Paintball (in Spanish 'paintball') is a sport in which participants use compressed air guns called markers (markers) to shoot small paint balls to other players. In essence it is a complex pursuit game, as players hit by paint balls during the game are removed from it. Normally in a paintball game pitting two teams in order to eliminate all opposing players or complete a goal (such as capturing a flag or eliminating a specific player). A typical game of paintball usually lasts unprofessional about five minutes to half an hour. The basic equipment needed to play paintball is not too expensive (although they may be the marker and other high end items). The number of paintballs fired during a game varies from one player to another: some shoot hundreds, others a few and some do not get to shoot all the time. Since its inception, paintball has drawn a crowd of casual players or permanent. The Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association estimates that approximately 10 million Americans annually to play paintball. The Insurance statistics show that paintball is one of the safest sports, even more than golf. The paintball games can be played indoors or outdoors and take various forms, with some of the more popular the tournament and woodsball and speedball. The rules vary widely from one form to another, with most designed for participants to enjoy the game in a safe environment. 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 departure. 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. ..

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