Editing Agg (section)

== Origins ==

=== Southern California ===

Agg became closely associated with the Southern California tournament paintball scene.

The region was home to several influential tournament teams, professional players and commercial fields.

[[SC Village]] in Chino was an important centre of competitive paintball.

Players associated with the Hostile Kids community helped popularise the term.

=== Skateboarding and surfing ===

The word ''aggro'' was already used in skateboarding and surfing culture.

In those communities, it could describe an aggressive attitude or style.

A January 2012 article in Social Paintball traced paintball's use of agg to Southern California skate and surf culture.[2]

The term developed a more specific meaning after entering paintball.

=== Hostile Kids ===

The Hostile Kids were a group of tournament paintball players associated with Southern California.

Their identity emphasised playing style, appearance and a distinctive attitude toward the sport.

The group helped popularise agg within competitive paintball.

Hostile Kids subsequently became associated with the development of HK Army.

=== Earliest documented usage ===

Online slang archives contain paintball-related definitions of agg dating to 2004.

A definition submitted on 7 May 2004 described agg as referring to a player considered cool or skilled.

Another definition submitted on 23 July 2004 associated the term with style and the Hostile Kids community.

A February 2005 definition further described agg as a paintball term associated with Hostile Kids.[3]

These entries establish that the term was in documented use by 2004.

They do not establish the exact date on which it was first spoken or used within paintball.