| Paintball and lasertag are two very similar sports - | | | | so long as you can make the shot. |
| both involve simulations to "kill" off your opponents. | | | | While newer laser harnesses equip a system to |
| Lasertag uses harnesses and lights to register the hits | | | | register near misses, it just isn't the same feeling as |
| and misses where paintball uses guns to propel | | | | dodging paintball pellets. There is something about the |
| paint-filled pellets at your opponents. Personally I prefer | | | | sound of the pellets whizzing by and kicking up the dirt |
| paintball over lasertag. There is an element of realism | | | | as they zing past that really gets the adrenaline |
| involved in paintball that is just impossible to replicate | | | | flowing. When you get hit with a paint pellet, you will |
| with the whirring beeps and lights of lasertag. There is | | | | feel it! Paint guns pump out "bullets" at over 250 mph - |
| nothing like the sound of pellets flying overhead to get | | | | there is nothing quite like the sting of a hit. With lasers |
| the adrenaline rushing and really pull you into a game of | | | | its just simply impossible to replicate the sense and feel |
| paintball. | | | | of actually being under fire. The sting of being hit is |
| The realism of a game of paintball is undeniable. When | | | | completely missing. |
| dealing with paint guns, you must adjust your aim for | | | | Lasertag eliminates the fog of war. Anyone who's |
| the wind, speed, and distance of your target much as | | | | ever been on the battlefield knows that once the |
| you would need to on an actual battlefield. Because a | | | | bullets start flying, confusion ensues. Its difficult to tell |
| laser is light-based, it may technically be easier to shoot | | | | friend from foe in the noise, heat, and confusion. That |
| more accurately over impossibly long distances. This | | | | fog is what creates a realistic encounter and makes |
| accuracy, however, just isn't realistic. The drawback is | | | | paintball so exciting. Without it, you may as well be |
| that in order to score a shot in lasertag, you must | | | | sitting at home playing some war game for the XBOX. |
| have a direct line of sight to your opponent's sensor | | | | I'll take the mess and confusion created by a well shot |
| equipment. On the other hand, in paintball there are no | | | | paintball anyday over the lack of adrenaline stimulated |
| sensors involved, so any exposed parts are fair game! | | | | by laser tag. There simply isn't any comparison to the |
| You can nail anyone who is at all exposed in paintball | | | | real thing. |