There are two main ways to learn and refine your techniques. First, by trial an error. Second, by other player’s trial and error. There are several different medias for learning from other players. It can be from watching your own teammates, to reading articles from the experts. The following tips will help you get the most out of your marker and your plays on the field.
1. It is most important to keep your marker clean. Enough so that you should stop what you’re doing right away and clean it out. Make sure you do a thorough job though; the bolt, bolt face, and the barrel must all be kept clean or the marker will malfunction.
2. When a paintball breaks in your marker, make sure you not only clean out all of the paint, but anything else that doesn’t belong there as well.
3. If you are still having problems with paintballs chopping inside the marker, you will need to take the gun apart and check for damage such as chips and burs.
4. If the bolt face or o-rings are damaged, you should replace them as soon as possible.
5. After playing all day with the problem of paint chopping in the machine, you should take it apart for a more thorough examination of the parts. Look for scratches, fraying, or any other damage. Check each part individually. It’s a good idea to check the sear and hammer first, because these two parts must be in good condition to operate correctly. The hammer and sear should be sharp. The edges should be clean and no major wear should be visible.
6. Make sure all of your paintball clothing is clean and in good shape.
7. Keep your camouflage jerseys and paints in good condition.
8. Wear camouflage jerseys and pants that match each other. Mixing camouflage makes you easier to spot.
9. If you are in an open woodsball field and a player has not spotted you yet, STOP.
10. Keep the oil away from your compressed air tank when you are lubing up your marker. The mix of oil and high pressure can cause a spark and pretty much blow you up - making for a crappy day.
As a kid, you may have played cops and robbers or cowboys and indians. Remembering these fun filled memories, adults now play scenario paintball - where they have the opportunity to be a soldier, a sniper, a navy seal, or even cowboy in the Wild West; and you get to use guns that actually shoot! In scenario paintball, the playing fields and conditions are made to look like historic places, settings, or events. Usually the terrain is a natural setting; a canyon, heavily wooded area or even an old junkyard. Often times, historic battles such as D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, or even the Battle of Gettysburg are reinacted on the the paintball field. Depending on the size of the game, the amount of detail may vary. These games, however, can range anywhere from lasting five hours to several days at a time.
Speedball is a fast pace game. It can be played indoors or outdoors, but generally played on a rectangular paintball field. Both sides of the field must be set up with the same arrangement of semi or permanent bunkers. However, speedball can also be played on a field with portable inflatable bunkers such as the half moon or the beam in instances where the players want to make their own original arrangement. Speedball tactics used by each player will depend on the arrangement of the bunkers, the types of
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Flanking is one of hundreds of
Paintball started off as a simple game of elimination where each player shoots at everyone else until there was only one individual left. Well, the ‘Last Man Standing’ game has gradually become more complex; although this is a fun game if you just want to get out there and shoot at each other. Now there are all sorts of senario games and props used to make things more interesting. Some of the props that have become popular are Armored Paintball Vehicles, electronic bugs,
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Bunkering is a move for more experienced players. It can be trouble for less experienced players, because there are so many things that can go wrong. To be successful with bunkering, the player needs to be able to mix things up with little warning. When a player is bunkering his opponent, he charges straight at a bunker that is occupied by an opposing player, shooting as he goes. The opposing player ducks behind the
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