Paintball

Went for my first ever paintball game yesterday. With a bunch of people that I've never met. Well, what ever. I'm more into the game anyway.

We went to the one in Subang Jaya, namely TT Sports Park. It was in the Malaysia Book of Records for the largest paintball arena. Honestly, to me, it wasn't really that large. Yea. True they have a few "battlegrounds", but they are all of average sizes. Probably fit 20 to 30 people.

So, we went in. Right after a heavy downpour where it got all muddy and slippery. Got ourselves dressed in jumpsuits, vests and head masks. Listened to a short briefing about rules and safety measures, loaded our guns with balls, split into teams and started shooting! Since it was the first time for all of us, things got kinda confusing. We had no idea who we were shooting at. Cause everyone looked the same in the same jumpsuit. We don't know if we were shot. We had lousy team strategies as to where to hide ourselves. We don't know how to cover up for team mates who were cornered by the "enemy". We just main shoot saje. See anyone and anything...just shoot!

There were lots of shouting. All for the wrong reasons. We had no idea who was shouting at whom. We can't make out if our team mates were warning us or giving us directions. All you can hear is "WHAT?" "HUH?" "WHERE?" And the marshal keep shouting, "LARI! LARI!" " PERGI DEPAN! PERGI DEPAN!" "KAT TEPI! KAT TEPI!" And then...BANG! BANG! BANG! And your dead. Means your out. That's about it. We had a mask on la. So it was kinda hard to hear and see in it. If it was a real battle, we would be dead already due to faulty safety equipments.

A few of us got hurt. That's why I say it's a rather dangerous sport. Most of the guys la. Just because it gave them the feel of being in a battle, they charged at every opportunity. Ran right up to the front and fired at what ever. In the end, they got hit all over. Arms, legs, chests, neck, finger etc etc. Luckily no one was hit in the head. I sustained bruises too. Kena hit next to the knee. Turned red and black. Made my mum worried sick.

We were dead exhausted after the game. Sweating, panting and dirty. And it was only for an hour and a half. We were trembling so hard that we couldn't hold chopsticks properly and had trouble using them during dinner. Maklumlah, the gun was not really very light and we were running up and down with it. I had a real good night's sleep that night.

I intend to go for another round. Heard from around that there are better ones in Bukit Tinggi and Gombak. It was definitely fun. Worth the pain. Some experience.