Paintball

Paintball has been described by a friend of mine (Matt) as "tag for adults," but I fell it is more like the childhood game that I played that we simply called "Guns". All of my friends and I would go and get all our toy guns and run around "shooting" each other with our playthings, seeing who could eliminate each other first. Others have likened it to "BB gun wars" but a whole lot safer, and in my opinion a whole lot more fun. And to this date, I know of none of the people that played these games with me becoming psycopahtic killers.

The basic paintball gun essentially shoots a 68 caliber gelitan-encased ball of paint. When this ball strikes a hard (or semi-hard) surface, such as your body, it bursts releasing the paint and "marking" that object. There are several types of gameplay in paintball. A few of them include elimination, capture the flag, and scenario games.

Here is a basic rundown of each type of gameplay.

Elimination - The simplest type of gameplay, just eliminate all the members of the opposing team before they eliminate your team.
Capture the Flag - Very similar to the capture the flag many people play today, except with paintball guns. Get the flag from the center recepticle to the other team's base without getting eliminated by the opposing team.
Scenario Games - These are usually rather large games with a plot. People are assigned as characters and participate in the game. These games often recreate battles or futuristic wars or situations.

My personal paintball gun is a Kingman Spyder Standard. This is a fine peice of work and has done very well for me. I would post my pictures of my gun here, but as of yet, I don't have any.

Links to Paintball Websites:
The Spyder Club - The best Spyder owners group. Creator Jon Autry has done a fine job with this site and it has gathered quite a following, myself included.
Kingman International's Website - Maker of the Spyder paintgun line as well as the Hammer pump gun.
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