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Paintball is a great game for getting a lot of exercise,challenging yourself and having fun. But as a newbie, you mayfind yourself embarrassed because you don’t know the rules, orintimidated by more experienced players. You may be hesitant togo out and play your first game because you’re not sure what toexpect. If you do some research first, you will quickly find thatthe information you need to feel a lot more comfortable and a lotless like a newbie is easily found, especially online.But first a note of warning for all newbies...Paintball is Not a War Game!Many people mistakenly believe that paintball is a "war game."However, it’s really more like hide-and-seek, with the marking ofthe opposing team being the way to tag the person out. This isespecially true of recball, woodsball, jungle paintball andscenario games. It is advised that you do not refer to theopposing team as "the enemy" or a mark as a "kill"! Somecommunities have shut down paintball because players engaged in"war" talk during and after a game.How to Quickly and Easily Find Useful Information About Paintball1. Research the InternetThe World Wide Web contains a vast storehouse of information onpaintball. To make the best use of the Internet, search Google orYahoo for specific paintball terms like "woodsball tactics,"instead of the general term "paintball." Look for sites that listpaintball rules and offer hints, tips, tactics and strategy. Youcan also check out sites that review paintball equipment, butbeware: a newbie doesn’t need an expensive paintball gun to getstarted. Many of the expensive guns don’t work any better than agood newbie gun. This is what the paintball players who wrote"Paintball Heroes" say, "If you’re a newbie, buy a good qualitysemi-automatic gun, but don’t spend a fortune on it. And forgoodness sake, learn how to clean it, load it, take it apart, andput it back together again...in your sleep!"2. Read BooksGo online and visit Amazon.com or BarnesAndNoble.com(Chapters.Indigo.ca in Canada). Search for books on paintball.Check out the reviewers’ comments carefully before you buy. Orbetter yet, trot down to your local big bookstore and see if youcan find copies of the paintball books you found online. Taketime to browse through them and see which ones appeal to youmost. Check the local prices against the prices online before youbuy.3. Read E-BooksYou may find a few paintball e-books online, too, but these areharder to find than print books. "Paintball Heroes" athttp://www.paintballheroes.com is a great e-book for beginners.It was written by two teenage paintball fanatics!To find other e-books, try searching for "paintball ebook" onGoogle or Yahoo. Ask around in the forums and pay attention toadvertisements on paintball sites.4. Study the ForumsAlso search for "paintball forums" and you will find experts andnewbies alike sharing information about paintball equipment andstrategy. However, be aware that much of the information sharedon forums is misleading, if not just plain wrong. Pay attentionto what is said by forum leaders and well-known players, but takeeverything said by anyone else with a grain of salt...or a shakerof salt, for that matter!- Air-Powered.com (Autococker Owners Group) - http://www.air-powered.com- Atomix Paintball Forums - http://www.atomixpaintball.com/vb- BSG Paintball Forums - http://www.bsgpaintball.com/forums- Calgary Paintball Forums -http://xtremepaintballcanada.com/calgary/forums- Epic Paintball Forums - http://www.epicpaintball.com (Click on"Forums.")- Fat Bob’s Paintball Forum -http://www.fatbobsdirect.com/forum/index.php- Force of Nature Forums - http://www.forceofnature.com/invision- New York City Paintball Forums -http://www.nycpaintball.com/forums/index.php- P8ntballer-Forums.com - http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com- Paintball Addict Forums - http://www.pb-addict.com- PaintballArizona.com Forums -http://www.paintballarizona.com/modules.php?name=Forums- Paintball.com Forums - http://paintball.com/pb/forums/index.cfm- Paintball Central Forums - http://www.pballcentral.com/forum- PaintballCow.com Forum (Oregon) -http://paintballcow.ipbhost.com/index.php- PaintballForum.ca - http://www.paintballforum.ca- PaintballForum.com - http://www.paintballforum.com- PaintballForums.com - http://www.paintballforums.com- PaintballForums.net - http://www.paintballforums.net- Paintball-Forums.com/BGnM’s Paintball Forums -http://www.paintball-forums.com- Paintball-Guns.com - http://www.paintball-guns.com/forums.htm- Paintball In 5 Forum - http://www.pbn5.com/paintball_forum- Paintball Review Forums - http://www.paintball-review.com/forums/index.php- PballCanada.com - http://forum.pballcanada.com- PbFreak.net Forums - http://www.pbfreak.net- PbNation - http://www.pbnation.com- Phoenix Paintball Forum -http://www.paintballuk.com/phoenix/forum/default.asp- Southwest Paintball Forums (UK) -http://www.southwestpaintball.co.uk/forum/index.php- Utah Paintball Forums - http://www.mypaintball.com- Vancouver Paintball Forums -http://xtremepaintballcanada.com/vancouver/forums/index.php- WARPIG Rec Talk - http://www.warpig.com/forums/rec5. Subscribe to Paintball MagazinesThere are several good paintball magazines, both in print andonline.For print magazines, go to your local bookstore and spend sometime at the magazine racks. Pick the magazine that appeals to youmost and look in the front for their Web address (URL) orsubscription address. Subscribe online or by mail. It's a lotcheaper to subscribe to a magazine than to buy it each month fromthe newsstand.For online magazines, search on Yahoo or Google for "paintballmagazine online" or "online paintball magazine." Several onlinemagazines are listed in the Resources section of the "PaintballHeroes" ebook, including:- Action Pursuit Games - http://www.actionpursuitgames.com- Crossfire Paintball Magazine - http://www.crossfiremag.com- Force of Nature - http://www.forceofnature.com- Paintball Games International -http://www.p8ntballer.com/magazine/index.shtml- Paintball Sports International -http://www.paintballsportsint.com- The Paintball Times - http://www.paintballtimes.com- Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine - http://www.paintball2xtremes.com6. Watch Experienced PlayersSo, you just got marked, eh? Disappointed? Well, don’t be, thisis your opportunity to quietly observe those more experiencedplayers from the sidelines. Pay attention to:- The way they hold their gun- The way they move from bunker to bunker- The way they signal to their teammates.See if you can figure out their plan. All good players go intoevery game knowing the plan their team decided on before the gamestarted. Here are some questions to ask yourself as you observeexperienced players:- What are they wearing?- How do they shoot from a bunker?- How do they steady their gun?- What bunkers do they choose? See if you can figure out why.- How do they keep from getting marked?Keep mental notes of everything you see. Later, compare what younoted with the information you’ve been researching. Where does itmatch? Where are there differences? Can you figure out why? Doesit have to do with:- The terrain- The type of game being played- The player’s age or experience- The rules of the field- The player’s style of play or position (point man, safety,sniper, back man, front man, rover, etc.)?7. VolunteerLater, when you have a few games under your belt, volunteer toreferee at your local field. This is the fast way to becoming anexpert paintball player, as you are able to observe not only thegreat players’ methods, but all the newbie mistakes, too.Pay Attention to the Experts, Not to the Know-it-allsAll in all, paintball information can be found easily andquickly, especially online. Just remember to go to the expertsfor help (books, e-books, magazines, forum leaders, pro players,etc.) and to stay away from the newbie-talk and ramblings ofknow-it-alls that fill many of the forums.