| Absolutely, no more turning back. The action is surely | | | | it. Whenever a player achieves the aim, the opponent |
| an open call for both amateurs and professionals. | | | | must lift the marker to show a particular point or |
| However, here is one thing; you have to strike the | | | | perhaps the end of the game. Various other rules like |
| opponent just before he hits you first with paintball | | | | the minimum distance, overshooting, ramping and |
| markers. Regardless of whether you fail or win in | | | | wiping are expected to be observed while on the |
| doing that, welcome to the world of paintball! | | | | battlefield. Lowest distance is the arranged distance |
| Paintball is a game that does not only ask a fill of your | | | | which is usually twenty-five feet where the opponent |
| mental alertness, it also challenges your physical | | | | are prohibited to shoot at one another nearer |
| strength as it is a game which requires running, hiding | | | | compared to set range. |
| and more importantly, hitting your target: your opponent. | | | | Each time a player is hit with the marker yet remains |
| The game was first introduced in 1981 in New | | | | to play the action or an eliminated player constantly |
| Hampshire. The conception of it was attributed to | | | | shoots the adversary; this is an incident whereby the |
| Hayes Noel, Bob Gurnsey and Charles Gaines who | | | | referee calls for overshooting. Overshooting is strictly |
| were all friends and who had the passion for | | | | prohibited so as to make sure the security of the |
| experiencing adrenaline rush. All of them were inspired | | | | gamers. Ramping, which means elevating its rate of |
| from Gaines' encounter of hunting buffalo when he | | | | fire is more often than not prohibited in the action. |
| went to Africa. From then on, unexpectedly, the game | | | | However, in number of tournaments it is permitted. |
| became renowned throughout the globe, as it evolved | | | | Wiping is considered as cheating in paintball. This is |
| from a simple hunting game into a grand makeshift | | | | done when the player wipes the marker on oneself so |
| war activity. | | | | as not be disqualified in the game. |
| Paintball markers which are normally referred to as | | | | To become a good paintball player, you must treat |
| paintball guns are generally instruments used to attack | | | | paintball markers as your best friends. You must make |
| the adversary. They have hoppers where the | | | | them your second nature. Be cautious though and |
| markers are loaded with ammunition. The ammunition | | | | remember: "one man's carelessness is the other man's |
| or the paintballs are actually gelatin pills that have | | | | benefit." |
| polyethylene glycol, non-toxic water-soluble substances | | | | Aim, use your paintball markers, then shoot the target |
| and dye. Players must wear protective masks and | | | | decisively. But just one paintball at a time. Better to put |
| other safety equipment on the field when performing | | | | yourself in the shoe of a real soldier. His own life is |
| to avoid problems. | | | | what he has, and he is entirely aware that anytime it |
| There are only a few set of rules to remember in | | | | would be at stake. He then, takes the risk because |
| paintball and they are usually announced just before | | | | that is what happens in a war. However, remember |
| the sport starts. The most basic rule is that the player | | | | that it is always a calculated risk! |
| should attempt to hit the target before the target does | | | | |