So I’m involved in a paintball league…have been for the past few weeks. It’s a 3 on 3, handicapped league where each team can roster up to 5 players. Most of the players on the other teams are or have been nationally ranked paintball players. That means we’ve been getting our asses kicked they’re really good at paintball.
I guess I’m impressed with our consistent determination to go out and play against these guys but that still doesn’t make up for getting nothing in the win column. Drive, determination, heart, whatever you wanna call it is no substitute for skill. David and I have at least decided we’re going to go play some extra sessions and try to make up some of the difference in skill although I don’t know how much good it is going to do but I don’t think it can hurt too much unless we get shot all to hell.
The other guys that play on our team keep telling us how pro we look with our gear and I just keep shrugging it off but to some degree they’re right. We’re playing in a league with guys that are just two or three ranks below professional players. We go out there with all the right gear. Tournament level guns, paintball pants, and jerseys that are designed to get paintballs to bounce instead of break and other equipment that at least closes the gap a little bit. The others don’t so much have that but I guess it’s because they’re not into it like us or we needed bodies to fill the team something . I can’t really fault them at all because they mostly there and they’re honestly trying.
Go team!
er…
Go Me!
Yeah, that sounds better.