#68. Go Paintballing!

So a couple of months ago, I bought this Groupon for paintballing. It was only $64 for 4 people with equipments and 500 paintballs for each person. I had never been before so I thought this would be the perfect price to go with friends!

I finally got to go today and I was SOOO nervous about it. I went with my friends Angie, Sam, and Brandon. We were all beginners except for Brandon, so I was hoping he'd just do all the shooting and we'd stand back and cover for him haha jk! I had heard that it really hurts when you get shot and that it's a pretty intense game because a bunch of people are pros at it and will shoot you a bunch of times. I pictured myself being attacked by twenty 10-year-olds while I'm in the fetal position begging for mercy...

The drive there didn't start off too well because it was pouring rain and there was a huge thunderstorm going on. As we got closer to the place, the rain stopped and we found the place without any problems! We watched a "safety" video, which started off with some heavy metal music and people sliding around playing paintball... not a good beginning to try and get Angie pumped for this.

This is one of the courses we went on, although a lot of those things were put closer together so you felt safer hiding behind a bunch of them rather than just one.

Another similar inflated course we did but this picture must be old cause a lot of the inflated things were actually deflated...

Finally, we got to play and it was SOOOO MUCH FUN!!! I absolutely love it. I got hit a couple of times but what I didn't know was that the 2 times that it happened, the paintballs didn't explode on me. Technically, this means I was still in the game but I didn't know so I stepped out of the game before checking myself. Everything just happened so fast. I did get a couple of "exploded" paintball hits though and they didn't hurt that much. I even got hit in the fingers but just a sting, then it goes away. Glad I overprepared myself for excruciating pain.

During one of the games, these kids were yelling at Angie and me. They were yelling at us to take cover somewhere else because there were too many of us. I thought to myself, "Kid, if you're such a pro at this, why don't you be the one running around?" but I just told him we wouldn't be moving. They just kept yelling at us and eventually we all got hit anyway. Man, kids can be quite annoying at these things and they cheated a lot... wonder what their parents are like HA!

Anyway, I highly suggest you trying it out, it's so fun! One more thing crosses my 101 List :)