| Are you a weekend warrior who likes nothing better | | | | happen. Paintball is safer and more fun when sober, |
| than to gather with your buddies for some serious | | | | and besides, you'll shoot a lot straighter. |
| paintball adventures? Maybe you're an advanced | | | | Secondly, the safety gear is made to be worn. Don't |
| player and are part of a team that competes. Either | | | | leave it at home! Keep your mask and goggles on. |
| way, filling the gun with paintball projectiles, taking aim, | | | | Never pop off the goggles to more clearly see if you |
| and putting a multi-colored hurts on the opposition is a | | | | hit the opponent. Someone might be taking aim at you. |
| complete blast. Have you played at an indoor facility? | | | | If you can't see well out of your current goggles, then |
| While some love the indoor paintball game, still most | | | | upgrade them and stay safe and fully sighted. It's not a |
| competitors enjoy the authenticity of an outdoor | | | | bad idea to keep your goggles on after play has |
| setting. Whether you play for fun or for keeps, like | | | | stopped and all guns have been plugged or emptied. |
| your paintball inside our outside, you've got to keep it | | | | The third foundational paintball safety rule is to keep |
| safe. Like the old guy next door used to warn every | | | | speed down. Paintball velocity of 250-280 fps is plenty. |
| time you were doing anything in the back yard - | | | | You won't notice much difference than setting your |
| "Watch out, that could put an eye out!" So, let's refresh | | | | gun at 300 fps, and if all keep speeds down it will level |
| your memory about the basics of paintball safety. The | | | | the playing field and prevent injury. Along these lines, |
| reminder won't hurt, and perhaps you'll pick up a pointer | | | | go by the 20-feet / 5 meter rule requiring surrenders |
| or two to make your paintball experience more | | | | within that range rather than hits. The closer the shot |
| enjoyable and less risky. | | | | the more it will hurt for sure, but also the greater the |
| First off, today there are warnings about drunken | | | | risk of injury. |
| dialing leading to embarrassment, and Google offers | | | | Finally, avoid blind firing. While it may be tempting to |
| you a chance to rescind emails if drunk while writing | | | | unload into the dark when you think the opposition is |
| your old girlfriend. Paintball is not a game for drunk | | | | lurking, you may easily hit a referee, a player leaving |
| people either, or high, overly medicated, or generally | | | | the field who removes a mask too quickly, or an |
| under the influence moments. If you proceed | | | | innocent bystander who is somewhere they shouldn't |
| incautiously here you may find yourself neglecting | | | | be. |
| basic safety and any number of bad things can | | | | Keep it safe and sober, and everybody wins. |