Join the NPPL: National Professional Paintball League

Paintball is the third most popular extreme sport. In the last 15 years it has gained popularity in over 40 countries and is reportedly the most searched sport for supplies on eBay, spending over $225 million a year.

Paintball combines the childhood game of capture the flag with hide and seek, but with a paintball gun and strategery. There are only 7 people per team per game who combine to capture the flag and take sacrafice for their teammates. The object of the game is to capture the opposing team's flag, while protecting your own. But it's not all about the flag. It's about the singled assassination (with paint) of each player. Who is shot first, which players sacrafice themselves for the cause, who is the most aggressive player and which barriers to overcome first.

ESPN2 recently picked up the NPPL World Series, using graphic aids to assist the viewer in figuring out the game. Each game is played with 7 minutes maximum, and the winner is determined after the best of 3 games. It is a sport where males and females can compete equally, where youth is not the dominant factor. Although it requires some physical ability, it is strategic.


Scoring is determined on a 100 point scale. You can still win, even if you don't caputre your opponents flag first.

32 points for grabbing the opponent’s flag first
40 points for hanging the opponent’s flag first
21 points for shooting out all of the 7 opponents (3 points per player)
7 points for keeping all your players alive at the end of the game ( 1 point per player)

For example, 100 points is awarded to your team if you grab and hang your opponent's flag first, you kill all your opponents and all of you team is in.

If teams have the same points at the end of a game, it is considered a draw. But, if the teams are tied at one game each, and they draw on the third game, there is a sudden death, one-on-one shoot-out.

For more information visit www.nppl.tv or www.nationalpaintball.com