Get your own Free Home Page 1)"First of all, you need to wear some type of camouflage. It should closely match the terrain you are playing in. Since it is spring weather now, most of the US is very bright green and there will be plenty of cover.
Pay close attention to covering the small areas such as your hands, your head, and your socks. I've tagged out many a wannabe sniper because I saw the white bands of his socks sliding along the ground. Wear gloves. Make sure your pants are long enough to go to your boots. Wear a black or dark green T-shirt under your cammo. Tie some camo netting or dark colored hankerchief over the top of your head.
Your gun can give you away too. I like to tie ripped dark green, grey, and black cloth from my barrel, loader, handgrip, and tank. Cover all the shiny parts of your gun with a dark cloth.
2)After wearing all of that cammo, know this.... it's all for waste if you don't control your movement. The human eye will see movement quicker than anything else. Don't wave your barrel over your head. Don't move your head around in wild, jerky movements. Get to a position where you can see a wide view, then look with your eyes and do not turn your head. When you do turn your head, move it slowly for one or two inches in just one
direction and stop. You should be looking for the enemy as well as looking for your next spot to move to. Look for outlines of guns, body parts, helmets, and boots that stick out from behind a tree.
Stay out of direct sunlight and into the shadows. When you move, move quickly through sunlight and stop in a dark area. Sunlight will reflect off of your mask, and anything shiny, like your watch.
3)Use your ears. You can hear your ememy talking, walking, and firing. You can also hear balls rattling in a loader as they walk. Know that they can hear you doing the same thing, too. Learn to move when you hear other loud noises, like the wind or a close firefight. Don't shake your loaders as you run. When sneaking close to enemy positions, don't pick up your feet. Instead, slide them across the ground. That way you don't crack twigs
with a snap or rustle leaves.
4)I also like to walk the fields before the game starts. Don't be afraid to ask a ref how the field is layed out if you have time before the game. Make sure your teamates know that you are desiring the role of sniper. Tell them which way direction you will be going so they don't try to shoot you. I carry a cheap $2 compass ball with me so I can get my bearings. You should have a rough idea where you are on the field at all times.
5)Pick a game plan and stay to it. Are you after key players such as the other team's sniper(s) or captain? Are you going to just hold up the other team's attack? Do you want to stop their attack force atogether?
I like to head directly towards one tape line or another, depending on the field layout. I usually let the offensive guys head out to do their thing and then follow them or head out the other direction. I make a mental note of who is back to guard our flag if anyone is there.
After making my way about 1/3 of the way up the tape line, I turn 90 degrees towards the center of the field and move in about 20 yards or so to a good viewing position in the shade. I want to be able to see the center of the field and the tape line that I just left. Here is where I'm staying put until I see something to react to.
I will either see the enemy moving up the tape line that I just left, see the enemy moving up the center of the field, or hear the gunfight between my teamates and the enemy. I may get any combination of the above. This is why being a sniper is fun... you get to decide what you want to do.
My favorite thing is to see the enemy creeping up the tape line that i just left. I sit still and let them walk right by me. I've let guys get so close that I could jump out and touch them. Once I almost got pissed on by a player about to relieve himself. He surrendered quietly. My goal is to let them pass me by and then start following them. I've even asked them if they see any of my team's "color".
Usually there are about 3 to 5 of them. They rarely look behind them and if they do, they may think that I am one of their teammates following them. I try to follow them until they are about to reach my flag station. Once they move in for an attack, I start taking out the closest guy to me and working my way in. It's great to see a guy run for the flag expecting cover fire from his teammates when there aren't any teammates left around him.....
just me and my cocker. In a few games I have done this exercise twice with different groups from the other team.
It works the same way if they are moving down the center of the field. I just let them go by and then trail them back and wait till they are preoccupied with an attack. I just have to be more careful since being in the center makes me more exposed to enemy players.
When I hear a firefight break out on the opposite side of the field, I have more choices. I could lend flanking support to my teammates or I could move towards the enemy flag and snipe there. Usually, I enjoy lending flanking support and taking the enemy from behind to help out my teammates with the attack.
Sometimes I head for the other team's base though, usually along the tape line and then behind it, if I can. Once there, I start waiting again. Either the time limit will start to run down, or my team will start attacking the front or side of the enemy flag station. After the other team has taken cover from the attack, I slide up and get open shots on them from the back. Usually taking out one or two players puts them into enough chaos that my
team overruns their base. They tend to think they are surrounded by the enemy.
If time runs out, I make a surprise attack on their base. My highlight game was when I eliminated one defender of their flag, grabbed it, and then shot the other team's flag runner as he came in to hang the flag. I took both flags to my base to win the game."
This was submitted by ILFletch.
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