An Outing to Dusun Ali King Paintball, Gombak

Yay!! Finally we arrived Dusun Ali King Paintball, Gombak.

A group of our college mates went for an outing to the Dusun Ali King Paintball activities so called “war game” located at Gombak. We gathered at the SEGi College Kuala Lumpur main building at 12.00 pm sharp on that day itself. Most of us wore sport attire with a T-shirt and track bottom but few of them wore jeans.

Once we arrived at Gombak, we still need to walk 100 meters along the trail to Dusun Ali King recreational park. Along the walking distance, we get a lot of mosquitos’ bites. Once we reached there, the person in-charged asked us to register and we were divided into four groups - Group A, B, C and D. Each group consists of 7 to 8 members. It was not our turn yet to play the game. While we were waiting, we watched how other players played as this was our first time in this paintball activity. We enjoyed watching their match. 

We were registering and divided into groups.

We still need to walk 100 meters along the trail.

After the previous group players came out, the person-in-charge briefed us on how the games work and about the rules and conditions for the paintball game. He said we had to wear paintball safety face mask at the shooting range, in or near the playing field. We should not take them off for any reason until we were in the Neutral Area and never shoot a person who was not wearing proper protection.

WARNING!

This is the actual war game field.

Such a colorful pellets.

Moreover, we were not allowed to shoot at a player showing a neutrality symbol or any referee. Before the game, paintball markers or guns should be kept on safe keeping together with the barrel sock on and pointing to the ground. Barrel socks were to remain in the paintball markers with safety pin kept on at all times until referee commands for the start of the game. When the game was over, immediately insert the barrel sock and safety pin on then walk to the exit door and surrender the paintball markers to the awaiting crew. If we were eliminated from the play, we had to give signal immediately to the referee and raise hands above our head and move quickly out of the field or back to the base.

The person-in-charge is guiding us on how to wear the safety measures.

According to the person-in-charge, we had five matches which was group A verses group B, group C verses group D, group A verses group C, group B verses group D and the final match group AB verses group CD. To win the game, we had to grab the flag located at the base of the opponent team. We chose to have unlimited life which meant whenever we got shot then we had to go back to the starting point until we run out of pellets then only we were considered dead. Anything happened; we had to rise up our hands to prevent getting shot. For the first and second match, each and everyone get 200 pellets and 100 pellets in the final match. He told us not to shoot when the person is around 5 meters. We could only ask them to surrender.

While waiting for our turn, say "Peace"~ 

Discussing the strategies.

We are ready! Are you ready for the war?!

After the briefing, the war began! Through observations, our group members noticed that getting on the higher part has the advantage compared with the lower part as in the higher part can easily get down and see the opponent clearly. When it was my turn, our opponent team really played like in a real war game but still they were strong from the start and end up with run out of pellets. In the game, I got shots even when I rose up my hands. It was painful and not as the person-in-charge said it was just a little bit of pain but was really painful. But yet, I got shots at the same place twice. It was extremely painful as I never thought of.

The final match was quite harsh as it was too crowded and we only have 100 pellets.  Perhaps the temperatures went down and our safety face mask became blurry and we cannot see the environment clearly. About 6pm, we stopped the game without win and lose. Then, we went to clean up and leave because it was time to take our leave and the bus driver was waiting for us.  Once we got into the bus, it started to rain. Almost all of us felt extremely exhausted after a long day.

If you are interested to participate in this paintball game, kindly contact the person-in-charge, Azlie at 016-6896762 or Azrai at 012-6950044 for further enquiries or bookings. You may also visit to the website: http://dusunaliking.multiply.com/journal/item/42/ for more information.

Author’s Review:

I think it was a unique experience that I ever had. A game of paintball was a perfect outing into the open. These games got everyone together as a team through planning, motivation, strategy and leadership skills and of course enjoyment. All we need was to be keen and prepared to hunt or be hunted to shoot or to be shot. It was cool and fun. Even though it was painful and I got wounds immediately but it was a nice outing with our college mates. Based on this experience, whenever I want to come for the second time, for sure I will wear loose jeans, old clothes and good running shoes.

The way we played this game, I learnt to play a better defense and offense and I have to adapt to my surroundings. Moreover, I can learn a sense of teamwork and also a better sense of control, if I fire my gun and I do not have a good shot then I will give away my position and it could expose my position in this game.  This showed how important being as a team.

My souvenir of the day - Bruises on my arm.

My souvenir of the day - Bruises on my thigh.

Written By: Tan Yee Thuan