Paintballing

[ChrisPackit]

I've been loads of times. My tips would be:

- Don't wear too may clothes or else you will sweat and steam up your mask, wandering round aimlesly and get shot.
- Don't wear too few clothes or else it will hurt when you get shot, and you'll cry like a girl.
- Don't take it too seriously and start using the butt of the gun into your opponents skull.
- Don't be tight and buy plenty of ammo, as you'll find you use twice as much as you think you will.
- Don't try and work out how much you are spending on ammo as you'll not enjoy yourself; I can hear a friend of mine going 5p...10p...15p...20p every time he fires his gun.
- Don't get shot in the balls.

Hope this helps.

[ee61re]

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[Pondlife]

- Don't be tight and buy plenty of ammo, as you'll find you use twice as much as you think you will.
- Don't try and work out how much you are spending on ammo as you'll not enjoy yourself; I can hear a friend of mine going 5p...10p...15p...20p every time he fires his gun.
- Don't get shot in the balls.

Hope this helps.

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[DaveB]

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[ee61re]

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Ah, didn't see that one, my bad!

[BrilloPad]

You have to be careful at paintball in the UK. About 200 people are blinded every year and at least 10 killed. Just make sure you've made a will.

Thats because some of us use live ammo.

[MarillionFan]

Plus don't forget the smoke bombs and stun grenades. Be known to choke a man to death or blow off a limb.

And watch out for boobie traps, then gooks are tricky buggers.

MF in 'Nam' mode

[cojak]

Anyone been? Specifically, to the one near London Bridge? Any advice? I have some body armour I may take along with me, and camo paint.

If you're right handed, put your armband on the left arm and vice versa. This will keep the band 'discreet' as you use a tree to steady yourself while sniping.

And use your best shots defensively as snipers to protect vulnerable probe points.

[cojak]

I've been loads of times. My tips would be:

- Don't wear too may clothes or else you will sweat and steam up your mask, wandering round aimlesly and get shot.
- Don't wear too few clothes or else it will hurt when you get shot, and you'll cry like a girl.
- Don't take it too seriously and start using the butt of the gun into your opponents skull.
- Don't be tight and buy plenty of ammo, as you'll find you use twice as much as you think you will.
...

Hope this helps.

Oh yes - spend a lot on ammo, and a semi-automatic is preferable as you can use one or 2 as tracer bullets to get the target bag-to-rights (they're slow enough for you to watch 'em go).

The only time I've ever had to seriously control my surge of violence was to consciously stop my meself from smashing the butt into the face of a 14-yo oik in a lazerquest event as he was randomly waiting for your light to go back on before tazzing you.

[MarillionFan]

If you're right handed, put your armband on the left arm and vice versa. This will keep the band 'discreet' as you use a tree to steady yourself while sniping.

And use your best shots defensively as snipers to protect vulnerable probe points.

Not WCS.

Best approach is to run up to a position as fast as you can. Then from behind your position fire the odd shot ducking down each time. Then after five minutes of being pinned down and getting bored, jump up and should 'Who f**king wants some before legging it towards everyone in a scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid. That way you look like a nutter while at the same
time heading back to the safe zone for a fag while the game rages on for another 25 minutes.

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