Tuesday 18 September 2012

Relaxation And Team Bonding Are Both Possible With Paintball NYC

By Brian Bell


New York City is one of the busiest and most vibrant cities in the world. Working in this pressure cooker environment can quickly take its toll if time is not taken to relax and unwind. Fortunately, paintball NYC offer the chance to do both with friends, family and work colleagues. People can have fun while letting off a lot of steam.

Manhattan is the world's financial center and is home to thousands of bankers, brokers, entrepreneurs and office workers all working long hours in tough economic times. For reasons of health and well-being, it is absolutely essential that adequate time is given to unwind and get to know colleagues on a more personal basis. Nowhere is this better done than at a paintball venue.

While usually played in teams, the sport of paintball can also be enjoyed as a solo game. People are equipped with specialist guns that are designed to fire specially designed dye pellets. A successful shot can easily be identified as dye will be seen on the clothing of the opponent. There are a number of factors that dictate the winner of a particular game, depending on the game being played and the location's rules.

Gaming arenas can vary quite significantly, which is one of the attractions to the game. Urban settings can form the basis of many arenas, while more rural settings in the countryside can provide plenty of foliage to make camouflaging possible. Most game fields are filled with a number of objects that can be utilized in a number of ways. Large boulders, trees and caves can be used to provide cover and areas for ambushes.

One of the most popular forms of the sport is 'capture the flag'. This involves the attack on an opposition team in order to find the base and capture the flag. Anyone shot whilst holding the flag is out of the game and the flag is returned to the home base. The winning team is the one that captures the flag and successfully gets it back to their own base.

While paintball pellets contain only dye, they pose a real danger to a person's eyes. United States regulations require that people wear specialized eye protection at all times and that this equipment should be supplied by the provider. There will always be a demonstration by trained staff on the rules, playing areas and necessary protective equipment.

The pellets are fired by guns at an incredible speed, not dissimilar to that of a real gun. When making impact with another person, they can leave substantial bruises. With this in mind, many arenas have minimum distance rules, dictating a distance range within which people cannot fire upon others. This distance will differ depending on the rules of the organization.

There are many different paintball NYC locations in the New York area to choose from. Those in Manhattan provide an exciting and almost cinematic backdrop of the city skyline. Those in rural areas of New York state, Brooklyn and Queens offer very different types of arena. There is no better way for work colleagues to unwind together than with a game of paintball.




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