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 Speedball players breaking out at the start of a game | |
| Highest governing body | List of paintball leagues |
|---|---|
| First played | June 27, 1980, Henniker, New Hampshire |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | No physical contact between players |
| Team members | Varies, depending on game format. 3, 5, 7-man teams common in tournaments |
| Category | Extreme; Indoor or Outdoor |
| Ball | Paintball |
Paintball is a sport[1][2][3] in which players eliminate opponents by hitting them with pellets containing paint (referred to as a "paintball"), usually shot from a carbon dioxide or compressed-gas (HPA or Nitrogen) powered paintball gun (or marker).
The Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association estimates that over 5.4 million people played the game in the United States in 2007, with over 1.5 million playing at least 15 times.
Games can be played either indoors or outdoors and take various forms which are generally divided between woodsball played in natural, wooded terrain and speedball played on open, level fields with artificial obstacles.
Rules for playing paintball vary widely. The most common form involves two opposing teams seeking to capture their opponent's flag and return it to their starting position, but other objectives may include eliminating all of the other team's players or to completing some other objective, such as eliminating a specific player, defending or attacking a particular objective, or capturing objects of interest hidden in the playing area. Depending on the style of paintball played, a game can last from seconds to hours.
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