Paintball, not All Fun and Splat

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