Paintball - Crossfire -

hougl0xdktibzv · 05-06-2003 3:33pm #1

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Lemming · 05-06-2003 3:39pm

Closer than Skirmish, better set up, works out cheaper on the trigger finger too.

And their guns aren't INSANELY overpressurised. Great for shooting stuff at 100/200 ft but crap in reality since you're a) hitting targets from under 30 ft nmost of the time, and b) at that pressure the paintballs don't burst more often than not.

hougl0xdktibzv · 05-06-2003 3:45pm

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STaN · 05-06-2003 3:47pm

Crossfire works out at 14c a ball
Skirmish works out at 5c a ball for the boards.ie group

Lemming · 05-06-2003 3:50pm

Originally posted by STaN
Crossfire works out at 14c a ball
Skirmish works out at 5c a ball for the boards.ie group

Before discount. You also must use ALL of your ammo at Skirmish (ie. you pay for what you don't use, unlike cross-fire)

STaN · 05-06-2003 3:53pm

Originally posted by Lemming
Before discount. You also must use ALL of your ammo at Skirmish (ie. you pay for what you don't use, unlike cross-fire)

Keep them, share them, use them in your bath.

Its still a third of the price per ball and yes it is because of the group. But it is the group that's going. We can go to crossfire next time.

hougl0xdktibzv · 05-06-2003 3:53pm

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BluE-WinG · 05-06-2003 3:56pm

What if you dont want 480 balls, its not as though we have a choice with Skirmish... Well my plan was originally to pay €33 entry (120free balls) And possibly buy 100 more, Theres no way I'll actually need the extras, and I can refund the ones I dont use.

Also, this business of 600 balls in one gun at Crossfire, the new guns just imported from the states... No ammo reloading, and You can sell back what you dont use... hehe Sounds great to me.

Besides what about moving vehicles on Crossfire, you go in a humvee type car and you get ambushed... Skirmish have stationary vehicles only.

Ah I'd prefer crossfire, simply because they are the ones who supply Skirmish... Crossfire is the way to go lads

STaN · 05-06-2003 3:59pm

Originally posted by BluE-WinG
What if you dont want 480 balls, its not as though we have a choice with Skirmish... Well my plan was originally to pay €33 entry (120free balls) And possibly buy 100 more, Theres no way I'll actually need the extras, and I can refund the ones I dont use.

Your only saving tupence.

If people don't want the extra ammo they can pay €40.

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Rayzer learn to use a caps lock would ye :rolleyes:

Lemming · 05-06-2003 4:00pm

Originally posted by BluE-WinG
What if you dont want 480 balls, its not as though we have a choice with Skirmish... Well my plan was originally to pay €33 entry (120free balls) And possibly buy 100 more, Theres no way I'll actually need the extras, and I can refund the ones I dont use.

Actually you'll be buying 120. Plastic bag packs of 60 a pop.

And the layout of some of the games is rather cynical in that it's just a shoot-fest to make you fire as much ammo as possible.

Also, this business of 600 balls in one gun at Crossfire, the new guns just imported from the states... No ammo reloading, and You can sell back what you dont use... hehe Sounds great to me.

I've not heard anything about these new guns. Must go check from my rather reliable source

Besides what about moving vehicles on Crossfire, you go in a humvee type car and you get ambushed... Skirmish have stationary vehicles only.

Sorry. There are no moving vehicles. You just can't have them due to the nature of people doing stupid things thinking they're rambo or something.

hougl0xdktibzv · 05-06-2003 4:02pm

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BluE-WinG · 05-06-2003 4:09pm

We have a special for 100 balls for €14

This would be my ideal plan :

€33 entrance + €14 100balls =

220 Balls cost €47... aswell as the bus for 2 quid if I needed it

220 Balls should be more than enough, At Skirmish I used 240 balls, and that was wastefully too...

STaN · 05-06-2003 4:10pm

Originally posted by BluE-WinG
We have a special for 100 balls for €14

Ours is 360 balls for €20

Lemming · 05-06-2003 4:12pm

Originally posted by STaN
Ours is 360 balls for €20

not meaning to be anal but that's assuming you get the full quota (or thereabouts) of people to attend, yes?

If it's not that's a rather impressive deal you sorted out with Skirmish.

BluE-WinG · 05-06-2003 4:13pm

Originally posted by STaN
Ours is 360 balls for €20

True, Id say loads of people wouldnt intend to spend that much money on top of their entrance fee... Although I could be wrong

STaN · 05-06-2003 4:13pm

Originally posted by Lemming
not meaning to be anal but that's assuming you get the full quota (or thereabouts) of people to attend, yes?

If it's not that's a rather impressive deal you sorted out with Skirmish.

