Any of you hogs play paintball?

[Tricky]

I did it for the first time on saturday & loved it,i think ive found a new hobby its got to be woods or urbanball though,i dont think i'd enjoy the tournament style speedball stuff.I pulled off an awesome flanking manouver and shot 3 of my "enemies" in the back while they were still firing forward at my squadmates who were pinned down behind treestumps & barrels in front of the compound doesnt half sting when you get shot though,once you've been hit once you get a kind of "survival instinct" kicking in & you do your best to avoid taking more hits (unsucessfully half the time,but its all part of the fun!)

[glsjaw]

i'v played for about 7 years know and i can tell you if you get a chance to join a team and start playing tourny ball its great, the thrill of bunkering other fools on the other team is great.

[Pushead Jim]

in the late 80's & early 90's i played 2 to 3 times a week. this is when semi auto guns were just starting to appear (tippman SA-68). We played mostly on large outdoor wooded fields with plenty of room for ambush and flanking attacks.the speedball arena type game like on espn now never really intrested me much. For me paintball was a wonderful way to blow off some steam and work out my anti-social behaviors in a legal and safe manner.

[Adrenochrome]

I ride a Hog.....does that count?

[glsjaw]

I ride a Hog.....does that count? geeze man, so did i once at a party but i dont brag about it.

[Adrenochrome]

geeze man, so did i once at a party but i dont brag about it. no no no..... I have a Sportster.......it purrrrrrrs. (loudly)

[glsjaw]

sure, a sportster, and mine was a katie and she hummed. lol,

[Adrenochrome]

sure, a sportster, and mine was a katie and she hummed. lol, No,....serious....you want a ride? .......bitch....LOL I ride my fatty, you ride yours. LOL

[MinionZombie]

I've only been once, that was in Autumn semester 2004, so quite a while ago now, I'd love to go again. It was a woodland setting, which was fantastic. We did an afternoon's worth, so that was five games. First match I kept my head down and tried to get used to the gun - I eventually developed a way to hold it to get an accurate shot (the design of those guns they had were retarded). Anyway, second match and I got my first kill - a HEAD SHOT on a 'weekend warrior' - one of those sad bastards who go every week thinking they're rambo with their custom mask, a bandana and wearing URBAN camo in the WOODS like an idiot. Anyway, he tried to sneak up behind me, my right flank warned me after he slipped through but they were pinned down. I was defending the base and had been abandoned by the other guy with me. The weekend warrior snuck up but didn't do it very quietly - and I was tipped off like I said - he went for the flag but then we got into a firefight as I desperately tried to perfect my aim with those stupidly designed guns - the canister as the butt, how random! - anyway, I blasted the bastard in the head. Man, he was p*ssed alright. He shot me in the ARSE in the final game from behind ... how manly eh, I was clearly the victor, haha! My third match was my moment of glory. I killed like four or five people, was running around like I'm in Vietnam, and I'm not at all in shape but the adrenaline and survival instinct was a-flowing. At the end of that match I'd run out of ammo and our flag was being stolen. I just said f*ck it and barged it after him, but there was one more enemy lurking and he leapt out, I ran, dived and slammed into a tree before being promptly slaughtered in a hail of paint. The referee was very impressed though and it didn't really hurt that much I thought. Anyway, I was feeling the hurt afterwards - muscles I mean, not the paintball wounds - but it was so much fun, very worth it.

[Tricky]

Rock n roll that minion!i was the same,thinking i was in the 'nam,shouting out orders & locations of the enemy,& shouting yeehaaa when i got a kill top fun!definitely going to be doing it again soon!the warden was lobbing smoke grenades & flash bangs into our compound when we were defending,really got the old adrenaline going!

[p2501]

i used to play alot, but of late it's harder and harder to organize a decent game. i was looking at prganizing an Airsoft team, but it's hard to find an area to play in in Pennsylvania.

[glsjaw]

theres alot of cool fields in the ohio,kentucky, pa area that always have walk on and team practices on the weekends

[Tricky]

Well,my guns arrived & my mates has as well,getting them gassed up tomorrow & then we'll be having a bit of skirmishing ive gone for a JT tac 5,not the greatest out there,but cheap & good for me when im only gonna do it for a bit of a laugh on a weekend

[MinionZombie]

See now that's what they could have done with at Skirmish Paintball in Norfolk, but the butt of the gun was the gas canister, which made you aim off to the left (if you're right handed), which was sh*t. However, with the trigger in my right hand, if I held onto the end of the canister with my left hand I could then hold the gun straight ... albeit not very comfortable/natural, but it did the jobby alright. As soon as I started doing that I was dropping blue teamers like flies, lol. But something like that with a grip at the front would have been nice, especially as that looks like a mini M16.

[Tricky]

See now that's what they could have done with at Skirmish Paintball in Norfolk, but the butt of the gun was the gas canister, which made you aim off to the left (if you're right handed), which was sh*t. However, with the trigger in my right hand, if I held onto the end of the canister with my left hand I could then hold the gun straight ... albeit not very comfortable/natural, but it did the jobby alright. As soon as I started doing that I was dropping blue teamers like flies, lol. But something like that with a grip at the front would have been nice, especially as that looks like a mini M16. You can make it look like an M4 with these upgrades http://www.paintball-discounters.com/get_list_315.htm The canister does fit on the back of the gun,but if you buy a remote line & harness,you can have the canister tucked in a pouch on your back with just a lead going to the back of the gun,much better!could be a useful thing for your zombie films dude,no law against owning a paintball gun,mod it up to look like an M4,get some blood red paintballs,if you kept the camera at the right distance it could be quite effective!