Paintball?

[Ty Webb]

Never tried it when I was younger, always thought it'd be lame; everyone I knew who was into it seemed WAY too into it. I just watched an episode of Spaced with the two characters reenacting a war scene during a paintball match, and now I can't believe I might actually try this dorky hobby. Anyone here ever try it? Was it what you were expecting? Better, worse? Also I'm 27 years old now, but I guess that really doesn't bother me, though.

[Drederick Tatum]

I've only played paintball twice, the last time about a decade ago. shit was mad fun. guns are cool. hurts a lot if you get shot in the head though.

a while back I was watching some random ESPN channel and saw some paintball guys running about behind these sponsored inflated obstacles. seems as though for some it's more than a dorky hobby, it's a dorky job. however hiding behind big balloons kinda detracts from the whole point of paintball, which is to play out various Rambo fantasies and kill charlie in the trees.

[Adam]

Never had a boner for guns other pixels on a screen but the space episode makes me laugh. Plus my ankles are made of chocolate so I am just scared I will go home injured, as I tend to do in these sorts of games. But I can see it as fun, when I was in the states I did half think about going to a gun range - but I am unsure if they'd let tourists in...

[TurdBerglar]

paintball is crazy fun and exciting.

[Freebasser]

"What do you think this is; Vietnam?"

Played paintball once. It was probably the worst arena in the world and it was run by some sadomasochistic cock. We only got 1 game of capture the flag in the woods, and the rest of the time we were in a 20x20 foot patch of land with no real obstacles to hide behind ('keep moving, lads - anyone who doesn't will be eliminated') or a 20x20 foot patch of land with the shittiest wooden fort in the history of shitty wooden forts where people could just lean over the 2 foot wall and shoot you square in the arse from point blank range.

Getting hit by a paintball hurts like fuck, and I remember reading a week or two before I went about some guy who got shot in the jugular on his stag do and died, so I spent the whole time having flashbacks of reading that article and shitting myself.

When you bear all this in mind and then I tell you that I still had a good time, I think you can tell that paintball is a hell of a lot of fun ;)

[Randetica]

i would do it

[Lex Diamonds]

Only been twice with school quite a while back, I remember it being shitloads of fun though.

One time I went on a Tango & Cash style rampage with my short, fat, bald Maths teacher. We seriously took out pretty much their whole team single-handedly. We were being all tactical like, clearing buildings through windows and doing pincer movements and shit. It was one of the most surreal/awesome experiences ever.

The other time I capped this Irish alcoholic RE teacher about 20 times as he was crossing a bridge then shouted "OWNED". I thought I'd get away with it but he gave me a right bollocking after about being "unsportsmanlike" because he recognised my voice. (n)

[Adam]

I was asked today if I wanted to go paint balling - I said no.