The Slaughter of Noobies

Had a great day of paintball last Saturday, the 21st. We actually had seventeen people show up to play. We played in the river bottoms which aren't quite yet lush and green so I wore my brown realtree camo which seemed to work superbly.

The weather was what I would call perfect. I'm not sure of the temps but it was on the cool side with the sun behind clouds often, and a few intermittent sprinkles of rain throughout the day. We played for about three hours.

The first game was Mutant. I was on the human team, but a bunch of new and very young players volunteered to be mutants. I felt bad for them as I saw them getting mowed down, so I rushed into the open to give them a chance, and BINGO I was hit, so I joined up with the mutants, who went on to eliminate all humans...as usual!

The next game was Spawn, which we played for quite a long time. I had numerous kills in the game, but was also taken out many times. It was pretty confusing with so many teams. I think in the future with that many players it will be better to play three man teams.

After Spawn we played a game of Grand Bush ( protect the president ) we sent out four snipers, and made history by having our very first female president. She did a good job and ordered her men well. The snipers were defeated easily. Afterwards the four snipers were complaining that 4 vs 13 was just plain impossible. So...Clay, Jon, Blake, and I ( all seasoned players ) volunteered to be the snipers for another game of Grand Bush.

We devised a simple diversion / flank plan. Clay and Blake hung back near the flag that the president is supposed to capture, while Jon and I hid ourselves off to the side. Eventually the president and her men moved right past us and got into a fire fight with Clay and Blake. Once the shooting began, Jon and I made a dash right up the center of the field, and caught the whole group unawares from behind.

The rest of what happened just seems like a blurr to me. I just remember putting my sights on the whole group, and ripping off automatic rounds from the Egrip A-5 with extreme prejudice. I could here Jon's gun next to me doing like wise. The noobies were in a dead panic as they danced around flayling their arms in the air as if trying to swat the paintballs like they were angry hornets. All the while they were yelling "HIT HIT HIT!" But due to some lingering survivors we continued the barrage for a bit more until the entire group had been eliminated.

I almost feel evil for implementing such an effective plan on a group of mostly newbies. But....IT SURE WAS A KICK!!! HA HA HA!

After playing a few times now that my A-5 is all modified to look like the real thing, I am starting to have second thoughts. I find that although the gun sure looks cool, it might actually be impairing my performance as it is now twice as long and twice as heavy and cumbersome. I'm starting to think I made a mistake getting all that after market crap. I might be looking to sell it all, and strip the gun down to it's basic original look. I will still run the Egrip, and a remote line, and probably buy a nice barrel like the kevlar Black Cell from Special Ops Paintball.

First Paintball Day of The Year

Well, I got my first paintballing in for the year. I played on a six acre forested field with about six of us. Not a huge turnout, but it was a lot of fun nonetheless.

I did pretty good actually. I was quite pleased. I had a total of about seven eliminations, with myself only getting eliminated about three times. Not a bad ratio. I ditched my Flatline barrel and went back to playing with my old Armson, and was very happy with the results. I kinda feel like my old self is back....the old self that oppenents needed to be wary of.

At one point in the game I actually flanked a guy from behind so bad that I ended up too close to shoot him, so called out for him to surrender, which he was more than happy to do. There was another memorable moment when it was two guys vs me and both were moving for me. I was able to eliminate them both as they moved up on me. That was pretty fun.

The field is called Fast Eddy's in Blackfoot, Idaho. I almost didn't go because I'm generally a little shy and felt apprehensive about just showing up by myself and playing with a bunch of guys I didn't know. Amazingly, I got there and actually knew a few people including the owner, who I have played paintball with once before when we just happened to meet up playing outlaw one day. Plus, I made contact with two other players from my home town that were interested in getting together. So, two fresh recruits! That's just what we need.

Well, hopefully there will be more paintball games to report as the summer goes on. Not just his one.