Getcher bacon shakin'!

[lobsterking]

I went paintballing last Saturday, which is an exciting way to combine violence and redecoration. I didn't really know what to expect, but what landed in my lap was an afternoon of thrillsHere are two things to remember, if you are ever lucky enough to go

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[phantomlimb]

you wrote that like you've not updated since last week, when in fact, your last update was in sep last year!

i went paintballing and kicked ass. i claimed the flag in 2 of the 3 games. i also got hit on my ear, which knacked.

[lobsterking]

I considered writing a brief summary of what I've been doing since my last update, but it'd just have been a self-absorbed tract on my eating habits or something, so I elected to dismiss. I'm going to try and update more regularly, though!

We lost pretty hard, but on the plus side, I definitely got to shoot my friends in their faces. That's the kind of treat you only normally get in civil war!

[phantomlimb]

did you find that when you first start playing you're shooting at anything and evething - then you realise how much more paintballs are and start to conserve your ammo?

[lobsterking]

More-or-less the exact opposite! I was really conservative and stealth-style early on, but as I grew more frustrated with being shot and not shooting other people much, I damned the cost and went trigger-ecstatic.

Your way sounds much more sensible, though.

[phantomlimb]

well the one i went to, i think they made their money from people buying ammo. i think it was 20 quid for a hundred balls. in the end, i was having to rely on picking up unexploded ones lying on the ground.

[lobsterking]

That's crazy talk! It was about £28 for 500 balls at the one we went to! Although they also operated a policy of 'if you get shot, go out and wipe it off, then rejoin the game' rather than 'if you get shot, you're dead', so maybe that explains the priciness.

Regardless, that sounds more painful in the wallet than it was in the ear!

[phantomlimb]

i was only a poor pauper of a uni student at the time too. i came home 50 quid worse off than i'd expected. it was good fun though, and i guess it helped that i was already a veteran laser quest player from my early teens.