Editing Hyperball (section)

=== Development in the United Kingdom ===

During the early 1990s, most major paintball tournaments were played on woodland fields.

British paintball company WDP developed Hyperball as an alternative, using large corrugated plastic drainage pipes arranged to create an open, spectator-friendly playing environment.

The pipes could be placed vertically, horizontally or in connected formations, providing different types of cover while allowing spectators to follow the action more easily.

WDP introduced Hyperball competition in the United Kingdom during 1996.

The company's organiser, [[Ged Green]], subsequently described the introduction of Hyperball at a Birmingham tournament in 1996, followed by a larger event the following year.[2]

The [[World Hyperball Championships]] became associated with the development of the format.

A 1997 championship in Birmingham featured 40 ten-player teams, including competitors from Europe and the United States.

The [[Banzai Bandits]], a British team associated with the development of [[Planet Eclipse]], won the event, defeating Shades of Grey in the final.[4]

The tournament combined traditional woodland competition with Hyperball games, with the final stages played on the artificial-bunker field.