There are as many variations to playing paintball as there are stars in the sky.

Basically, it can be broken down into two groups.

There is one group of paintballers who love to go leap from behind bushes, sneak attack, hide like a panther in a tree, play sniper against their opponents and have a running good time. These are the recreational paintballers. The other group is a lot more technical but just as fun and they win money and prizes with their paintball abilities. They love the sport and the competition.

Some recreational players feel that tournament play is too serious and just stick to the field play. You will find dedicated folks on each side of the fence, on the flip side there are tournament players that are out practicing if they aren't playing in a tournament and they would never consider playing paintball strictly for recreational play.

And of course, there are a few that love to play and will enter tournaments and play on the weekends with their favorite group of buddies.

Tournament play is fast paced and exciting with a set of rules that generally do not change much. Playing with your buddies you can set a basic set of rules and write the game as you go. You can keep the game interesting by creating variations of other games played as well. You can make each and every paintball game different.

Decide what type of paintballer you and if you have never been in a tournament, attend a few and get a feel for that the competition entails and you just might find another fun aspect to playing paintball you hadn't considered.