thread: 2005-05-16 : Violence
On 2005-05-16, Chris Goodwin wrote:
The first time I played paintball (summer of 1989), it was with a small group at a family owned field. The guy who told me about them was a friend, and it was, let me say, cozy. As cozy as crawling through the scrub and the chiggers in West Texas can be, anyway. All of the guns were single shot, all pretty basic (a few people brought their own snazzy specials, but they were all shooting single shots) to make it about skill, and head shots were off limits (because who knows if this is the time your goggles have a weak spot?). I had a freakin' blast, and I didn't care about (and didn't even notice at the time) the huge welts I had all over my back, legs, and butt.
The second time I played (spring of 1993) it was at a large field with a large group of people who didn't know each other, and for whom more money = more fun. In one game I got full auto'd in the face after I'd already called myself out. Fortunately the full face mask and goggles didn't give way.
I haven't played a third time.
