Pre Game Check In!

The Sport of Paintball:
For some people, Paintball is only known to them as the game where friends run around in the woods in camouflage shooting each other with paintball guns. This in paintball terminology is referred to as "woodsball". This is not the Sport of Paintball. The Sport of paintball is played on a clearcut area, that which is very similiar to a football field. The size of field varies to the amount of players, but generally a field is around 50 yards. The "Bunkers" or areas for cover on the field are made of inflatable yet durable plastic. These are used to protect you from the fire of the opposing team.

The Gear
- THE MASK - The absolute most important piece of gear in the sport of paintball is your mask. without a mask you will not be allowed even near a paintball field. The mask protects your entire frontal face, (most importantly your eyes)
- THE MARKER - In the sport of paintball, a major factor is your marker. Marker is just another way of saying paintball gun. For most speedball games, a marker with a fast rate of fire is a plus.
- THE JERSEY - Like any other sports team, paintball players wear jerseys to let you know what team they play for. Many Professional teams put their logos and sponsors names on their jersey.
- THE POD PACK - A Pod pack is a harness worn around the waste, in which holds tubes filled with extra paintballs.

The Rules and Objective:
-The Objective of the game is simple. Shoot out the opposing team. The team with players left on the field after the game, wins the round. Points are accessed this way.
-There are different game variants depending on the tournament and area. In certain games it will be strictly elimination, like stated above. Other times it will be capture the flag, in which points are accessed based on which team hangs the flag on the opposing teams net.

THE BASIC RULES
1. At the beginning of the game, before the countdown, all players much have the barrel of their marker touching the net.
2. Once Hit, you must check to see if the paintball has broken. If broken, you must walk off the field immediately. If not, you are allowed to play on. If you do not eliminate yourself from the game when hit (and broken) a referee will access a one for one penalty. This means that a you, and another player on the team will be eliminated as well.

THE POSITIONS:
In the world of paintball, their are 3 positions.
"FRONTMAN" - A Frontman is the player who makes his way as forward up the field as he can. This is a player who gets the majority of the team eliminations.
"MIDMAN" - A Midman is a player who requires a diverse amount of skills. As a midman, you can either be called to double as a frontman, or as a backman.
"BACKMAN" - A Backman has the job of putting down a large amount of fire, in order to allow the teams frontman to move safely up the field.

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