Paintball is a game unlike any other I have ever experienced. To play well, one must have several important skills. When playing as a member of a team, you must learn to communicate well with your team. When playing a game, if someone tries to be the superhero and play aggressively, taking out all other opponents, they won't get very far. The team wouldn't work well together, and most likely lose the game. Teamwork is one of the most important parts of any game, especially paintball.
I still remember the first game of paintball I ever played in. I was playing with five of my friends at my friend Greg's house. I was 14 years old at the time. After a trip to Wal-Mart to buy paintballs and Co2 cartridges, we went back to Greg's house and walked into the woods behind his house. We walked until we came into a large open area of grass, with a few scattered trees, and denser woods surrounding the field on all sides. We chose this area, thinking we would have the perfect open space to play in, but still have places to hide behind if needed. .
The six people playing that day were Matt, Craig, Steve, Seth, Greg, and myself. We got our guns ready by filling the paintball hoppers full, putting in fresh CO2 cartridges, and making sure our masks were clean. Everyone test fired a few times to make sure our guns were working properly, and then we chose teams. .
We divided into two teams, with three people on each team. We chose teams mostly by who had the best guns, trying to make the game fair. Three of us had semi-automatic paintball guns, which will shoot paintballs out a fast as you can pull the trigger. The other three had pump guns, which need to be re-cocked after every shot. I had a semi-auto gun, as well as Steve and Craig. Matt, Seth, and Greg all had pump guns. I was going to be on a team with Matt and Craig. Seth, Greg, and Steve would be our opponents for that first game.
The weather was cold that day, and everyone was wearing jeans and long sleeved shirts.
We all got our fishing poles, bait, and for some extra fun we grabbed a couple of paintball guns. ... Next we fired up the paintball guns, and started blasting each other. Being such a beautiful day it was we stopped with the paintball guns barbequed and went for a swim. ... We decide once again to get the paintball guns out. ...
