Should Dead Man's Walk be Illegal?

[Junkie]

Recently out at PBC they created a new rule that doesn't allow Dead Man's Walk. What do you think?

[ShadowWalker]

If I see someone walking without a hand out, barrel sock on, or hear them say they are out, They're getting shot. I think it should be legal because if you're not going to take the responsibility of making sure they are out, you deserve what you get.

[!rshpnkrckr]

Dead man's walks don't happen that often, because they're extremely hard to do. You can't raise your hands over your head, say anything resembling "hit" or "out", and you have to linger on the field while they run the flag. You also have to make sure the ref's don't try to pull you, and when players see you say something, the ref back off, and you still have a band, you're getting shot. The most I've seen recently were dead man's moves, where you act dead for a couple steps, and when they drop their gun, you run like hell to hopefully split the field.

[Plague]

dead man's walk works. i did it in the rec field, had a lot of angry rec ballers.

[SCBrian]

Originally Posted by pbjunkie

Recently out at PBC they created a new rule that doesn't allow Dead Man's Walk. What do you think?

The reason (I believe) for the rule is this:

Look at your local field, see all the newbs with rental/cheap gear. how many are eliminated and just walk off the field, w/o barrel plugs, etc? now think, if deadman walks become common place, think of all the extra hits that 10 year old will take while he is panicking and trying to get off the field. Or how many of you will get overshoot because you 'looked' suspicious to the newbs. Now in scenario's on the other hand I encourage them and any other tricks you can use. Just not for regular rec. play, for the reasons above.

Now I've used a dead man's walk in scenario games on an impossible mission and got to within 20 feet of my goal, with a loud page behind me 'clapping' coconuts. then I was eliminated with extreme prejudice for the newbs. It's amazing how far you can get when you yell "watch your shots" and 'player coming through'..


-B

[roboto]

that is lame i am goin to keep doin it,.. it is fun and if i ref pulls me i will tell him that i am not out and no reason i should be pulled no point in not havin a fun and sneaking around and since they took the walk out take sneakin out too then let us lob balls over the castle now thats some good paintball geez the refs are worried about kids gettin shot "newbs", and i think they get hit mostly is b/c they sit in the back but if some ppl on the team let them know not to and they will end up gettin hit like outa no where i think they might listen but i try the walk whenever i got like 20-50 balls left and is tired of wastin paint on ppl who are just ppl who stay in the back. but yea that whole takin the walk out makes me mad i enjoyed it and i know other ppl did aswell but i am goin to continue to do it ........frizzle dizzle

[Pumpster]

i have done it before, its funny as crap to c the peoples reactions, but when i did it i backed up and shot the people one shot from about 40 feet so it wouldn't hurt that bad

[a2nadam]

I think it should be legal, because if you are stupid enough to attempt it then you deserve to get shot. But, if you smart enough when attempting it, it can give great results. The thing about the newbies, though, is that the first thing they do when they get shot isnt really go and put a barrel plug on and hold their gun above their head and walk off the field. They could be easily mistaken for a dead man walking, and in turn be shot about 1000000 times by 20 people. I am partially torn about this one, but I think that the newbies should pay more attention to the safety breifing and follow the rules. So, I believe it should be legal.

[roboto]

i do think it should be legal but i now understand why it shouldnt be legal

[gruntUSMC]

if your good enough to do it go ahead i try sometimes. but no onw has ever succesfully done it to my team....


bonus balling isnt a crime...