| There are over half a dozen kinds of ways to play | | | | the field--players use the bunkers to help them |
| paintball. Woodsball, Tournament or Tourneyball, | | | | maneuver and most importantly, to take cover. The |
| Scenario Paintball, and Speedball, which can be broken | | | | bunkers are placed symmetrically, so that neither side |
| down into a couple of sub-categories: Airball and | | | | has more of an advantage than the other. |
| Hyperball. | | | | The paintball players shoot more rapidly and perhaps |
| ·Woodsball: | | | | at closer range in speedball than in woodsball, shooting |
| Woodsball is the original method of playing paintball and | | | | way more paint this way. Most paintball tournaments |
| is generally played in a forest or wooded area that is | | | | and competitions are built around the speedball |
| large enough to allow room for dozens of players. In | | | | concept. Thus, leagues will practice this style of |
| this form of paintball, players tend to stalk their | | | | paintballing, as opposed to other methods. |
| opponents, and the game takes more time altogether. | | | | Speedball can further be broken down into several |
| Accuracy is key when you are playing paintball | | | | popular different varieties. |
| woodsball style. Stealth is an issue in this version of the | | | | Airball, which is the most common and likely the most |
| game. The paintball players will do all they can to keep | | | | popular way to play, is played on a rectangular field the |
| their locations unknown. Paintball markers are very loud | | | | bunkers are air inflated and made of Nylon. |
| when fired, and can possibly reveal a player's location. | | | | Hyperball is another popular form using Corrugated |
| So many woodsballers will try to purchase quiet | | | | Piping of different sizes and shapes on a Rectangular |
| markers so that there is less chance of giving away | | | | field. |
| their position to opponents when they fire. | | | | ·Scenario paintball |
| Woodsball players also fire less, because it is harder to | | | | The last kind of paintball I will mention is scenario |
| know where the other players are--and therefore | | | | paintball, though there are many more kinds of paintball |
| these paintballers do not waste as much ammo. Of | | | | games. |
| course, when you fire less often and your targets are | | | | Scenario paintball is essentially just what it sounds like it |
| more hidden, a player requires more patience and | | | | is, based on a specific scenario or theme--determined |
| better aim than those who fire rapidly. | | | | by the teams playing. Typically these are historical, |
| Many different versions of woodsball have emerged: | | | | science fiction etc., and scenario paintball can involve |
| such as center flag, capture the flag, total elimination, | | | | hundreds of players. |
| protect the president, hopperball, 21, civil war, and the | | | | Like woodsball, the paintball scenario games take |
| list goes on and on, woodsball players can literally | | | | longer than speedball, they can last hours or even |
| invent their own game and custom design their own | | | | days. Depending on the group and/or scenario set up |
| objectives. | | | | for this kind of paintball, the teams may have to take |
| ·Speedball: | | | | certain breaks at intervals and continue later. Scenario |
| Speedball, as the name of the game would indicate, is | | | | paintball may perhaps prove to be a challenge to |
| a much faster kind of paintball. Speedball is played in | | | | orchestrate, but once you get going it is a game you |
| close quarters. The size of a speedball field is | | | | can really enjoy--you get lost in the fantasy and with |
| approximately the size of a large basketball court. | | | | scenario paintball, players can enjoy the most |
| Bunkers, which are often inflatable rafting material, | | | | imaginative aspect of the sport. |
| plastic tubing, wood pallets or tires, are placed all over | | | | |