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=== Paintball publications and news archives ===

Paintball magazines and specialist news websites can provide information that was never recorded in tournament databases.

'''[https://www.warpig.com/ WARPIG]'''

[[WARPIG]] maintains an extensive historical paintball archive covering tournaments, equipment, news, photographs, fields and other subjects.[2]

Its tournament reporting and historical articles can be useful for researching paintball during the 1990s and 2000s.

'''[https://paintball.media/ Paintball Media]'''

[[Paintball.Media]] publishes paintball news, interviews, historical features and tournament coverage.

'''[https://paintballhistory.com/ Paintball History]'''

Paintball History contains articles, historical photographs, advertisements, equipment information and interviews relating to the development of the sport.

'''[https://oldpaintballmagazines.smugmug.com/ Old Paintball Magazines]'''

This collection contains scans of historical publications, including ''Action Pursuit Games'', ''Paintball Sports International'', ''Paintball Games International'', ''Facefull'' and other magazines.[3]

Old magazines may contain:

* Tournament results and reports.
* Team photographs and rosters.
* Manufacturer advertisements.
* Equipment release information.
* Interviews with players and industry figures.
* Field and retailer advertisements.
* Historical tournament schedules.

Advertisements are especially useful for establishing that a product, business or field was being promoted by a particular date.

However, an advertisement does not necessarily establish when a business was founded or when a product first became available.

Additional material may be found through libraries, private collections and the [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive].