| For something a little different while you're in Malta, you | | | | that players must attempt to accomplish a goal without |
| can try your hand at paintballing. Get a group of people | | | | being tagged with paintballs. When a player is tagged, |
| together and practice your shooting skills with a heart | | | | they must raise their marker to indicate that they are |
| racing game of paintballing. | | | | out, and leave the playing field. Depending on the |
| To the uninitiated, Paintball is a sport in which | | | | agreed upon game rules, the player may return to the |
| participants eliminate opponents from play by hitting | | | | field and continue playing, or is eliminated from the |
| them with paintballs (spherical gelatine capsules | | | | game completely. |
| containing primarily polyethylene glycol, other non-toxic | | | | One of the most played games states that the first |
| and water-soluble substances, and dye) shot from a | | | | player to enter the opponent's base without being hit |
| compressed-gas-powered "marker" or gun. Paintball | | | | secures the game for his team. Since the battle |
| attracts a wide array of players and insurance | | | | ground is usually a field that is not level, opponents take |
| statistics estimate that over 10 million people regularly | | | | turns to defend the bases, one of which is situated at |
| play what is statistically one of the safest sports in | | | | the top of a small hill and the other at the bottom. |
| existence, incredibly even more so than tennis. | | | | Adrenaline runs high when opponents start shooting |
| It is a good way to release some of that holiday | | | | paint balls at each other, and those who are more |
| energy and experience the fun and exhilaration of a | | | | experienced manage to plan traps and lure unknowing |
| game designed to play out many of those childhood | | | | opponents into situations where they can easily be |
| fantasies. Challenge your opponents to a battle | | | | ambushed. |
| demanding both skill and stealth as you feel the | | | | When the time factor is applied to games, the |
| excitement of charging forward to complete your | | | | adrenaline rush increases to a blast as you might only |
| mission. | | | | have 10 minutes to run into the opposing base. |
| To create a totally original experience, games are | | | | Crawling, hiding, attacking, retreating, and planning out |
| conducted at the Malta Film Studios using the sets of | | | | battle manoeuvres with your colleagues or friends can |
| films, such as U571 and Gladiator. All games are fully | | | | turn out to be an extremely exciting experience. |
| supervised and controlled by paintball referees. All | | | | With clement weather all year round, Malta is ideal for |
| participants are given detailed instructions before taking | | | | outdoor paintball games. There are no poisonous |
| part and provided with the appropriate protective | | | | snakes or spiders in Malta, so you may creep and |
| clothing and head guard as well as paint-launchers and | | | | crawl on the grass for as long as you like without |
| paint pellets. | | | | having to look out for any nasty surprises. |
| Paintball is played with a potentially limitless variety of | | | | Can you think of a better way of spending a few |
| rules and variations, all of which are specified before | | | | hours than firing paint at your mates? I can't. |
| the game begins. The most basic of all game rules is | | | | |