noob questions i never asked

[PumaPride04]

1. What is ramping?
2. What is milling?
3.is ramping allowed in tourneys
4.Modes:RT, CFAO, Nitro, PSP and NXL ramping (what are these?) found them on the t-board for electra which i might buy

[vwjimmy]

Ramping is when the marker increases your rate of fire when you are shooting semi....
PSP and NXL are leagues that have rules about ramping and the board has modes to function by those rules....
Milling is when you take metal away with a tool like a drill, dremmel, or lathe....

[vikingshadow]

Sorry, had to add some more to that!

Originally Posted by PumaPride04

1. What is ramping?
2. What is milling?
3.is ramping allowed in tourneys
4.Modes:RT, CFAO, Nitro, PSP and NXL ramping (what are these?) found them on the t-board for electra which i might buy

1. Ramping is artificially raising the rate of fire you can shoot by adding shots to your pull strictly by means of electronics. When you reach a preset program rate of fire (say 10 bps) the gun's electronics then takes over and raises the rate of fire to whatever you have previously told it to do (say 20 bps.) As long as you keep moving your fingers at 10 bps (or whatever you told it to be) it will continue to shoot at 20 bps. You have to stop for about a second for it to stop ramping.

2. Milling is cutting your gun up, removing metal here and there to make it look original. It's also what the gun looks like from the manufacturer. For example - "That gun from Bob Long has awesome milling!"

3. Ramping is becoming more and more popular, but not just in the major circuits anymore. My team played in several tournaments where ramping is allowed, and there's a series around here that allows it. Even fields are starting to allow it in rec play. It's an effort to "level" the field by allowing those slower shooters to reach comparable speeds to those who are faster.

4. Modes means the different forms of ramping there are. RT stands for Response trigger - pull once, shoot twice (one on pull, one on release); CFAO - this is a Carolina tournament (if I remember correctly) that has it's own ramping rules; Nitro - super fast automatic shooting - not sure if it's ramping. You start shooting the gun and it "ramps" to whatever speed you tell it to. PSP ramping is 3 pulls in semi and the gun starts shooting 3 shoots every pull; NXL ramping is full auto on the break until you release the trigger, then ramping up to 15 bps.

Several people, especially old school players, feel ramping is a crutch for those who feel they MUST shoot faster to win. Others feel that it's a game changing benefit that keeps those "pros" at every field from dominating the less fortunate, or the lazy who are unwilling to practice getting faster.

[stylinbeaver]

Originally Posted by vikingshadow

Sorry, had to add some more to that!



1. Ramping is artificially raising the rate of fire you can shoot by adding shots to your pull strictly by means of electronics. When you reach a preset program rate of fire (say 10 bps) the gun's electronics then takes over and raises the rate of fire to whatever you have previously told it to do (say 20 bps.) As long as you keep moving your fingers at 10 bps (or whatever you told it to be) it will continue to shoot at 20 bps. You have to stop for about a second for it to stop ramping.

2. Milling is cutting your gun up, removing metal here and there to make it look original. It's also what the gun looks like from the manufacturer. For example - "That gun from Bob Long has awesome milling!"

3. Ramping is becoming more and more popular, but not just in the major circuits anymore. My team played in several tournaments where ramping is allowed, and there's a series around here that allows it. Even fields are starting to allow it in rec play. It's an effort to "level" the field by allowing those slower shooters to reach comparable speeds to those who are faster.

4. Modes means the different forms of ramping there are. RT stands for Response trigger - pull once, shoot twice (one on pull, one on release); CFAO - this is a Carolina tournament (if I remember correctly) that has it's own ramping rules; Nitro - super fast automatic shooting - not sure if it's ramping. You start shooting the gun and it "ramps" to whatever speed you tell it to. PSP ramping is 3 pulls in semi and the gun starts shooting 3 shoots every pull; NXL ramping is full auto on the break until you release the trigger, then ramping up to 15 bps.

Several people, especially old school players, feel ramping is a crutch for those who feel they MUST shoot faster to win. Others feel that it's a game changing benefit that keeps those "pros" at every field from dominating the less fortunate, or the lazy who are unwilling to practice getting faster.

You hit it on the head. Go Vike

[PumaPride04]

thanx so much if i buy a t-board which mode should i do?

[08Lud08]

use whatever you want. I dont use auto because I dont like it, the modes I usually use are semi, psp ramping, and regular ramping.

[PumaPride04]

for ramping would you have to buy a ramping chip

[08Lud08]

If its the verC board then no if its the old version yes.

[PumaPride04]

its da one from sd for the vs series,06 electra, and mr series so i dont think i need one

[calebh]

ramping is BS and dangerous, whether its been legalized or not.

that said, theres an older version of ramping, where the fps of your shots is raised. its even more dangerous than the new ramping and still illegal in all leagues. they didnt give in on that one...

now that im off the soapbox, if the board is advertised with the modes, you shouldnt have to buy anything extra.