Mud Warriors
Penang War Museum marshalls 
I have been fascinated by paintball ever since I saw in on TV when I was a kid. So when I was invited by a fellow colleague of mine, Izuan, to participate in a friendly match with another department that cost only 35 bucks, I jumped at the opportunity. KL folks if you are reading, it only costs RM 350 for 2000 bullets. Anyway, I woke up at 8 am today, cause one of our colleague ordered us to report in at 9 am sharp. But when I reached paintball HQ there was barely 5 ppl there. Worst still, it started to rain. We had to wait for the rain to stop, the best thing to do at the time was to put on our raincoats and scout out the terrain and strategies. The best thing I like most of this field is that there is a trench in the middle of the field. Early on, we decided to use the trench, as it was well protected from surface fire and would provide us the safest route to the bunker to capture the flag or to flank the enemy. The trench picture below is a bit outdated, I didn't get a 
chance to take any photos from within the field. Just imagine the sandbags on the edge of the trench replaced with railings. When the rain finally stopped we were up against the Axis team that had 9 men. We had 8 men, 2 had gone AWOL (absent without leave). But we weren't really worried, cause we had some veteran guys with us. Most of us had participated in the paintball teambuilding activity at the 
wearing the shoe is Mazlan, one of the veterans and top scorers in the game. The guy standing next to me is Lukman, we worked closely in previous projects making flexes. Anyway, the 1st game started with Izuan, Lukman and I, making the trench runs. Izuan went ahead first while Lukman and I stayed back. Then we dashed for the trench as well. That went easier than predicted. We peeked our heads up along the trench but it was very hard to spot any enemies. Plus, our mask was starting to fog. Then we received intel that the enemy was advancing into our territory and we were suffering major losses. So we decided to make a run for the flag. By the time we reached the end of the trench, our mask was totally fogged up. I had to put my 
finger into the gap between my mask and face to wipe the screen clean. Then seeing no one, I made a dash for the flagged at the foot of the main bunker. I barely, noticed the sentry guarding at the front of the bunker, when I made the dash for the flag. But the sentry was too late to stop me. I had the flag in hand and waved it proudly. Poor Lukman, in my mad dash, I had forgotten about my partner. In the second round we decided to stay in a defensive position for 5 minutes before going down the trenches. Originally, I was supposed to join the trench team but when I saw Henry got shot, I decided to cover our flank by moving into our left. I made a dash for it, and it was close call, a paint just graze passed my body. I even 
felt it, i thought I was hit, but inspection of my jacket showed no splash marks. I knew where the enemy that shot Henry was, so i pinned him down with fire. When I knew he was not going to move, I moved in closer to him, hiding behind closer bunkers. The thing that he did wrong was that he didn't change the spot that he came out and shoot at. I had already shot a few rounds at the spot where he usually came out to shoot so I knew that the next time he pop his head out, he would have my mark. And it came true, when he popped his head out, i sent one ball out. It hit the top of a plank and caused splash damaged all over his mask. I was happy that I got him cause I wasted a quite a few shots at his expense. Next, I scouted around for another target and 
found him to be on the other side of the trench. He had a high bunker made of planks that had a slot in the center to spot target and bogey #2 was standing. That was a mistake, cause even though the hard skin of the paint ball would not penetrate the netting, the paint still will and if you have paint on you, it still counts as a kill. So I tried to shoot at the slot. But bogey #2 was a bit smarter and started moving around. I still got him. Moving on to the next bunker, I found that I was out of bullets and was out of the match. The good news was that Mazlan managed to get the flag for this round. Having won two rounds in a role, we were a bit sympathetic for the other team, and so of the defenders in our team didn't really get any action so we decided 
to change strategy and go all out on the offense. This time we decided to have 4 persons in the trench. Just to spice things up again. So, Izuan, Mazlan, Lukman and me were supposed to take up position in the trench. Unfortunately, Lukman and me had to cover the left flank so that didn't really gave us the chance to man the trench, but it was also fun non the less. Lukman took point and manag ed to take up position at the bunker nearest to the opposing side. I was on my way to cover him when he was shot. Apparent, there was a slot in the tyres that made up the bunker and the bogeys managed to get a shot or two through those holes. Scouting behind my bunker, I knew where the bogey was. So I ran to the same bunker as lukman's, release two 
or three shots at one bogey that was exposed. It scored. I went down into bunker sliding on the mud and water. Lying on the mud, I managed to get another one through the slots but that was the end of my bullets, I just hid there. I didn't even attempted to hide when the third bogey shot through the slot. It was a head shot. Well, we managed to get the flag in this round also, but the 
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