Two steps forward, three steps back
But still – one more trophy! The second leg of the Norwegian Paintball League is finished and it was a rollercoaster ride, full of ups and downs. The tournament was held in Hokksund in the southern part of Norway. The weather was shifting from rain to sun to rain again during the course of the day, mirroring our own performance. After a very early start we arrived at the site still tired but starting to feel that familiar sensation in the pit of your stomach. That little tightness that slowly builds as game on approaches and doesn’t disappear until the buzzer signals the start of your first match. For a while a few years back I lost that feeling, only in the most crucial games in the Millennium-series did I get that tingling feeling. A sure sign that paintball was slowly eating me and my team up. And sure enough the team disbanded soon afterwards. It wasn’t until I started playing with some of my old friends and we created the Slagen Bandits that I truly enjoyed all the aspects of pain...