PAINTBALLINFO

There are 2 main types of paintball games

1-Speedball: played in an open field that could be compared to a soccer field, it is flat and often turf is used. The field is filled with inflatable fabric "bunkers" which can be used for protection and or concealment. Tournaments such as the PSP hold different events throughout the summer months all over the United States. Speedball is generally a fast-paced game where many more balls are used than in woodsball style games. The Markers used are usually more "High Tech" in a sense that they are controlled by an electronic board and have very high rates of fire (upwards to 20 ball per second). the cloathing has bright colors to make the teams easier to distinguish by both players andthe spectators

2-Woodsball or "Bushball", is a term developed late in the history of the game to refer to what was the original form of the game: teams competing in a wooded or natural environment. Recently the term has been adopted to refer to virtually any form of paintball played in natural surroundings, as opposed to arena or artificial fields. A lot of the time, people played outdoors because it was readily available.

Woodsball features large teams, in competition to obtain various goals and objectives. Large Scale woodsball games are commonly referred to as "Big Games" or "Scenario Games". A popular variant is the "Attack and Defend" format where large numbers of attackers try to overrun a fixed, but well defended objective such as a compound or large building. The markers used in thease type of games are generaly mechanical (they don't have any electric componets) and are designed to resemble real weapons. The colors on the clothing are generaly dark and green to blend with the eviroment