AMA I went paintballing today

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Got to use a small SMG (Looked like an uzi with a long barrel and the paintballing stuff), an M16 and a riot shield. Pretty fucking fun.


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Did you get shot


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Did you get shot

Not that much

Though I made up for it in the free-for-all round at the end where I took at least 6 shots within the first five seconds and many more after that


 
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I want to go paint balling real bad, man.


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I want to go paint balling real bad, man.

It's pretty fun

I forgot to mention I got to use smoke grenades, they're great

If you ever get the chance to go, I'd highly recommend it



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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Did you get shot

Not that much

Though I made up for it in the free-for-all round at the end where I took at least 6 shots within the first five seconds and many more after that

Them paintball bullets, they hurt?


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Did you get shot

Not that much

Though I made up for it in the free-for-all round at the end where I took at least 6 shots within the first five seconds and many more after that

Them paintball bullets, they hurt?

It stings for like a second, and then you're alright - you get armour and the helmet. Though you could make a case for the armour being useless as all my hits were to the legs, arms, hands, shoulders, neck, face and feet with my chest being spotless.

It's when you take three to the shoulder at once that it hurts, they leave some nasty bruises too.

All that said, I'm currently sat downstairs because I found myself barely able to walk after I got out of the shower lol


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I've gone airsofting but never paintballing. Paintball seems like it'd be just as fun.


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did you have custom armor, or just standard armor?


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I've gone airsofting but never paintballing. Paintball seems like it'd be just as fun.

Vice versa. It was my first time paintballing today, though I do want to airsoft at some point.


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did you have custom armor, or just standard armor?

Just what they gave us. Standard helmet, chest armour and camouflage overalls.

I also bought some armoured gloves that I get to keep, they were pretty useful when a ball exploded on my hand.


 
 
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I went paintballing a few years ago (quite a few now <_<)

it was certainly good fun

i only wish I'd gotten closer to the enemy before the round was over, the shots hurt more that way e.e

Got one in the knee that didn't hurt, hit the padding or something
then got one in the face
full on visor strawberry jam
but for some reason headshots didn't count so I wiped it off and carried on shootyshooting lol


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Did you get shot

Not that much

Though I made up for it in the free-for-all round at the end where I took at least 6 shots within the first five seconds and many more after that

Them paintball bullets, they hurt?

It stings for like a second, and then you're alright - you get armour and the helmet. Though you could make a case for the armour being useless as all my hits were to the legs, arms, hands, shoulders, neck, face and feet with my chest being spotless.

It's when you take three to the shoulder at once that it hurts, they leave some nasty bruises too.

All that said, I'm currently sat downstairs because I found myself barely able to walk after I got out of the shower lol

I got shot in the arm, then all over my back when my teammates decided to teamkill me. Stings like a bitch...


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I went paintballing a few years ago (quite a few now <_<)

it was certainly good fun

i only wish I'd gotten closer to the enemy before the round was over, the shots hurt more that way e.e

Got one in the knee that didn't hurt, hit the padding or something
then got one in the face
full on visor strawberry jam
but for some reason headshots didn't count so I wiped it off and carried on shootyshooting lol

I think headshots dn't count so people aren't purposefully trying to hit people's visors and blind them. That. and paint going in the little holes in the mask isn't nice.

I used the M16 for the majority (You had to pay an extra £10 to use it) so I was squad marksman for the day, meaning I didn't get too close

Also didn't get too many kills because paintball guns aren't that accurate.


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Did you get shot

Not that much

Though I made up for it in the free-for-all round at the end where I took at least 6 shots within the first five seconds and many more after that

Them paintball bullets, they hurt?

It stings for like a second, and then you're alright - you get armour and the helmet. Though you could make a case for the armour being useless as all my hits were to the legs, arms, hands, shoulders, neck, face and feet with my chest being spotless.

It's when you take three to the shoulder at once that it hurts, they leave some nasty bruises too.

All that said, I'm currently sat downstairs because I found myself barely able to walk after I got out of the shower lol

I got shot in the arm, then all over my back when my teammates decided to teamkill me. Stings like a bitch...

I managed to avoid friendl fire. Aside from a stray round that hit me when I was spectating the game after "dying".



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I've gone airsofting but never paintballing. Paintball seems like it'd be just as fun.

Vice versa. It was my first time paintballing today, though I do want to airsoft at some point.

