| Have you ever overheard your fellow classmates | | | | wood cutters to mark certain trees to cut or not |
| or possibly co-workers talking about a sport called | | | | to cut. The guns were also used by farmers to |
| paintball? Have you ever wondered what it is? | | | | mark cattle. At some point, it occurred to a few |
| How to play? Or how it originated? Well if so this | | | | people to shoot the guns at each other. Which |
| is the article for you! First I will start off with the | | | | sparked the game of paintball to get started. But |
| basics and work my way up. | | | | it wasn't a very popular sport until about 1981 |
| What is Paintball exactly? | | | | when a group of 12 friends used some of the |
| Paintball is an action packed adrenalin pumping | | | | paintball guns to play a game of capture the flag. |
| sport in which players have paintball markers that | | | | Then in 1982 the first ever paintball field was |
| shoot paintballs which are simply thin-skinned | | | | opened in Rochester, New York. |
| gelatin capsule with a brightly colored paint inside. | | | | How do you play Paintball? |
| The paintballs are water based and biodegradable | | | | Paintball is a very simple game to play and |
| which makes them environmentally friendly. If you | | | | understand. There are two teams who start on |
| do get shot, the paint is very easy to get rid of | | | | opposite sides of the playing field with the |
| by just wiping it off before the next game or | | | | objective to either eliminate all opposing players or |
| once the day is over simply throw your clothes in | | | | a game of capture the flag in which a neutral flag |
| the washer and you are good to go! As far as all | | | | is placed in the middle of the field and the teams |
| of you environmentalist go there is know need to | | | | must try to be first to retrieve the flag. There |
| worry because paintballs are biodegradable and will | | | | are other games you may play with your friends |
| wash away once it rains! | | | | or at a field but these two are the most |
| How did Paintball originate? | | | | common. |
| The first guns were developed in the 1970's for | | | | |