn't.

[Pain-N-Panic]

If i'm posted up and someone pops out real fast....I start to shoot real fast! lol

[loneturtle]

tru and if i fire at u, ur *** is gonna duck as well.

[PXK24]

All the fields that I play at prohibit blind firing. They will warn you once and then toss you. As they have stated above, work on pop-up shooting skills.

[FatalKitty]

first off... it's paintball, a SPORT - not combat or war. There are rules, many of them are for fairness, some of them are for safety. The blind fire rules is for safety. If you cannot see what you are shooting, you could be hitting referees, eliminated players, injured or unprotected players/spectators, or your own team.

the field owner or group ref should have gone over the rules with you before the start of the day and maybe again after lunch to make sure you knew the rules... I suggest next time that you ask about the rules or safety meeting before the day starts so that everyone is on the same page.

[pans101]

If you can see where you are firing it is not blind firing. If you are shooting at the edge of a bunker or tree anticipating someone coming out it is not blind fire.

If you stick your marker out from behind a tree, bunker or thru a hole in a board and can not see what you are shooting, it would be blind fire. This would not be allowed at the fields I have played or reffed.

You used the words BLIND FIRING, but the way you are describing it would be fine at the fields I play and have reffed at. The key is if you can see where the balls are going.

[SKI008]

I was playing a bunker a few weeks ago and another player ran up to it on the opposite side. As I went over to bunker him he jammed his tippman over the top of the bunker without looking and hit me in the face with his barrel. He then proceeded to shoot wildly while swinging the gun over the top, hitting me in the shoulders and throat with shots as well as with his flailing barrel. That could have been even worse had this idiot stuck his barrel under my mask or knocked my mask off with his wild swinging. That is why blind firing is dangerous and not allowed.

[gjcb]

Originally Posted by SKI008

I was playing a bunker a few weeks ago and another player ran up to it on the opposite side. As I went over to bunker him he jammed his tippman over the top of the bunker without looking and hit me in the face with his barrel. He then proceeded to shoot wildly while swinging the gun over the top, hitting me in the shoulders and throat with shots as well as with his flailing barrel. That could have been even worse had this idiot stuck his barrel under my mask or knocked my mask off with his wild swinging. That is why blind firing is dangerous and not allowed.

bahaha i would quote this in my sig... but i have no space

[SnOzBeRrIeZ (Banned)]

wow, u are the biggest noob on here since pietoastmoose

[DyePaintballer2k11]

Originally Posted by Jdeason89

i was at a place where they were calling players out for blind firing when all they where realy doing doing was laying cover to move. they couldnt see there opponent but knew there general location. if people want a game that is as close to real as its going to get then blind firing is a must. i beat my last dollar if you guys where in a real fire fight you would blind fire like crazy to stay behind cover but still at the same time lay down cover fire for you or your team mates to move under. blind firing is important to every combat situation

Shut the **** up. You don't know jack **** about how the military operates. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE SOLDIER/MARINE THAT WOULD RISK BLIND FIRING. Why? Ever heard of civilians? If you can't see what you're shooting at, then you aren't hitting your target.

If you think blind firing is essential, stop playing paintball right now and for God's sake, never even ****ing think about enlisting.

[Draxxus5577]

Originally Posted by DyePaintballer2k11

Shut the **** up. You don't know jack **** about how the military operates. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE SOLDIER/MARINE THAT WOULD RISK BLIND FIRING. Why? Ever heard of civilians? If you can't see what you're shooting at, then you aren't hitting your target.

If you think blind firing is essential, stop playing paintball right now and for God's sake, never even ****ing think about enlisting.

QFT

[JC-Splat]

Originally Posted by DyePaintballer2k11

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE SOLDIER/MARINE THAT WOULD RISK BLIND FIRING. Why? Ever heard of civilians? If you can't see what you're shooting at, then you aren't hitting your target.

Definitely true. Especially in the political climate these days. The opposition (of whomever's in power, Bush OR Obama) as well as the media is just drooling over the opportunity to report on some "atrocity".

Asides from that, you can really see the difference in the combat videos of the Middle East. On our side, you've got Marines picking their shots and taking out the opfor. On their side, you've got the nutcases shooting like mad (innaccurately) and hitting squat. I think there were more of our guys killed through IED's than enemy fire.

[ride4life]

(not sure if said) blind firing makes the game unfair. it makes you extremely hard to hit, as to if you had your head poped out there is more area to hit, which also makes games more exciting.

although im getting the feeling that you are one of the people that camp out in the farthest back bunker, closest to the starting box.

[tipp-top]

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