My Israeli family. My American family is full of out of shape, pansy ass bad Catholics. :P
Well, I assumed that you picked up a few moves at least, coming from that environment.
Oh! I thought we were talking about my family, not me. I'm in pretty good shape but I'm not 'beefy'. My interest in size almost completely vanished when I got into running. Even so, I could without question destroy my entire American family in a flash. It'd be like a terrible action movie with me as a protagonist and them as generic evil henchmen.
t _J_: pretty much. One side of my family only lives in Israel, the other side only lives in America. Neither are really in contact with the other. I'm pretty much the only common link.
Oh! I thought we were talking about my family, not me. I'm in pretty good shape but I'm not 'beefy'. My interest in size almost completely vanished when I got into running. Even so, I could without question destroy my entire American family in a flash. It'd be like a terrible action movie with me as a protagonist and them as generic evil henchmen.
t _J_: pretty much. One side of my family only lives in Israel, the other side only lives in America. Neither are really in contact with the other. I'm pretty much the only common link.
NERF guns come with limited ammo and limited range. You need to get within 30 feet to have a good chance of hitting your target, and if you miss with two or three rounds you're probably going to get plugged. It's a lot more dodge/parry, as opposed to hiding behind terrain and running like hell from safe spot to safe spot. You have to be careful with your shots and make sure you don't get caught reloading. Plus different "guns" offer different tactical advantages, as opposed to everybody having the same weapon.
All these things are things I like.
Plus, remember, I'm pretty and fragile. Paintballs don't like me very much.
There is actually plenty of dodging in paintball. Snap shooting is a pretty huge skill and pretty much consists entirely of quickly popping out, shooting once or twice and tucking back in. It's often the deciding factor in matches where positions get locked down.
I wouldn't say that paintball is hiding and running from safe spot to safe spot. If you are hiding you aren't really contributing to your team, your not giving cover to your team mates or having eyes on the field. You generally don't run to safe spots, you try to find openings to advance aggressively up the field to get angle shots on your opponents.
Getting caught reloading is an issue in paintball too. :P The gun thing I will concede.
I'm not trying to argue that paintball is better or anything, I think they are different, but I think your claims that nerf requires more athleticism and accuracy is erroneous in nature. I think both games reward you quite a lot for having both of those abilities.
Put it this way: NERF requires different kinds of skill, both in terms of athleticism and accuracy, than does paintball, although the NERF community itself is full of megadicks who I wouldn't be caught dead with. I don't/wouldn't play with anyone who was just running around like a dipshit on their own without using strategy and teamwork, or who modded their gun to the point where you might as well be chucking lawn darts.
It requires you to be quick and clever, since you can see shots in the air and actually dodge them if you're good/careful. It requires careful aim, not just in terms of where you point, but when you fire and how you coordinate that with your teammates and manage your ammunition. I can track a moving target at 30 feet with my Vulcan, which has a 25-round belt and fires three darts per second. But if you're smart, and fast, I'm not going to hit you unaided unless I'm really careful. What I can do is point my gun at you and dodge your shots and let my friend with a Recon flank you and nail you without me having to fire a single round.
What makes NERF so much more appealing, to me, is the fact that you do have to get close and you can't trust your weapon to be perfectly accurate. And your choice of weapon itself becomes an important strategic decision, which is just awesome. You can run around with twin Mavericks and think you look all badass, but that means you get two shots and zero free hands to ready a third round. I actually like my Recon better than my Vulcan, because it's more flexible. But if I don't use it then you can be sure I want my teammate to take it, because it's an important defensive asset. You can quite literally create a little machine gun nest with it, with one person loading/feeding the belt and one person firing. And how would I take that out? With my "grenades" (mini-NERF footballs) of course, because I can lob them at a high arc and throwing two or three in quick succession makes everybody scatter.
You play stock too?
Awesome on a possum.
I'd be more than willing to shoot my foam in your face Yalb, all you have to do is ask.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
t _J_: pretty much. One side of my family only lives in Israel, the other side only lives in America. Neither are really in contact with the other. I'm pretty much the only common link.
t _J_: pretty much. One side of my family only lives in Israel, the other side only lives in America. Neither are really in contact with the other. I'm pretty much the only common link.
