A Little Paintball Trivia from the United Kingdom: Paint guns were originally invented by the Nelson Paint Company for the US Forestry to mark trees from a distance....Paintballs used to be made with glass....The reported largest ever paintball game involved 3,759 players....The longest paintball game was reputed to be 3 1/2 weeks....The coldest reported paintball match was played in temperatures reaching minus 45....The world's fastest paintball marker supposedly shoots 64 balls per second...The world's largest manufacturer of paintballs is the US company R.P. Sherer. They produce in excess of 1.5 billion paintballs per year (Source: Airgun Designs Europe)...Paintball was invented by three Americans - Bob Gurnsey, Hayes Noel and Charles Gain. The first ever game, involving 12 players, took place on June 27th, 1981....Over 18 million people play paintball worldwide...Since 1992, there has been a professional paintball league in the US - Sponsors have included Coca-Cola and Budweiser....Paintball is AWESOME!