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yami_samuraifloWent to play paintball with my cousins today. It was... interesting. Somewhat painful *glances at the bruise above her knee*, but interesting.
We were lucky; although the day started with heavy rains, it was dry and sunny by the time we held the game. We were supposed to be 12 at the beginning, but soon reached a total of 16 participants. I ended up in a team wih my aunt and uncle, one of my cousins and their in-laws, opposing my sister and other cousins, including our mutual cousin, N., who's in the military --- and who, BTW, is probably the only one who avoided taking a single hit in the five plays we did. Lucky guy...
The guy in charge spend a lot of time explaining the safety rules and stayed at the edge of the field to oversee the game and be sure nobody did anything stupid. A couple of the guys were really trigger happy; they shoot me during a time-out! He had to repeat again and again not to take the mask off until the 'dead' players were out of the field, as some quickly forgot. I was tempted to imitate them sometimes; I was having a hard time breathing correctly with the mask on.
Anyway, we spend almost three hours playing and we varied the games; after an initial try to get accustomed to the equipment and rules, we started with a standard 'eliminate everyone in the opposite team', then played a 'capture the flag' before playing a 'go as far in enemy territory as you can' and another 'capture the flag'. I stopped after this one, as I had little ammunitions left and I was getting tired.
I'm not sure if I actually hit anyone; I gave a good try, at the very least. I ended up hit a couple of time, in the arm and legs -- though only one hit left a bruise, thankfully. Some of the other players weren't quite as lucky and spotted quite the 'war injuries'.
All in one, a pleasant afternoon. Perhaps I'll try again some day. :)
We were lucky; although the day started with heavy rains, it was dry and sunny by the time we held the game. We were supposed to be 12 at the beginning, but soon reached a total of 16 participants. I ended up in a team wih my aunt and uncle, one of my cousins and their in-laws, opposing my sister and other cousins, including our mutual cousin, N., who's in the military --- and who, BTW, is probably the only one who avoided taking a single hit in the five plays we did. Lucky guy...
The guy in charge spend a lot of time explaining the safety rules and stayed at the edge of the field to oversee the game and be sure nobody did anything stupid. A couple of the guys were really trigger happy; they shoot me during a time-out! He had to repeat again and again not to take the mask off until the 'dead' players were out of the field, as some quickly forgot. I was tempted to imitate them sometimes; I was having a hard time breathing correctly with the mask on.
Anyway, we spend almost three hours playing and we varied the games; after an initial try to get accustomed to the equipment and rules, we started with a standard 'eliminate everyone in the opposite team', then played a 'capture the flag' before playing a 'go as far in enemy territory as you can' and another 'capture the flag'. I stopped after this one, as I had little ammunitions left and I was getting tired.
I'm not sure if I actually hit anyone; I gave a good try, at the very least. I ended up hit a couple of time, in the arm and legs -- though only one hit left a bruise, thankfully. Some of the other players weren't quite as lucky and spotted quite the 'war injuries'.
All in one, a pleasant afternoon. Perhaps I'll try again some day. :)
