I have been playing for around 10 years, and play competatively on a "semi pro" team, ie. I am partially sponsored.

Was wondering if any of you other cyclists make time for paintball?

 

i do play sometimes,, i havent shot my spider E-marker since the last winter.

 

Yea i play every once in awhile im not a pro like you or nothing. Its so hard to make time to play paintball, most of the people i play with aslo have bikes so on a nice day its either ride, play or drink. Most of the time paintball is the last thing on are minds.

 

Yep. We go all Military style though. Face-paint, fatigues, radios, you name it. A paintball buddy has a HUGE plot of land (hundreds of acres) here in the valley with trees, canals, ditches, heavily wooded areas, Pecan orchards etc. We get about 12-20 of us on two teams, dressed completely in surplus army gear. We all have radios (walkie-talkies with headsets) for each of the teams on private frequencies (so we can't cheat). Each team has a couple snipers with a set amount of ammo. Each of us have 1 paintball gun and 1 paintball pistol. The pistol is usually used for last resort purposes. We each have a rationed amount of ammo to use.

We usually end up playing capture the flag, infiltration of an enemy base or elimination. We start a mile or two apart with wooded areas, ditches, a few creeks and cliffs between the two teams. We set boundaries and go at it.

If we really get a good match going (with the larger groups, usually 10-12 people per team). We usually have an ATV per team (depending on who shows up to play) and maybe a dirt bike or two (again, depending on who shows up to the match). Matches with vehicles usually means we increase the distance between bases, teams or flags by another mile or two.

What about getting shot? Well, we found out early on that when you have 1 hit kills, it gets boring, because the matches can last a while, and sitting out sucks. So, we tally everything by hit points. A dedicated person on the team keeps score of that teams kills. If a person shot another team's person, that guy would call it into "Grey-Hound" (code name for the guy keeping score on my team........you can kind of guess what mine is.) And he logs it in a notebook during the match. The person that was shot needs to remain laying down for 2 minutes face-down to allow the shooter to make a clean getaway.

Once, we decided to play a night game (full moon during the summer). We equipped our guns with lasers and each team has 1 set of night vision goggles. (if a certain person showed up with them of course.) The person with the goggles is ONLY allowed as a spotter for each team and doesn't get a gun. They are only allowed to radio-in a target's location to the rest of the team. We usually play on a much smaller field in the night games (maybe a quarter mile to a half mile apart at maximum) and keep the boundaries tight incase someone gets hurt or lost.

Oh yeah, and as added bonus points, we each have a shank (I forgot because I rarely use it.) It's just a white-shoe polish bottle, but if someone sneaks up and "stabs" you with it, you get a bonus of 10 points. (VERY few of these are ever given out, but we just recently added that idea.........a dangerous backup incase you run completely out of ammo.) And on the subject of running out of ammo, only a dedicated person on the team (an ammo carrier) is allowed to re-distribute ammo (being paintballs or CO2 cartridges). You radio in that you need ammo, and you have to go find him to get it. That gets risky because you can easily give up your position and the ammo-carriers. This is bad because if an ammo-carrier is shot, the other team can take 1 cartridge and 2 bags of paintballs.

Like I said, we REALLY get into it, and it's EXTREMELY fun........especially when everyone takes it seriously. (which all of us do.) Setting up a match is hard work, a lot of planning and gets a little expensive (the first couple of times anyway) with paintballs, extra cartridges, radios, headsets, gas for vehicles, fatigues, masks, guns, etc. Most of us have all that already (usually a one-time few hundred dollar investment), but then we have the stuff and just have fun shooting each other.

 

ive always wanted to try it out, never got around to it...i heard the adrenaline rush you get is incredible though...blue fox, that sounds BAD ***, you guys really know how to go all out!

 

I figure if you're going to do it, why not do it right? (and yeah, the adrenaline is EXTREME during these games.) Sometimes you are so excited, you find that you're giggling to yourself.

 

used to play woods ball but got fed up when I went to Nightmare city game and so many people were wiping...... came home put my gear on ebay and never looked back...

 

Got a speedball course about 2 miles from my house. I play with the guys from work about once a month.

 

i used to play alot i even went to world cup but that was before it got SUPERHUGE so when it did and the cheaters and a$$holes came to the sport i hung up my gear.
but those days were the coolest
take it easy
JonBrown

 

That sounds AWESOME Blue Fox. You guys really know how to get a good time rolling.

We used to play out in the desert in full camouflage. Man, that was fun. I don't have much time anymore and it's hard to find people here who are into it.