why do you think paintball is so awesome?

a friend asked me why i think paintball is so awesome. i think paintball is awesome because pretty much any age can play, my dad, 45, plays with me all the time, and hes a superb shot. my friends granpa, at age 72 tried paintball, hes still playing(just rec. and he generally sits back a bit but thats expected) at age 73. 10 year olds can play.my mom is gonna play this march break. 

-theres also so many different styles, woods, scenario, speedball, hybrid, all types of game types and scenarios, it can suit anyone.  you can be front, back, mid, guy who runs around the tape, be aggresive, defensive, kamikaze, everything.  

-its a game where, yes you can spend a lot of money on paint and on a marker, and a marker that suites you does help, and that part is awesome, but anyone can shoot anyone. ive been bunkered by guys who have played for the first time, ive been shot by little kids, my own team, and ive also shot people with $1000+ guns, ive 1 shoted, and used pump agaisnt electros with some effect(only played with it 2wice in woods, 2wice in a speedball field, always held my ground, moved up, but with reduced eliminations, but im getting better).

-the adrenaline. sure,  you can go skydive, or do something else awesome, but the adrenaline form paintball is soo awesome. you get bursts of it, your actually shooting or being shot at. the running, shooting, the suspence! ive been surrounded in thick, thick bush and i knew there was about 5, and i was legitimatly felt scared, i didnt know who was poping outa where.

-lazer tag just doesnt cut it. its probably the closest thing to it, other than airsoft, and both are below par oof paintball. no pain in lazer tag means you get a million noobs coverign up there pads, friends shooting you in the back, unfair teams, stalkers, campers, people who go up to u and hold hte gun on you, ive even went on a fieldtrip and a teacher held his gun on me(lifted mine, emptied a shot in his shoulder, he got mad, jerked up n cut my finger open) you dont know where your being shot from, and seriously, its boring. 

-the enviroment. its soo friendly, everyone generally lends you orings, or will help with gun trouble, or give backup to a stranded front player, share some paint. the talk afterwords of"i cant believe i made that shot, what a sick taperun, hahah u look like you have a milkshake on your face!" is sooo awesome. you can get the occasional suicide jockey who overshoots or cheats, but his reward is a ref waving to pull him, or everyone bonusballing them. after big games ive had friends over and we talk well into the night, and talk days after.

can you guys explain why this sport is so great? what do you guys like about the game.(i thought we needed a praise paintball post because of this paintball nationwide rut.) 

carl_the_sniper wrote: A game.

Basketball, is a sport (it sucks, but I can't deny its status in the athletic world)

But, when a few friends of mine and I take the ball to the local gym to play, we're having a game. Isn't a 'game' nothing more than what makes up a 'sport?'

A game of baseball
A game of golf
A game of hockey
A game of football

Each of these undeniable sports are comprised of competative matchups, called 'games' (or matches or whatever term you care to substitute)

So, can I not play a game of paintball, yet be part of a sport?
Look not at the action of PLAYING paintball, because, yes, that is a game. Look at the big picture, at the context of the activity itself. How it can't be considered a sport is beyond me once you realize that WHAT you are playing is different than 'playing' itself.