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Large Scale woodsball games are commonly referred to as "Big Games" or "Scenario Games". Popular examples of this format are Cousin's Big Game in Coram, New York (on Long Island) and Hell
Survivor's Monster Game just outside Pinckney, Michigan and Invasion of Normandy at Skirmish U.S.A in Pennsylvania which draws in about 3,500 to 4,500 players a year and lasts for two days. Another variant of the Big Game is the "Attack and Defend" format where large numbers of attackers try to overrun a fixed, but well-defended objective such as a compound or large building.
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conditions affect the strategic options offered to players in a differing way to a symmetrical playing field encountered in other regulated sports. Fields may contain both natural and artificial structures, including bunkers, barricades and bases. This may lead the players to adopt different types of
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level. The length of games is roughly determined by the expanse of the playing area and the number of players involved – generally it takes five to ten minutes before players make contact with an opposing player. Woodsball features large teams, in competition to obtain various goals and objectives.
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battle. This is due to its effectiveness in allowing players to simulate military situations using realistic weaponry and equipment; all of which are customizable - allowing each player to fulfill a tactical role. The types of games playable are nearly infinite, and include mostly
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amongst the paintball variations, in that players can be given the option to equip themselves with differing equipment based on their assigned role or class within the team. The make-up of a player's role is potentially limitless, and can be based upon realistic
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While standard paintball equipment can be used in woodsball, manufacturers may market their products as specific to the woodsball game format. In most cases, such equipment is designed to be more reliable in outdoor harsh conditions. Gloves, padding and other
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Woodsball is a style of paintball that can be played in natural terrain, including wooded areas - limited only by the availability of land. The basic rule of paintball still applies; players must attempt to eliminate opposing players using a
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roles. Additionally, these classes may grant them unique options in the game - for example, one type of player may be able to communicate with gaming officials, while another may be allowed to begin the game before the rest of the players.
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is of importance for woodsball; players need to blend into the surrounding environment, making it harder for the opposing team to spot the player. The exact nature of the camouflage may vary, and can include military (such as
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may be used in woodsball, the format allows for marker customization – allowing a player to fill tactical roles while using the same marker throughout. For example, a player might fulfill the role of a
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648:"Paintball course opens near Centerville May 1"
517:50+ Ways to Play with Your Paintballs, Malensek
871:"Common Foe - Paintball Games & Scenarios"
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774:Vivirito Jr, John (August 10, 2006).
625:"Tom Coles Ultimate Woodsball League"
372:and one of the newest types of camo,
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1201:Appendix:Glossary of paintball terms
708:Gaines, Charles (December 6, 2004).
571:. Sports Illustrated. Archived from
1153:Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball
710:"Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?"
569:"Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?"
567:Gaines, Charles (6 December 2004).
544:. PaintballHawk.com. Archived from
1107:Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
542:"Paintball Hawk - About Paintball"
170:was a simple concatenation of the
126:is sometimes used to describe non-
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968:Electropneumatic paintball marker
1167:NPPL Championship Paintball 2009
847:Wickwire, Alex (17 March 2010).
686:Robertson, BT (March 22, 2009).
596:"Paintball addictive to players"
412:Woodsball scout in combat, with
84:Paintballs, paintball marker, CO
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594:Peters, Kristina (2007-09-28).
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904:Blast Radius Woodsball Podcast
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800:Coyne, Spencer (4 May 2010).
688:"Paintball by B.T. Robertson"
894:About.com Woodsball Strategy
849:"Paintball invades the dome"
31:Woodsball marksman in combat
826:Woodsball Tournament League
398:Woodsball Tournament League
257:Woodsball player in German
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1146:Gotcha! Extreme Paintball
961:List of paintball markers
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241:in the paintball marker
221:The natural terrain and
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780:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
160:Henniker, New Hampshire
42:Henniker, New Hampshire
1053:Angel Paintball Sports
831:March 3, 2016, at the
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228:objective in woodsball
761:"Best Paintball Mask"
503:Stock class paintball
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988:Paintball variations
421:paintball variations
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806:www.bclocalnews.com
646:Schaffer, Michael.
548:on 18 February 2010
356:military camouflage
267:Paintball equipment
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1225:Paintball variants
1139:Gotcha! The Sport!
1132:Extreme Paintbrawl
996:Scenario paintball
776:"Potshot hotshots"
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1027:Oliver Lang
439:Elimination
261:camouflage.
1214:Categories
1177:Television
1063:FEP Sports
522:References
475:Common Foe
465:is tagged.
414:Camouflage
361:Camouflage
354:See also:
350:Camouflage
317:While any
281:camouflage
243:propellant
197:tournament
143:historical
1220:Woodsball
1041:Companies
1011:Woodsball
1001:Speedball
948:Equipment
940:Paintball
498:Speedball
488:Paintball
394:speedball
382:Mossy Oak
366:Flecktarn
259:Flecktarn
249:Equipment
245:system.
186:Game play
180:paintball
168:woodsball
164:livestock
154:Etymology
124:woodsball
120:speedball
116:paintball
96:Woodsball
80:Equipment
20:Woodsball
1078:Tippmann
855:25 March
829:Archived
631:25 March
579:13 April
482:See also
374:multicam
277:military
215:military
210:strategy
108:bushball
104:hillball
1114:Gotcha!
956:Markers
876:29 July
785:5 March
745:Dec 18,
724:4 March
693:5 March
671:4 March
606:4 March
552:4 March
469:Zombies
445:Ironman
378:hunting
307:Markers
301:canyons
223:weather
110:) is a
75:outdoor
73:Extreme
53:Contact
1185:X-Fire
1083:Umarex
370:MARPAT
336:barrel
324:sniper
287:, and
128:milsim
112:format
1099:Films
1092:Media
811:5 May
433:(CTF)
376:) or
332:stock
297:armor
178:from
172:woods
139:story
1068:RAP4
878:2014
857:2010
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