Paintball 20 Years ago? What was it like

[Chronobreak]

SC Village Speedball game 1989 from Scott Koenig on Vimeo.

Well Here is a Video to show those who dont know or werent there. I know the video has tracking issues, they dissapear after a few minutes, the audio is still good so i was hesitant to edit anything out.

[snoopay700]

Glad to see it hasn't changed much.

I watched about 3 minutes of it, it was interesting, but even paintball now i can only watch so much of, well tournament paintball.

[Schmitti]

I remember seeing pics of that in Paint Check (I think). At the time it was definitely something different.

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[Automagsam]

Woah it's weird it's like the guns have pumps on them bizarre...why would anyone want that

[Ando]

ROFL...Did you guys see the dude with the fishnet tank top and mullet?

Got to love it...classic 80's

[Schmitti]

And if you look carefully a lot of the guys are running stick feeds with a sock lock so that they can shove a 10 round tube in it and leave it be until they are ready to reload... and yes, a lot of the guys have lots of 10 round tubes on them. THere are a few WGP ammo boxes in use too.. and probably some homebrew loaders too. This was pre VL-90.

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[MANN]

Did anyone notice that when a player got hit they called them selves (is that one word or two) out ?

Also I love watching people wear camo. It does not hide them, but they still wear it.

[snoopay700]

Did anyone notice that when a player got hit they called them selves (is that one word or two) out ?

Also I love watching people wear camo. It does not hide them, but they still wear it.

Blasphemy! That camo hid those guys excellently on that field!

But yeah, i noticed quite a few things that make me wish even more i could have played back then, then i see the guy in the fishnet tank and the mullet and reconsider.

[Chronobreak]

I think its funny looking at the colors they are using and looking at the color schemes of this brand new 2010 gear.

eerily similar.

more vids to come hopefully

[paullus99]

Scary to think that in a few months, 20 years ago won't be the 80's anymore!

[t0nnn]

that field looks amazing

[zondo]

I love the water hazard in the middle of the field. I don't think I've ever seen that on a speedball field.

[Flatliner333]

Old videos

Hey guys...I hate to seem like I am starved for attention or I am "pimping" my videos but...ok well yes I guess I am pimping my videos. I feel fortunate to have had a video camera back in our fledgling days on up through when we played tournament ball. Anyways check em out if you want on youtube "RIP0333" Here are a couple of them...wait what is that...a Splatmaster and some 12 grams...hey is that a VM 68? Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ybaCcWScwk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wyayMZY3D4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wzbgy6KpWE

[Newt]

Will watch this in it's entirety when I have a few more spare minutes. I can at least say I was born then, but I had no idea what paintball was.

Very cool find.

[Ando]

Hell ya...VM-68 were the **** back in the day. I always wanted one but I came on board about a year after the mag came out so I purchases a mag instead. I still want one tho. I miss the Co2 (aka Dragon Fire) smoke coming out the barrel. Great times

What band was that in your first vid? Sound familiar but...