NERF guns come with limited ammo and limited range. You need to get within 30 feet to have a good chance of hitting your target, and if you miss with two or three rounds you're probably going to get plugged. It's a lot more dodge/parry, as opposed to hiding behind terrain and running like hell from safe spot to safe spot. You have to be careful with your shots and make sure you don't get caught reloading. Plus different "guns" offer different tactical advantages, as opposed to everybody having the same weapon.
All these things are things I like.
Plus, remember, I'm pretty and fragile. Paintballs don't like me very much.
There is actually plenty of dodging in paintball. Snap shooting is a pretty huge skill and pretty much consists entirely of quickly popping out, shooting once or twice and tucking back in. It's often the deciding factor in matches where positions get locked down.
I wouldn't say that paintball is hiding and running from safe spot to safe spot. If you are hiding you aren't really contributing to your team, your not giving cover to your team mates or having eyes on the field. You generally don't run to safe spots, you try to find openings to advance aggressively up the field to get angle shots on your opponents.
Getting caught reloading is an issue in paintball too. :P The gun thing I will concede.
I'm not trying to argue that paintball is better or anything, I think they are different, but I think your claims that nerf requires more athleticism and accuracy is erroneous in nature. I think both games reward you quite a lot for having both of those abilities.
Put it this way: NERF requires different kinds of skill, both in terms of athleticism and accuracy, than does paintball, although the NERF community itself is full of megadicks who I wouldn't be caught dead with. I don't/wouldn't play with anyone who was just running around like a dipshit on their own without using strategy and teamwork, or who modded their gun to the point where you might as well be chucking lawn darts.
It requires you to be quick and clever, since you can see shots in the air and actually dodge them if you're good/careful. It requires careful aim, not just in terms of where you point, but when you fire and how you coordinate that with your teammates and manage your ammunition. I can track a moving target at 30 feet with my Vulcan, which has a 25-round belt and fires three darts per second. But if you're smart, and fast, I'm not going to hit you unaided unless I'm really careful. What I can do is point my gun at you and dodge your shots and let my friend with a Recon flank you and nail you without me having to fire a single round.
What makes NERF so much more appealing, to me, is the fact that you do have to get close and you can't trust your weapon to be perfectly accurate. And your choice of weapon itself becomes an important strategic decision, which is just awesome. You can run around with twin Mavericks and think you look all badass, but that means you get two shots and zero free hands to ready a third round. I actually like my Recon better than my Vulcan, because it's more flexible. But if I don't use it then you can be sure I want my teammate to take it, because it's an important defensive asset. You can quite literally create a little machine gun nest with it, with one person loading/feeding the belt and one person firing. And how would I take that out? With my "grenades" (mini-NERF footballs) of course, because I can lob them at a high arc and throwing two or three in quick succession makes everybody scatter.
You play stock too?
Awesome on a possum.
I'd be more than willing to shoot my foam in your face Yalb, all you have to do is ask.
:winky:
So do you play with local friends, or what? I've found it impossible to rig together a group.
Zimmy, I think you could have a lot of fun with paintball if you like, played in the woods with a ghillie suit.
A lot of the things you said about NERF apply to paintball, just in slightly different ways.
I seriously couldn't do paintball. My pain threshold just isn't high enough, and a stray shot could do some real damage because I'm so thin. That's why NERF is fun, because it's all the tac-sim fun without the horrible bruising and anybody can play.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
I seriously couldn't do paintball. My pain threshold just isn't high enough, and a stray shot could do some real damage because I'm so thin. That's why NERF is fun, because it's all the tac-sim fun without the horrible bruising and anybody can play.
I don't mean to be rude or anything my friend, but it really doesn't hurt that much and I doubt you are so fragile. I mean, my friend is a twig and he plays just fine. With baggy clothes and the right layers, I genuinely doubt it would be an issue unless you have some kind of physical issue I don't know about.
I will concede that the entry cost for Nerf is much lower, if that is what you meant by "anybody can play."
So do you play with local friends, or what? I've found it impossible to rig together a group.
I've never actually organized a large group, just messed around with a few friends in my back yard and such. But if you really want to do it, and really want to get into it, I can't imagine it's too hard to find people will to form a good group. I think you need about 10 people for a small skirmish, and groups of 16 work with two four-man squads per side.
