Snippets: MASSOC & BruSheff Paintball 1
Nazrin Narawi is currently a first year undergraduate doing BEng Systems & Control Engineering at the University of Sheffield. This is his account of MASSOC & BruSheff Paintball:
The paintball event last Saturday was jointly organised by BruSheff and MASSOC. 35 people including non-members turned up. It was organised at Delta Force in Wakefield, just 30 minutes away from Sheffield. Not many people know this, but throughout the history of Delta Force, it has attracted many iconic figures such as Wayne Rooney, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Lewis Hamilton, and so on. Delta Force has managed to provide the best service possible. They are very organised. The Marshalls are friendly, and provide good equipment (markers, coveralls, proper headgears, etc).
We played in 5 different maps throughout the day, each having different objectives in order to win. The first map we played was called the Graveyard. The mission is “Capture the Flag”, which means Team A must capture Team B’s flag and bring it back to base in order to win. It was good to start with a simple game. This way, us first timers are able to get used to the basics. As we played through the maps, the difficulty of the mission increases.
The climax of the day was certainly the match between BruSheff and MASSOC. The first game of the match had BruSheff team be the defender of a base. The objective for us was to ensure that the attacker (MASSOC) fail to plant the bomb in our base within 10 minutes. Our strategy was simply to have everyone stationed at every part of the base, with sharp shooter Nash defending from the middle of the base. It was all going well, but MASSOC managed to plant the bomb and it took them 9 minutes 57 seconds, which was close! They earned 4 points. The second game had us switched sides with MASSOC, and our role now is to attack. The strategy laid out was for us to divide into 3 groups - Left Flank led by Fadhlan, Middle Flank led by Nash and Right Flank led by Hadi Afiq. The Side Flanks were tasked to give immediate impact on the enemy, while the Middle Flank acts as distraction. We used smoke grenades to blind the enemy, but it wasn’t as effective as we thought. The game goes on, until a point where there was a bit of confusion within the team. Amidst that, Izzat, Fadhil and Andre (a non-member), turned heroes as they bravely charged into the enemy base with a shield as protection, and the bomb in their hand. The game ended with BruSheff too nearly missing the time limit. We got 4 points. But, we did it in 9 minutes 50 seconds.
All in all, paintball is a game where everyone is supposed to have fun and it wasn’t meant to be taken too seriously. The paints aren’t as painful as I thought. In fact, I really enjoyed the day! The only setback was the muddy states of the maps. Overall, it is a great stress reliever!
(Photos by Sufiyan Idris)
The paintball event last Saturday was jointly organised by BruSheff and MASSOC. 35 people including non-members turned up. It was organised at Delta Force in Wakefield, just 30 minutes away from Sheffield. Not many people know this, but throughout the history of Delta Force, it has attracted many iconic figures such as Wayne Rooney, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Lewis Hamilton, and so on. Delta Force has managed to provide the best service possible. They are very organised. The Marshalls are friendly, and provide good equipment (markers, coveralls, proper headgears, etc).
We played in 5 different maps throughout the day, each having different objectives in order to win. The first map we played was called the Graveyard. The mission is “Capture the Flag”, which means Team A must capture Team B’s flag and bring it back to base in order to win. It was good to start with a simple game. This way, us first timers are able to get used to the basics. As we played through the maps, the difficulty of the mission increases.
The climax of the day was certainly the match between BruSheff and MASSOC. The first game of the match had BruSheff team be the defender of a base. The objective for us was to ensure that the attacker (MASSOC) fail to plant the bomb in our base within 10 minutes. Our strategy was simply to have everyone stationed at every part of the base, with sharp shooter Nash defending from the middle of the base. It was all going well, but MASSOC managed to plant the bomb and it took them 9 minutes 57 seconds, which was close! They earned 4 points. The second game had us switched sides with MASSOC, and our role now is to attack. The strategy laid out was for us to divide into 3 groups - Left Flank led by Fadhlan, Middle Flank led by Nash and Right Flank led by Hadi Afiq. The Side Flanks were tasked to give immediate impact on the enemy, while the Middle Flank acts as distraction. We used smoke grenades to blind the enemy, but it wasn’t as effective as we thought. The game goes on, until a point where there was a bit of confusion within the team. Amidst that, Izzat, Fadhil and Andre (a non-member), turned heroes as they bravely charged into the enemy base with a shield as protection, and the bomb in their hand. The game ended with BruSheff too nearly missing the time limit. We got 4 points. But, we did it in 9 minutes 50 seconds.
All in all, paintball is a game where everyone is supposed to have fun and it wasn’t meant to be taken too seriously. The paints aren’t as painful as I thought. In fact, I really enjoyed the day! The only setback was the muddy states of the maps. Overall, it is a great stress reliever!
(Photos by Sufiyan Idris)
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