The reason is because everything was so messed up, that we walked onto the field, wandered around, waited while they rearranged the field etc., but there was no chrono check, and I was waiting for Mr. Stewart to put his goggles back on before taking a couple of shots as one normally does before the game starts. I don't make a habit of shooting paint anywhere near anyone without goggles on, regardless of which way i'm pointing the barrel - accidents can and will happen.
As it happened, he called 10 seconds, THEN put his goggles on, so I'd barely even got my barrel sock off before the break.
Still, you'd never know, looking at the pics of my breakout on
www.paintballphotos.co.uk - spesh