Who Should You Buy Your Gear From?—Paintball gear - you bet, we got everything...! Or so the claims continue. Through the eyes of your browser, most paintball companies look pretty good. But any backwoods paintball wannabe can pick up a pre-made shopping cart, spend a couple of bucks on graphic design, and with a few clicks of the mouse, instantly transform Jo Bob’s Fried Burritos & Magic Beans into “The Ultimate Online Paintball Gear Emporium”.

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The Advantages of DuraCoat Finish I pushed through the thick brush along the edge of the field to position myself at the northern flank of my opponent's base. I figured that they would place at least one or two snipers in the area to protect their flank and ward off any "backdoor attacks" from my teammates, so I stayed away from any paths and worked my way up the perimeter of the field.

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Camouflage for the Woods Paintball Player—If you play paintball on a regular basis, you’ve most likely come to appreciate the importance of complete body protection. Personal preference for paintball safety gear varies considerably among players, as some prefer to leave nothing to chance by piling on layers of clothing, while others opt to only wear a few strategically placed pads.

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Since Scenario Paintball takes the sport to a new level, it should be no surprise that scenario gear goes next-level, too.

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The Heavy Artillery of Scenario Paintball—As scenario paintball has grown, so has the need for heavy artillery. When thousands mass in pitched battles, a handful of enterprising souls ask themselves, “How can we bring mass destruction to the opposition.” For all of us wackos, we present the arsenal of paintball exotics.

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No paintball player steps onto the field expecting to take a 200 m.p.h. Marballizer in the groin (the very thought brings tears to your eyes, doesn't it?), but the possibility exists, and every precaution should be taken to keep it from happening to you.

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The Woodsball Way to Haul Your Gear—In the beginning, we used to carry all our crap in our pockets. Ten-round paint tubes and 12 gram CO2 cartridges would jangle around until we used them or they fell out. Then, some enterprising paintball entrepreneur came up with a harness that carried a bunch of tubes and 12 grams. We thought paintball nirvana had come.

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I. The Right Equipment -- A coordinated team royally kicks butt on a random bunch of guys with guns - Napoleon, MacArthur and Lao Tzu would all agree. So would the groups who got it handed to them all last summer as the SpecialOps team scrimmaged against walk-on teams of three to five times their numbers.

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Like Paintball on Red Bull -- Saturday morning finds you stepping out of your car onto some lonely woodlot on the edge of town. Somewhere nearby, kids are just getting up to watch cartoons. It's still a little chilly so you stuff one hand into your camo pants-pockets while the other hand hangs onto your warm coffee like it's the ripcord of a parachute. With your shoulders hunched, you shuffle up to the couple of guys in camo that got there first. You mutter your hellos and all of you turn to face the road simultaneously like a choreographed dance move. You're all wondering the same thing: how many players will show up this morning?

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How It Pays to Play... -- You're a committed paintballer. You've invested a lot of time in becoming a half-decent player. You've spent a lot of money gearing up to a respectable level. You've read a lot to learn the ins and outs of the sport. But, none of that matters when you walk onto a new field. Nobody knows you or your skills. For all they know, you're another newbie who's gone out and bought a marker.

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