| History | | | | ^ See Slingshot Speed discussion on network54 |
| Slingshot paintball was first played in the 1990s by | | | | and/or Groups TV discussion |
| a group of friends in Mountain Home, Idaho. The | | | | External links |
| game was promoted by inventor and author Ron | | | | A blog post about Slingshot Paintball |
| M. Smith after discovering the benefits of using | | | | Paintballer's Almanac Vol. 1, Smith and |
| slingshots instead of paintball guns. The game | | | | Youngv d e |
| quickly spread throughout Idaho, Utah, and other | | | | Paintball |
| states, and fans had their own website by 2005 | | | | Appendix:Glossary of paintball terms |
| and is common in aus. | | | | Equipment: |
| Equipment | | | | Paintball marker, Electropneumatic paintball marker, |
| The basic gear required to play slingshot paintball | | | | Paintball equipment |
| consists of a slingshot, a paintball mask, and a | | | | Paintball Markers: |
| pocket (or pouch) to carry the paintballs in. | | | | Angel, Ariakon Overlord, Ariakon SIM-5, |
| Players normally prefer to wear fingerless gloves | | | | Autococker, Automag, Bob Long Intimidator, CCI |
| for protection. Each player carries a designated | | | | Phantom, DD68 Redux, BT-4 Combat, Dye |
| number of paintballs, anywhere from three to | | | | Matrix, E Matrix, Excalibur, ICD BKO, ICD |
| fifty, depending on the game that is being played. | | | | Bushmaster 2000, ICD Freestyle, ICD Promaster, |
| Advantages and disadvantages | | | | PGP, Planet Eclipse Ego, Proto SLG, RAM P99, |
| The main disadvantage of slingshot paintball is the | | | | Smart Parts Ion, Smart Parts Shocker, Smart |
| rate of fire of a slingshot is far less than that of a | | | | Parts SP-8, Spyder MR1, Spyder MR2, Spyder |
| paintball gun. However, since all players are | | | | Rodeo, Spyder Victor, Spyder VS2, T68 Paintball |
| equipped with a slingshot in a normal game, the | | | | Marker, Tippmann 98 Custom, Tippmann A-5, |
| skill of the player is the determining factor. The | | | | Tippmann C-3, Tippmann SL-68 II |
| main advantage of slingshot paintball is that the | | | | Game Styles: |
| cost of a slingshot is much less than that of a | | | | Paintball variations, Scenario paintball, Speedball, |
| paintball marker and, on average, a game of | | | | Stock paintball, Tankball, Woodsball, Woodsball |
| slingshot paintball requires about 10 paintballs to | | | | strategy, Slingshot paintball |
| play, as compared to standard paintball, which | | | | Positions: |
| often exceeds 200 or even 2000 paintballs. | | | | Player positions (paintball), Speedball backman, |
| Another difference of using a slingshot is its ability | | | | Speedball centerman, Speedball frontman |
| to shoot almost silently. This enables players to | | | | Media: |
| eliminate opponents without revealing their location. | | | | Blackballed, The Whiteboard, Greg Hastings |
| The primary benefit of slingshot paintball is | | | | Tournament Paintball, Greg Hastings Tournament |
| strategy. | | | | Paintball MAX'D, Gotcha! The Sport!, Gotcha! |
| References | | | | |