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In general, the contestants play games of paintball against the show's antagonists in elaborately constructed scenarios. The teams would be opposed by a host of "grunts", armed with slow-firing weapons and the "Special Forces"; six individuals (with made-up character names and bios) armed with the same weapons as the contestants.
The first organized paintball game in record was held by Charles Gaines and his friends in New Hampshire in 1981, with the first paintball field opening approximately a year later in Sutton, New Hampshire. [36] [37] In 1983, the first National Survival Game (NSG) championship was held, with a $14,000 cash award for the winning team.
Tippmann is an American manufacturer of paintball markers and paintball equipment, including military simulation kits.Tippmann Industrial Products, a related company manufactures manual and pneumatic heavy-duty sewing machines primarily used for leather, other leather-related equipment, and some industrial products.
An early model Autococker. The Autococker is a closed-bolt semiautomatic paintball marker manufactured by Worr Game Products (WGP). It was one of the first paintball markers to be designed specifically for the sport, and has long been known throughout the paintball community for its popularity and customizability as well as its complexity.
The first game of paintball was played in Henniker, New Hampshire on 27 June 1981, with players using a "Nel-spot 007" pistol; normally used by farmers and ranchers for marking trees and livestock. [2] The term woodsball was a simple concatenation of the woods where games were originally played, and the ball from paintball.
The History Channel: Civil War – A Nation Divided: Cauldron HQ: WIN, PS2, X360 2006-11-07 The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific: Cauldron HQ: WIN, PS2, PS3, X360, Wii 2007-12-04 Homefront: Kaos Studios: WIN, PS3, X360 2011-03-15 Homefront: The Revolution: Dambuster Studios: WIN, PS4, XONE 2016-05-17 Horizon V: Gebelli Software: Apple II ...
A speedball game in progress. Speedball is one of the three distinct game variants in the sport of paintball, along with woodsball and scenario paintball.. It is a general term for a game in which the playing field is composed of bunkers, of the same location and number on each side of the field, that provide an equal playing field for each team competing.
A paintball marker, also known as a paintball gun, paint gun, or simply marker, is an air gun used in the shooting sport of paintball, and the main piece of paintball equipment. Paintball markers use compressed gas , such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) or compressed air (HPA), to propel dye -filled gel capsules called paintballs through the barrel ...