Editing Paintball media (section)

== Online paintball journalism ==

=== Early internet publications ===

The development of online services and the World Wide Web changed how paintball information was distributed.

The rec.sport.paintball Usenet newsgroup provided an early forum for discussions concerning equipment, playing fields, tournaments and safety.

[[WARPIG]], originally developed from information collected by Steve Mitchell, became an online paintball resource during the early 1990s.

The project developed into a World Wide Web publication in 1994 and subsequently expanded under [[Bill Mills]] and [[Dawn Mills]].[5]

WARPIG provided tournament results, photographs, equipment reviews, technical information and industry news.

Its online reporting enabled players to follow tournament developments without waiting for printed magazine coverage.

=== Online communities ===

Internet discussion forums became an important part of paintball media during the late 1990s and 2000s.

Websites including [[PBNation]], [[Automags.org]] and [[M.CarterBrown]] provided discussion spaces for players, technicians, collectors and other participants.

These communities also preserved information about discontinued equipment, historical teams and regional paintball activity.

Many historical discussions remain useful records of the sport, although personal recollections and forum contributions require independent verification before being treated as established facts.

=== Digital magazines ===

Digital publishing created new opportunities for specialist paintball journalism.

Following the decline of several established printed magazines during the late 2000s, publishers increasingly used websites and electronic magazine formats.

In April 2015, journalist [[John Amodea]] launched a free digital publication through [[Paintball Media]].

The magazine covered professional tournaments, scenario paintball, magazine-fed paintball, equipment and industry news.[6]

Paintball Media continued publishing regular digital editions during the 2020s. Its December 2025 edition contained 250 pages, including extensive coverage of the [[Paintball World Cup]].[7]