The Formats
Here in Malaysia, the main format for tournament Paintball is the 5-man format. The National Paintball League (NPL) & Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit (MPOC) adopts these format in their league. The NPL feeder series (Pahang Open, Mayor's Cup, etc) are also based on the 5-man format and tournaments such as the Werdna Hol Cup & Junior Sports Carnival (JSC) adopts the 3-man format. There are also numerous lesser known tournament out there but mainly there are in these formats. Last year, the NPL introduced the 7-man NPL Super7 tournament and it was a roaring success. Perhaps we'll see it again this year.

What you have probably know by now is that, paintball is a team sport. The basic objective of the game is to eliminate the opponents by 'marking' them with paint, and grab their flag back to your station. Basically thats the most of it. Then there are variations to the ruling and format which is another whole new story.