The Game
 
Paintball is sports, game, and fun in one and the same activity! It combines physical effort with fun outdoor, you can call it a game, an addiction or whatsoever! Paintball is a sport where you pit your skills against others in a contest to tag them ( with a paintball ) before they tag you.

Paintball is a sport played by people from all professions and lifestyles. It is a sport where women and men compete equally, and where age is not dominated by youth. Like a game of chess, being able to think quickly and decisively is what makes you a star in paintball. Intelligence and determination, not merely strength, speed or agility, are key to success in the sport.

Paintball is a character-building sport. Players learn about teamwork, gain self-confidence and develop leadership abilities while having fun and getting welcome stress-relief. Increasingly, corporations are finding the benefits of having their staff and management participate in paintball games.

Paintball is an exciting sport, and above all paintball is fun! It's a chance to shake off your day-to-day responsibilities and rekindle your spirit of adventure. When the adrenaline starts pumping, you can't help but love the thrill of the game!

In 15 short years, the sport of paintball has become recognized as one of the world's most exciting outdoor participation sports. Paintball is played in over 40 countries by millions of men and women of all ages and lifestyles. Whether homemakers or high-school students, professionals or retirees, all paintball players share in common a love for adventure and a strong competitive spirit. 

There are many ways to play Paintball, here are some of them 
 
Capture the Flag (also called Speedball)

Paintball is a combination of the childhood games "tag" and "hide & seek," but is much more challenging and sophisticated. Although there are many different game formats, typically a group of players will divide into two teams to play "capture the flag." The number of players on each team can vary from one or two, five or seven or ten, to over 1,000 on a side, limited only by the size of the playing field.

The object of the game is to go out and capture the other team's flag while protecting your own. While you are trying to capture a flag, you also try to eliminate opposing players by tagging them with a paintball expelled from a special airgun called a "paintgun" or "marker". Games run from 20 to 45 minutes, depending on the size of the field and the number of players.

Between games, players take a break to check their equipment, get more paintballs and have a snack or soda while they share stories about the thrills of victory and the usually funny agonies of defeat. Win or lose, everyone has a good time and there's usually the next game waiting for you.

Tactical

This kind of the game can be played either indoor or outdoor, depending on the players preferences. With indoor I mean ruins or old factory or military buildings that offer a great variety of hiding-places and other interesting features. Players divide into teams of which one defends a building while the other one tries to conquer it, or they both have their building where the aim is to conquer the opponent's building before he gets yours.

You can also play outdoors, in forests for example, where you can play tactically (conquering a certain area that belongs to the enemy); or you can play on individual basis (shoot everything that moves) or on team-elimination basis (the team that first loses all players by hits loses).

 
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