To complement the new change I've decided to share something that I wish to never forget, the game of Civil.
Several years ago, we had the opportunity to transform the woods adjacent to our local Job Lot into a paintball field. We spent many a conspicuous day walking home out of the woods with shovels in hand as if we had just buried someone we had perviously murdered, but a few weeks afterwards, it was finished. Despite our laziness, we actually managed to build a pretty satisfactory field to play in.
We then gathered the troops and had great times shooting eachother during our various games. After so many games, we decided that it wasn't quite enough. Our field was large, but with 4 to 6 participants, there were often stalemates or breaks in the action.
Next to our field was another. A large and grassy field behind a big stupid waste-of-space church. Much like Hitler, my comrades and me decided what we had wasn't good enough, and we invaded the churchlands to wage war.
We came up with an idea for a game that would never be lacking in action or the sight of our friends in pain:
- However many players there were would be divided into two teams (provided it was an even number)
- Each team would stand facing each other many yards apart, much like that of Civil War combat (those fucking retards)
- One team would be decided to fire first
- Each member on the firing squad would have one shot each
- If a member of the opposing team was hit (unbroken paintballs did not count), they would be required to scream in agony and dramatically fall to the ground
- If all members of the opposing team were not hit, they were allowed to fire upon the other team in the same manner
- If both teams had players left (which they often did), they would march forward two large paces
- This cycle would continue until one team was eliminated
Here is a rough diagram of what the setup looked like:
This game created some incredibly tense moments. Knowing you were about to get shot was a pretty exciting experience. Players would often cover their balls with their own guns while being shot at, leaving their faces exposed.
We didn't play with masks you say? Oh, we did. But one such incident proved that masks do not entirely protect your shit face. On one occasion, Malbert packed his gun with extremely hard paintballs and a fresh can of Co2 (the gas that packs the punch in paintball guns). He shot our friend John in the mask. However, the force of the paint exploding from the ball, and through to small slits in Johns mask, cut Johns gums open and caused him to bleed profusely.
Other shots ripped through clothing and even were known to bounce off the ground and eliminate players (me, for example).
Though this game is unique to our creativity and more importantly to our memories, I challenge those to contest that this is not one of the most badass games ever created.
