My First Paintball Game

By: Ethan Pizarro

“Come on Joe, help us unload up the trunk.” Bill said. As I reached into the trunk, I pulled out my P.B. rifle along with about 300 P.B. ammo. I was so jumpy, so excited to do this. I imagined how fun it would be, to win or lose. For this was, my first paintball gun game.

The hosts went over the rules, answered a few questions, and we prepared for the game. I cleaned my paintball gun, loaded the paintballs, and I was ready. The rules were to run into the forest (which is where we were playing) and not shoot anybody, until the 5 minute horn was alarmed. The grace period alarm went off, and we were off, sprinting into the forest. My head racing, and my legs running, I began to strategize my plan.

The second alarm went off. I heard a few gun shots and over the loud speakers “Player 23 and Player 17 are down.” There were 25 players in all, so that means there are 22 people left. As I approached every tree, every bush, I did it with extreme caution. About every 2 minutes I would hear over the speakers that a player was down. It was a very thrilling experience indeed.

At last, there were only 5 players left. I downed 2 players, they were teaming up and were rushing and not listening over their loud crunching sound as they ran. I am very scared, so I am going to hide until it’s just me and someone else. My heart pumping, I creep around, looking for a good hiding place.

As I heard what I was waiting for, “Players 14, 3, and 8 are down, remaining 2 players head to the center for a final battle,” I rushed towards the giant waving red flag which indicated the center of the forest. I didn’t pay attention to where I was going, and I bumped right smack into the last player! I freaked out so much, I started to randomly fire my gun everywhere. Not knowing what happened, I heard over the speakers “Player 5 is down, player 25 wins the match!” My family rushed out behind the view station, and all piled on me and hugged me. They felt so proud of me, and I did too. I can’t belive it, my very first paintball game, and I came out in first place!