| For something a little different while you're in Malta, you | | | | films, such as U571 and Gladiator. All games are fully |
| can try your hand at paintballing. Get a group of people | | | | supervised and controlled by paintball referees. All |
| together and practice your shooting skills with a heart | | | | participants are given detailed instructions before taking |
| racing game of paintballing. Normal 0 false false false | | | | part and provided with the appropriate protective |
| EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 | | | | clothing and head guard as well as paint-launchers and |
| st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ | | | | paint pellets. |
| table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; | | | | Paintball is played with a potentially limitless variety of |
| mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; | | | | rules and variations, all of which are specified before |
| mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; | | | | the game begins. The most basic of all game rules is |
| mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; | | | | that players must attempt to accomplish a goal without |
| mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; | | | | being tagged with paintballs. When a player is tagged, |
| mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; | | | | they must raise their marker to indicate that they are |
| mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; | | | | out, and leave the playing field. Depending on the |
| font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; | | | | agreed upon game rules, the player may return to the |
| mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; | | | | field and continue playing, or is eliminated from the |
| mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; | | | | game completely. |
| mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; | | | | One of the most played games states that the first |
| mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; | | | | player to enter the opponent’s base without |
| mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; | | | | being hit secures the game for his team. Since the |
| mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; | | | | battle ground is usually a field that is not level, |
| mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; | | | | opponents take turns to defend the bases, one of |
| mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} | | | | which is situated at the top of a small hill and the other |
| To the uninitiated, Paintball is a sport in which | | | | at the bottom. |
| participants eliminate opponents from play by hitting | | | | Adrenaline runs high when opponents start shooting |
| them with paintballs (spherical gelatine capsules | | | | paint balls at each other, and those who are more |
| containing primarily polyethylene glycol, other non-toxic | | | | experienced manage to plan traps and lure unknowing |
| and water-soluble substances, and dye) shot from a | | | | opponents into situations where they can easily be |
| compressed-gas-powered "marker" or gun. Paintball | | | | ambushed. |
| attracts a wide array of players and insurance | | | | When the time factor is applied to games, the |
| statistics estimate that over 10 million people regularly | | | | adrenaline rush increases to a blast as you might only |
| play what is statistically one of the safest sports in | | | | have 10 minutes to run into the opposing base. |
| existence, incredibly even more so than tennis. | | | | Crawling, hiding, attacking, retreating, and planning out |
| It is a good way to release some of that holiday | | | | battle manoeuvres with your colleagues or friends can |
| energy and experience the fun and exhilaration of a | | | | turn out to be an extremely exciting experience. |
| game designed to play out many of those childhood | | | | With clement weather all year round, Malta is ideal for |
| fantasies. Challenge your opponents to a battle | | | | outdoor paintball games. There are no poisonous |
| demanding both skill and stealth as you feel the | | | | snakes or spiders in Malta, so you may creep and |
| excitement of charging forward to complete your | | | | crawl on the grass for as long as you like without |
| mission. | | | | having to look out for any nasty surprises. |
| To create a totally original experience, games are | | | | Can you think of a better way of spending a few |
| conducted at the Malta Film Studios using the sets of | | | | hours than firing paint at your mates? I can't. |