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What Is The Difference Between Indoor and Outdoor Paintball?
One interviewer asked Jay Taviton, of Oceanside Indoor Paintball what were some of the main differences between indoor paintball and outdoor paintball. The following was his response:
"The difference between the two fields is like night and day. Outdoor fields present a slower game. They tend to be more strategic and tactical, whereas the indoor game is played at a much faster pace. Tactics have their place in the indoor games, but everything's done at a very quick pace. I mean, you take your eyes off the field for one second and someone's right up on the side of you already."
Jay Tavitan, Book, The Complete Guide to Paintball, of GetFitNow.com books.
While Jay Tavitan may have been oversimplifying his contrasts between the two fields a little bit, indoor paintball fields are generally much smaller, and offer players much less room to move around. Because of the small quarters, the players from the two teams are much closer together, and there are few places that a player can run and hide without being in another player's range. There are a number of excellent indoor and outdoor fields throughout the U.S. Portland Paintball in Portland Oregon offers hours of indoor action in days of inclement weather. Portland Paintball has often been referred to as the Northwest's #1 Indoor Paintball Field. The indoor complex is very spacious, leaving players with room to maneuver and execute game tactics, rather than just shoot at each from 20 feet away. Portland Paintball has a 15,000 square foot indoor paintball facility. The game fields use inflatable bunkers and gravel and dirt and sand floors for running. Some games played have included dodge ball, Down But Not Out, and Four Corners. For some outdoor action, check out Sin City Paintball in Las Vegas Nevada. The Sports Park has a number of services there that include a full service Proshop, and paintball fields for game time.
Indoor and outdoor fields both present players with a variety of challenges and obstacles and game options. One of the biggest differences between the two fields is the setup of the markers for the games. Because indoor games are played in much smaller quarters, players are required to lower the shooting velocity on their markers to 220 feet per second. The outdoor fields are usually 290. Getting shot with a paintball at close range can be pretty painful, and players are required to lower marker speeds to lessen the sting. Outdoor fields are much larger and have much more open space. This means that when players move from bunker to bunker, they must move much faster than they would for indoor fields.
Both types of fields have their own strengths and challenges that make their games fun. Usually, players like one or the other. Players that enjoy outdoor speedball or indoor bunkerball like a lot of action and a lot of shooting. If you like to never take your finger off the trigger, then the indoor game is for you. If you enjoy natural terrains and positions like the sniper and the rover, then outdoor fields may be for you. Outdoor players compete at fields like Greenwood Acres Campgrounds and Paintball in Bangor Maine. Greenwood Acres is a great complex that combines sporting events like paintball, and outdoor activities like fishing and camping. Get ready for some great survival games at Greenwood Acres. Intense Paintball (www.intensepaintball.net) has both outdoor and indoor fields. What type of field you like to play on comes down to what type of speed of game you like to play.
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