Editing Maurice Gibb (section)

=== Early involvement ===

Gibb recalled first playing paintball in 1984, when the activity was being marketed as ''Survival''. He played at a woodland field in the Florida Everglades using the comparatively low-velocity equipment available at the time. According to Gibb, players did not use the protective equipment that had become standard by the time of his January 2002 interview with ''Crossfire Paintball Digest''.[1]

He continued playing for approximately a year before music commitments and the disappearance of the fields he had been using led him to leave the sport.[1]

Gibb returned to paintball during the late 1990s or early 2000s after discussing the game with his friend and later teammate Frederick Retucci. They searched online for a local field and began playing at a Florida facility that Gibb called Royal N' Tough, operated by [[Team Rage]] player Pete Bofill.[1] Contemporary reporting identifies Bofill as the owner of Ruff n Tuff Sports in Miami.[6]