History Of Scenario Paintball

What is the history of the scenario paintball? Scenario paintball is a type of paintball game involving player participation in a scenario or story that may include historical reenactments, video game simulations or futuristic, doomsday premises. Scenario paintball games can last hours or even days, depending on the number of participants and the rules involved. Oklahoma D-Day, the largest annual scenario paintball championship game, draws in up to 4,000 players and holds a level of sacredness for those familiar with the sport.

James Hale designed the first paintball gun in 1974 under the company named Daisy Manufacturing. This first invention was not invented for the purpose of recreational or extreme sporting events like scenario paintball. In fact, the Nelspot 007 was used to mark cattle for various farming industries. The first game was played in New Hampshire involving twelve participants who followed the first capture-the-flag scenario paintball game. Ritchie White won this isolated event, which crowned him as the first scenario paintball champion.

The 1980s sparked the paintball revolution with a series of culminating events, including the Splatmaster invention, which was invented in 1985 by George Skogg for the purpose of recreational, scenario paintball games. George Skogg also invented the first paint pellets, which made clean-up easy by only needing to use soap and water to remove the stains. In the 1990s, paintball evolved in popularity with the first electro-pneumatic paintball gun to hit the market. In 1993, the National Professional Paintball League aired the first "DC Cup" live on ESPN from Washington. Paintball rose to be the third most popular international extreme sport.