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. At Conquest Paintball Park in Lake View Terrace, a group of teenagers forming a team to compete in tournaments arrive early each Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
Omar Kholaki, 16, explains the game's appeal to him and his friends. ``It's such a brotherhood,'' Kholaki said. ``You're always together. We spend a whole Sunday together just as friends, playing paintball, doing what we love.'' Complete story on Page 8 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) These young men enjoy the camaraderie ca·ma·ra·der·ie n. Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship. [French, from camarade, comrade, from Old French, roommate; see comrade. of paintball. Bottom row, from left: Villan Abramyan, Artin Marutian, Eddie Kim, Haig Karsian. Back row, Jon Castillo, manager of Conquest Paintball Park, Andrey Abramyan, Omar Kholaki, Arby Hovsepian, Harry Karaoglanian and Jose Valencia. Rick Coca/Valley News |
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