I posted a thread a while ago about how I was getting totally obsessed with paintball. Well I ended up buying a bunch of gear, including a gun called a Proto Matrix Rail. These things have circuit boards in them that control the rate of fire and firing mode, as well as "eyes" that ensure a paintball is ready to go before it lets the fun fire. This, combined with an electronic force-feed hopper (I first bought a viewloader vlocity but it sucked so I returned it and got a dye rotor) allows my gun to shoot something like 30 balls per second. I set the mode to 20 balls per second (some people say the higher rate of fire can break balls, so I wanted to start a bit slower) and went out to the field yesterday.
Holy crap.
It literally shoots so fast it looks like a rope of paint hanging out of my barrel. I just couldn't believe how fast it was shooting -- the very first game (only ~ 6 minutes) I went through 500 balls (I've made 500 last through an entire day before).
Anyway, throughout the whole day, having full auto only helped me get a single kill. It was when a guy was running between some trees in the woods, I just laid some paint out in front of him -- way easier than trying to land a single shot. However, the rest of the time I just used it for suppressing fire. I went through a case of 2000 then left before they closed because I didn't want to spend more money on paint.
It was a total blast, if any of you haven't tried paintball before, you should go try it. It's like a video game, but better.
Speaking of that, some kid came up to me during one of the breaks and asked me, "What map are we playing on next?" I literally had to use all my mental strength to not start laughing out loud. My next thought was to say "dm4" but he probably wouldn't have understood the reference.
Holy crap.
It literally shoots so fast it looks like a rope of paint hanging out of my barrel. I just couldn't believe how fast it was shooting -- the very first game (only ~ 6 minutes) I went through 500 balls (I've made 500 last through an entire day before).
Anyway, throughout the whole day, having full auto only helped me get a single kill. It was when a guy was running between some trees in the woods, I just laid some paint out in front of him -- way easier than trying to land a single shot. However, the rest of the time I just used it for suppressing fire. I went through a case of 2000 then left before they closed because I didn't want to spend more money on paint.
It was a total blast, if any of you haven't tried paintball before, you should go try it. It's like a video game, but better.
Speaking of that, some kid came up to me during one of the breaks and asked me, "What map are we playing on next?" I literally had to use all my mental strength to not start laughing out loud. My next thought was to say "dm4" but he probably wouldn't have understood the reference.