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paintball

6th of Feb, 2005ce* in: diary

“Probably the best fun you can have with your clothes on!” - I overheard someone say when we were on the bus taking us back from paintballing, deep in the Sussex countryside. A drizzly day proved to be one of the best days out I’ve had in a very long time! For the uninitiated, “paintball” is rather simple; two teams battle it out armed with gas powered guns that fire small balls containing paint. On impact these paint balls explode and render the target “dead”.

We played 7 exhilarating rounds, split into two teams (white and yellow, I was on the white team), pitched to capture flags, storm strongholds and capture objects from downed airplanes. The rounds were 15 minutes each and team member can come back to life at 5 minute intervals if shot. Round 1 saw me pick off 14 yellow players and capture their flag, successfully returning it to our base and winning the game! All of the other games were frantic, getting the adrenaline flowing and the blood pumping! Round 6 saw us capture the Yellows stronghold by use of smoke grenades and a lot of crawling on the ground. The final round I volunteered to run to the downed airplane through a swarm of bullets and capture the briefcase, which I only just managed to do before diving into a pile of leaves to hide the goods!

My whole body now aches, being shot by paint balls is quite painful at first. Fun soon makes up for that minor drawback, which was had by all! This will be my final outing with the staf at Babel Media, and what a way to go!!