Nearly every organised bash has this in common: it usually ends up being useless. Why? Because, without fail, the attendees at an organised jamboree are unlikely to know each other (or, worse, used to know each other but haven’t been in contact for years, which usually means they never really liked each other in the first place). So they spend most of the bash either feeling awkward or getting drunk and making a fool out of themselves – resulting in the kind of group behaviour that used to get people a free night in the slammer. Paintball party ideas put paid to all that nonsense, by combining enforced comradeship (nothing like cowering in terror behind a tree while some lunatic in a mask fires glass vials of paint at you, to foster a lasting bond) with exercise.
Team sports, of which paintball is obviously one, are excellent ways to get people to work together – and, more importantly to enjoy each other’s company. A team sport gives even complete strangers a shared goal. Shared goals require co-operation, and co-operation breeds friendship. The kind of friendship that a night on the beers, for example, simply can’t forge. Paintball party ideas give large groups an enjoyable day out, plus a shared experience to talk about later, when they do get to the “out on the town” bit of proceedings: going straight to the beers just means crass jokes and an awful headache.
The co-operative nature of paintball makes it the ideal subject for corporate dos as well. Just as there’s nothing like being shot at to foster a mutual regard, so is there nothing like seeing your boss running around with yellow paint all over his or her pants to dilute the fear you once felt for her. Or him. Paintball party ideas for team building exercises or full-on company bashes perform the same function as they do for stag parties, hen weekends and so on: by making a group of comparative strangers play together, they force them to have fun together rather than just make embarrassing small talk.
Combine the shared adrenaline rush of trying to “kill” the boss with the sheer originality of the event, and paintball party ideas start to look like a great way to make any day go with a bang. From themed single games to taster sessions – which give everyone a chance to try a bit of everything – paintball parties are the number one way to turn a painful afternoon into an unforgettably brilliant day.