Paintball Journal

This was an odd field, and I’d like to take the time to describe it and how we played it. I’ve sketched it out, click here to see a large image.

Quick Key:
A – laydown
B – Standup
C – Brick
The medium X (solid filled base) is offset to the right
The Flag was laid on the center tombstone, which was flanked by two half-moons.
The back center is a laydown, and we call this “home�.

The thing that made this so weird was the offset X. Not only was it off to the right, it had two connecting bricks on either side. It might look like a nice little fortress, but it was hard to play. The bricks left a small gap because of the way the base of the X angles, and the opposite 30-laydown and 40-standup could shoot right through there. On our very first game I dove straight in, and was immediately blasted a half dozen times even though I was still very low to the ground. Another time I bumped into it, and right as I was looking to peak out I took one straight to the face.

Home was also a hard bunker to play simply because the field was so low. We usually let Dana play this, and he did well to stay alive, and kept us informed. A few games I would delay a break and shoot towards their back standup on the X side, then I would break out to the 30-combo or back right standup. This was my move every game; I never left the X side.

JP always went to the dorito side, usually dive into the 40-standup or the 30-laydown. He did well in these, and was our best gunfighter. When he cleared out the right, I was make my bump to the combo, and then to the X to wrap on the left side. JP’s side of the field also made for an easy bump into the center to pull the flag, which was his job mostly.

The dorito was useless because of it’s angles towards the other side of the field. That tape really didn’t get much action either; there were just too many ways to watch it.

From my X side standup I crossed inward to keep people from moving up the dorito side, and occasionally watched down the X side tape. The can blocked the opposite back, but I was able to keep the X under fire. As soon as we went up a body on them, I’d look to bump up.

The combo was an okay bunker in my opinion, so long that you dominated the field with your paint. It could take so many different angles, so playing it low was crucial.

Overall, all the bunkers were easy to make off the break, but only a few were decent enough to play from.