When and by whom was paintball started ??
Answers, links ect appreciated
(for presentation at work !)
Answers, links ect appreciated
(for presentation at work !)
PB, in the begining ?
- Thread starter go-one
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Look in the March April May issues. I was in Turkey when I read it so I know it was one of them 3 months. Sorry I couldn't narrow it down more.
You could contact Blue at EMR (emrpb@epix.net) - they have a great paintball museum there with ads and markers and gear from the very beginnings of the game. Blue is really cool - I'm sure he'll give you some info
started down under realy
first paint ball gun was devloped for marking sheep, by an egnlish guy working in newzeland,
when it got to canada some one was board one winter and shot his mate, they got two guns and use to stalk each other in the woods.
then it went to the us and paintball the sport took of.......
ummmm them were the days, all plastick pmi pumps and splats at dawn.
there is a real old one in the back of paint ball gear.
(don't ask why i no this **** i just do ok)
first paint ball gun was devloped for marking sheep, by an egnlish guy working in newzeland,
when it got to canada some one was board one winter and shot his mate, they got two guns and use to stalk each other in the woods.
then it went to the us and paintball the sport took of.......
ummmm them were the days, all plastick pmi pumps and splats at dawn.
there is a real old one in the back of paint ball gear.
(don't ask why i no this **** i just do ok)
A serious answer
Paintball as we know it began in 1981 in New Hampshire. Bob Gurnsey and others played a game of "Capture the flag" in which each player was thier own 'team'. The object of tht game was to capture 12 flags in a multi-acre field. 12 players, 12 flags, every man for himself.
The winner was a forest ranger who never fired a shot. I'll go look it up in a while, if oyu want names and such. I'm doing htis from memory.
"Skirmish" was formed a while after, with Splatmasters as 'rentals'. This went on for a while, as "Skirmish" became a franchise. Things evolved from there.
-Tyger
Paintball as we know it began in 1981 in New Hampshire. Bob Gurnsey and others played a game of "Capture the flag" in which each player was thier own 'team'. The object of tht game was to capture 12 flags in a multi-acre field. 12 players, 12 flags, every man for himself.
The winner was a forest ranger who never fired a shot. I'll go look it up in a while, if oyu want names and such. I'm doing htis from memory.
"Skirmish" was formed a while after, with Splatmasters as 'rentals'. This went on for a while, as "Skirmish" became a franchise. Things evolved from there.
-Tyger