reason's to play old school

[deadeye]

Pump is fun, I just returned from PA where I played with some family. It was the deep woods type of play, a pump players dream.
I enjoy the total game that pump provides. For me field awareness and patience make up for my “lack” of accuracy (hence Deadeye).
‘Fronter’ I started with a Blade a few years ago, it’s not a bad way to start. I have an Autococker pump and like it. I just bought a right feed body and will be moving to that soon. Grendel if I recall uses an ancient Autococker pump, it weights about 30 pounds and is deadly accurate. He bought it back when he still had a sense of humor .

[SCBrian]

I've been swapping back and forth from my Phantom to a pistol. one definite advantage is maneuverability on the field. I can go more places, quieter, than someone carrying an Angel and 1000 rnds of paint on their back. I'm faster than most of the younger kids when I play stock(Though I need a longer recovery time). I've also noticed playing stock/pump, has made me a more aggressive player. I can't just sit back and shower paint at an opponent.

-B
Ps. you think you can get bragging rights from gogging an electro with a pump. Try gogging them with a pistol, after a combat roll... heheh

[a2nadam]

Ive seen brian running around out at PBC with his phantom. (Im the chinese kid thats out there most every other weekend.)

[SCBrian]

Originally Posted by a2nadam

Ive seen brian running around out at PBC with his phantom. (Im the chinese kid thats out there most every other weekend.)

Running is the easy part, it's the stopping that gets me sometimes... :p

[Junkie]

Originally Posted by SCBrian

I'm faster than most of the younger kids when I play stock

Let me know when you plan on doing this. I would like to be present.

[Grendel]

Originally Posted by deadeye

Pump is fun, I just returned from PA where I played with some family. It was the deep woods type of play, a pump players dream.
I enjoy the total game that pump provides. For me field awareness and patience make up for my “lack” of accuracy (hence Deadeye).
‘Fronter’ I started with a Blade a few years ago, it’s not a bad way to start. I have an Autococker pump and like it. I just bought a right feed body and will be moving to that soon. Grendel if I recall uses an ancient Autococker pump, it weights about 30 pounds and is deadly accurate. He bought it back when he still had a sense of humor .

Sense of humor?? :p

[deadeye]

Originally Posted by Grendel

Sense of humor?? :p

Grendel my friend let’s face it. There is a time when we stop being funny and just become cynical old men…. As well as dirty. :old

[MrWizard]

You mean like Castro?

My fav quote from a really old pump player:

'The best thing I like about a pump is feeding it liquid so that first shot has a little extra.'

Really...is that the secret?

[deadeye]

Originally Posted by MrWizard

You mean like Castro?

My fav quote from a really old pump player:

'The best thing I like about a pump is feeding it liquid so that first shot has a little extra.'

Really...is that the secret?

I'm ignoring that man behind the curtain. :p

[Paco]

I would just like to say I started with a Splatmaster, which I still have, and learned to be very effective and very sneaky (read "mean") with that gun. And it's the best way to learn about team strategy!
Now that I have played competitively at every level of tournament ball, I'm finding it's even more fun to jump in the occasional scenario/rec-ball game. It's actually fun and kind of relaxing in comparison.
One of my favorite recent moments was on a day at PBC during the hour-long scenario game playing alongside two or three pump guns with my e-bladed Freeflow machine gun. From a distance and through a few trees we were slowly picking off the advancing team, all three of us, with single shots. Then they decided to rush us. I actually heard them say "It's just a few guys with pumps." There is something to be said for the element of surprise...and I gotta say they looked surprised!