Monday, January 16, 2006

PAINTBALL


No Pain No Gain

~ What is Paintball About ~

Paintball is a competitive game played like any other competitive game, to win. It is like a more challenging, high-stakes version of tag, hide-and-seek, or capture the flag. Because you shoot at other people (and get shot at!), paintball requires specific equipment (goggles, a gun/marker, pressurized gas, and paintballs). Beyond that, paintball is hard to describe. It can be played indoors or out, with as few as two people or as many as 500; a game can last 5 minutes or 24 hours; it’s objective might be to take something, bring something, find something, or to simply be the last person standing.

Depending on the game play you play, tactics will be vary as well -- from being quiet and sneaky and picking your shots carefully, to being loud, fast, and shooting constantly. A paintball game can be different every time, but there’s one thing that stays the same: it’s an adrenaline rush.



~ What Type of Game Should I Play ~

There are probably hundreds of variations of paintball. But the basic two groups of game are rec-ball and tournament. Most people are introduced to paintball through rec-ball and then move on to tournament if they so chose. Rec-ballers and tournament players are often seen as having distinct personalities, so it is up to you to choose what fits you the best. Some people are dedicated rec-ballers who aren’t interested in tournament competition. They feel tourneys overemphasize winning to the point of making the game stressful, not fun.

Other people are dedicated tournament players. If they’re not competing, they’re practicing. These players believe rec-ball is too casual and that tourneys are the way to showcase talent and teamwork. Still other people like to mix it up and play both ways.

Rec-ball and tournament are distinct, but those differences appeal to the player’s own differences. Of course, the best thing is to try both types of games various times and see how you feel. You might end up surprising yourself about your paintball playing tastes! In the end, it doesn’t matter what kind of player you are as long as you remember to be safe, have fun, and stick to the rules.



~ What is Rec-ball? ~

Rec-ball, short for recreational paintball, is a catch-all phrase meaning just about any paintball game that you don’t play for money (ie, tournaments). Rec-ball can include big games, scenarios, walk-ons (where you just show up at a field and get put with other players to form a team), etc.

There are a wide variety of rec-ball playing fields. It is often played in the woods, but can also be played in outdoor concept fields (ie, urban assault, village) or in indoor fields.

Rec-ball is the kind of playing you do for fun, without permanent teams, and where the slate of wins and loses is wiped clean at the end of the day. Dedicated rec-ballers usually think tournament play is too serious.



~ Paintball Assault Tactics ~

Successful paintball assaults require that teammates take on two very different roles – suppression and invasion – to accomplish one goal.

Suppression

Suppression is not a tactic meant to eliminate the enemy, but instead to distract them and shake them up, so they fail to notice your side’s invading team. Paintballers must be very good at concentrating and controlling their fire if they are to be good at suppression.

A suppression team should consist of more than one person. They should realize that their job is not to get the other team’s players out. (That is just an occasional bonus.) Their job is to make the other team keep their heads down when the invading team is trying to move past them. Suppression fire should be concentrated on one target at a time, it must be accurate, it must be steady, and suppressing team players must be willing to move around in order to keep the enemy feeling trapped.

Two or three suppression players constantly harassing one enemy position will make the people hiding there so flustered that they won’t even have the chance to see the invading team sneak past. Don’t get so distracted by carrying out this tactic that you fail to see the enemy’s invasion teams come down your flanks!

Once your invading team is out of danger from one position, forget it and move forward. Either the enemy will retreat or they will be eliminated as your suppression team gets behind them.














Invasion

A paintball invasion team should focus first and foremost on concealment. The team should be made up of a pretty small number of players that are good at being quiet, playing tight, and have patience to pass up shots that will give away their position. This tactic requires you to get to a position where maximum damage can be done, rather than to get a nice shot on one enemy player that didn’t see you coming.

Once the invasion team has made its way downfield and is in a position to take out multiple targets, or get the flag, or whatever the objective is, they should do it with full intensity. Paintball guns are not a quiet way to do anything. Once you fire, people will know where you are and it is up to you to do as much damage as possible before getting taken out yourself. If your damage is bad enough, you may find that the other team is too shocked to mount a counter-attack, and you can make a hasty retreat. But, that option will only present itself if first you unload a bunch of paint into the other team.


