Action Hours

November 15 (4 hours)

Miss Floyd and the Chamber Orchestra planned to go paintballing November fifteenth. It was my first time going so I was a little nervous. I was scared of how much it would hurt to get hit, and I didn't really understand the rules of the game. We went to Dan's Land Paintball. It was two teams of five. Each team had two people that had played before and three people that never played before.
Before we got started, Dan explained everything to us. He talked to us about safety. There was a safety button on the guns so that, when it was pushed, the guns wouldn't fire. They also had orange barrel covers on the guns so just in case your gun did go off it wouldn't shoot anything. Dan also explained to us the rules.
The field was set up with all kinds of barriers in it. One team started on one side of the field and the other team started on the other side. When the game started, everyone ran behind a barrier and would peek out and shoot at people. The team that got all it's players shot first lost. It was pretty fun. Most of the time you would get hit when moving from one blockade to another, or when you are shooting at someone and they are shooting at you at the same time. Sometimes, though, you get hit by someone who you just don't see.
We played four games. My team one 3 out of four. I only got shot twice. That means I stayed in for the whole time on two of the games. Paintball was so much fun! My legs were soar the next day, though, from running, squatting, and getting shot.
We are talking about going paintballing again next semester. I hope we do. It was so much fun!