remember the Creed.. "Shoot, Move, Communcate" that is always a good tatic. and Good luck, sounds like a good day of play. and heck the X-mas tree owners can sell the trees for more because they will be already decorated> LOL

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Mike "Kilroy" Castleman
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A Scenario Paintball Team
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Hey there, i have an idea for you, i really like playing defense, its what i do best, i think you might want to go with the leapfrong fighting retreat(aka cat and mouse) tactics. This has alot to do with individual skill and balls. Pick a well concealed fighting spot some ways forward on the field(ie this could be mid to upper enemy field) and have one of your guys sit on a pathway that the opfor is coming down. Once the opfor is in range, the first "mouse" takes a shot or two at the point man on the opfor team, and then books it back towards the HQ area, meanwhile, there is another "mouse" that is sitting within support range of the first mouse and stays hidden while the first runs by him, the opfor will generally follow the first target to try and kill it, thus forgetting about surrounding security and potential threats other than the immediate target. While the opfor is chasing the first mouse, the second waits(prefferably until the opfor passes him, and then takes his shots at the new(hopefully new) point man. This gets repeated until the opfor catches on/ they get killed/ or you get back to your designated HQ area, then you can try other tactics(i would suggest a staggered defense with a good fire support weak side)

But thats just me.......ive used it before and ill tell you, it makes people very paranoid and or retarded if they chase you, combine with a few ghillied up dudes and you got yourself one hell of an ambush.

I have played a 3v10 before, we used this tactic, somewhat modified, we had one guy with a pistol(tac 8) run around and bring people after him, myself and my brother were in ghillies and when he ran by us, we waited for the chaser and took them out.

have fun with all that info btw, lemme know if you want some pictures.

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given this, you *should* know your enemy. since you *should* know the strengths and weaknesses of your teammates, you should know how he will act and at the very least, react.

Also, if they are pretty new, they probably don't have the world's best equipment. Yours is probably better. (I would hope) If this is the case, you should have a slight range advantage over them. That is something you may be able to use.

New people to the sport usually have one of two reactions: OMGSHOOTZORZ! or OMGRUNAWAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!

If they stay and shoot, you want to slowly fall back, get eliminations as best you can (hopefully with your range advantage) This will entice them to be even more bold, and make bad moves and choose bad cover.

If they run away, then YOU need to be bold. You can knock out half or more of their team while they are retreating. Since they are pretty new, they likely won't have developed the coordination to fall back in waves. It will likely be one guy running scared, and everyone else following suit. Just everyone turning and running. they may attempt to fire on you, but if they are not facing you, their accuracy will be greatly diminished. They would have to be really lucky to hit you. If they do hit you, that is exactly what it was.

In an unorganized group, They will adopt a mob mentality. They will all do what the first guy does. (for the most part; you will likely have one or two intelligent people who are attempting to stay and shoot, but they aren't as good as you are.) As the day goes on, your friend will likely calm a lot of that, but it will ALWAYS be there in small ammounts.

I don't know what your current feelings are on high firing rate markers, but at one time you were prolly a bit skittish around them when they fired your direction. Most noobs are that way. If you have a high firing rate marker, you may want to break it out.

When you are down like that, communication and situational awareness is key. your side always needs to know where the enemy is and where your side is.

There is one thing to keep in mind with all of this, tho. These are noobs. If you beat them too badly, they won't have fun. If they don't have fun, they are likely gone from the sport. This is gonna have to be a judgement call for your teammates, how hard do you want to beat on them. Remember, you can be defeated and have fun, but no one likes to get their a** kicked.

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Well seeing as 75% of the are equiped with JTs and Brass Eagles, and the other 2 with bone stock 98s, I fear their firepower less than I Fear running out of laughs. But based on what Ive seen from our last game against them, they stand strong under leadership, but as soon as a shot is taken from an unknown location, they fan out in a predictable spring line trying to root out those that are hiding by just overrunning thier postitions. thats why I plan to use the 50ft wide dirt road to our advantage. They have the mentality that they will beat us with shear numbers.. but they lack the planning we have along with our skills and my command and communication. I plan to wait until they make it halfway across the road to give the signal for a simultaneous shot from my 2 other comrades. it will scares the **** out of the and more than likely make them stop and go "wtf just happened?". then we continue with the elims. untill their forces are either out of range or completely eliminated. if they escape, we will go in a 3 man fan towards their positions in a flank manuever called the reverse wedge.. try to bottleneck them into losing their cool.

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defend. dig a whole and lay down in it with the camo netting over it and spring a trap. if you can make support then walk right over it and you pop up behind them. that would be epic

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my HRM is gonna helmet cam the whole thing..

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I have to ask. How did this game go?

I guess I would do hit and run tactics on the flanks and leap-frog backwards to the defeneded position. If I could manage, I would leave one player out as recon to give me eyes on the OPSFOR and when the time is right (assuminging he has not been spotted) get them in a crossfire. Hopefully the multi-pronged defense will confuse them enough to eliminate the remaining players. Granted, this is assuming that everything works according to plan.

Any way, I would like to know if this is a good tactical assement and plan of action. I don't come up with the plans, but I always contribute to them and try to make them work. And I want to know if this sounds tactically sound.

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