Enjoy!!

posted by The Beautifulmind @ 1:15 PM 2 comments

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

THE SECRET OF "DOING WITHOUT DOING"

by Robert Anthony
One of the mistaken certainties or misconceptions
most people operate under is that you get what you
want in life by what you DO, or through the actions
you take. Most people believe that the DOING or action
part is what makes things happen. However, this causes
you to create in reverse.

Let me explain..

The reason we put a lot of emphasis on action is
because we do not understand the power of our thought.
If you analyze it, 90% of most people's actions are
spent trying to compensate for inappropriate thought.

The Chinese philosopher Lao-tsu said that, "In the
practice of the Way, every day something is dropped.
Less and less do you need to force things until
finally you arrive at *non action* When nothing is
done, nothing is left undone". What he is talking
about is *doing without doing*

The problem is that most of us are preoccupied with
"doing". Unfortunately most of our doing usually
involves struggle. In the western world we are
conditioned to be action-oriented, so we place a
tremendous value on doing. We are so busy doing that
we do not realize that all this "doingness" causes us
to create in a reverse fashion.

Most of our actions are out of fear, worry or doubt
because webelieve nothing will get done unless we DO
something. In other words, we are trying to force our
desire into manifestation through action.

If your decision to DO is dominant, then you will not
focus on what you want to BE in the present moment.
This causes you to miscreate because BEING is the
first and most important step in the creative process.

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Here is the secret:
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It is not your action that makes things happen, it is
your intent. You can reduce the need for action to a
very minimum by allowing yourself to focus on what you
desire until you feel the positive energy begin to
move within you. This energy is not based on doubt,
fear, anxiety, worry or need. If you focus on what you
want instead of what you don't want, you will know
when it is time to take action. And when you do, it
will be effortless. Doors open and the entire universe
will conspire to assist you in your desire.

Put simply, you should take no action on anything
until you have visualized your desire and made it real
enough in your mind that your next action (step),
whatever it is, seems like the most logical step.

How can you know the next logical step? Here is the
test that you can give to yourself before taking any
action. If you focus on what you desire and still feel
overwhelmed or anxious, then you are not ready for any
action. You know you are ready when it feels like the
next logical step is effortless. There is no effort,
no strain, and no pain.

What we want to do is to use the leverage of energy,
the same leverage of energy that creates everything in
the universe. However, we are so caught up in the
reality of WHAT IS, that we feel we must create
everything through mental effort and physical activity.

Have you ever seen people who seem to have all the
wonderful things in their life without much effort? It
almost seems like they have an advantage over everyone
else. Then you see the people who work the hardest
usually have the least. That doesn't seem fair does
it? But that's the way the universe works.

Unfortunately, those who work the hardest usually
have the least because they haven't learned the
leverage of aligning their energy. They are going
about creating their lives the hard way. They are
trying to use their actions to create what they want.

We have also been programmed that in order to have
what we desire we must work hard. How many times have
you heard - "No pain, no gain." The implication is
that if you want to make something of yourself, you
must work hard. The message is clear - if you are not
hurting or struggling, you are not moving forward.

But here is the truth - anytime you are struggling
you are miscreating. Anytime you feel pain or
struggle, your magnetic point of attraction is
directed to that which you do not want, rather than to
that which you desire. Read it again!

Actions are necessary, but they are the last
component of the creation processes. Actions cannot be
used effectively to initiate results, because
initiation is the function of BEING, then thought,
then action.

Remember, the creation of anything is through your
vibration. Everything vibrates, and it is by that
vibration that we harmonize and attract experiences to
ourselves. So before you act or do anything, first ask
yourself, how am I vibrating? How do you tell? You
tell by how you FEEL. Your feelings show you your
vibration. How you feel determines what you attract.

When you use the process of creating by only focusing
on what you want instead of what you don't want, you
will see that the universe will provide a different
set of circumstances for you that requires much less
action. This puts you in a state of "doing without
doing" or action without effort.

posted by The Beautifulmind @ 11:39 AM 0 comments