PAINTBALL GOES MAINSTREAM HUNDREDS FLOCK TO PLAYING FIELDS AS SPORT'S POPULARITY SOARS.Paintball paintball Sports medicine A sport in which marble-sized gelatin capsules filled with a nontoxic dye are shot at speeds of 300 kph/200 mph Warning: , once dismissed as a mock war game played deep in the backwoods by military wannabes Wannabes is an online interactive soap and game created for the BBC by Illumna Digital. Wannabes follows on from Jamie Kane, the BBC's previous foray into online interactive drama. The show/game consists of 14 10 minute episodes released twice a week. dressed in camouflage, has gone mainstream. With nearly 10 million players nationwide, it's one of the most popular alternative sports played today. Hundreds, if not thousands, of players from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. flock to fields in and around the Valley each weekend. Jon Castillo, 24, of Granada Hills has played the game since his sophomore year at Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. . His younger brother, Chris, 21, also plays, and when they play together their ``brotherly instincts'' give them a distinct advantage. ``We have this almost telepathic te·lep·a·thy n. Communication through means other than the senses, as by the exercise of an occult power. tel link when we play together,'' Castillo said. ``It's pretty cool.'' Complete story on Page 8 CAPTION(S): Photo: (color) Jon Castillo of Granada Hills, manages Conquest Paint ball Park in Lake View Terrace every weekend and hopes to one day open an online paintball store. Rick Coca/Valley News |
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