Paintball began as a hunting game between two friends in the woods of Henniker, New Hampshire. Originally named National Survival Game, it was not considered a sport at that time. In 1976, Hayes Noel, a stockbroker and his friend Charles Gaines, a writer, came home talking about Gaines' recent trip to Africa and his experiences hunting buffalo. Eager to recreate the adrenaline rush that came with the thrill of the hunt, and inspired by Richard Connell The Most Dangerous Game, the two friends came up with the idea of creating a game where they could stalk and hunt each other. In the following months, the friends talked about what sorts of qualities and characteristics made for a good hunter and survivalist. They were stumped, however, on how to devise a test of those skills. It was not until a year and a half later that George Butler, a friend, showed them a paintball gun in an agricultural catalog. The gun was a 007 Nelspot marker manufactured by the Nelson Paint Company and was used by cattlemen to mark cows. Noel and Gaines each purchased a pistol and had a duel that would become the first game of paintball. Gaines won. After that, the friends devised basic rules of the game based on capture the flag (capture the flag), and invited friends and a writer from Sports Illustrated to play. They called their game Survival ('survival') and an article on him was published in the June 1980 issue of Sports Illustrated. As interest grew in the game, Bob Gurnsey formed a company, National Survival Game, and signed a contract with Nelson Paint Company to be the exclusive distributor of their paintball equipment. Thereafter, they licensed to franchisees in other states the right to sell their guns, paint, and goggles. As a result of their monopoly on equipment, they turned a profit in just six months. The first games of paintball were very different from modern. Nelspot guns were the only ones available. They used CO2 cartridges 12 gram, lasting a maximum of 12 shots and had to be cocked after each of them. Dedicated paintball masks had not yet been created, so players wore glasses that left above the rest of their faces. The first paintballs were oil-based and therefore were not soluble in water, so the "turpentine parties" were common after a day of play. Games often lasted for hours as players stalked each other, and since each player had only a limited number of rounds, shooting was rare. Between 1981 and 1983, rival manufacturers began to create competing products, and it was during the time when the sport took off. Paintball technology gradually developed as manufacturers added a front pump to make cocking easier, then replaced the 12-gram cartridges with larger air tanks, commonly called "constant air". These basic innovations were later followed by gravity feed and 45-degree elbows to facilitate loading from the hopper.
The paintball game started as a game between two friends in the woods of Henniker, New Hampshire. At first it was called "National Survival Game", as she still was not sport. In 1976, Hayes Noel and his friend Charles Gaines came home talking about Gaines' recent trip to Africa and his experiences hunting buffalo. So, based on this idea, the two friends came up with the idea of creating a game where they could stalk and hunt each other. During the following months, the friends talked about what sorts of qualities and characteristics made for a good hunter and survivalist. There are locked, however, a year and a half later George Butler, a friend, showed them a paintball gun in an agricultural catalog. The gun was a 007 Nelspot marker manufactured by the Nelson Paint Company and was used by cattlemen to mark cows. Noel and Gaines each purchased a pistol and had a duel that would become the first game of paintball. Then, the friends devised the first rules of the game based on capture the flag, and invited friends and a writer from Sports Illustrated to play. They called it "Survival" and an article about him was published in the June 1980 issue of Sports Illustrated. As interest grew in the game, Bob Gurnsey formed a company, National Survival Game, and signed a contract with Nelson Paint Company to be the exclusive distributor of their paintball equipment. After that, established and licensed to franchisees in other states the right to sell their guns, paint, and goggles. As a result of their monopoly on equipment, they turned a profit in the coming months. The first games of paintball were not equal to modern. Nelspot guns were the only ones available. CO2 cartridges used 12 grams, carrying a maximum of 12 shots and had to be cocked after each shot. Dedicated paintball masks did not exist at the time, so players wore glasses that left the face exposed. The first paintballs were oil-based and therefore were not soluble in water, so the "turpentine parties" were common after a day of play. Games often lasted for hours as players stalked each other, and since each player had only a limited number of rounds, shooting was rare. Between 1981 and 1983, rival manufacturers began to create competing products, and it was during the time when the sport reaches its maximum point of knowledge. The Scoreboard for paintball gradually developed as manufacturers added artifacts that make them better than their previous models. These basic innovations were later followed by gravity feed and 45-degree elbows to facilitate loading from the hopper. 1. Players must remain with their protective masks during the game of paintball to prevent a "pellet" (paint ball) can hurt your face. Any player who is hit by a pellet must return to base and once the touch may play again. If the same player will be hit a second time, must leave the playing area and wait until the game ends.

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