Medics

I don't play paintball at fields, I just play on my property, so I can do pretty much anything

I usually have paintball parties, 2 dozen people show up, mom makes homemade pizza (mmm....), and we play from 1-11

Its all good fun, except a few people always come without a gun ("Well, I brought my wrist-rocket!") because they like the game, but don't have a gun.

Normally, we just kinda trade off guns if we get hit, or let the unarmed people borrow our guns every other round

Inspiration struck...why not make the unarmed people "Medics"?  Give them a wet rag, and a Medic armband, they're set

If someone gets hit, the medic on their team can come and wipe the paint for them, sending them back in action

Each team could have a medic or two, but the medics can't heal themselves, so if you get the opposing medics, the other team is in trouble

I plan on trying this next time I host a game

thanks for the advice chewp

seems like some guys are satisfied to just be a wrist rocket warrior...theres a guy a year younger than me, friend of mine, we call him bruce...hes freakishly good with a wrist rocket...he is more accurate with that damn slingshot than Oz is with his 14"

We have a few jobs for people that arent armed

1-Medic...haven't tryed that out yet
2-Combat Cameraperson...(a few chicks always come to play)...just a handheld camcorder...fun to watch, and a good way to catch cheaters
3-President/Hostage...kinda a boring job
4-Scout...they go ahead, scout the enemy position, and run like hell
5-Sapper...fun job, they get to toss smoke rounds into positions or disconect the power to a building or lock oposing troops into buildings
6-Artillery...Armed with bottle rockets, and at night, mortars...normally they just make noise, not supposed to shoot at anyone
7-Bill Thool...my personal favorite...its what we call whoever's feeling pyscho enough to try to paint people with their bare hands (a good slap with a paintball in hand)...they can mark people on either team, but they normally get shot to pieces unless they're good...real good...

haha sounds sweet

film it in black and white, make it look like one of those old bank robbery films

Thank you very much Bruce for the compliment

She is a paintballer (loves it), she just borrows my A-5...shes getting better every time

Sadly her (step)father does not let her date a paintballer...she has to literally sneak out just to go to the movies or a church carnival...her real dad likes me alot, and so does her mom...but hopefully things will improve...

hmmm...maybe I could make uniforms for the medics...I do have a nurse outfit...jk

gah...waiting to try this idea out, but I'm busy for a while...

Klaus wrote: 1-Medic...haven't tryed that out yet

As an EMT it was very interesting seeing my first paintball medics in action in a recent local D-Day Scenario game. It was pretty cool except I had some specific concerns:

1. Medics could not heal torso or head shots (good)
2. Medics could heal themselves (no comment - could go either way)
3. Medics had unlimited heals (this wasn't terrible except in combination with healing themselves was not good)

Better ideas

• Keep the no head shot / torso healing
• Keep the heal self
• Keep the unlimited heals, but connect it to having to use something. Forexample, they get bandages like triangular bandages (think old cut up sheet). They can get as many as they want but can only carry so many at a time (2-4). Then if they run out they have to go back to some supply point to get more.

Klaus wrote: 2-Combat Cameraperson...(a few chicks always come to play)...just a handheld camcorder...fun to watch, and a good way to catch cheaters

Not a bad idea, but could damage the equipment. Also, they need to totally understand that they could be viewed as legitimate targets. We also had one of these walking around the field at the D-Day game, but he was a moron. I watched one of my guys sneak up a trail. A few minutes later he came back down with his marker over his head (obviously dead). A few feet behind him was walking a guy who did not have a marker or hands held up and who was not on my team. I obviously shot him and hit him smack in the knuckle and could hear him swearing and stomping off from at least 30 yards away Sorry, no sympathy for morons.

Klaus wrote: 3-President/Hostage...kinda a boring job

Kinda, but we also had a "Saving Private Ryan" objective in the Scenario. It was not well planned, but could have been. Particularly if there are objectives for both sides. What would have to be decided is can the rescuers bring him a weapon (ie off someone already killed) to make it more fun for the hostage? then do they just have to escape with him / her alive back to their own starting point? Hmmm

Klaus wrote: 4-Scout...they go ahead, scout the enemy position, and run like hell

Good sneak attack for capture the flag. Have used this myself when in limited paint games and you run out of paint or air.

Klaus wrote: 5-Sapper...fun job, they get to toss smoke rounds into positions or disconect the power to a building or lock oposing troops into buildings

Sounds good for objective based games.

Klaus wrote: 6-Artillery...Armed with bottle rockets, and at night, mortars...normally they just make noise, not supposed to shoot at anyone

Hmmm, could also use the flash fireworks if you happened to buy any for night games. I was thinking about how cool that woul dbe to play with people's night vision like that. Just make sure everyone chrono's LOW.

Klaus wrote: 7-Bill Thool...my personal favorite...its what we call whoever's feeling pyscho enough to try to paint people with their bare hands (a good slap with a paintball in hand)...they can mark people on either team, but they normally get shot to pieces unless they're good...real good...

Ummmm, Won't find ME playing that role.