... tag but with live ammunition. Players are given a paintball gun, a protective mask, a gas source, and usually some spare paintballs. A paintball gun, also called a marker, uses a pressurized gas source to propel a marble-sized ball out of the marker at anywhere from 250 to 300 feet per second (fps). This ball is fired at another player who is (or at least should be ... . The goal of this original match was to capture all twelve participants' flags, without being "eliminated" by being shot. On this fateful June afternoon, the eventual winner, country-boy Ritchie White, captured all twelve...

• Word Count: 2486
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... tag but with live ammunition. Players are given a paintball gun, a protective mask, a gas source, and usually some spare paintballs. A paintball gun, also called a marker, uses a pressurized gas source to propel a marble-sized ball out of the marker at anywhere from 250 to 300 feet per second (fps). This ball is fired at another player who is (or at least should be ... . The goal of this original match was to capture all twelve participants' flags, without being "eliminated" by being shot. On this fateful June afternoon, the eventual winner, country-boy Ritchie White, captured all twelve...

• Word Count: 2486
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... tag but with live ammunition. Players are given a paintball gun, a protective mask, a gas source, and usually some spare paintballs. A paintball gun, also called a marker, uses a pressurized gas source to propel a marble-sized ball out of the marker at anywhere from 250 to 300 feet per second (fps). This ball is fired at another player who is (or at least should be ... . The goal of this original match was to capture all twelve participants' flags, without being "eliminated" by being shot. On this fateful June afternoon, the eventual winner, country-boy Ritchie White, captured all twelve...

• Word Count: 2490
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School