Trying Not To Get Shot
I've subscribed to ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY for a while now but I never had the chance to post something here. This will be my first post here and just for some background, I'm from Malaysia and I will be sharing about playing paintball which happened this morning-afternoon.
My cousin contacted me a few days ago and asked me if I was up for playing paintball. I never tried before so I was like why not. Today, I woke up around 7:45 to get ready and go to my cousin's house to carpool with him to the paintball location. The place was called Kombat Zone Paintball and I have to say it was in a small village area about one hour away. You know it's small place when there's only one road for cars to drive going in and out. We arrived around 10am but we ended up having to wait for someone that drove to the wrong location so we actually started around 11am.
Briefing & Equipment
After the last guy came, the guy that was going to referee our game was briefing us on safety and how to play the game modes. You can check out below some photos of the equipment. I took photos of the paintball guns, face helmet, vests and the pellets.
Map
There were two maps to play on. The left side had mostly barrels and less cover. The right side had two towers and some wooden structures to play around that gave better cover.
How Was My Experience
Honestly, I have mixed feelings about paintball. I think it's fun but we probably should've played on another location with turf. It probably rained the night before or the day before as there was a lot of puddles of water and mud around the field and behind the barrels. There was also a lot of mosquitos and that wasn't fun either since I didn't prepare any repellant.
It was also surprisingly really tiring with the humidity and the gear it also gets quite hot fast. We had to take like 10-15 minute breaks in between each game and we played a total of five games with two lives. I believe three of the games just had to eliminate the other team or touch the flag from enemy base. Then there were two games of taking the flag from the middle to the enemy's base.
Now some people may be wondering whether it hurts and I have to yes it does hurt if you get hit. It also depends where you get hit as well and from what distance. If you get hit in the neck or back of the head, then that will hurt more than other parts of the body. I have a few bruises around my body but there's one on my leg that had a bit of bleeding which you can see from the picture below. It's a bit graphic so sorry about that.
All in all, it was a thrilling and a bit painful experience. I'm not sure if I would do it again in the future but at least I tried paintball once in my lifetime and I'm satisfied with that.
Credits
Screenshot from google reviews
Group photo was taken by the referee with one of the player's phone
The rest of the photos are mine taken by me
It was a thrilling experience. Based on your story, I don't want to try it. 😅 But maybe I'll enjoy watching others do the combat.
hey. It's totally fine haha but we only live once xD. Should at least try once when we're able. You never know if we get sick or something in the future we may not have a chance to do it. It's all good though it's up to you
Mosquitos and mudds can really destroy a fun activity. You should bring repellent next time. It was the same case to mine when we went to the mountain that we couldn’t sleep because we were not prepared that we camp.
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oh wow you went to mountain and kept getting mosquito bites? That sucks haha. It's worse for me cuz I think i have the blood that mosquitoes like TT
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thank you . sure I will delegate some
I never heard of paintball. I would also try it. Maybe once just like you. Sorry to hear about your bruises
Oh it's ok for the bruises. I think it's part of the experience🤣. Others got it worse than me. I feel bad some of them charged in and already raised their hand hit but they still got sprayed some extra bullets on omg haha.
You can try it just make sure to wear long shirt and pants haha it can help protect. I wore short tshirt and pants probably a mistake on my part
Okay. I will do according to your guidelines😅😄
Paint balls, dammn I love watching this game😂❤️ though I've never participated cause ouch I learnt it hurts badly despite all the protective wears.
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O.O you watch paintball? Didn't know this was a popular watched sport. Maybe you can try once llol but wear full body armor
😁 yeah, I have a couple of friends that do play the game, I like watching them from a far distance though 😂 it's really interesting
Nahh, I dont think I'll even want to risk myself 😂❤️
o.o enjoy play theres no risk :3
I had one like this on my thigh when they hit me🤕
I remember my only paintball game I had a few years ago with my work colleagues.
The opponent is standing behind a tree, and I fire pellets in the direction of the half of the body that sticks out of cover. The opponent does not move. I can't believe I can't hit him. I emptied the magazine firing towards my target. At some point, the opponent comes out of cover, throws his rifle and waves his hands in my direction and yells "Are you crazy, why don't you stop shooting at me".
It was my colleague who I had apparently hit multiple times. "Why don't you raise your hand to signal that I hit you" I asked her. "I didn't want to admit that you hit me, but when the last bullet hit me, I screamed and gave myself away" 🤣
When she took off her protective uniform, a lump twice the size of yours was on her shoulder...
omg haha. She's strong though she just kept taking it without any reaction until the last bullet. Was she not briefed that she was suppose to call that she got hit lol because it's not like you can say it for her. We had a referee though did you guys not? If not it would really be entirely an honor system.
That's the price to pay for not having honor lol. Hopefully she learned her lesson but wow can't believe she took a full magazine without complaining until last bullet. How far were u cuz if it was close that shouldve hurt lol
She was 15-20m away. Just enough so that I can't see where the balls hit. She learned her lesson 😀
o.o ya i bet lol need a lot of ice to heal that. I still have the bruises. any idea how long itll take to heal?