Happy 30th Birthday Paintball!!!

[Bolter]

30 years ago, 12 men from all walks of life took to the woods of Henniker, NH to play a game, The Survival Game. The intention of the game was to determine whether survival was an instinct or something that had to be learned. -Charles Gaines

June 27, 1981
The first game played:
12 players competing against each other
Using Nel-spot 007s pistols
The game was capture the flag
The winner captured all flags without firing a shot!

Paintball has turned 30years old!

In this thread feel free to post a comment why paintball has left its mark on you (pun intended!) or a memorable moment you wish to share that wouldn't have happened if it weren't for paintball. Or if you just wish to post something funny that happened in a woodland somewhere in Europe, go for it!

HAPPY GOD DAMN BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!! :first::first::first:

 

[BaconDude]

Doubt I'd do much sport if I hadn't found it... never felt nearly as passionate about something I do.

Happy b'day. Who's got the cake?

 

[Bolter]

Who's got the cake?

You havent baked it yet! Go go go!

 

[BaconDude]

You havent baked it yet! Go go go!

You don't want me baking it buddy...

Tomorrow headlines will be "Large numbers of paintballers die after eating poorly baked cake. BaconDude held for questioning".

My cooking extends to use of the nuker. Nuked cake = bad cake.

 

[Chazum]

Always remember my first time paintballing, and tripping over and my good ol' gravity hopper fell of and I lost every ball in there. Those where the days!!

 

[Sid Sidgwick]

My fondest memory would either be playing with my now team mates in the woods, running full pelt, tripping over a root and landing on a tree stump dislocating my knee, the best part was the guy I was gunning for walked up to me on the floor, saw I was in pain and still decided to shoot me out lol

Or the first ever training day I turned up to with my mates, we all used site infernos and a local team turned up with a mixture of shockers, angels and electro cockers and all the gear and our jaws dropped thinking we had these guys to play. 20 minutes later we had spanked them into oblivion and at that moment decided this sport was for us.

 

[Tony Harrison]

My fondest memory would either be playing with my now team mates in the woods, running full pelt, tripping over a root and landing on a tree stump dislocating my knee, the best part was the guy I was gunning for walked up to me on the floor, saw I was in pain and still decided to shoot me out lol

Or the first ever training day I turned up to with my mates, we all used site infernos and a local team turned up with a mixture of shockers, angels and electro cockers and all the gear and our jaws dropped thinking we had these guys to play. 20 minutes later we had spanked them into oblivion and at that moment decided this sport was for us.

Their choice of kit was a fundamental error.

The use of shockers, angels and cockers meant that the ensuing lawsuits flying all over the place - not to mention the constant arguments about "which one is best" - clearly affected their game.

On the other hand, your team wisely chose to use the same marker from the same manufacturer. One of the bedrocks of success.

Also, the team you played probably didn't have enough HK stickers on their gear.

Yet another fundamental error.

HHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Tony Harrison]

June 27, 1981
The first game played:
12 players competing against each other
Using Nel-spot 007s pistols
The game was capture the flag
The winner captured all flags without firing a shot!

Paintball has turned 30years old!

In this thread feel free to post a comment why paintball has left its mark on you (pun intended!) or a memorable moment you wish to share that wouldn't have happened if it weren't for paintball. Or if you just wish to post something funny that happened in a woodland somewhere in Europe, go for it!

HAPPY GOD DAMN BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!! :first::first::first:

Just read the first post!

To answer your points in order:-

1. I have a constant urge to acquire more paintball stuff. Guns, magazines, HK stuff, DVD's. You name it.
2. Too many memorable moments. One time I disguised myself as a member of the opposing team and walked backwards through their line.....
3. One time, at a woodland tournament in the 90's, the Captain of the opposing team dropped dead in the middle of a game. Heart attack.

 

[Sid Sidgwick]

Their choice of kit was a fundamental error.

The use of shockers, angels and cockers meant that the ensuing lawsuits flying all over the place - not to mention the constant arguments about "which one is best" - clearly affected their game.

On the other hand, your team wisely chose to use the same marker from the same manufacturer. One of the bedrocks of success.

Also, the team you played probably didn't have enough HK stickers on their gear.

Yet another fundamental error.

HHHHHHHHHHHHH

All the gear no idea eh Jonna (I would have used more smiles but SP patented them all)

 

[BaconDude]

Just read the first post!

3. One time, at a woodland tournament in the 90's, the Captain of the opposing team dropped dead in the middle of a game. Heart attack.

What a cracking point to a 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAINTBALL' thread.