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" and "elimination" type paintballor theme. Scenario games allow for a wide range
games to be played. Because woodsball can beof player skill levels and an even larger amount of
played over several acres and there are usuallyparticipants. These games can span a period as
not many areas where large portions of the fieldshort as 12 hours or last for days. Objectives
can be viewed at one time, woodsball gamesvary based on the storyline but cooperation is a
tend to run longer than other types of paintballmajor theme in these games. The largest game
play. Wooded areas also give players the ability toto date was Skirmish's Invasion of Normandy,
take part in some more realistic wartimeheld annually in Jim Thorpe, PA, which drew 4,007
situations such as ambushes, assualts on fortifiedplayers in 2006. The summer of 2007 should be
positions and protecting VIP's etc..another record breaking season for paintball, it
Speedball differs from woodsball in a number ofshould be fun to see.