Hellhound Paintball ATV

tuxtattoo writes: "I was talking to a buddy of mine tonight, and he told me about a paintball ATV made by Tippmann. it's called the Hellhound, and it's got everything you need for a nice day at the paintball field. Some of its features include a variable speed trigger which is attached to a high speed, 10 barrel, 50 rounds/second cannon. it also comes equipped with 2 side mounted tippmann model 98's (that would be 2 more paintball guns one on each side :), a 6,000 round hopper, heavy duty winch, and not to forget the what looks to be a self fed grenade launcher. there are many other features that come standard with this model, but NO floor mats or cup holders." I think this has been around for a while, but I played paintball yesterday (and I'm feeling it today) so this submission just seems apropos.

Today's paintball game sucks.

[StudMuffin]

Paintball today is all about how much ammo you can get downrange, not about skill, stealth or cunning. I know I'll sound like an oldtimer here, but when *I* played the game in the early 80's, we had Nelspot 007's, little hand held pistols. You carried three 10-round tubes onto the field and a couple of extra C02 cartridges. One cartridge would shoot about 15 rounds. At then end of the day, we would often have rounds left over. The game was about sneaking around, tactics, and the occasional firefight with a completely manual pistol that was innacurate as hell and had to be cocked by hand. EACH SHOT HAD TO COUNT.

We also used oil based paint, since that's all that was available in those days. A hit on the skin was a mark for a couple of weeks. Right about 1984 was when the water-based stuff hit the market.

Paintball ATV's like this are a continuing sign that the game is all about rounds per minute now.

-sigh-

Oh, and we had to walk five miles through the snow to get to a paintball game. Uphill. Both ways.

Re:Fun has gone out of it for me....

[adolf]

After 9/11 I realised that (a) it is possible that this war will see no end for a long time (b) we'll need help.

So. In a few months, I'll be a network admin for the US Army. It's a nice ride.

If you think your boys might eventually be drafted (which isn't terribly likely to happen), the last thing you want to do is keep them from the skills they'll need to stay alive. And, meanwhile, have fun with them.

An out of sight, out of mind mentality doesn't work very well against something as blind as the draft.