HOW THE GAME PLAYS AND THE RULES
When you first arrive at Ping you will find it has no man made barricades on the game field. First thought is what do I hide behind and wow this is going to be easy to shoot people. But this is proven to be a very bad judgement within a few moments of the game starting. Players simply disappear ! The arena is 3 acres in size and the ground is rippled with waves of small mounds of earth and Pine needles. When players go to ground they simply disappear. With hundreds of trees around it is very easy to move up or down the arena.
There is a very simple object to this game and that is to shoot the other teams barrel where they start from. The game marshals stand next to the barrels and as soon as one is hit with a Paintball they make a loud Ping noise and the game is over ! Matches can be the best of 3 or 5 depending on the group and how long the Marshals judge it will take a game to play. Each game has a time limit on it of 10 minutes. Normal customers playing this game are out if they are shot anywhere bar the head or gun. Regular players and members play this game with any hit counts.
POINTERS ON HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME ARENA
When the game starts spread out and go low to the ground, let the other team approach and pick a few of their team off. Then make your way forward using the trees and make an attack then drop back. Don't stay in one place to long as they may not see you, but they will notice where you fire from. With all games communication is vital and you should let your team members know where you are and what you can see. The angle you at you might be able to see a player directly in front of them that they can't see. Once you have shot a few of their team out move further up the field, the further the game play is away from your barrel the safer you are. Try and play in a V shape when you leave the barrel as it means the players at the front have larger areas to hide and your not bunched together. If they see the players at the front and shoot at them you don't want hit by a ball aimed for them. It also means it is a lot harder for a player to run straight down the middle of the arena on a suicide run.
Once you have advanced up the field you have a few choices as to how to play the game. You can continue to push up the field trying to take out more players so you can get a shot on the barrel. You can push up the and bring your V formation into a straight line so you can then take pot shots at the barrel to score a win. Or you can get a player to run straight at the barrel to try and steal the win. This does 2 things, it can gain you a win or it gets the other team to expose where they are when they try and shoot the suicide runner. If your team talks to each other you will hold the upper hands which ever way it goes ! Keep the pressure on and keep moving position so they can not figure out where you are. Your not a winner until the barrel Pings !
Oh and what ever you do don't shoot your own barrel !!!
