[mrjeff]

Lucky you. Paintball is my favorite outdoor activity. You will have a blast.

All modern paintball guns have hoppers that usually hold about 200 balls. Don't worry about the fancy breathing or finger techniques you learned in shooting class. Paintball guns are quite innacurate beyond about 50-75 feet anyway.

There are three rules for successfully play:
1. Teamwork. Pick 2 or 3 of your team mates and stick together. Communicate a lot. Cover each other. Spread out to get multiple angles on your opponent. When moving, always "leapfrog" (one moves forward while the other cover, then rear-most guy moves up, etc.)
2. Be agressive. The most agressive team wins, always. Neophytes always think that it is easier to play defense than offense. They hunker down and end up tagged. The key is to move, move, move.
3. Volume of fire. Because the markers are so innacurate, when you finally close on an opponent, open up. Never shoot one shot at a time. Three shot bursts are minimum. If they are in heavy cover, rain paint in there.

Hope this helps. Have fun.

[calvin sun]

Thanks. Keeping track of the number of shots fired may be difficult, especially if we fire in bursts. How would I know how much ammunition I have left? Will there be some sort of numeric counter? Will the magazine be transparent, so I can see how many pellets (?) still remain?