Re: 1:1 FMAS

Hrm...	I didn't mean to throw people off paintball.  There are several
good
reasons to play, and if it wasn't relatively safe, I wouldn't have
played all
these years.  As long as you play at a good field, you'll have little to
no
problems.  Or I should say, no more problems than you would
walking/jogging in
whatever terrain you're playing in.  Like I said, the worst injuries
I've seen
involved things other than paintballs.

Oh, and stay well away from speedball if you don't want to risk pain.  I
say pain,
not hurt.  Alot of fun, good adrenalin high, but you'll know if you get
hit.

And finally, As with any activity one does, there are risks.  You either
accept
them as part of the deal, or don't accept and don't play.

>
> You know, I've gone right off paintball at this point.
>
> It's surprising how little it takes to injure people. Last easter I
went go-
> karting. Proper place, all the protective kit on. During a
coming-together I
> got what seemed like a rather light tap on the side of the knee from
the
> steering column. At the time I thought it would leave a nice brightly
coloured
> bruise, but it turned out (eventually) to be a fracture on the bottom
of my
> femour inside my knee that's so far taken a year to heal up, including
full-on
> knee surgery. I'm STILL on crutches and the prediction from the
medical people
> is that while I should be walking again in a month or so {learning to
walk:
> very dull. It was more fun the first time}, it'll be well into summer
before
> I'm actually fully fixed.
>
> I've kind of gone off dangerous sports with that. The version with IR
"laser"
> guns seems more appealing...

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