Paintballing in Newbury
with the Eidos Development team for Gangsters. Almost forgot about this actually; working for a local computer retailer which was doing well at the time, and we (among others) were invited to meet the Eidos team and go on a themed paintballing team. Spoke to a few Sunday Sport reporters who were there, which made us laff a bit (they were trying to be proper journalists lol). We all get tooled up, run through a basic instructional exercise then thrown into the thick of it.

Developers vs the Retailers; we had various themed missions which we had to do around a dis-used RAF residents area, most of which is rotting or condemned buildingwork. I was standing in a doorway, taking a few shots at a few people, when they noticed me and started firing back. I lean back into the doorway, thus not exposed to any direct shots. One of these developers though must've been using a fucking aimbot hack, as a random shot bounced off the door frame opposite me and flew back at me, cracking me right in the bollocks. I double-over on the floor in agony as one of the game-judges walk past and escort me back to base, paint-patch on the crotch included.

Lucky cunt.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Fri 14 Jul 2006, 10:37, Reply)