Paintball 101: Do I need to wear a cup?

[baumer]

I hope you are going to an outdoor paintball field.

I've done both and indoor is just so cramped and aiming is so easy you have no time to run away or move between cover.

In outdoor you need to shoot longer distances and balls follow an unpredictable path until you shoot a few in a row, then you can start leading your target.

It gets really fun when you are in a decent 3v3 or 4v4 firefight and you are running between cover while paintballs are flying around you.

Oh, and always check to see if the paintball that hits you bursts, because if it doesn't, you're still alive. I got my buddy like this once, he hit me point blank and I was ready to head off the field, but checked and I just started blasting him. He got so angry because he thought I was out already.