| The game of paintball has become a growing | | | | with a paintball. Whichever team has the most |
| phenomenon as a form of recreational sport in the | | | | surviving members in the end wins the game, there |
| Unites States, and other parts of the world. It is | | | | can also be variations to the game where a time limit |
| estimated that 5.4 million people played the game in the | | | | can be set, or different objectives can be put in place |
| United States in 2007, with over 1.9 million playing at | | | | and the first team to meet all the objectives claims the |
| least 15 times. | | | | victory. |
| The game of paintball has a very interesting concept | | | | The first professional game of paintball was played in |
| and is increasing in popularity because it allows players | | | | the 1980's by twelve competitors in New Hampshire; it |
| to get out their aggression in a fun and most | | | | was a game of 'Capture the Flag', in this version of the |
| importantly safe way. | | | | game two teams start a distance from each other, |
| In the early 1970's Charles Gaines, Bob Gurnsey and | | | | then they try and capture the other team's flag. As |
| Hayes Noel used the paintball gun which contained | | | | players get hit with paintballs they are required to call |
| capsules with thick oil based paints as a tool for | | | | themselves "out." |
| marking trees and livestock, they later thought of a | | | | The opening of the first outdoor paintball field by |
| new way to use the guns and thus the sport of | | | | developer Caleb Strong in Rochester marked a big |
| paintball was born. | | | | development in the history of paintball. Strong; along |
| The original name for the sport was "The National | | | | with Charles Gaines continue to play a monumental |
| Survival Game"; this is because its purpose is simply to | | | | part in the paintball industry. |
| survive. There are no official statements about when | | | | The history of paintball has made a complete |
| or why the name was change but over time it simply | | | | turnaround from its original concept of marking |
| just became know as paintball. The gun remained the | | | | lifestock; it is the third most popular extreme sport and |
| same however there was a need for paint fill that | | | | has been played in over 60 different countries. It has |
| would come out of clothing and off the skin easier, | | | | gotten so popular that it is even being used by the |
| today the balls are made with gelatin skin capsules | | | | military as a form of training for actual combat. |
| filled with a water- soluble marking dye. | | | | The countless amounts of people who continually play |
| The game is played by picking teams; each team | | | | this sport declares that it one of the most interesting |
| member has a gun and a certain amount of paintballs, | | | | games ever and that it teaches basic survival skills and |
| the aim of the game is to eliminate as much people as | | | | promotes good clean fun and a healthy dose of team |
| possible from the opposing team without getting hit | | | | work. |