Played paintball yesterday despite unpleasant rainy conditions... couple interesting things.
First, I managed to break a ball in the tube, which is like... probably the second or third time it's ever happened to me. This one was caused by a factory pre-tensioned tube, which is a little tight in my opinion -- I usually go in there and loosen them up, but I didn't get a chance to with this one. That, and I wound up emptying the balls out of my feed because I was still firing with an empty pod. In any event, I had to remove the pod and drain the paint out the back to get the break out, and then re-insert the pod. After the game, I cleaned the rest of the tube out, and honestly, it didn't take that much time with a fuzzy squeegie and some water.
Second, I managed to capture one of my trick shots on camera.
About 20 seconds in, I'm in the middle of a back-and-forth with my friend. Unfortunately he's got me pretty well pinned as I can't go out the left side of my bunker, and he's totally posted on me with an Eggy full of paint. I could not poke out to get a shot, and my teammates weren't helping me.
So I lined up a hole (somewhere between a quarter and half-dollar in size) in the bunker, which was about 3-4 feet away from me, and put one single shot through it. It went through and hit my friend right on his lenses just below his eye.
Making shots like that are a Hell of a lot easier when the top of your gun is clear, and that's why I'm so picky about it.
First, I managed to break a ball in the tube, which is like... probably the second or third time it's ever happened to me. This one was caused by a factory pre-tensioned tube, which is a little tight in my opinion -- I usually go in there and loosen them up, but I didn't get a chance to with this one. That, and I wound up emptying the balls out of my feed because I was still firing with an empty pod. In any event, I had to remove the pod and drain the paint out the back to get the break out, and then re-insert the pod. After the game, I cleaned the rest of the tube out, and honestly, it didn't take that much time with a fuzzy squeegie and some water.
Second, I managed to capture one of my trick shots on camera.
About 20 seconds in, I'm in the middle of a back-and-forth with my friend. Unfortunately he's got me pretty well pinned as I can't go out the left side of my bunker, and he's totally posted on me with an Eggy full of paint. I could not poke out to get a shot, and my teammates weren't helping me.
So I lined up a hole (somewhere between a quarter and half-dollar in size) in the bunker, which was about 3-4 feet away from me, and put one single shot through it. It went through and hit my friend right on his lenses just below his eye.
Making shots like that are a Hell of a lot easier when the top of your gun is clear, and that's why I'm so picky about it.
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