PAINTING PEOPLE WITH BALLS

it was around last week when i was contacted by Nic's sister, Justina regarding this event Taylor college is organizing. Some sport event thingy held beside Bukit Jalil Hockey Stadium, consisting PAINTBALL, WALL CLIMBING, and a few others i'm not interested. She told me to get atleast 5 fellas to form a group in paint ball.

in my proposal to the rest of the guys, i told them 90 % of the people joining are definitely first timer, they won't know anything about recoil or conserving bullets, and before any of us get shot down, they would be screaming Out-of-Ammo.

"ITS TIME TO PAWN SOME NOOBS", i said

Sadly, most of my kakis were busy working, therefore only, me, Nic, Priest and Feigai were able to form a group. 1 man short.

As i thought all hopes are lost, Nic suggested we take my younger brother, Jian.

"You want me to recruit that chicken-wuss? He's only 15 ffs,"

Nic said why not... both of us agreed that teaming with my brother would be a much more enjoying experience compared to recruiting another friend of mine whoms not a team player, ninja looter, bad debtor and much much more.

So yar, that is pretty much how we got our 5 man team bearing the team name - THE KILL.
*too much 30 seconds to Mars.

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Waking up after 4 hours of sleep is quite a rare occasion for me, especially on a Saturday. But heck, we needa check in by 8:30 for the paintball briefing.

The team captain briefing was to mark attendance along with the standard talk on safety guidelines, Rules and Regulations, Do and Don'ts.

64 teams.
Whao... so as expected, it is gonna be elimination/knock-out competition. You lose the game, you're out.

Game format is CAPTURE-THE FLAG.
However, this isn't the usual Capture-the-flag we play in COD or TEAM FORTRESS.
Rules are simple:
1. Shoot down the bottle located on the right side of the no-man's-land. That is the requirement to capture the flags.
2. Capture both the flags and bring back to your check point. One player can only capture one flag per time.
3.Shoot the living hell out of opponent's flag runner :D
4. 5 minutes game. It doesn't last that long though.
5. No one really dies. Just go back to the check point. Flag runner dies, flag drops on the ground to be retrieve by team members.




The red block are barriers and obstacles to provide cover.
The blue block at both side of the no-man's-land are the bottles. Shoot the one on your right.
Green is where you start or revive.

Our strategy is simple,
3 players on the right to shoot down the bottle, 2 players on the left to shoot down opponent's shooter.

As soon as the bottle drops, flag runner runs to grab the first flag on the right, 1 player provides cover while flag runner runs back to base. Another player grabs the last flag.

Win


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We decided that Jian should be that first flag runner, since he is smaller in size and definitely faster.

i decided that i am to be a meat shield to take bullets in his place. After all. i'm his elder brother :D

WHOS THE MAN !!

Feigai whom is the steadiest, cunning and most chibai player in whatever games he play, was sniping from the center position, providing cover for both left and right field. Yesh, he is being a chibai again.

Nic and Priest's initial job was to take down opponent's sniper, buying time and rendering them from dropping our bottle. As soon as we drop the bottle, they will run in to grab the flag.

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Our first match was after a long 1 hour wait. Feigai was having pre-game jitters. After all, losing means byebye.. i had no doubt that if we win the first match, we can go all the way to the finals. First match was important to build confidence.

THE KILL vs THE LECTURERs 1

and i was wondering what kinda idiots name themselves THE LECTURERS?
*that was before i found out they were really TAYLOR COLLEGE lecturer.

As soon as the referee gave the signal to start, THE LECTURERs fired at will, like nobody's business. By the way, only 30 paintball bullets per person.
i was wondering how were they aiming, praying that stray bullets gonna hit something?
Good luck with that.

Before i manage to get into position, (mine was the furthest from the starting point)
Feigai dropped the bottle. It was less than 10 seconds into game.

Jian ran out to grab the flag.
My turn to shine, i told myself.
Dashing out from cover, i stood by the no-man's-land and started drawing attention towards me, while shooting at 2 opponent behind 2 boulders. My idea was to intimidate them enough to hide below their boulder thus doing nothing.

I guess shouting profanity, cursing and calling them pussies for not shooting me does help :D

Nic capture the other flag with fire support from Priest and Feigai.



Scoresheet. Given to the winning team's team captain to be submitted

We won the first match under 60 seconds.
Upon removing the mask, that was when i realised the group of people whom i called 'bitches, pussy, retards' were a whole group of lecturers. 5 of them. Ops.

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We watched a few matches while waiting.
Out of 64 groups, there were barely 5 groups with people whom know how to play, or at the very least, play with team work.

There was this one team of 5 girls.
4 typical china-mui looking girl, not too in shape, except their team captain.
On their first match, i guess everyone was lol-ing them. Okay i admit, even i was lol-ing.
5 girls against 5 guys on a game of paintball. Who wouldn't lol?
i didn't watch that match, feigai told me the outcome.
Upon dropping the bottle, 2 players simutaneously captured 2 flags. Under 1 minute.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE CHICKS. ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE NOT HOT.


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While waiting for the next game, i headed for rock-climbing. Not as tall as i expected, not as easy as i foresee.



