At first I gathered as much information as possible about the game. Its origin, strategy and rules. I learned over the internet and other sources that paintball is a game that was started in the early 1980s.The game requires players to throw paint pellets at each other.

This process is done by using a gas powered paintball gun. Try to avoid the term "gun" because people in the sport like to use the word marker. Paintball marker would be the politically correct way to say it.

Through my research I found that the game could be played indoors or outdoors, so I had to find a place that would be interesting to play at. Once I found somewhere I called up my friends and asked them if they would like to play paintball. Of course they thought it would be an awesome idea because they have never heard of the game before. So we talked about it and decided to make a team.

The next step we had to take was to find a show that sold paintball supplies. This was a hard thing to do because there are no paintball stores in my town. So I had to drive to a larger town that was farther away to get the supplies that we needed.

I drove into town and found a large paintball supplier that would have enough equipment for my twelve friends and I. The basics is all that we needed so I found cheap markers, masks and paintball. There was a manual that i also managed to come across so I bought it as well.

We divided ourselves into two opposing teams each comprising of six people. We then went through the rules of play and also got to familiarize ourselves with the equipment. We then went over the rules and agreed that overshooting was not allowed and anyone caught doing it was to be eliminated from the game.

Also everyone agreed upon not to ramp because we were all new to the game of paintball. All 12 of us decided that camouflage clothing was what we were going to wear because we were very serious about playing paintball even though this game was new to us.

Each of the two teams picked out team leaders and we all decided to play the game in the afternoons since most of us if not all of us were free. The game has become very popular amongst kids in our neighborhood and they all want to join in. It is not easy to turn down the eager kids but there is an age limit as well as lack of insufficient equipment to consider.