Tom Coles Ultimate Woodsball League
February 2, 2009 in Misc.
Tom Cole (Bad Company) is taking paintball back to its roots. The new Ultimate Woodsball league promises to bring 10-man woodsball back with a twist! This new 10-man format is a mash-up, featuring 3-10 minute periods, dead player reinsertitions, and points for holding flag-based objectives. A typical UWL field will feature 4 flags, one for each team and two of neutral color at the 50-yard line. Divisions and classes are broken down based upon marker type and category. Teams are composed of several classes of players ranging from Captain, Heavy Weapons, Scouts, Snipers, Rangers and Infantry. Below we feature a breakdown of the classes and marker types.
Player Classes:
Captain: Communicates with officials, can request Special Weapons* and is limited to semi-auto & 9-volts.
Scouts: Semi auto & 9volt, can leave the base 10 seconds prior to start of the match.
Sniper Class: As a spin on the active roster count, the sniper can compete as your “11-th man” and does not impact your 10-man squad.
Infantry: Can use semi-auto markers & 9volts (breakout your revies!)
Heavy Weapons: Full auto and the fastest hopper you can find. SUPPRESSING FIRE!
*Special Weapons include instant re-insertion & artillery barrage
Check the schedule and start building your teams, this series is going to be a ton of fun! Anyone want to place bets that premier teams such as Dynasty and Bushwackers make an appearance?
2009 UWL Schedule of Events
April 25 – 26 California SC Village
May 16 – 17 Illinois Badlandz
June 5 – 6 Oklahoma D-Day
July 18 – 19 South Carolina Adventure Beach
August 1 – 2 California SC Village
August 29 – 30 Pennsylvania Three Rivers
September 12 – 13 Texas Cousins Paintball
October 3 – 4 Florida XPX
Further rules can be found @ PlayUWL.com
Bill said on February 2, 2009
PAINTBALL IS BACK, WE ARE FOREVER SAVED!
Bill said on February 3, 2009
Looking through the rules it looks like we have an open division with open class guns and hoppers, read: unlimited and no-nonsense.
thats the one im playing in boys! get your game on
Me said on February 2, 2009
I hope this isn’t the future of paintball
sniper said on February 2, 2009
This is a good spin. If you are not fan of woods, stay out. There are alot of former tournement players that don’t play air ball and can now make a come back. This sounds like fun. The way paintball should be.We need to bring back as many people as we can. Good job Tommy.
Ryan said on February 2, 2009
This sounds like a ton of fun! Great job Tom!
shoe said on February 2, 2009
this might actually be fun to go screw around in lol
whoa??? said on February 2, 2009
Looks alot like the SPPL format with 4 flags instead of 3! I know Tommy competes in the SPPL with many of the old Bad Company 10 man team.
pyro said on February 2, 2009
This seems more like a joke than anything. It would be cool to see old school paintball back around, but the player classes and such just seem really cheesy.
Also, didn’t the CFOA try a 10-man woodsball league last season? Didn’t hear much about it after pre-season. I wonder why…
K-DADDY said on February 3, 2009
CFOA prolly didnt have much success because all there events are at smaller fields AND being a smaller series they couldnt promote it near as well. I still dont see this going anywhere though. Looks like everybody is grabbing at straws to keep the sport alive
Killamasta said on February 4, 2009
Bringing 10 man back? I don’t think so, this is a scenario style game. Far from the old 10 man days. Dissapointed.
Chris Brown said on April 29, 2009
I’m disapointed in you guys. Have you no faith in the roots of paintball? There’s an awesome ad put out by the UWL that says, “These players started in the woods, now its your turn” and it has pictures of all your favorite pro’s.
The first event was a raging success. Nearly everyone who played the event loved the format, loved the dirt and loved the game play. Huge smiles were had at the event. Don’t be so quick to judge just because there’s no plastic bunkers on the field. Tom Cole took the NPPL from 10+ teams at its inauguration to over 200. I think the man knows what he’s doing.
Bill Ayers - Original Tippmann Effect said on August 1, 2009
Travis told me about this. I am intrigued and want to know more. Loved playing on the open fields of 7-man and X-ball, but the woods bring back the nostalgia of sitting in mud filled bunkers, planned pushes and mosquitoes.
simon cole said on November 16, 2009
hi guys
just played a european end of this event in england.
1st time back in the woods for about twelve years and it was brilliant. we done tom and all concerned.lets be honest, not all players want to travel the globe for 45 minutes of paintball, this is another avenue in which to get more people in the sport which we all badly need. all paintball is great and this format allows even the biggest paint magnets some real guntime. give it your support.
Mg said on November 25, 2011
what does a ranger do?