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   Q.  why should i say "marker" instaid of "gun"
A. When paintball markers where envinted they where used to mark trees, cows, ect. they where very usefull if the rancher or farmer was riding a horse, because they could just shoot the tree, while on the horse. instead of getting off and on the horse. people then desided, that paintball would be a fun war type game so they shot at each other thus the term paintballing. athough in the late 1970's paintballs cost about $0.07 each, and each player would shoot over 2000 balls per game, and would play about 3 games at a time the sport was very evpensive about $420 so as more people started playing, and better technolegy came apon the cost of paintballs went down, and markers where alot better the cost went alittle down on playing also.
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triggerhappy126 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Strike 2 - Annoying spam Joined: 05 November 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 125	Post Options Post Reply Quote triggerhappy126 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: history Posted: 08 November 2004 at 6:24pm
	Q. why should i say "marker" instaid of "gun" A. When paintball markers where envinted they where used to mark trees, cows, ect. they where very usefull if the rancher or farmer was riding a horse, because they could just shoot the tree, while on the horse. instead of getting off and on the horse. people then desided, that paintball would be a fun war type game so they shot at each other thus the term paintballing. athough in the late 1970's paintballs cost about $0.07 each, and each player would shoot over 2000 balls per game, and would play about 3 games at a time the sport was very evpensive about $420 so as more people started playing, and better technolegy came apon the cost of paintballs went down, and markers where alot better the cost went alittle down on playing also. P.S. There is a lot more if you have any other questions about the history just ask.
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	Fantastic.

triggerhappy126 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Strike 2 - Annoying spam Joined: 05 November 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 125	Post Options Post Reply Quote triggerhappy126 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 November 2004 at 6:39pm
	thanks
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	been said and , they are called markers because they mark Edited by spyderjunke
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	cool. people need to get the concept of "marker" down.
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	Thanks, I guess. I would think in the 70s people would shoot less then 2000 balls a game. Also that the guns went up in price. "More people started playing because it was expensive" I don't see that happening. After the fourth sentance, it is all wrong.


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	Nice. Now you know.
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	i call it a gun anyway.
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	It can use the term gun, or marker.
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	ok when paintball started they didnt go through around 2000 balls a game they had pumps a couple 12 grams and around 200 paintballs i dont see where youre gettin this. The markin the cows thing is right but the rest is a little off.


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	Yea i guess back in the day they used to lane each other in the corn fields eh? cause 2000 balls a game. Maybe if they played for like 2 days straight that could sound resonable.
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	Well, the word envinted isn't really a word. A gun is an object that launches a projectile. A marker is an object that marks (like a Crayola MARKER?). I prefer gun because its 3 letters; desrcibes the action the gun is doing, not the goal; and because it sounds a lot less weird. Paintball Marker sounds like a highly religious woman who can't say a word that is associated with violence. So what was the point of this post? Here's some better history: Tippmann manufactured replica assault weapons until 1989 (or was it '86?) when the government decided manufacturing these weapons is illegal, except for government funded manufacturers. They then nearly went bankrupt, and turned to paintball production. Tippman also invented and patented the blow-back system, which is used almost exclusively in most paintball "markers" today.
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	Sorry if it was alittle off. the 2000 paintballs a game, was in a paintballing book i read, mabey i miss under stud it. i bet it was 2000 paintballs for all of the players. sorry about the confusion
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