| Paintball and FPS games | | | | |
| | | | Get couple of your buddies, find a paintball |
| If you like first person shooters, you should | | | | park or just a nice wooded area to play, and |
| try paintball. | | | | you have your instant first person shooter |
| | | | game in real life. Use paintball to show off |
| Now why am I saying that? First of all there | | | | your skills or maybe even learn some team |
| are many similarities between fps games and | | | | playing skills for your next online fps game. |
| actual game of paintball. It is already | | | | By the way, if you really get into paintball |
| proven that playing consistently first person | | | | and decide to do scenario type of gaming, you |
| shooters will sharpen your hand eye | | | | can always upgrade to Tipmann A-5 paintball |
| coordination and will give you excellent | | | | gun because of looks and reliability and |
| reaction time. | | | | modification side of it. |
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| Say, you are a king of Counter-Strike or | | | | Couple things about airsoft; those guns based |
| Battlefield, wouldn't you want to try it in | | | | on shooting plastic bbs. Good airsoft gun |
| real life? Of course, I'm not talking about | | | | will go for $200 or higher. Also, airsoft |
| dropping everything and going to your Army | | | | based on honor system. If you get shot, you |
| recruiter. There are easier ways to test your | | | | have to call it out. Unlike paintball, it is |
| skills. I'm talking about paintball or even | | | | not always obvious that you managed to get |
| airsoft games, though airsoft usually more | | | | somebody. Airsoft gun design and appearances |
| expensive to play then paintball. | | | | also based on real guns, so some areas do not |
| | | | allow ownership of airsoft guns. |
| For you to get into the paintball you do not | | | | |
| have to buy a twelve hundred dollar gun. I | | | | Another good reason to get into paintball or |
| personally had good experience with Icon X | | | | airsoft is physical aspect of it. Instead of |
| paintball guns; you can find them for about | | | | being a complete couch potato you can get a |
| forty to seventy dollars. These guns are very | | | | nice workout by playing real life fps game. |
| reliable and run completely on air, no | | | | Trust me, whether it is leapfrogging or just |
| electronic parts. There is also no need to | | | | sprinting to the enemy base, you will get |
| buy expensive paint balls; I get mine from | | | | your heart pumping on excitement of being |
| Wal-Mart, make sure you get the ones that | | | | under fire alone. |
| come in red box. Don't forget to wear at | | | | |
| least two layers of clothing, mask or a | | | | Play paintball for any of these reasons, or |
| helmet and you will be good to go. | | | | play it because it could be lots of fun. |