Paintball returns to Matthew Werstler's (AKA: Davolous) life. Growing up I had three major hobbies games, go karts, and paintball. In 2010 Paintball is back in a hard core way. After play paintball as much as possible from the late 80s through 1995 I finally made a paintball team called Hazardous Waste (which was sponsor by Black Hawk at the time). I was so proud, but I manage to lose my place on the team over a women. Looking back I still regret this despite how good my intensions were.
Over the past 15 years the sport of paintball has changed drastically. Today top players are in great physical shape, and really put themselves through a beating out there on the field. People don’t just run to bunkers anymore, they run and slide into them. The game seems to be much more action packed to me now than ever before (see the you tube video).
Anyone who know me: can imagine how I am going to reenter a long lost hobby “That’s right! I jumping in with both feet.” Of course I am not looking to be an average recreational paintball player: I am thinking “Team Member - Tournament Playing Paintball Psycho!!!”
But I have a few problems:
- All my equipment from 1995 is either broken or completely outdated.
- I’m overweight and out of shape.
- I was not the best paintball player then, and I am no winning tournament player now.
Fear not in Davolous’s standard fashion I not only have goals, but plans on how to meet them head on…
All my equipment from 1995 is either broken or completely outdated. Well luckily I just switched jobs, hopefully I can keep my new job long enough to recover from my massive paintball expenditure. As of February 15
th of 2010 I own a
Dangerous Power Rev-I Ninja 4500 PSI High Pressure Air Tank, a new set of lens for my 5 year JT Goggles, an Empire Padded Grind Paintball Shirt, Empire Paintball Grind Jersey, and Empire Grind Paintball Pants. Plus I’ve already ordered a
Pinokio Hopper, Empire Paintball Slide Shorts, Empire Knee and Shin Pads, Empire Elbow Pads, and JT Flex 8 Full Head Projection Googles. In other words soon I will be totally geared up, and I am taking safety very seriously with a full suit of Empire safety gear.
I’m overweight and out of shape. Well I been working on the weight problem for a long time now, and as of today I am 45 LBS lighter then two years ago. I started a web site
http://www.fat-camp.org to help keep me on track, and with the desire to play competitive paintball I’m kicking it in high gear. I started working my way into a work out routine, and I lost 5 pounds over the last week. I wasn’t going to buy any new work out equiptment but my wife really wanted a treadmill, and her timing could not have been better. So now I have a place to work out upstair as well as down stairs.
I was not the best playing then, and I am no winning tournament player now. Well there are definitely techniques in today’s paintball, and most of them can be learned. So while it is still cold out I am trying to play paintball at least once or twice a week at the local indoor paintball field,
Intense Paintball. Plus I setup a reball range in my basement, and I making up some drills to improve my game. I have already noticed a difference in my ability on the field.
Now the question is how far do I really intend to go with all of this. To be honest with myself I have no real plans to play professional paintball competitively, but that being said I do want to be on a competitive local team. Which means: I will probably get smeared by some professional team someday.