Paintball
Saturday was super chill. Uploaded photos, updated blog, attempted to start laundry but only had time for 1 load before I had to head out to the Fish Market to meet Alex. Got there, Alex was working so I sat at the bar with Dom and had a pint. He has the new Nokia N73 and it is very sheik but we could not for the life of us figure out how to turn the keyguard/lock on. As we were talking his girlfriend Caroline was texting saying she was going to come over to the Fish Market but then she got a phone call and couldn't. Dom told me they were going paintballing with a bunch of their friends and funny enough Caroline sent him a text asking if I wanted to join them. A bit short notice but I have always wanted to play paintball and I really didn't have plans for Sunday.
So at 8am we all met at the Fish Market. God it was early, only had 4 hours of sleep. And before I went to the Fish Market I walked over to a Starbucks nearby hoping to God it would be open. But no...they don't open until 10am. *sigh* Darn the English and their not wanting to be open at the butt crack of dawn so I can get my coffee fix. We head outside of Bristol to the playing field and it is out in the country in the woods. When we pull into the driveway we can already see some of the playing fields with barriers and blocks to hide behind. Oh this is going to be fun. I was a little nervous about being hit by the paintballs and how much it would hurt. I have never played so have no idea what to expect. We get out suits and sit through the safety lecture. The thing that freaked me out was that the balls are traveling at like 200 MPH! Ouch. We get helmuts and the 16 of us walk down to our first playing field.
Most of us in the group have never played, only a few had before. We seperated into two teams of eight, the Green and Blue teams. I was on Blue. The first game we play is your basic old capture the flag. We get 350 balls to start with, load up our guns and head out onto the field. Oh, and the whole field is a bit on the muddy side because of recent rains. And the playing fields aren't flat. They are valleys so there is plenty of slipping and sliding to be had. The game starts and we head out. The Green team had the smart strategy of basically charging us and got the flag rather quick, but then the guy was hit so he had to drop it. Our first game did not last long and I was out before it ended. My first experience of being hit with a paintball was quite painfull. The ball hit on left hand near my knuckle between my ring and middle fingers. Owwwww.
The first match pretty much set the precendent for the rest of our matches. Green team was kicking out asses. They always seemed to get the edge on us. We played about 4 games of just the 16 of us which was cool, even if they were going really quick. Then we found out a huge group of people were supposed to have joined us this morning to play but got lost or woke up late and would be arriving right before lunch. We decided to play one game with them before lunch and found ourselves mixed in with about 30-40 Eastern Europeans (couldn't quite tell where they were from and only 3 or so spoke English). Mostly guys, about 5 girls and the guys looked like they were going to be taking this a bit more seriously than our group. Some had extra padding and gloves like they're seasoned pros.
We played one game with them and it was a bit scary. These guys were just taking it way to seriously and spoiling our amature fun. What really pissed me off was that when I got shot, and clearly held my gun up in the air, indicating this thus you should not get shot at anymore, the jerk who shot me kept shooting me! Errrr that pissed me off to no end. But I breathed and tried to not let it wind me up too much. After that game our group got to have lunch which was a welcomed break. Then we headed back out for more pain. It actually isn't too bad getting hit. Some do hurt and you will get bruised, but at the end of the day you aren't like doubled over in pain.
We played about 5-6 more games, and pretty much my strategy for most was to maintain a hidden sniper position. Did pretty well with that. Then the last game of the day is called a Run Out where you pretty much shoot away all your remaining paintballs. And even if you are hit you are not out. I was a bit scared at first becuase of the other group and I feared they would just stand behind you and shoot the shit out of your back or something mean like that. I stayed farther back on the field maintaining a higher ground and just rambo style shot and the opposing team (we still used teams but honestly if you wanted to shoot your teammates you could). Thus concluded our day of paintballing. We drove back into Bristol, I went home to take a shower and would meet everyone else at the Fish Market later. When I got there only 6 from our group were there and some of us stuck around and played The Quiz, which we lost. All in all it was a really fun day, despite the few moments of pain from being shot at. Would definitely go again.
So at 8am we all met at the Fish Market. God it was early, only had 4 hours of sleep. And before I went to the Fish Market I walked over to a Starbucks nearby hoping to God it would be open. But no...they don't open until 10am. *sigh* Darn the English and their not wanting to be open at the butt crack of dawn so I can get my coffee fix. We head outside of Bristol to the playing field and it is out in the country in the woods. When we pull into the driveway we can already see some of the playing fields with barriers and blocks to hide behind. Oh this is going to be fun. I was a little nervous about being hit by the paintballs and how much it would hurt. I have never played so have no idea what to expect. We get out suits and sit through the safety lecture. The thing that freaked me out was that the balls are traveling at like 200 MPH! Ouch. We get helmuts and the 16 of us walk down to our first playing field.
Most of us in the group have never played, only a few had before. We seperated into two teams of eight, the Green and Blue teams. I was on Blue. The first game we play is your basic old capture the flag. We get 350 balls to start with, load up our guns and head out onto the field. Oh, and the whole field is a bit on the muddy side because of recent rains. And the playing fields aren't flat. They are valleys so there is plenty of slipping and sliding to be had. The game starts and we head out. The Green team had the smart strategy of basically charging us and got the flag rather quick, but then the guy was hit so he had to drop it. Our first game did not last long and I was out before it ended. My first experience of being hit with a paintball was quite painfull. The ball hit on left hand near my knuckle between my ring and middle fingers. Owwwww.
The first match pretty much set the precendent for the rest of our matches. Green team was kicking out asses. They always seemed to get the edge on us. We played about 4 games of just the 16 of us which was cool, even if they were going really quick. Then we found out a huge group of people were supposed to have joined us this morning to play but got lost or woke up late and would be arriving right before lunch. We decided to play one game with them before lunch and found ourselves mixed in with about 30-40 Eastern Europeans (couldn't quite tell where they were from and only 3 or so spoke English). Mostly guys, about 5 girls and the guys looked like they were going to be taking this a bit more seriously than our group. Some had extra padding and gloves like they're seasoned pros.
We played one game with them and it was a bit scary. These guys were just taking it way to seriously and spoiling our amature fun. What really pissed me off was that when I got shot, and clearly held my gun up in the air, indicating this thus you should not get shot at anymore, the jerk who shot me kept shooting me! Errrr that pissed me off to no end. But I breathed and tried to not let it wind me up too much. After that game our group got to have lunch which was a welcomed break. Then we headed back out for more pain. It actually isn't too bad getting hit. Some do hurt and you will get bruised, but at the end of the day you aren't like doubled over in pain.
We played about 5-6 more games, and pretty much my strategy for most was to maintain a hidden sniper position. Did pretty well with that. Then the last game of the day is called a Run Out where you pretty much shoot away all your remaining paintballs. And even if you are hit you are not out. I was a bit scared at first becuase of the other group and I feared they would just stand behind you and shoot the shit out of your back or something mean like that. I stayed farther back on the field maintaining a higher ground and just rambo style shot and the opposing team (we still used teams but honestly if you wanted to shoot your teammates you could). Thus concluded our day of paintballing. We drove back into Bristol, I went home to take a shower and would meet everyone else at the Fish Market later. When I got there only 6 from our group were there and some of us stuck around and played The Quiz, which we lost. All in all it was a really fun day, despite the few moments of pain from being shot at. Would definitely go again.
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