The Lone Wolf: Scenario Paintball ninja style

Your in a weekend long scenario paintball game, all your buds have been hit out. The enemies have left for bigger fights, and your left alone, in the woods, to your own devices. What do you do? Head back to base or other players, or do you venture into the abyss of being a lone wolf?

The Lone wolf is a paintballer that has chosen to be an army of one for a while, a rambo among thirsty searching parties. a Chuck norris in vietnam. The role feeds into lots of hollywood movies and stories and plays well as your own mini scenario. The things that are so appealing about it is that what ever happens is up to you and you alone. Being a Lone Wolf shows how much you can do by yourself. The role requires a deep amount of thought, planning on the fly, stealth, and nerve to survive, such as

-Staying in one spot for long periods of time
-Asking yourself what the most amount of damage you can do to the other side.
-Ask yourself whats the best routes to take, movement, direction.
-Be weary of the noise you make and for what purpose. there could be a time for extreme noise and a time for none at all.
-Watch how much attention you bring to yourself. A stray shot at the wrong time could be your undoing.
-Cause choas and confusion.
-The more your in enemy territory, the more responsible you are for getting yourself out of a bad situation. Make sure your timing is right.

What all can you do as a lone wolf? How much effect can you have in a game? The role lends itself to lots of Guerrilla warfare tactics. Guerilla warfare isn't like conventional warfare in that it mostly impeads or even halts the other side for moveing forward freely. It can even demoralize them,But ultimately it doesn’t win the whole game. Guerilla tactis can be the mosquito bite to your enemy .You can constantly harass your enemy by giving them spuratic shots, moving and doing the same over and over. They may even mistake you for more than one person. If they ever spot you, you can call out to fake buddies that arn't there, thus allowing the enemy to think your not alone. Most lone wolfs think of either attacking the enemy base, acting as a sniper along a path with a set ambush, or swinging around to catch the enemy by attacking from behind.

The role can go further. Instead of just relieing on your own actions, you can take on a recon role by aiding support to other teams or the general of your side by reporting via radio on what you see.

Being a lone wolf is different than being a sniper. It may verge close to it, but the role is a casual one, where as players have choosen to be a sniper for a game and have prepared before hand. Snipers wear appropriate clothing such as a ghillie suit and are fully prepaired for long stints of alone time. The Lone wolf is part of the pack, but just strays for a bit. Both roles should recon when they can.

Charles "Mothman" Cole
www.TheScenarioPlayer.com