[brentwickliffe]

I am new to this tournament stuff and honestly what is the difference?
and not just between those two but all the other leagues and series as well.

do the same teams play in the PSP and the NPPL or are they different.

which do you prefer? why?

I am going to the PSP event in Galveston TX next month it will be my first major paintball event.

Which event do more people go to?

[eforce]

PSP usually has higher attendance. Each league has teams exclusive to their format and there are teams that play both. As a spectator, you're better off at the PSP events due to the much faster gameplay and competition. As a player, it depends on your playing style. The PSP is fast and in your face. The NPPL is slower, more technical gameplay.

[monkeyballer099639]

In PSP, you only play with 5 players on the field, use a capped ramping firing mode, are allowed to have a coach on one side, and will play the same team 2-4 times (or more depending on division) before you play another team. They use the Race-to format, which is like who wins the best of. Example, a match that is race-to 4, two teams will play each other until one team wins 4 times. Then they will go play other teams. PSP is much faster game play and allows crowd to be involved. You also get more games. As a team, the only downside is that you shoot more pait, which may bite your wallet of you are paying out of pocket.

In NPPL, they use a capped semiauto firing mode, no coaching, 7 players on the field. The normal NPPL format is round-robin, where you play 8 different teams once in the prelims and you get points based on what happens in a game ( opponents eliminated, your players left alive, flag pull, flag hang). However, NPPL is doing a race-to format this year. NPPL play tends to be more methodical and strategic, which is fun to watch if you know what they are doing, but not as fun if you are a new spectator watching for the first time.

There are some teams that play only one league while others play both. For the teams that play both, they usually have different squads for each league, with a core group of players that play in both.

I play both because each has its advantages. I like the strategy involved on playing NPPL and their first event, Huntington Beach, is a local for me. Playing Xball (psp) is much more common because of the player requirement and to requires me to move more during the game, making it much more face paced.

As a player, you don't have to be stuck to one format. It is good to learn both even if you mainly play just one.

[brentwickliffe]

Thanks a lot for the info guys!!

[rdpb196]

psp is way better

[brentwickliffe]

Why do you say that?

[Phil00r]

Because he is very objective.......

[Paintballer12u]

PSP is just more fun because theres more people honestly

[brentwickliffe]

Tanks for the info everyone!

[bumblB]

Both are very different types of the game. I love both X-ball and the traditional 7-man, but if I were spectating, I would watch x-ball only. 7-man is too slow and boring to watch if you don't understand the game. To all the other tournament players, it might be fun to watch a 7-man game, but to the average person, not interesting enough.

As for playing, both are fun, both are great. The things I dislike about 7-man is the down time between games. During prelims, you play a game and wait about an hour until your next match. X-ball, you get to play multiple points per match, and then have a waiting period. You get to play more paintball for your money in x-ball. The great thing about 7-man though, you get to be sneaky because of no coaching, just only team communication. It's such an awesome feeling when you realize that everyone/vast majority of the opposing team is looking one way and you do this giant run through and take 3-4 people down before you get eliminated.

[yuik (Banned)]

I'm originally from the east coast so I may be alittle biased . Growing up only 2 fields ever had a 10man or 7 man field ( top gun paintball in NJ and Skirmish in PA). Other then that the other 20 fields or so were purely psp or xball focused .

95% of teams would play xball . Practice for it. Hell who can blame us the nppl never hosted any good events near NYC / NJ to get us motivated as young players . There were tons of 5 man leagues and amateur xball leagues to gain reputation for psp , AXBL , NYPL ect . If you played competitive paintball driving 2-3 hours to scrimmage teams in xball formats on Saturday and the. Plays others on Sundays it was all about psp . And people got into it .


This is why I love Nppl. I played it once at a street ball game , weds night lights at top gun and it was so much more fun . No coaching more change less typical then every xball point ect. No coaching so awareness was a factor again. After this we got motivated to do uspl Washington DC . I wish nppl gave the east coast more love . Please make an east and west division

[SNEAKY JO]

My opinion, I like NPPL just a little better. Youre not relying on a computer board to make you shoot fast and you make youre own moves. The only people you can count on is your 7man squad seeing as theres no sideline coaching like PSP. In PSP they allow coaching and some players ive seen will wait until theyre told what to do by scouting eyes on the sidelines. I am against the sideline coaching for that reason only. Other than that ive played both formats and enjoy both very much.

[Paper_Cut]

I don't like the PSP because unlike NPPL losing a game doesn't seal your fate.

[NoriXbLAk]

This season Im going with PSP. I dont know how I feel about the new chips that have to be installed in the markers for NPPL

[rastus270]

psp, they have the best turnouts

[kevbot]

psp is just what every field plays