PaintballX3 Magazine December 2013 Issue | Page 62

62 and cloudy in the morning and through midday before snow started in the afternoon and changed over to a freezing rain mix as the game ended. This didn’t stop the attending players from hitting the field and doing battle, however, as there was a good spread of pump and mechanical markers at the game, along with usual tournament-level models in the hands of serious players. Valken brought climate-controlled paintballs to the event and though players with higher pressure markers trying to shoot too fast could be seen working with squeegees, players who shot slowly and obviously cared for their equipment and paintballs had little trouble getting paint downrange onto bundled-up opponents. DECEMBER 2013