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It's a long, hectic week for me again and it's great to be Friday and weekend. However, I only worked for half a day today as I have volunteered to play for my company for the annual Paintball game which was organised by a local computer society. This was my second time on Paintball, where I played once, two years ago.
If you never heard of Paintball, it's a team effort game, where teams will played against each other carrying a Paintball gun each. There are various objectives but usually, it is to retrieve a flag or a box close to your opponents' territory. The 'bullets' or rather paintballs, are round and made of gelatin where the 'paint' inside will break out from the ball once it hits. The 'paint' is edible, taste like vanilla but bitter. More information of the game can be found here.
Well, I was a little nervous before playing, as I was bruised from the last experience and I thought I told myself I will never play the game again. LOL...Actually , the main reason why I got bruised last time was I didn't wear proper attire, just a t-shirt and track pants. This doesn't give me proper protection. I didn't suffer any bruises today as I wore an army uniform, which was borrowed from my ex-national servicemen colleague and covered up myself properly. Thus, if you wear the right attire, you should be fine. Check out some websites on how to protect yourselves. It can be slightly painful once you got hit and this is where the attire came in. You will be given a mask to protect your eyes and face and a vest to protect your body. Thus, all you needed to do, besides wearing a long sleeve shirt, is to wore a pair of gloves and a thick pants like jeans. Wear clothing in layers, if you are afraid of the pain.
My team played two games and drew both. It was not a bad result as we finished joint third. It's quite an action game but you will surprised to see ladies holding the guns and braved the raining paintballs from their opponents trying to retrieve the 'box' and ran back to their base.
Ok, I'm looking forward to the weekend break now. :)
If you never heard of Paintball, it's a team effort game, where teams will played against each other carrying a Paintball gun each. There are various objectives but usually, it is to retrieve a flag or a box close to your opponents' territory. The 'bullets' or rather paintballs, are round and made of gelatin where the 'paint' inside will break out from the ball once it hits. The 'paint' is edible, taste like vanilla but bitter. More information of the game can be found here.
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Well, I was a little nervous before playing, as I was bruised from the last experience and I thought I told myself I will never play the game again. LOL...Actually , the main reason why I got bruised last time was I didn't wear proper attire, just a t-shirt and track pants. This doesn't give me proper protection. I didn't suffer any bruises today as I wore an army uniform, which was borrowed from my ex-national servicemen colleague and covered up myself properly. Thus, if you wear the right attire, you should be fine. Check out some websites on how to protect yourselves. It can be slightly painful once you got hit and this is where the attire came in. You will be given a mask to protect your eyes and face and a vest to protect your body. Thus, all you needed to do, besides wearing a long sleeve shirt, is to wore a pair of gloves and a thick pants like jeans. Wear clothing in layers, if you are afraid of the pain.
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| My team...I have purposely blurred the images of my team mates for privacy reasons. |
My team played two games and drew both. It was not a bad result as we finished joint third. It's quite an action game but you will surprised to see ladies holding the guns and braved the raining paintballs from their opponents trying to retrieve the 'box' and ran back to their base.
Ok, I'm looking forward to the weekend break now. :)
So much fun Chris! I have yet trying this paint ball game, maybe when my kids get older I'll bring them to tag along, lol... can share the 'pain' and 'paint' together mar!;)
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend!
Alice - yes, try it when your kids are older. Children can play but have to supervise them closely. I heard of a kid got blinded as he took off his mask while playing.
ReplyDeleteAnd, kids being kids, they can be playful and might shoot each other for fun, which can be dangerous.
wow.. i always watch those games on tv only.. u always like this thrilling game, right?
ReplyDeleteNever played that. Must be a whole lot of fun. But I guess I'm too old for it now...sigh!!!
ReplyDeleteI wanna play paintball too!! :D soon soon. mwahahaha
ReplyDeleteBring me go play this!
ReplyDeleteyou like paintball?
ReplyDeleteThen chck out this lady's blog. She is passionate about Paintball
http://charity1313.blogspot.com
I watched my friends played paintball before.. but dint participate myself. As I very sayang my skin (am really afraid of the bruises)..
ReplyDeleteFrom then I know why is it called paintball, because it's pain-ball.. haha :D
reanaclaire - dunno le...it sounds fun but then, it can be quite scary..hahaha.
ReplyDeletesuituapui - it requires some running and maybe falling too. Anyway, you can chose to be a sniper, no need to run.
ReplyDeleteCaroline - wow... as what I mentioned, wore long sleeve and lots of layers of clothing. It protects you from the bruises. Follow the law for safety reasons.
ReplyDeletecleffairy - ask your hubby la...hehehe
ReplyDeletesmallkucing - thanks...i check it out soon.
ReplyDeleteHayley - very true...it's really pain-ball!
ReplyDeletethat would be an interesting game.
ReplyDeletea friend of mine is playing paintball as well - he loves it..
ReplyDeletesounds like you had great fun as well...wish you a nice and relaxed weekend chris
Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog. I am glad that you enjoy playing paintball =) There will be a paintball tournament in Dataran Pahlawan, Melaka on the first weekend of November. If you happen to be there, do stop by and have a look =)
wenn - fun and interesting.
ReplyDeleteClaudia - I felt like going for another game! :)
ReplyDeleteAngel Bear - wow..thanks for the info. I might go over since it' a long weekend. Let me discuss with my wife.
ReplyDeleteI love paintballl games! I thought playing with young teens are more fun but one shot my hand at close range. The scar lasted almost a year! So terrible! No more teens!
ReplyDeleteTwilight - yeah, gotta be careful when played with teens. They can be playful and immature while these paintballs have to be careful with.
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