| There are basically two ways to Paintball. One is | | | | • Capture the Flag – If you’re looking for |
| Speedball and the other is Woodsball. Didn’t | | | | some tactics, try CTF. Use flag stations and collect |
| know that? Starting to get that Paintball addiction? Well | | | | more flags, or have just one flag for each team and |
| it’s time for you to learn a thing or two. | | | | claim it for victory. |
| Speedball and Woodsbal are two special variants of | | | | • Assault! Get yourselves into two teams. Let |
| paintball. If you’re just an amateur paintballer, | | | | one team protect their territory and let the other |
| you’ve probably used those commercial paintball | | | | charge. The attackers should try to eliminate their |
| parks, the parks that charge you loads of money and | | | | opponents or take hold of their territory. |
| let you fool around like a little child. | | | | Then there’s Speedball. This form of paintball was |
| Then there’s us, paintballers who think paintball | | | | created mostly for professional competitive paintball |
| should be played in the wild. We pick our own teams | | | | and provides a standard field and better viewing |
| and create our own rules. We’re the Woodsballers. | | | | possibilities. If you thought that paintball is just for fun, |
| Woodsball is the real deal. It’s called woodsball | | | | some professional speedballers would probably |
| because, Mr. Sherlock, we play it in the woods. There | | | | disagree – speedball turned into a real competitive |
| are no fences, no limits, you can be in the game or run | | | | sport, with teams, coaches, uniforms, merchandizing, |
| home for your mommy. We use the outdoors, relay | | | | sponsorships and the whole shebang. |
| on nature, the woods are bunkers and rocks are | | | | In speedball, there are between 2 to 10 players in a |
| hideouts. All you need is a gun, some paintballs and | | | | team. The professional speedballers use smaller guns, |
| probably a couple of your paintballing friends. Want to | | | | because speedball tends to be, well, speedy. Also, the |
| get in? Try these possible games and scenarios: | | | | small size of the field makes it hard to camouflage |
| • Elimination – As sweet and simple as it | | | | yourself, and there has to be rapid movement and |
| sounds. Kill everybody. By yourself or with a team. | | | | constant communication between the team members. |
| Only the strong survive. | | | | |