| It has come to our attention that there are a lot of | | | | One of the most obvious differences is the look and |
| people out there that don't really know that there are | | | | size of the field. As opposed to the large and natural |
| different types of paintball. Our mission is to help those | | | | landscape of woodsball, speedball is played usually on |
| poor lost souls and open their eyes to what awaits | | | | artifical turf with artificial bunkers on a field that is |
| them in the world of paintball. Although there are many | | | | typically no larger than half of a football field in size. |
| variations of the game of paintball we don't want to | | | | The artifical obstacles and bunkers have evolved over |
| overwhelm you so we will stick to the main three. Now | | | | the years, in the old days of paintball they were made |
| these may arguably be the main three but for the | | | | of anything that was laying around mainly larger |
| sake of this article we will say that they are the main | | | | wooden spools and crates, they then moved onto |
| three variations of paintball and they are Woodsball, | | | | corrugated sewer piping and eventually evolved into |
| Speedball, and Scenario Paintball. | | | | the more costeffective and asthetically pleasing |
| Woodsball is oldschool paintball at its heart. Paintball | | | | inflatable bunkers that are more popular today. |
| started off for the most part being played in wooded | | | | Scenario paintball games are based on a storyline or |
| areas which lent themselves to the "capture the flag" | | | | theme. Scenario games allow for a wide range of |
| and "elimination" type paintball games to be played. | | | | player skill levels and an even larger amount of |
| Because woodsball can be played over several acres | | | | participants. These games can span a period as short |
| and there are usually not many areas where large | | | | as 12 hours or last for days. Objectives vary based on |
| portions of the field can be viewed at one time, | | | | the storyline but cooperation is a major theme in these |
| woodsball games tend to run longer than other types | | | | games. The largest game to date was Skirmish's |
| of paintball play. Wooded areas also give players the | | | | Invasion of Normandy, held annually in Jim Thorpe, PA, |
| ability to take part in some more realistic wartime | | | | which drew 4,007 players in 2006. The summer of |
| situations such as ambushes, assualts on fortified | | | | 2007 should be another record breaking season for |
| positions and protecting VIP's etc.. | | | | paintball, it should be fun to see. |
| Speedball differs from woodsball in a number of ways. | | | | |