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Paintball, the Wizard's Way: The Authoritative Book on Paintball Equipment, Strategy, and Tactics

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Ron Elbe has obviously been playing paintball for quite some time and has compiled a good primer for the player that wants to be a sniper. If you are a go fast and straight at 'em kind of a guy, this book is not for you. His analysis of the different kinds of equipment does not focus on specific brands and styles, he wrote it so that it wouldn't be time sensitive. He also gives tips that are timeless. I, for one, did not know that using a rock tumbler for your paint would make it fly straighter until I read this book. He gives more tips like this throughout the book and his recount of one game is almost worth the price of the book. This is a great book for anyone starting out in the game as well as for the experienced player.

This book is worth reading no matter if you are new to the sport or very experienced. Someone previously mentioned that this book tells you bad tips, it does not. He said that snipeing is a waste of time, but most paintballers know that you dont really snipe on a SPEEDBALL FIELD! This book gave me some better tactics to be a sniper but you cant just decide to be one over night you have to practice like the guy who bad mouthed the book before did not. If you want to try snipeing read this book and practice a little on some wooded fields and you will find that it is much more efficent than wasteing 1,000 rounds every five minutes on a speed ball field, this book tells you some tips on how to do so.

This book is out dated but still have some good ideas for the new players. It is a good book if you are just starting to get into the game. The book is mostly about being a sniper on the paintball field. It has some good strategy for new and old players but some of the equipment that he talks about is old. I found the book vary interresting for a out dated book.

Out dated but still worth a good read. If you are the type of person who really "pays attention" you'll get some pretty good ideas on how paintball works. This book is enjoyable for experienced players and a good source of info for the newer ones

This book is written by a man who refers to himself as The Wizard, like he is diserving of an alias. However, this book is extremely humorous because it is so outdated and some of the games he mentions that you should play are outrageously dangerous. These games could only be safe if you were throwing the paintballs. He says to do stuff like stand back to back (old west style) and walk 5 paces each away from eachother. Then you are supposed to turn around and shoot!!!!!! I don't know about you, but I don't enjoy being hit from so close that it makes you bleed!!!!!

The elements are elementary, consisting of only defenders, and a small portion on advancement, etc. I am very dissappointed

I think that the idots who criticise this book are just not fully appreciateing it. In today's world of Angel's and Autococker's with Halo B's, and games of speedball that use 20,000 rounds(no joke that is an actual amount from a recent NPPL tournie), it is nice to look back to a simpler time, where a 48 round WGP loader or a 10 round feed tube was completly acceptible. The people who wrote the scathing review's are either n00b slayer's with 1500 dollar Angel's who think that anything that shoots under 17 BPS is unacceptable, or they are ungrateful idiots who don't give a crap about what actually built this sport. It takes much more skill to "snipe", not quite the right word, with a VSC Phantom than it does to dump a case of paint down field with a Angel. I reccomend this book to any new players who want to learn the basic skills it takes to suceed in paintball, or old school players. A great read for all appreciative paintballers.

One of the best paintball refrences from yesteryear. This stroll down memory lane is still packed with exelent information for the beginning or occasional recerational player (the tournament level stuff is so outdated as to be funny however.) Some of the equipment mentioned (SMG-60's for example) are not availible any more, but the basic information of action types, and their advantages still holds true.
Enjoy the refrence, then get out to your local fields and enjoy the game... keep it safe, and Goggles On!And perhaps I'll see you there.

overall a good book does not concentrate as much on offensive as it should but it makes up for it in the defensive area

Hey, I belive that this book should be spared because the aurthor of this book seams like a not verry accomplished paintball player. All of his tips and tactics are for a "Snyper" type player witch stays back in the field and is afraid to advance. So what I am saying is this book incourages being a wusy player and not a head-to-head front line, adrenile player and dose not give you tips to becaome one. So this book discourges advancing your paintball game.