We went paintballing today at this place.
That was the most fun I've had since...well, it was a lot of fun.
6 scenarios, each played both ways, and a "use up the ammo" game at the end.
Scenarios were:
1) Take the helicopter. Two teams, one helicopter, the team with the most living players on board wins.
With a fogged mask, my first game was tricky. I was hit early on whilst defending the helicopter, unfortunately. Blue, however, ended up in the helicopter with four others, winning us the game.
On the flip side, I joined a large flanking force that used the brow of a hill for cover. Despite getting pretty close, we lost the game. I almost made it to the end before taking a hit to my hand (painful in the cold!)
2) Capture the huts. Take and hold as many of the six huts in the village as possible, scoring points for each live team member.
3) Medic! One team has a medic (he can 'fix' three people's kills) has to get to a set point; the other team are trying to kill him.
Painful. After successfully hitting the enemy medic with a dozen rounds from six people as he and one other team member charged in at the last moment, we thought we would try somthing different. Mob up, with the medic in the centre, point at the target point, yell loudly and run like hell, firing as we went.
Yeah, that worked well. We got a whole ten yards closer than the other team did, before meeting a hail of fire that peeled the outer members of the mob off quickly (including me, taking four hits including two to the head!).
4) Capture the flag. One flag, placed between the two teams; objective was to grab it and get it to the enemy's base.
5) Capture the base. One team has to get their medic (see above) into a base; the other team are trying to stop them.
6) Place the bomb. A bomb has to be placed on a car in a compound; other team are trying to stop them.
Manic. Flanking around seemed a good idea, until Blue, a couple of others and I were pinned. I took a hit to the leg, which was made more annoying as the guy was aiming at Kirra and I merely didn't get my ass into cover. Blue and Umesh later stormed the target, and placed the bomb - score one for the blue team!
In the return game, I was covering one flank, where the enemy decided to bring the bomb through. One thoroughly covered enemy later, and the bomb was left out in the open where we were able to re-take it.
7) Use the ammo...1), but once killed you return to a 'regenerate point', the marshal wipes the paint off and back you go, until you are out of ammo.
This was fun...I holed up in the tail of the helicopter and sniped, with the enemy unaware I was there at all. Plenty of other targets around me, but alas I ran out of ammo too quickly!
All in all great fun. Right now, however, I can hardly walk as my joints are stiffening up! No painful bruises, though.
We're planning on going again for Blue's birthday in April, if anyone wants to join us!
