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Who Made That Paintball?
Sometime in the late 1970s, a Wall Street stock trader named Hayes Noel got into an argument with his friend Charles Gaines, a writer, fly fisherman and bodybuilder best known for his books “Stay Hungry” and “Pumping Iron.” The question the two men debated was this: Who had the better instinct for survival, the savvy urban capitalist or the canny outdoorsman?
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Paintball is always a good time. They should just make the balls a bit softer.
The problem is the balls need to be strong enough to withstand the pressure of being fired out of the weapon, any softer and we would have balls exploding during firing and not when they hit their target. This already happens sometimes with shitty paintballs.
Interesting story of how painball got started. I play here and there, my favorite was a converted mental hospital.
Close quarters, must be stressful.
Very... every single room you have to clear is intense, you really need to trust your team mates.