| Paintball is a tactical, adrenaline-filled war simulation | | | | wipes out the paintball team at the start of the |
| sport that uses paintballs as its medium. This is a very | | | | skirmish. That may seem hilarious to some people, but |
| physical sport that involves strategy and team | | | | it is reasonable to say that his or her team might be |
| cooperation as well as a complete arsenal of | | | | ditching that player the next time round. |
| weapons to get the upper hand over the opposing | | | | Secondly, there is no covert way of throwing a |
| team. Aside from paintball bullets and guns, a | | | | grenade. There is always that possibility of exposing |
| combatant's arsenal may include paintball bows, mines | | | | part of the person when launching a grenade at a fair |
| and grenades. Aside from paintballs and guns though, | | | | distance. There is always that option of "dropping" one |
| more and more paintball enthusiasts are finding | | | | or more grenades from a vantage point, but there are |
| grenades to be a very useful weapon. After all, one | | | | very few paintball playing fields that have that feature. |
| grenade can drench a number opposing players with | | | | Some players actually climb trees in order to be able |
| paint all in one shot. If the player has an extremely | | | | to land a grenade successfully on the opposing team. |
| great arm, plus the exact information as to the place | | | | However, a tree climber has no mobility, or any way |
| where the paintball enemy team is bound to regroup, | | | | of defending himself or herself when the surviving |
| one grenade can literally wipe out the "enemy" in one | | | | members of the other team retaliate. Additionally, the |
| or two successive throws. | | | | practice of haphazardly throwing a paintball grenade is |
| However, like any war weapon, there are certain | | | | both impractical (because of the price) and is seen by |
| disadvantages to using paintball grenades as well. For | | | | other players as a sign of desperation. |
| starters, not everyone has a great slinging arm. | | | | Lastly, this weapon cannot be used in close quartered |
| Inexperienced players often find themselves splattered | | | | combat without taking the player and his or her |
| with their own paint from their own paintball grenade, | | | | teammates out of the game as well. Again, some |
| effectively eliminating them from the ongoing game. If | | | | inexperienced players take out the pins of these |
| you think that's bad, there are also those who | | | | grenades as a last ditch effort to take out as many of |
| inadvertently wipe out a member or members of their | | | | the opposing team's players as he or she goes down |
| own team by throwing an ill aimed grenade. Worse | | | | for the count. This may work. But many players find |
| case scenario is when a paintball grenade sets off and | | | | this ploy quite unsporting. |