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  • Chipper

    #1

    History of Paintball

    I am doing a project for one of my classes, and was wondering if anyone here has any info on the history of paintball. I have already read most of the things on Google, and the stuff on AGD's site, but I figured I could get some more info on here.
  • Chronobreak
    Rec Poster
    • Mar 2003
    • 5055

    #2


    OMGZORZ! google works

    btw its been asked alot here you could probly search here,warpig,any reputable sites..

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    • Chipper

      #3
      Originally posted by Chronobreak
      http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...ntball+history

      OMGZORZ! google works

      btw its been asked alot here you could probly search here,warpig,any reputable sites..
      See, I wasn't sure what was right and what was wrong. I read a couple different things on google, and I figured that by asking here I would recieve some good information. Also, I don't know if there is something that is NOT on one of those sites.

      I will try searching that though, I don't remember a thread like this.

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      • Glickman
        *Insert Witty Phrase*
        • Sep 2003
        • 2673

        #4
        their guess is better then ours


        but paintball history in 5 seconds is that:

        famers used them to mark cattle, lawyers started shooting each other, thus ensued ...

        PAINTBALL!!!

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        • rkjunior303
          I need this more than you
          • May 2003
          • 4029

          #5
          I have the Paintball2Xtremes issue that has the "Moments that changed Paintball:A Complete History of the Sport" articles.... If you need it, I can send it to you.

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          • FreakBaller12
            e-tough

            • May 2003
            • 3663

            #6
            Originally posted by rkjunior303
            I have the Paintball2Xtremes issue that has the "Moments that changed Paintball:A Complete History of the Sport" articles.... If you need it, I can send it to you.
            GOOD issue, Tom Kaye and Team Nitro was in there too :)
            I knew not what I did but am now edumacated

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            • Codekevin0403
              Whoa we can do this????
              • Mar 2005
              • 269

              #7
              some people got bored one day and decided to build some guns that shot stuff and one day they dumped paint into a gelatin ball and shot it through their guns and it did cool stuff and so the sport of paintball was invented.

              or...

              some people just got trigger happy one day

              obviously that isn't true, and i can't help you when it comes to true, but i'm not having such a great day and this is definitely helping. lol sorry.

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              • Vex
                Superiorly Inferior
                • Jun 2001
                • 1871

                #8
                The Feb '05 issue of APG has an interview with Charles Gaines, one of the three guys who invented the "survival game", and he tells how they started. If you can get a copy of that issue that'll be good. If not, PM me and I'll type you up a synopsis.
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                • FromTheBack
                  CEP
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 353

                  #9
                  Look on the draxxus website under history. I used that as a source for a paintball paper and it had some very good information on it.

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                  • Maggot6
                    Registered User
                    • Aug 2004
                    • 1527

                    #10
                    I enjoyed reading that magazine of pb2xtremes, how tom was mentioned a few times..

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                    • Target Practice
                      irc.zirc.org:6667 = chat!
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 3180

                      #11
                      Fun.

                      Fun.

                      Fun.

                      Hype.

                      Crap.

                      Us.

                      Hype.

                      Crap.

                      Hype.

                      Death of Sport.


                      "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." --Henry Louis Mencken.

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                      • AGD202
                        JooFro
                        • Sep 2004
                        • 226

                        #12
                        piantball guns were 1st made to mark cows

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                        • Spacemanvic
                          Pennsyltuckian
                          • Jan 2005
                          • 184

                          #13
                          WAYYYYYYYYYYY back

                          We have over 83 years of experience in marking paint which include tree marking, forestry, industrial and household paint products.

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                          • JoeyBear
                            Uber mech dork
                            • Mar 2005
                            • 37

                            #14
                            Originally posted by rkjunior303
                            I have the Paintball2Xtremes issue that has the "Moments that changed Paintball:A Complete History of the Sport" articles.... If you need it, I can send it to you.

                            +1

                            That was a great issue.

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                            • BlindeSeher
                              UmbrellaMen Paintball
                              • Jan 2005
                              • 26

                              #15
                              Has anyone mentioned www.vintagerex.com? It may be a bit off the mark for what you're looking for, but it certainly is loaded with primary sources for paintball history. It's sort of in the construction phase, but still fun to browse. Just thought I'd mention it.

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