I like the aesthetics of airsoft much more, but some people don't follow the honor system.


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I've gone airsofting but never paintballing. Paintball seems like it'd be just as fun.

Vice versa. It was my first time paintballing today, though I do want to airsoft at some point.

I like the aesthetics of airsoft much more, but some people don't follow the honor system.

I don't actually know anything about airsoft

There's actually a store in town. Might have a look in some time


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I've gone airsofting but never paintballing. Paintball seems like it'd be just as fun.

Vice versa. It was my first time paintballing today, though I do want to airsoft at some point.

I like the aesthetics of airsoft much more, but some people don't follow the honor system.

I don't actually know anything about airsoft

There's actually a store in town. Might have a look in some time

It's based on an honor system. If you shoot someone, you have to rely on them remaining honest and calling themselves out. Most people are honest, but every now and then you get cheaters who try to avoid it, but they typically get caught at some point by the refs. Aesthetics look cool though, you don't have stupid bulbs on the top of all your weapons, and aren't wearing dumb looking jumpsuits all the time. You can wear whatever you want as long as you have a mask. You can be casual with normal clothes or suit up in tactical gear. I find it much more preferential just because of these things, but I can't fully say until I go paintballing sometime for a comparison.


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I've gone airsofting but never paintballing. Paintball seems like it'd be just as fun.

Vice versa. It was my first time paintballing today, though I do want to airsoft at some point.

I like the aesthetics of airsoft much more, but some people don't follow the honor system.

I don't actually know anything about airsoft

There's actually a store in town. Might have a look in some time

It's based on an honor system. If you shoot someone, you have to rely on them remaining honest and calling themselves out. Most people are honest, but every now and then you get cheaters who try to avoid it, but they typically get caught at some point by the refs. Aesthetics look cool though, you don't have stupid bulbs on the top of all your weapons, and aren't wearing dumb looking jumpsuits all the time. You can wear whatever you want as long as you have a mask. You can be casual with normal clothes or suit up in tactical gear. I find it much more preferential just because of these things, but I can't fully say until I go paintballing sometime for a comparison.

It sounds pretty fun

The bulbs on the top of the guns in paintball get kind of annoying when aiming. When you have the mask on, it's constantly stopping you looking down the sights properly

Though they're so inaccurate I don't think it particularly matters


 
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How many scrublord kiddies did you take out?


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Did it for 5 years

Terribly expensive hobby

Now I just airsoft

buddies and I go in the woods near his house run around and come home.


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Did war ever change?


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How many scrublord kiddies did you take out?

I know I got at least three - as in, I saw the ball explode on them.

But suppressive fire means I could have got a few or none at all.


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Did it for 5 years

Terribly expensive hobby

Now I just airsoft

buddies and I go in the woods near his house run around and come home.

Yeah, I've spent £70 today. Completely worth it, though not something I'd do regularly.


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Did war ever change?

It changed from one-bomb assault to one-flag to conquest to TDM to neutral bomb to infection to free-for-all

Does that count?


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Did it for 5 years

Terribly expensive hobby

Now I just airsoft

buddies and I go in the woods near his house run around and come home.

Yeah, I've spent £70 today. Completely worth it, though not something I'd do regularly.
Rough numbers here

45 dollars for entry fee on field
1000 paintball will last you a day 35$
I had my own gear so no need for rental

A basic gun Tipmann 98 custom or A5 is about 280$ plus taxes
A decent mask is 50$
I added mods to my gun
Longer barrel
Stock
Sight
16oz C02 Tank...


The field fee's add up over time.




Each normal size hopper has a capacity of 250 paintball


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Did it for 5 years

Terribly expensive hobby

Now I just airsoft

buddies and I go in the woods near his house run around and come home.

Yeah, I've spent £70 today. Completely worth it, though not something I'd do regularly.
Rough numbers here

45 dollars for entry fee on field
1000 paintball will last you a day 35$
I had my own gear so no need for rental

A basic gun Tipmann 98 custom or A5 is about 280$ plus taxes
A decent mask is 50$
I added mods to my gun
Longer barrel
Stock
Sight
16oz C02 Tank...


The field fee's add up over time.




Each normal size hopper has a capacity of 250 paintball

It was £40 for entry + 500 paintballs + gun + 12 rounds + armour and helmet

I paid an extra £10 for a refill, £10 for three smoke grenades and £10 for the M16 upgrade.