yeah, so... yesterday I went to a friend's birthday party, and we played paintball.
Hehe) It was awesome! Beer, barbecue, and running around in trenches and in the forest ^____^
It was a little uncomfortable, though. It was hot, so we had to run around in camouflage uniforms with just our bare bodies underneath. We had gloves on our hands, a hood and mask on our heads, and a bolter in our hands. Before the battle, it was funny - about twenty "stalkers" spread out across the area :D The hood muffled the sounds, and the mask sometimes fogged up, which also limited the field of view. But the muffled sounds helped when sneaking up on the enemy :) And if it weren't for the mask, at least three of us would have been lying around with our skulls cracked open.
In total, there were four areas:
- trenches in a field with a bridge and towers;
- an assault on a fortress with piles of tires, wrecked cars, and other junk that served as cover;
- "meat grinder" in a small forest with minimal cover;
- and again in the forest, but with cover, barrels, and a bunker in the center of the location. There was also a trench right next to the bunker, covered with a camouflage net, like the GLA anti-aircraft guns in Generals :)
Hmm. It all vaguely reminded me of CS, where whoever shot first, won. You had to take a lot of risks and run around crouching. Mostly, we moved in pairs. One runs across - the other covers him, providing suppressing fire so the sneaky enemy doesn't pop out.
Oh, there were so many moments...
For example, in the field, two of our guys, the "blues," were on a tower, and one "green" decided to take them on head-on. Somehow, he managed to sneak under the tower. He runs out, aims his gun point-blank, pulls the trigger, and... the gun jammed xDDDD
He didn't have time to reload, poor guy. He got four bullets right in the face) The mask even slipped off, and he fell face down.
Hmm. Later, in the same game, one guy killed my teammate in the tower on the right... and started shooting at me. Luckily, I ducked in time. The Emperor must have helped. And then... seeing that he couldn't finish me off so easily, he did a Max Payne-style jump) But I shot him in mid-air with a whole burst :\ I took him down, so to speak)) And with one shot, I hit him in... hmm... a sensitive spot xDD
...and in the "meat grinder" we only played a couple of times, and only one of those was a real duel. In general, we counted down, and it started... the greens stood up straight, in a line, and started literally mowing down our cover with shots :O
We crouched down, covered our heads, it was scary. I got hit by ricochets a few times, on my leg, in my back, in my arm... but I survived - the paint didn't stain my uniform) So I lived. Then we got up and opened fire. It was a real bloodbath) I don't remember if we won, or if anyone won at all, but we all realized that you should only play "meat grinder" if you're looking for a particularly painful death.
I also remember the fortress assault. We had more people in that game, so we were the ones assaulting the fortress. We lost, which is a shame. But it's not surprising, it takes at least three people to make a fortification extremely difficult to take. At one point, I ran out of ammo(( So I had to act as a distraction.
...in general, it was an awesome trip) The only downside was that the beer ran out quickly, and the cafe nearby was selling some really awful Klinское beer.
P.S. I even got shot in the gun once) Just a little bit more, and it would have hit my hand...
P.P.S. And there was a shower there too) After a couple of battles, it was so great to rinse off in the cool water on a hot summer day :)