| Paintballing is a fairly recent game that has grown | | | | using your surroundings as a defense. Terrain is used |
| significantly in the past several years. Games and | | | | for both cover and camouflage when competing in |
| scenarios become bigger and more complex as more | | | | surroundings like the woods. Staying in a single place |
| and more players begin to play and compete in this | | | | for too long and endangering their position is a frequent |
| high-energy pastime. Experience counts for a lot in the | | | | mistake for many beginning participants. They might |
| game, so if you are a novice player it would probably | | | | shoot one or two of the opposite team but allow for |
| be in your best interest to play with other beginners. In | | | | the others to sneak around and flank them. It is a good |
| more intense paintball scenarios, professional players | | | | idea to stay moving as much as possible and to stay |
| will commonly form teams. Once beginner players | | | | hidden for as long as possible. This gives a competitor |
| have mastered many of the basic strategies and | | | | the advantage of stealth. A lot of competitors |
| techniques of paintballing and the gear they can think | | | | nowadays are purchasing gilly suits to give themselves |
| about moving into one of the more intense | | | | the edge on the playing field and in organized events. |
| competitions. Trial and error is the most efficient way | | | | The suit's unique camouflaging aspects make it very |
| for participants and groups to form the most efficient | | | | hard for players to see someone in a gilly suit who is |
| techniques for themselves. | | | | staying still to blend in with their surroundings. Players |
| The average gun can shoot a ball around 250-300 | | | | who want greater mobility and range of vision by not |
| feet. They can get realy pricey, but there are modified | | | | having a gilly suit may prefer a technique of speed and |
| guns that have much farther range and accuracy. It is | | | | offense to make up for their disadvantage of being |
| harder for a competitor to make steady shots | | | | easily seen. |
| because a paintball is not a solid projectile. It is critical to | | | | For strategy, position is very significant when |
| move in as close as possible to an opponent without | | | | attempting to take cover in paintball. Standing will give |
| exposing yourself to have the greatest chance of | | | | a player the most dexterity by letting them escape |
| eliminating another participant. Players will have to take | | | | quickly in scenarios where they need to. A person |
| shelter out in the open if you fire at them and hold | | | | limits what they can see around them when they kneel |
| them down. This will let you advance on them while | | | | or lie down under the cover of a big object like a |
| making sure they are unable to locate exactly your | | | | stone or tree. This might allow for opposing participants |
| position. You may want to move to either side to | | | | to sneak up and gain the edge with you. High grass |
| change your angle as you continue to their location. | | | | and bushes are great for both surprise attacks and |
| This will allow you to flank the enemy from the side. It | | | | defensive locations because they offer both cover |
| is generally best to stay away from face to face | | | | and some visibility. If a paintballer finds that he must go |
| engagements with opposing participants and attempt | | | | between two objects to remain under cover the |
| to eliminate them from covered areas so as not to | | | | dexterity and stealth goes down and they will find it |
| expose yourself. | | | | hard to get away quickly in this position. |
| Another essential part of paintball is taking cover and | | | | |