Photo by Aaron Dill
it cut through the air and all warriors red and
blue alike raced to their first point, they careened
towards their own rocky, shipwrecked death in the
form of CHAR. The “locals”, the third faction, the
green death, whatever myths that may precede this
group, all true of course, they prove to be a force that
neither blue or red wanted to tangle with. The CHAR is
a group of ballers, with their own respawn cone, placed
upon the field to cause chaos, destruction and bedlam.
Both armies were stopped dead in their tracks and forced
to face off with the unyielding locals to hopefully gain
an edge over their opponents. Once the CHAR had been
temporarily taken out of commission, blue and red could
make their own claims for the strategic territory, they called
upon their Scientists (chemists, hydrologists or geologists) to
collect precious metals and samples trying to gain any territory
or point edge they could. Joe Perez’s Red team seemed to be a
dominating force all day long, but perceptions can be deceiving,
Eric Byrant’s team continued to gain points and stay closely behind
the red team. Late Saturday afternoon DJ Honu Fox, CPX game
producer, approached the red command center with a present.
This present was a suitcase bomb that was handcuffed to Joe Perez’s
wrist, a bomb so sensitive that the slightest bump or misguided breath
would vaporize Joe and his command staff.
The info to disarm the bomb properly was on the field at a specific point.
It was so easy, simply find the point on the map, go to that point, retrieve
the codes and come back, why the hour long time limit they had no clue.
The red team sent a group to recover the codes only to come up against the
Green Meany, the red scout team had walked right into a CHAR stronghold
and were quickly and effectively dispatched. The Red team was chalked full of
CPX experience and were not completely fooled by this stunt, they had shooters
on the ready. They immediately sent out a larger group to go deal with the 20
green players that guarded the future existence of Joe Perez. The army began to
surround CHAR and attempted to shoot them out of their position. Eventually
the Red team figured out that using the CHAR like a shooting gallery was akin to
wrestling a pig in filth, the pig is actually enjoying it. The Red team was unable to
relieve the CHAR of their position in the given time and Joe Perez was temporarily
reconfigured. As Saturday rolled to a close it saw the end to an exciting day and the
Red sitting on a decent lead, one that they would assume would not disappear so
easily.
The world of scenario paintball is a vast and exciting world full of opportunities, ideas
and storylines. Paintballers attend these events with friends and family to shoot faces and
have fun. Some may have noticed and some may have not noticed that there are many
characters behind the scenes that make these games possible and fun. It is true that some
are doing this for money but that does not mean that there is not blood, sweat and passion
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