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What does it take to play professionally?
While the early versions of paintball were open field games played in natural environments, today's tournament paintball games as smaller, referred, and high profile events with national sponsorships. Paintball has indeed come a long way since its early inceptions. The founding founders envisioned paintball as a survival game where players could sharpen their skills of self preservation and the ability to defend themselves if needed be. Today, tournament paintball games feature professional players with corporate sponsorships, and some matches are known to draw large audiences.
As the game of paintball evolved in the 1980s, the sport began to emphasize team survival over individual survival. Games of total elimination evolved into games like capture the flag, which were team efforts where one player would protect the other in an offensive assault. The greens and browns in players clothing became radical colors of blacks and bright blues, reds, and yellows in team uniforms. Tournament games feature standardized fields with high nets, huge inflatable bunker-balloons, and bleachers for friends, family, and fans of the game. This article features some of the best tournament paintball in the country, its pros, and the rules and regulations of these games.
There are a number of excellent websites dedicated to the coverage of tournament paintball, including Paintball 2Xtemes, FaceFull, Paintball Magazine, and Paintball Games International. While there are many professional paintball leagues, the most popular ones are in the collegiate venues, the PSP, and the NPPL. While millions of people play the game every year, only a very small percentage ever make the NPPL or PSP circuit.
What does it take to play professionally? In general, a professional player must dedicate a significant amount of time to the game in order to play at such a high level. Often this dedication and time spent come at the expense of family or other career opportunities. If you are interested in things like having a spouse and family, a college education, or a career in another field you probably won't be able to put in the necessary hours to become a tournament champion. Listed below is some of the most prestigious tournament paintball in the country, including the NPPL and PSP.
The NPPL.
The NPPL is short for the National Professional Paintball League. The NPPL is the sole sanctioning body for all amateur and professional paintball players in North America. The NPPL was first formed in 1993 and is the oldest sponsor of tournament paintball. This league is composed of players and player representatives who establish league rules and guidelines, and sanction and preside over all aspects of an NPPL event. While the NPPL is currently the sole sanctioning body for North America, there are plans for establishing a base all over the world. The future goal of the NPPL is to create a major mainstream audience for the sport, expand the number of players playing paintball, and educate others about the games high safety standards, team building experiences, and integrity of the sport.
One famous tournament paintball event is the NPPL Super 7 Tournament Series.
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