The Sam's game is, traditionally, the outing where Comet is seen.


This time was no exception.

Comet w/ Fred Schultz Paintball Sam's Big Game I May 1, 1999

Things started out OK, the usual jokes, the usual jabs, the usual pic with Freddy... You know, the usual Sam's thing. The first game of the day, I was ready to roll. Had my 'Cocker working, had a full harness of paint, had my new Talkabout Radio set to the TIP frequency, I was set! Sunny day, no clouds, dry field... Beautiful day! A day meant for mirrorshades! Just AWESOME to be playing paintball! A beautiful season opener. Did I mention the weather was perfect to play paintball?

I lead the sprint team to the Barrel field to get the tank which we were promised would be there. It was there allright, but it wasn't on the field because of chrony problems. No sweat. So it's time to play a little 'ball in the meanwhile. From a dirt berm I start our usual slugfest over the barrels. I notice Chuppas needs a little support, so I jump in the barrel bunker with him.

That's when I heard a loud tear. I thought nothing of it, other than "Oh great. That's it." But, I have a job to do, and that's get my people rolling! So, without another thought, I rally the troops.

And that's when the Marbaliser rain came onto our barrel bunker. MAN was it loud! I poked up and shot twenty shots, and it was answered by a thousand. I'm not kidding. But, in the mayhem, I managed to get a few of them. That was before they all shot me. Intrestingly enough, as soon as I left that bunker they STOPPED SHOOTING at it entirely! Chuppas was able to get a whole mess of white players before moving up and, eventually, helping a flag grab.

Oh well, that's the Sam's game. 480+ players, no waiting. So I went back to the car to reload on paint and to see what had ripped. The suit was totally shredded in the seat. It was a matter of time, and I knew it could happen, but it was kinda disheartening anyhow. As you can see below, the hole is a little too large to repair it now. No hope of patching this one up. It's toast.

I had planned ahead for this, as I always do. I brought a set of cammos that I've actually grown fond of using to play big games in. I call it the "Smurf Suit". It's nothing like a smurf, but what else would you call an all blue set of cammos? I try to look at the bright side, however. Comet was, most definately, seen at the Sam's Game. (It's incidents like this that make me thankful I wear shorts under my cammos...) As to Comet, I can't patch it this time. So now I have to make a new one. Probably for the better good, as I've kept on saying that "This will be the last outing", now I have no choice. Now I have to make a new one. The material is already picked out, it's not just a matter of sitting down and doing it. Where's my tape player and Mettalica tapes? That's the only way to sew.

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Saturday Morning crew, Left to right Top row : Me, Shives, Kendrick, Mike Smith Bottom Row : Rookie, Chuppas, (someone I can't ID)

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