Paintballing - a masculine sport?

Had the first paintball outing with friends last week at a place near Kemensah waterfall. This place is called Isi Rimba camp... sorry, I have no GPS co-ordinate for this place. But roughly, this camp is located to the north of the National Zoo in Hulu Kelang. Paid RM 70 for 100 paintballs and the rental of some gadgets.

Face masks is a must for the game, no safety vests provided but military style baju were provided to the girls only (double-standard lar!). The gadget for shooting the paintballs are called markers, and not guns. The paintballs that are loaded into a compartment above the frame of the so-called markers, are rounded paint-infilled membrane-like balls that has roughly the diameter of 10 sen, which can only break if you squash them hard. So being a first timer, I was trying hard to break them by throwing at friends.... but to no avail lar. And then I saw a pressure gauge on the marker, and the little arrow in the gauge indicate 800 psi!! Wow... that is almost 4 times the pressure of the tires of the car I'm driving (car tires are about 220 psi, so you know now)... no wonder it won't break if you just throw them. So dun pray pray ar, this marker can shoot up to 800 psi powered balls, be careful not to shoot your friends at point blank, else they'll end up having rounded bruises on their skin!!

Out of 3 rounds, I've ended up the first to be shot in my team for 2 consecutive rounds. I was shot at my head (in the first) and butt (in the second round). In the first round, I was shot by someone who is supposed to be dead after being first shot by me. To my amazement, the paintball didn't break and I ended up standing like a dummy and being a target in return. I think I've actually undermine this friend's aiming because despite knowing that she was shooting towards my direction, I was so engrossed shooting at one guy in her team... more or less I was being trigger-happy lar, but unfortunately I got shot first. Hehehee... so shiok shooting at people and suddenly... ketepapp... kena my face mask and I'm out already from the game that have barely just started a couple of minutes. Apparently during the 2nd round, I went to the opposition's side too fast that I didn't notice someone on my left (about 8 o' clock direction, to be precise). I'm not giving an excuse but honestly, with the face mask that you're supposed to wear, you'll have blind spots on your left and right.

Tips for successful paintballing:
1. Use fog-free face masks;
2. Have skinny girls in your team, they are good at eluding shots and difficult to shoot at;
3. Have plump or overweight (sorry tikus!) people in your team, because fats underneath their skin can be good absorbers (the paintball won't break, just bounce off them... seriously!!);
4. If your opposition shoots to your left, meaning you can attack on their right;
5. Most successful shots are diagonal ones, so do not think that you can easily shoot straight to someone hiding behind the obstacles... might as well save your limited 'bullets' to use them to your best advantage; and
6. It's always better to attack in numbers.