I have my ways. Full quote is NOT needed.

The difference between €14 and €20 ain't that much tbh

BluE-WinG · 05-06-2003 4:16pm

Originally posted by STaN
I have my ways. Full quote is NOT needed.

The difference between €14 and €20 ain't that much tbh

Dont forget the 7 quid dearer entrance, aswell as the transport being 3 quid dearer....

Thats suddenly 16 quid now...

Lemming · 05-06-2003 4:17pm

Erm .. can I just ask who in here is an employee (or former employee) of either skirmish or cross-fire.

I smell minor pimpage from both camps.

hougl0xdktibzv · 05-06-2003 4:18pm

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STaN · 05-06-2003 4:18pm

Originally posted by RAYZER
does that mean for €40 i can get 720 paintballs, i don't think so.

Eh, it does :rolleyes:

BluE-WinG · 05-06-2003 4:18pm

Originally posted by Lemming
Erm .. can I just ask who in here is an employee (or former employee) of either skirmish or cross-fire.

I smell minor pimpage from both camps.

I aint...

hougl0xdktibzv · 05-06-2003 4:19pm

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STaN · 05-06-2003 4:20pm

Originally posted by Lemming
Erm .. can I just ask who in here is an employee (or former employee) of either skirmish or cross-fire.

I smell minor pimpage from both camps.

I have no affiliation with skirmish.

I chose them becuase a few of the lads said it was good. I havent been there and i want to go. They have worked very well with us so far to put together some good deals for the boards.ie group and im am impressed with them and their continued support.

Lemming · 05-06-2003 4:21pm

fair enough lads.

T'was just a lot of use of the word "us" and "we" in some of the posts.

heh.

I need to get out of sys.admin and back into programming. Im' getting farrrr too suspicious of everything

STaN · 05-06-2003 4:23pm

There was a certain amount of pimping though in that i said id organise it. I chose a date and a place. Bit too late to change that now.

hougl0xdktibzv · 05-06-2003 4:24pm

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STaN · 05-06-2003 4:25pm

Originally posted by RAYZER
I would not like to be you when people go looking for €60 worth of paintballs ( 1080 )

i sure you have picked it up wrong from however you are getting your prices from...

i would not like you to be me either. Prices straight from the source

Lemming · 05-06-2003 4:34pm

OK OK.

Chill lads.

Skirmish this time. Crossfire next time.

STaN · 05-06-2003 4:43pm

wildst thou be joining us lemming? :ninja: hehe

Lemming · 05-06-2003 6:12pm

Originally posted by STaN
wildst thou be joining us lemming? :ninja: hehe

Hmmm .. I dunno. I went to Skirmish before (having played quite a bit of paintball before - so knowing what else was out there) and I didn't really enjoy it.

I dunno. Some serious arm-twisting will be needed (unless the b*stards hurry up with my m4-ram from the US and I can use it on the day .. hehe)

BluE-WinG · 06-06-2003 2:59pm

Right this is merging with boards.ie Paintball at Skirmish

Next time itll be Crossfire...

Nietzschean · 22-06-2003 12:53am

Originally posted by RAYZER
I would not like to be you when people go looking for €60 worth of paintballs ( 1080 )

i sure you have picked it up wrong from however you are getting your prices from...

for the record its possible to order in 2000 paintballs for 50 euro(shipping is like 3 euro.), so the prices he's quoting are good but by no means extravagant.... and having gone to crossfire twice i've never seen anyone use under 300 or so balls, and that run's up quite a bill, cost me 93 and 108 for my 2 trips.........

Morpheus · 07-07-2003 10:34am

is it allowed to buy your own paintballs and bring them to crossfire????

where can you purchase them and what type of paintball are they???

Alkers · 09-09-2004 4:57pm

Any plans to do this again? Just home from skirmish today with my year. Brilliant time had by all and not too expensive. We are all 17/19 and for players aged 15-18 you get 400 bullets and all the gear for €30 a head and then a tenner for the bus down. Was about 35 of us in all and we played 3 games, two of which were played twice.

Sleepy · 09-09-2004 7:46pm

Eh, I thought that advertising had to be paid for on boards.

Was in Skirmish recently and tbh, I thought it was ****. Head shots don't count, the games are badly designed leaving you get shot from less than 5 feet away (I took a shot from 2ft) and overall found the marshalling to be appalling.

It seems you have to go to Tralee to get good paintball in this country :rolleyes:

Alkers · 09-09-2004 8:46pm

I wasn't meaning to reccomend Skirmish in particular, I had never been anywhere before and really enjoyed it. The games probably could have been done better but they were enjoyable all the same, main plus about it was the half decent rate we got due to being 18 and under.

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