When people ask you.....

[jamescell]

I don't think it hurts at all. I hate it when first timers are the only players at my local field. They cower in fear at the sound of every shot. I'll just start rushing them so they can see it really isn't that bad. I saw an ex marine so afraid, he litteraly hit the deck and lay rigid every time he was shot at. He would scream for someone to come and help him out.

edit: I have a good knack for butchering the english language.

[spectra260]

at first when I first started playing it hurt but now I dont even feel it anymore really. Im more crying about getting out than the pain I guess.

[BeaverEater]

I tell them it feels like a weak punch from someone. Most people are like "oh, thats not too bad"

[punkncat]

I generally compare it to being frogged....

When I was introduced to the game , I had asked how much it hurt , and all my friends gave me comparisons and whatnot. I walked about 10 feet away from a good friend and asked him to shoot me in the rear. I figured if it hurt too much like that I wouldn't be able to handle it. I have been playing for about 5 years.....

[AGDlover]

I just say it tickles!!!

[Evil1]

When you play alot you don't really notice the small pain from a hit any more. But when you are new to the game it seems to hurt more. When I first started, the pain seemed like it lasted longer because I didn't play as much as I do nowadays. It is just something you have to used to.

[Trina]

i just say its similar to being snapped with a towel.

Yeah, I go with the towel snap thing too It's the best way I can think of to explain it. I usually use the adrenaline thing too and if you got the rush going...you don't feel a thing.

[Cyberious]

I tell them that if we were standing here talking it would hurt like crazy but on the field with the adrenaline and all it feels like somebody flicking you really hard.

[master_alexander]

i don't get shot that much, and i just say "when i do get shot, it doesent hurt, much," i'm a strongly built guy so they understand. and whenever someone hears that i play paintball, thats their first question.

[RamboPreacher]

When your friends/coworkers/girlfriends who dont play ask you "Does it hurt?" What do you tell them?

getting shot that is....

I am fully honest. I usually say, something like - duh - yes it can hurt. but it's safe, and it doesn't always hurt.

[thorn]

I say getting hit with a paintball feels like an orgasm, and then usually they all run onto the field almost trying to get shot, and then they come back to me after the game, "DAMN YOU! THAT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE AN ORGASM!" and then I get them back by saying, "You're ten how would you know what it feels like anyway?"

[Mer]

I say it's more of a surprise rather than pain. Kind of gets your attention.

[SlipknotX556]

I say No, because it dosent hurt, I dont get hit, haha.

[BlackWeenie]

i tell them that it feels like youre going to die every time you get hit and that i cry like a little girl after the ice cream guy wouldnt sell her ice cream because he said that her *** was to ****ing fat.

[phelix]

yeah, i tell people, "it hurts like hell, pussies like you shouldn't play"