Bugger, the rocks that are meant for you to grip are too small for my fingers. i was literally holding on to the rocks with the tip of my fingers.



Blardy hell, had to stretch so far i thought me balls gonna fall off.



And while doing all that, this fella had been dumping aggro randomly.



First thing Nic asked when i got back and rest while waited for the next game was,

"Did you realised we are being watched,"

"No, not WE, YOU ARE,"

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Jian came to report that there are going to be 5 more matches.
5 more matches before claiming the title as the winner =.-

That fella is gonna have a bright future :D

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The 2nd match was an easy win.
Clean sheet once again, no one died.
Fei Gai, Priest and Nic did a marvelous job in taking down their snipers that they didn't even managed to shoot down our bottle.


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The next match was going to determine the group champion, which would continue into the Quarter-Finals. We decided to gather intel of possible opponents. Nearly half the teams have gone home. Remaining teams would have some-what skills or teamwork.

There was this one player, significant due to the fact he is the only fella in the whole field wearing a red baseball cap.

He headshot an opponent within 2 shots.

Now thats a challenge :D
We check out his other following matches. He was playing with the strategy quite similar to ours, holding on the same grounds as us. But he and his teammates were steady, sharp, and fast. 2 flags in less than 60 seconds.


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We faced TEAM HEADSHOT to compete the title of Group Champion that would enable us to go into Quarter Finals.
They even had 'cheerleaders' cheering for them.
The last sentence i heard before entering to the field was one of their cheerleaders asking them go HEADSHOTS us for their sake.

INTERESTING.

We were playing against a team with mix boys and girls, competiting for the Group Champion. After watching an all-girl-team playing and winning; and being reminded by Feigai how girl's play Counter-Strike in the cafes, we decided not to fool around. After all, they made it that far.

The referee gave the signal to go.
Amazingly, no shots were fired from the opponent.
Conserving bullets eih?
As i made my way to my position, i saw the girl from the opposite team made her way to off-center boulder.

She was going to be a runner for the 2nd flag !!

Jian and me took down the bottle after 3 continuous shot. Jian ran out to grab the flag, and their flag eliminator started firing without mercy at him. I ran out to cover fire.

Instead of the usual 1, they had 2 to make sure the flag runner goes down.
I ran out to the open, triggering before i aim at both of them. Obviously taunting them to shoot at me instead of my brother.

One of the shooter turned his gaze at me and started firing. I know by his action itself, the first flag would definitely be secured.

I continued my tanking for the next 10 seconds.
Adrenaline rush with a added Sugar Rush from overdosed of high-sugary-content drinks had a favourable effect on me.


I COULD DODGE BULLETS. SERIOUSLY.


One of the shooters from the right-side went down into hiding. i'm not sure he ran out of ammo or he was too intimidated by my awesomeness. It wasn't hard to take me down, afterall, i'm clear in the open.

Our bottle went down.
At the sight of that, the girl whom was shooting me vigorously ran into the open to grab the flag.

I wan't aiming.
I was spraying the paintball marker as if using a MP 5 - NAVY from COD.
*if you ever played paintball, you would know that wouldn't hit anything.

She got hold of the flag.
it was now or never...
By getting hold of the flag, she would have to turn around to run back towards her base. That would give me a split second of her standing in position.

I went down into one knee and took aim.

First shot, too off-center
She started turning.

Second shot, missed by an inch
She prepared to sprint.

Third shot,
As she started sprinting, the paint ball shot straight and painted her butt in yellow.
*NO, I DID NOT AIMED AT HER ARSE. HONESTLY :D

FLAGGER DOWN !!

The referee called and signalled that the game ended.
Either Nic or Priest captured the 2nd flag.

We're in the Quarter-Finals !!

This was close. Despite it was still an average of 1 minute to finish this match, no opponent, not one, got as close to get the second flag. Two teams didn't even manage to drop our bottle, thanks to our Anti-Sniper Team, Nic and Priest.

I had to be a bitch while walking out of the field, taunting the cheerleaders of TEAM HEADSHOT.


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Sadly, our journey ended at the Quarter-finals.
We captured both the flags, but the referee said we cheated, while the opponent team captured both the flag too.

I was quite sure we down the bottle and captured the first flag before them.

As to how we cheated, he state that our flag runner did not drop the flag after being shot.
I was cock sure my brother dropped the flag after he was gunned down, as i was the one whom retrieve it from the ground.

Anyhows, Nic said not to cause a scene. So yar..
Niama, i saw the referee actually asked our opponent team after the match
"Apa sal boleh macam ini punya?"

Cheated? My nuts. Its a conspiracy. No doubt they were sharper shooters than us, but in term of speed, no farqing way they were faster in running or taking down the bottle.

Fuck. i hate losing. It was a good 4 matches anyhow. And we did manage to go through so far.


From left in orange: Nic and Tj the priest - Anti-Sniper Team, Feigai - Intel and Sniper
From left in green: Jian - Flag runner, Ben - Tanker and Team Captain.




P/S:

i'm damn cocksure that group with the marshall were friends.
what nonsense, first he said they capture the flag faster than us.
then he said we cheated.