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What is the difference between a marker used for woodsball and a marker used for speedball?

[Dark-ninja]

I'm a noob to paintball too, planning to a get my own marker soon. I think that any marker can be used for woodsball or speedball, but generally, faster firing, accurate markers are for speedball, longer range and accurate markers are for woodsball (played in a wood obviously).
I'm probably wrong, but thats what i've gathered...!

Peace Out

-dark-ninja-

[martix_agent]

there's no idfferene except how they look. woodsball markers generally are bigger and hav e mroe of a real-weapon feel to them.

there's no difference in range and accuracy between them

[Crawdaddy]

There isn't a difference except where you are using it. Generally what are commonly called speedball markers are electronic markers with low weight and a high rate of fire. Woodsball markers are normally mechanically fired with less emphasis on low weight and more emphasis on "durability". Woodsball also contains a sort of subgroup known as "milsim" these are the guys with their markers tricked out to look like real weapons with stocks and fake magazines and things like that.

There isn't a hard and fast distinction speedball markers used to all be mechanical and the game was dominated by Automags and Autocockers they were the best of the best with no batteries required. Lots of people still play speedball with mechanical markers and speedball markers can more than hold their own in the woods and are actually in many way more durable than woodsball markers. Throwing a wrench into both definitions are pump players that refuse to easily fit any category.

If you are just starting out do yourself a huge favour and stop thinking in terms of woodsball or speedball both styles of play have a lot to offer.

[Trbo323]

Originally Posted by Crawdaddy

There isn't a difference except where you are using it. Generally what are commonly called speedball markers are electronic markers with low weight and a high rate of fire. Woodsball markers are normally mechanically fired with less emphasis on low weight and more emphasis on "durability". Woodsball also contains a sort of subgroup known as "milsim" these are the guys with their markers tricked out to look like real weapons with stocks and fake magazines and things like that.

There isn't a hard and fast distinction speedball markers used to all be mechanical and the game was dominated by Automags and Autocockers they were the best of the best with no batteries required. Lots of people still play speedball with mechanical markers and speedball markers can more than hold their own in the woods and are actually in many way more durable than woodsball markers. Throwing a wrench into both definitions are pump players that refuse to easily fit any category.

If you are just starting out do yourself a huge favour and stop thinking in terms of woodsball or speedball both styles of play have a lot to offer.

totally agreed, couldnt have said it better myself, i like how you described the pump players.

its not so much what you are going to play more, its what you are wanting out of the marker, i wanted a fast, light marker that had great efficiency, so i got a dm6, there is a little more maintanance than something like a spyder but i dont mind that, and even though i play woodsball most of the time i really am glad i went with something thats concidered a speedball marker (high rates of fire in the woods make for some awsome suppressing fire for everyone else to move up)