First tourney I went to was the first proper tournament ever held, and was in Hatfield in 1988 (The Survival Championships) played with plastic Splatmasters that had a tube with 10 paintballs in and a little gas CO2 gas canister that held about 20 shots that plugged into the handle of the pistol ...bejezzus..now look at what we play with.
I think it was 15 man and played on fields the size of Berkshire and it was the first time I had ever seen cheating, thanks to the Bart Stud Squad, and I just couldn't believe people could be so low when I saw it.
How far we have come
Good ole days tho