An Old Timer Speaks
I started the game back in the late 80's just after high school. The game was in its infancy back then, and 12 gram, CO2, Splatmasters was the marker of choice. As I recall paintballs were outrageously priced compared to today, somewhere in the area of $.20 - $.25 per ball. Since paintball was a fringe extreme sport at the time, very few people played the game. We were lucky if we had 10 guys out on any given day.
I played every weekend for two or three years, then university tuition ate into my available funds, working to pay for school consumed most of my free time when not studying. On top of everything else the game started to get boring. The same 5-10 guys, playing the same field started to get monotonous, so I backed away from the game.
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I was in the same boat as Bruce. I started out in 1987 and we played with Nelspot 007’s. I played on the San Antonio team Tomcats. We played 15 man tournaments on the Texas Council of Captains tournament circuit. I did this for about three years then had to pay for school and then start my career. Luckily, a friend kept playing off an on and has pulled me back into the game. Thank you for posting the articles!
Kevin