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Paintball : The History

Today paintball is a popular sport which of the sport came the development of the
has spread all over the world and become commercial paintball industry and more
a truly global leisure activity. Its organized tournament-style games.
evolution into the modern game has taken The first outdoor commercial paintball
place very quickly compared to most field opened in 1982 in Rochester N.Y. by
sports. The paintball gun has its origins Caleb Strong and the same man opened the
back in the early 1970s when James Hale indoor version in 1984 in Buffalo N.Y.
of Daisy manufacturing invented and This allowed big groups of people to
patented a gun to be used for marking gather in one place and play and
trees and livestock. The principle encouraged the paintball business owners
creators of the paintball game were Bob to develop the game further to keep the
Gurnsey, a sporting goods retailer, Hayes players interested and entertained. The
Noel, a stockbroker and Charles Gaines, a "bunker-style" game came about and the
writer and it's widely accepted that the smaller fields seem to benefit everyone.
first ever recreational game of paintball They meant that the players could start
took place on 27th June 1981 in New the action quicker without having to
Hampshire, USA, when 12 friends used stalk through the woods for ten minutes
these Nel-spot 007s pistols to play a without seeing anyone, and the business
primitive version of 'capture the flag' owners were happy because players were
in a field measuring over 100 acres. purchasing more paintballs due to the
Legend has it that the winner captured constant fire fights.
the flag without firing a single shot. As Nowadays commercial paintball fields are
the game progressed minor modifications commonplace but many still prefer to play
were made to the guns to limit the power out in the woods in non-commercial games.
and the paintballs themselves changed While this is cheaper it can be more
from oil-based to water-based to make it problematic and dangerous than paying to
easier to wash the paint off clothes. play at a commercial site. Although the
The game was first marketed by Charles majority of enthusiasts only ever play
Gaines as "National Survival Game" (NSG), recreational paintball, professional
a name which reflects the nature of teams are being formed all the time and
paintball as it was first played. compete at national and international
Occasionally the groups of people playing level. The first cash prize tournament
broke off into teams but most games were was held in 1983 and even then the prizes
a case of every man for himself. As were worth $14,000, today the prizes are
recreational paintball became more worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
popular and sophisticated, more people In 1992 the NPPL (National Professional
were playing and using teams became the Paintball League) was founded and became
standard. Many different types of the major force in professional
offensive/defensive games began to form tournament games when it started its
but "capture the flag" was still the most Pro-am series around the US.
popular. With the increasing popularity




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