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