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Splat!!! Splat!!! Your heart is pounding, you’re breathing fast, why? Your playing paintball! What started the game, what was it like, what were the rules, and how many people played it? Many people say paintball started in 1981, however the idea started in 1976 to settle an argument between Hayes Noel, a stockbroker, and Charles Gaines, a writer. Noel said that survival instinct can be transferred from one environment to another and Gaines said it was environment specific so survival skills had to be learned for each new environment. (Leger)
This argument went on for several years until 1981. A friend of theirs, Bob Guernsey, an outdoorsman, found a device in an agricultural catalogue that shot paintballs to mark cattle, trees, and telephone poles. (Paintball Games: 25+28) This marker was loaded with small tubes that held only ten paintballs. Twelve-gram CO2 cartridges were used to power the marker. The early players wore camouflage clothing so they could hide in the forest as they played. They also wore shop goggles for eye protection. (Leger)(Paintball Games: 26) The paint they used was permanent and stained their skin and clothes. The players had to wash with turpentine to get the paint off. (Complete Guide: 16)
Twelve people played the first game of paintball in June of 1981 at Henniker, New Hampshire. In that game it was every man for himself. The field was split into four quadrants. Each one had a unique color and twelve flags of that color, one flag for each player. To win, a player had to capture a flag from each quadrant and not get hit by a paintball. (Leger) Finally, there were two home bases where you went after getting all four flags or after getting out. Each person received a map and compass to navigate the forty-acre forest playing field. (Paintball Games: 28) If you removed your goggles on the field you got disqualified from the game. (Leger) Safe from the start! Ritchie White won the game; he was never seen by the players and didn’t fire a shot. This proved Charles Gaines’s theory of environment specific survival skills because Ritchie was an outdoorsman so this was enviroment. (Leger) Bob Guernsey, Hayes Noel, and Charles Gaines enjoyed playing so much they started a company called the National Survival Game and marketed it all over the country. Commercial paintball was born!
Much has changed since twelve people with bolt-action cow markers fooled around in the forest. The first and most obvious change is the amount of people, then: 12 people, now: 10 million. Second is the rate of fire. In the early days you could only shoot one ball every two or three seconds, now days you can shoot upwards of thirty balls a second with thanks to electro-pneumatic markers. Safety has also improved, as apposed to shop glasses; we wear special goggles designed for paintball. Tank and ball capacity have increased with the rate of fire, pods hold 140 balls and tanks can hold up to 20 ounces of CO2 (567 grams!) The game is now faster, safer and more fun than ever!
Bibliography
Braun, Jerry. The Complete Guide to Paintball. Long Island. Hatherleigh Press, 2003.
Braun, Jerry. “The history Of Paintball.” Paintball Games International. 3-04: 25-75
Leger, Dan. “The Origins of Paintball.” 3/24/04 <http://durtydan.paintballresource.org/www.durtydan.com/ddpis/3orgin
Splat!!! Splat!!! Your heart is pounding, you’re breathing fast, why? Your playing paintball! What started the game, what was it like, what were the rules, and how many people played it? Many people say paintball started in 1981, however the idea started in 1976 to settle an argument between Hayes Noel, a stockbroker, and Charles Gaines, a writer. Noel said that survival instinct can be transferred from one environment to another and Gaines said it was environment specific so survival skills had to be learned for each new environment. (Leger)
This argument went on for several years until 1981. A friend of theirs, Bob Guernsey, an outdoorsman, found a device in an agricultural catalogue that shot paintballs to mark cattle, trees, and telephone poles. (Paintball Games: 25+28) This marker was loaded with small tubes that held only ten paintballs. Twelve-gram CO2 cartridges were used to power the marker. The early players wore camouflage clothing so they could hide in the forest as they played. They also wore shop goggles for eye protection. (Leger)(Paintball Games: 26) The paint they used was permanent and stained their skin and clothes. The players had to wash with turpentine to get the paint off. (Complete Guide: 16)
Twelve people played the first game of paintball in June of 1981 at Henniker, New Hampshire. In that game it was every man for himself. The field was split into four quadrants. Each one had a unique color and twelve flags of that color, one flag for each player. To win, a player had to capture a flag from each quadrant and not get hit by a paintball. (Leger) Finally, there were two home bases where you went after getting all four flags or after getting out. Each person received a map and compass to navigate the forty-acre forest playing field. (Paintball Games: 28) If you removed your goggles on the field you got disqualified from the game. (Leger) Safe from the start! Ritchie White won the game; he was never seen by the players and didn’t fire a shot. This proved Charles Gaines’s theory of environment specific survival skills because Ritchie was an outdoorsman so this was enviroment. (Leger) Bob Guernsey, Hayes Noel, and Charles Gaines enjoyed playing so much they started a company called the National Survival Game and marketed it all over the country. Commercial paintball was born!
Much has changed since twelve people with bolt-action cow markers fooled around in the forest. The first and most obvious change is the amount of people, then: 12 people, now: 10 million. Second is the rate of fire. In the early days you could only shoot one ball every two or three seconds, now days you can shoot upwards of thirty balls a second with thanks to electro-pneumatic markers. Safety has also improved, as apposed to shop glasses; we wear special goggles designed for paintball. Tank and ball capacity have increased with the rate of fire, pods hold 140 balls and tanks can hold up to 20 ounces of CO2 (567 grams!) The game is now faster, safer and more fun than ever!
Bibliography
Braun, Jerry. The Complete Guide to Paintball. Long Island. Hatherleigh Press, 2003.
Braun, Jerry. “The history Of Paintball.” Paintball Games International. 3-04: 25-75
Leger, Dan. “The Origins of Paintball.” 3/24/04 <http://durtydan.paintballresource.org/www.durtydan.com/ddpis/3orgin