I'm about to go to bed here, but remind me next time you see me on and we'll talk about it.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
I seriously couldn't do paintball. My pain threshold just isn't high enough, and a stray shot could do some real damage because I'm so thin. That's why NERF is fun, because it's all the tac-sim fun without the horrible bruising and anybody can play.
I don't mean to be rude or anything my friend, but it really doesn't hurt that much and I doubt you are so fragile. I mean, my friend is a twig and he plays just fine. With baggy clothes and the right layers, I genuinely doubt it would be an issue unless you have some kind of physical issue I don't know about.
I will concede that the entry cost for Nerf is much lower, if that is what you meant by "anybody can play."
I am really really really fragile. Plus I don't think I'd have the energy for it, NERF's style suits me better. Cost is a factor, yes, but honestly there's just something magical re-creating games like Team Fortress 2 with children's toys and foam footballs. And paintball can be intimidating, especially to older or disabled people, but even my 86 year-old arthritic grandfather thinks it's a hoot to catch me with my back turned and blast me with a toy gun.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
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I was freaking strong when I was a fatass backwoods kid.
I'm pretty sure my ten years younger self could kick my ass right now.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
it's the good hurt though
Well, either way, our man Gim ain't going down.
If you know what I'm saying.
Is it?
What the hell...?
Shouldn't you know?
Unless you hate getting blowjobs.
Oh! I thought we were talking about my family, not me. I'm in pretty good shape but I'm not 'beefy'. My interest in size almost completely vanished when I got into running. Even so, I could without question destroy my entire American family in a flash. It'd be like a terrible action movie with me as a protagonist and them as generic evil henchmen.
t _J_: pretty much. One side of my family only lives in Israel, the other side only lives in America. Neither are really in contact with the other. I'm pretty much the only common link.
Because...I am unable to locate the stairwell?
If you know what I'm italicizing.
Wait, wait.
...
Kiss good night?
A lot of the things you said about NERF apply to paintball, just in slightly different ways.
I'd be more than willing to shoot my foam in your face Yalb, all you have to do is ask.
So...if we kill you....we destroy the link...
Interesting...
I can use the extra kohl. I've got about 800 extra bread from the stuff I've been selling. So, I'll take all you'll make at that price, up to 8000.
:winky:
So do you play with local friends, or what? I've found it impossible to rig together a group.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I seriously couldn't do paintball. My pain threshold just isn't high enough, and a stray shot could do some real damage because I'm so thin. That's why NERF is fun, because it's all the tac-sim fun without the horrible bruising and anybody can play.
I don't mean to be rude or anything my friend, but it really doesn't hurt that much and I doubt you are so fragile. I mean, my friend is a twig and he plays just fine. With baggy clothes and the right layers, I genuinely doubt it would be an issue unless you have some kind of physical issue I don't know about.
I will concede that the entry cost for Nerf is much lower, if that is what you meant by "anybody can play."
Con: It will be of the blog nature.
I've never actually organized a large group, just messed around with a few friends in my back yard and such. But if you really want to do it, and really want to get into it, I can't imagine it's too hard to find people will to form a good group. I think you need about 10 people for a small skirmish, and groups of 16 work with two four-man squads per side.
I'm about to go to bed here, but remind me next time you see me on and we'll talk about it.
you have a blog?
took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer
I am really really really fragile. Plus I don't think I'd have the energy for it, NERF's style suits me better. Cost is a factor, yes, but honestly there's just something magical re-creating games like Team Fortress 2 with children's toys and foam footballs. And paintball can be intimidating, especially to older or disabled people, but even my 86 year-old arthritic grandfather thinks it's a hoot to catch me with my back turned and blast me with a toy gun.
My blog is better than your blog.
We ordered pizza and watched all three original ninja turtles movies
I have the best friends
I would totally read a Gim blog. Please PM me a link if you decide to go through with it!
Oooh man even the samurai one?
That takes some guts my friend.
Sleep now we go for
But Ancient Casey Jones commits casual murder just like Modern Day Casey Jones
Night zimmy!
Well, I guess it wouldn't be very different.
Two of those hearts were for you, Sweetums.
Four more, too! G'night Inkeepoo~~~!!!