Lets talk about big games, those huge paintball games that gather hundreds of players at the same place for a day pure fun and adventure. This is the best way you will find to learn everything you can about recreational paintball, there are lots of teams that go and are whiling to give guidance to the new players and even let them try out their markers so that later on, when they decide to buy equipment they are better informed about what suits them better.
How can you find them? Simple type “paintball big game” in any search engine and you will get lots of information about several games. I honestly advise (if you are from Portugal or can come for a game here) the Paintugal big games.
Paintugal makes free (sometimes low fee 5-10€) big games and allows everyone to participate. In the last year they hosted the biggest game ever made in the Iberian Peninsula with 660 players in a terrain with several acres and a mix of scenario and wild forest with several objectives to conquer.
In this kind of games there are usually many different objectives that go from protecting a base or a general to capturing persons, objects or even conquering enemy well defended bases.
In most games 2 players are denominated leaders or generals (or whatever they call them in that game), and they are the ones who create the game strategy for their team. You can make a part of this strategy or just play the way you want, but I would recommend play as a part of the main strategy and talk with the team leader about your experience in paintball, the equipment you will take, your physical condition and all you may think of any use, because like that he can give you a proper role that suits your personal qualities.
In the end you are the one who choose what to do, and that’s the way it is supposed to be, you will never be forced to do a role you don’t want to.
The biggest advice I can give you is, whatever game you go, talk with the persons around you, in paintball most of the players are very… lets call it “friendly” because they know what is to start without good equipment or start without a regular team to play.
I hope you liked this small post and even if you are not thinking of participating of a big game, visit their web sites because some of them (like paintugal) have forums with players whiling to teach you and answer your questions.
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