Prior to establishing Snipers Den Paintball Melbourne at the current Moorabbin location we looked at a number of options. We considered opening an indoor venue but quickly decided that outdoor paintball was the better option. I explored outdoor vs indoor paintball in this previous blog post. We decided that we wanted to be as close … Continued
Sadly not a great piece of news relating to to the legislation looking to lower the age of paintball in Victoria. We were officially notified today that the Justice Legislation Amendment (Firearms and other matters) Bill 2014 has officially lapsed. This means that it will not proceed in its present form. Hon Wade Noonan MP … Continued
Before I start there is a lot that is not perfect about paintball in Australia. For example each state has their own age limit, In Victoria you need to be over the age of 18, SA and WA are 12 and 16 in NSW. In Tasmania – we cant even play at all at this … Continued
An Unfortunate accident in the US is a timely reminder for all paintballers to respect air tanks and be very careful in how they are handled and repaired. In the last week a Cherryville man died after an accident in his own home whilst trying to repair his CO2 Cylinder. All paintballers in Australia should … Continued
2014 overall was a fantastic year for Victorian Paintball. We had the Newborough based side H20 (Hard to Overcome) dominate for the first 4 out of 5 rounds before being pipped in round 5. While they still walked away with the Div1 title for the year it certainly sets the scene for 2015. With round … Continued
This is the continuation of the paintball player survey recently conducted to help the Paintball Association of Victoria gauge the thoughts of tournament players. We covered the first 5 questions out of 10. If you have not had a look at the first 5 questions results click here for part 1.
Recently Victorian Paintball players were asked to complete a 10 question survey on tournament paintball in Victoria. I will be running through the details here and adding some thoughts. The raw data will be unchanged but some clarification and context will be added where it helps. I will also be adding some thoughts where they … Continued
The Future of Tournament paintball part 2. For Part one click here Money Money…. Probably the hardest to do anything about. But once you look a little closer there are a few factors that we can look at. Th GFC caused a lot of problems for paintball. Not just paintball in America but Europe and … Continued
Victorian paintball has gone through a number of changes in the last 20 or so years. It all started with pump action paintball markers out in the bush and we are now at the point where we are playing on the same layouts as teams on the other side of the world with paintball markers … Continued
Ramping is a term used in the tournament paintball but most people outside the tournament paintball community (and probably some Melbourne Paintball players) may not have heard about it and may not be clear as to what it means.