Big foot Paintball !!!

We are a mixture of 60 pros and newbies this time and the sun was out shining brightly compared with a rainy day like last year. My squad all decided to spend an extra $90 on top of the $20 entry fee in order to upgrade our package with a more accurate gun, more paint balls, anti fog mask and extra neck + hand protections.

The result of this upgrade netted me 6 kills in the first two games. The better gun allowed me to finally understand the correlation between aiming and hitting the target. I can’t imagine how I managed to do even one kill in my last game with a gun that shoots paint balls everywhere but towards the target. But if you ask me which equipment out of all these did I benefit the most from. I’d say the anti fog mask.

With that I am able to peek around the tree with one eye to quickly assess the situation and devise a path to flank the entrenched enemies which ended up in several enemies getting their ass shot from behind. I thoroughly enjoyed this second match because my squad charged and outsmarted the enemy (With a little help from the guy with an awesome machine gun that sprayed a wall of paint into a guy hiding behind a rock).

The rest of the matches are trickier as the objective changed from simple annihilation to a more logistical one. Objectives included: drug trades, capture the flag and storm the castle. It allowed me to temporarily experience what it might feel like to be in the middle of all these mayhem. The difficulty in communication in a gun fight and the frustration of being pinned down by one well positioned sharp shooter.

I am quite content of my style of play. I am not the type to charge towards the front line and spray bullets at whatever comes. Instead, I stay behind at first to analyzes the situation, assert the weak points and moves towards surprising the enemy entrenched there. Not blind bravado, but still brave enough to rush at the right place at the right time. Makes me wonder, if I can still be this brave when real bullets are in play.

Best moment of the day? Out sniping a pro who has better equipments. I did so by applying my FPS sniping experiences on the battleground. Which involved changing positions after each burst and hiding my head as soon as I see the gun pointing my way. This is way much more satisfying than a head shot in computer games. The real sniping involves a lot of crawling around unseen by enemies, using one eye to peak around the tree and waiting for the enemy to feel safe. It’s all about the possible rewards of patience, of when you catch a group of them unprepared and without cover, then spraying all the bullets at them with your gun.

All in all, great fun. Not to mention all the well endowed women at this particular paint ball battleground. We were all surprised to see a ration of 1 to 5 women to men that can handle a gun well. The full body sore muscles are well worth it too.