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Base Position Description
Like an alligator silently cruising his domain, the sniper slips into ambush position then waits. Some snipers push the envelope of paintball ballistics to fire off long, aimed shots. Others use superior camo and stealth to take targets up close and personal.
In either case, the paintball sniper turns fieldcraft and marksmanship to his advantage. While others attempt to power their way across the field, the sniper outplays the opposition on the strength of his wits. Patience is a minimum requirement and practice is a must.
Even the term "sniper" is controversial among woodsballers. Some claim that, since paintball guns have no real long-range potential, that a paintball sniper is a contradiction in terms. Paintball snipers know, however, that it takes much more than long shots to call yourself a sniper. Victory on the field comes in the wake of stealth and mental discipline – attributes that non-snipers know little about.
Basic
Requires at least one paintball day playing Sniper position.
When a player proclaims that he has set his mind to becoming a paintball sniper, he is in for a long learning curve. It takes guts to even consider playing the sniper position, since failure to a sniper can mean point-blank execution when his hiding place is discovered. What's more, woodsball™ is full of yahoos who will tell you that there's no such thing as a paintball sniper.
But, if the Basic Sniper has truckloads of patience and discipline, he may have a future in the position. A Basic Sniper begins with the realization that he may get lucky, but more often than not his ambushes will be blown and will produce only a couple of eliminations. The bigger test will be if the novice sniper can wait patiently through the games where he never sees another soul. Playing Sniper is no place for dudes with ADD.
A Basic Sniper gearkit can include virtually any paintball gun. However, good camo is a must. Gun and facemask camo is also a very good idea. Do your best with the gear you have. If the sniper game agrees with you, then a better gun and better gear may be in your future.
So, get on the ground, Sniper, and get crawling!
Senior
Requires at least six paintball days playing Sniper position.
This guy has spent some serious time in the bush (BUSHES, we mean.)
By now, the man knows he is cut out to be a true paintball sniper. He's had a pretty good number of ambushes come together, though he still gets blown on occasion (his COVER gets blown, we mean.) But, he's getting the ambush down as well as his long shot.
Most likely, a Senior Sniper has put a case or two of paint through his paintball gun practicing his one-shot-kill-skill. He has figured out that the other team finds him far less often when his one-shot game is on.
His gear is coming together nicely. His paintgun packs a point sight or scope and his barrel length is growing like a high school kid's johnson in the morning. He's either going ghillie, or he's added ghillie elements to his mask, camo and paintgun.
You know this dude's serious, because his bedroom floor has scraps of leaves and brush that got drug in on his cammies. Keep on creeping, bro!
Master
Requires at least fifteen paintball days playing Sniper position.
This dude's no joke. All those peckers who say that paintball snipers don't exist shut the hell up when he's around. That's because he's owned their sorry asses in enough ambushes that they're ashamed to open their mouths.
His legendary ambushes have forced the enemy to a crawl – their overactive imaginations see him in every bush and around every corner. And, still, the Master Sniper catches them with their pants down every game or two.
When our boy gets the high ground, the muppets run for cover. He's hell on wheels when he's got the long shot. He's an expert at measuring distances and gauging the drop and windage of a single, deadly paintball shot.
His paintgun is fully hooked up, with a reliable sight and some serious sound suppression. When he pops you from fifty yards, you can't even tell which zip code he shot from. He is a monster for stealth and the locals all live in fear of his backdoor ambush.
You best make sure you're on this dude's team.
Elite
Requires at least fifteen paintball days playing Sniper position and a special commendation from Team Special Ops Paintball.
Out there in the bush, there was no forgetting this guy. He is a Master Sniper with undeniable skills. He either ran with the Special Ops guys and proved his mettle, or he put the drop on their asses in some distant battlefield.
Either way, the SpecOps boys had to tip their hats to this stealthy badass. Even more than his gear (which is top-flight all the way,) he showed elite skills and iron nerve. He has a legendary rep as an Elite Sniper and Team SpecOps couldn't ignore his skills.
Rock on, Sniper!
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