Date: 9th June 2007
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: TT Sports Park, Subang Jaya
Why?: Company team building event
I guess it was sooner or later that PaintBall would be in our list of team events to do. It finally happened last saturday and I guess it will be a first and last for our team as the company has decided to discourage PaintBall due to health and safety reasons...hehe Nevertheless PaintBall is actually a very good event for team building, you really have to work together if you wanna win. Working in an island will just get you killed in a spatter of paint in no time...hehe
There are several ways to play paintball and should not be too alien for you guys and girls that play multiplayer games...hehe. Capture the flag and last man standing are the 2 common games paint ballers play. In our case, we played Last man standing which basically means, "killed everyone" hehe that is get all the opposing team off the playing field to win.
I'm a complete noob when it comes to paintball. We get to use a gas-powered rifle which can fire the paint ball at 280ft per sec. That can really hurt if you shoot someone at close range. But for most of the time it just feels like getting hit by tiny stones from far range. They use CO2 gas to power the rifle. The rifle or "marker" has a hopper (bullet catridge) with a small fan to suck in the paint ball to the gun barrel. Body armour is basically a jump suit or just a plastic body vest with compulsory head mask. Here is a pic:
Once you know how to operate the Marker, next is just how you position yourself on the terrain. On the field I played, it was a mix of old tyres and plank obstacles called "bunkers" that you can hide behind and snipe your opponents. The bunkers mostly have gaps in between so you can slot in your marker and take pot shots. But beware, you could get hit from there as well. All it takes is 1 lucky shot and your're out.
However, what really happens most of the time is that you most likely run out of pellets and have to leave the field. No in-game reloads were allowed...sigh. Also, the markers do not have exactly the number of pellets you'ed expect. This is because they are loaded using rough estimation (poured from a jar/canister filled with pellets to a certain level) instead of counting pellets. The game generally lasts 5mins per round and are watched closely by marshalls. They will ensure the rules are adhered to, ordering you out when you ran out of pellets or even when some pain spatter "killed" you without you knowing. No use arguing with the marshall as their decision is final.
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: TT Sports Park, Subang Jaya
Why?: Company team building event
I guess it was sooner or later that PaintBall would be in our list of team events to do. It finally happened last saturday and I guess it will be a first and last for our team as the company has decided to discourage PaintBall due to health and safety reasons...hehe Nevertheless PaintBall is actually a very good event for team building, you really have to work together if you wanna win. Working in an island will just get you killed in a spatter of paint in no time...hehe
There are several ways to play paintball and should not be too alien for you guys and girls that play multiplayer games...hehe. Capture the flag and last man standing are the 2 common games paint ballers play. In our case, we played Last man standing which basically means, "killed everyone" hehe that is get all the opposing team off the playing field to win.
I'm a complete noob when it comes to paintball. We get to use a gas-powered rifle which can fire the paint ball at 280ft per sec. That can really hurt if you shoot someone at close range. But for most of the time it just feels like getting hit by tiny stones from far range. They use CO2 gas to power the rifle. The rifle or "marker" has a hopper (bullet catridge) with a small fan to suck in the paint ball to the gun barrel. Body armour is basically a jump suit or just a plastic body vest with compulsory head mask. Here is a pic:
Once you know how to operate the Marker, next is just how you position yourself on the terrain. On the field I played, it was a mix of old tyres and plank obstacles called "bunkers" that you can hide behind and snipe your opponents. The bunkers mostly have gaps in between so you can slot in your marker and take pot shots. But beware, you could get hit from there as well. All it takes is 1 lucky shot and your're out.
However, what really happens most of the time is that you most likely run out of pellets and have to leave the field. No in-game reloads were allowed...sigh. Also, the markers do not have exactly the number of pellets you'ed expect. This is because they are loaded using rough estimation (poured from a jar/canister filled with pellets to a certain level) instead of counting pellets. The game generally lasts 5mins per round and are watched closely by marshalls. They will ensure the rules are adhered to, ordering you out when you ran out of pellets or even when some pain spatter "killed" you without you knowing. No use arguing with the marshall as their decision is final.Here are some more pics of the action. Bottomline, paint ball (or pain ball depends how you look at it) is a must try for all you sniper wannabes! I've tried Laser Tag game before, paintballing beats that hands down in terms of thrill factor. Although running out of bullets is a real drag! Oh well can't have it all!
