Archives for Paintball
Building a Team
HOW TO BUILD A TEAMThat's right, BUILD. Not form, not organize, but build. A team is built with blood sweat and (sometimes) tears. Buildings and maintaining a team is the…
Paintball Security
PAINTBALL SECURITY Paintball gear is very expensive (like I have to tell you). A lot of players have some really neat kit. Unfortunately, some do not want to work for…
Recreational Tournaments
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN RECREATIONAL TOURNAMENTS Yeah, that's right, I used the "T" word. I know, I know, this is a RECREATIONAL site. Believe me, tournies have a place in…
Scenario Games
HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND ENJOY LARGE FORMAT GAMES I have been playing in Large format Games for ten years now. I thought I'd pass on what I learned the hard…
Tips and Tricks
TIPS 'N' TRICKS Neat Things to Help You Out Here are a few things I've picked up along the way, since 1984. SHOOTING AT A MOVING OPPONENT. Okay, here's the…
Improving Your Accuracy
HOW TO IMPORVE YOUR ACCURACY There are still players who take great satisfacition in using very little paint to send thier opponents packing to the staging area. Getting your Paintmarker…
How to Assess Your Opponents
HOW TO ASSESS YOUR POTENTIAL OPPONENTS (AND TEAM MATES) Here's Durty Dan's Basic Lesson of Separating the Badasses from the Smartasses (This is where tournament players have the advantage. You…
XBall Paintball – History
The Sport of Paintball: a Brief History and Overview WHAT IS PAINTBALL?In 20 short years, the sport of Paintball has become recognized as one of the world's most exciting outdoor…
Paintball Times History: The story that almost wasn’t
The Beginning It may be hard to believe today, but Paintball Times began way back when no one even knew what paintball was. Back in 1990, a group of high…
The History of Paintball
Paintball started in 1981 with 12 competitors playing capture the flag. They shot paintballs at each other using special marking air guns. Since then, the game has exploded into a…