Paintball Explained
Michael Jason
A paintball is a capsule of vegetable oil based dye, which
comes in different colors and variations. It is used in a
military type combat games consisting of teams. The players of
the team have to eliminate the opposing players by shooting
these paintballs at them. When a paintball hits a player he
gets eliminated.
Paintballs are made in a unique way. They are basically gelatin
capsules, which contain colored liquid. This paint or color
liquid is safe as it is non-toxic, water soluble and
biodegradable.
Paintballs weigh only a few grams and measure only 1.7 cm in
diameter. When they hit a person, they burst and leave a
splatter of paint on the person. The size of this splatter is
about 13 cm.
Players use gas powered guns to shoot paintballs at each other.
The use of paintballs provides the players with real time
atmosphere and situations.
The history of Paintball
The history of paintball can be traced back into the early
1970’s. During this period paintball guns were mainly used as a
tool for marking livestock and tress. Then in 1981, some 12
friends introduced paintball as a recreational game. They used
industrial paintball guns. These twelve friends played this
game for the first time on a field of over 100 acres. The game
paintball was originally named as “the national survival game”.
Paintball-the evolution
It started with normal paintball guns and paintball, and the
game was simple –hit each other and win. Since that time
paintball has become popular all over the world. It has become
a globally recognized recreational activity. The game has
evolved and has become more sophisticated. Today people from
all around the world form their teams set up international
tournaments and leagues. There are continuous innovations
happening in the construction of new games and fields of
paintball.
With the growing number of paintball fans the paintball
industry is also blooming. They are developing commercial
paintball fields. In 1982, the first commercial outdoor
paintball field was developed. Since then developments of new
fields have kept paintball enthusiasts coming back for more fun
and excitement.
Today there are prizes set up by organizations for the winning
teams. The players keep on updating their paintball guns, with
the advent of newer technologies.
The basic thing which sets this game apart from other games is
the type of equipment involved. Not too many games involve such
adept use of guns.
The famous paintball games
Since the advent of paintball as a game, people and industries
have both developed new style of game combating. But there are
some famous paintball games that are played and enjoyed by
paintball enthusiasts.
Capture the flag
It is a classic paintball game. This game includes two opposing
teams. The teams have to acquire the opponent’s flag and hang
their flag on a designated location. During this process, the
players of the either team have to protect their own flag.
When this game is played in tournaments, it requires skills and
intelligence. If a team eliminates all the players of the
opposition, having none of their players eliminated and hangs
the flag within the allotted time, they are said to have
‘maxed’ the opposition. The term ‘maxed’ implies that they have
scored the maximum possible points that could be achieved in the
game.
Center flag
This paintball game is similar to capture the flag. There is
only one difference. The flag to be captured is hung in the
centre of the field. The teams have captured that flag and hang
it on a designated location. This designated location is
somewhere on the opposition base.
Elimination
This paintball game requires that the elimination of all the
members of the opposition. The objective of the teams is to hit
the players of the opposing team and get them all eliminated.
Whichever team eliminates all the players of the opposing team
wins the game.
Paintball has emerged as game of wits and strategies. It is
becoming popular all over the world and is gaining an
ever-growing fan base.
Michael Jason writes articles on a number of
different topics. For more information on Paintball please
visit http://www.paint-ball-guide.com/ and for additional
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