Sunday, January 24, 2016

Santa Clara Paintball

It's been many years since I played Paintball (last time in Sacramento), and I was eager to try it again in San Jose. I remember how much fun it was (but painful when getting hit by paintballs).

LivingSocial offered an enticing proposition for Santa Clara Paintball ($17 admission for up to 4 players; paintballs are extra).

As Alex was eager to try Paintball, we decided to head there around noon. Since it rained the day before, I hoped the Santa Clara facility would be drier by noon.


Here is a GoPro Hero4 Silver video of my last paintball session:



When we arrived, we filled out all the forms on iPads and purchased two packs of 500 paintballs  (one pack for each of us). A pack of 500 paintballs was sold for $20 + tax. We picked up the marker (that's what the gun is called) and waited for the safety check.

Then, we went to try our luck at Field 1 (Box Maze).


Alex thought it would be easy and that he would not get tagged/splashed. He found out fairly quickly that it's not that easy to hit the opponent. A lot of crouching, crawling, and hiding is called to get into a good position. Being Rambo is a sure way to get shot.


We had huge teams, with over a dozen players per team. It was easy to get hit, and Alex and I splattered a few times. Alex got shot in the leg once and sat out one game.


We played for almost two hours; we started at around 2:00pm and finished at 4:00pm. The 500 rounds of paintballs lasted us nearly two hours!



We had a good time but didn't like the many puddles at the facility; the recent rains have made the paintball facility a bit muddy (and filthy in places). I would have preferred it to be cleaner.

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