Editing Jim Lively (section)

== Timeline ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Event
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| 1981–1982
| Becomes involved in paintball and obtains an early National Survival Game franchise
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| Early 1980s
| Participates in organising early National Survival Game championships
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| 1980s
| Works as a tournament judge, head judge and ultimate judge
|-
| 1988
| Meets with Marty Tripes and Ross Alexander to discuss an international tournament
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| 1989
| Organises the first International Masters in Nashville
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| Early 1990s
| Develops the Lively tournament series with Sam Caldwell
|-
| 1991–1992
| PMI and RP Scherer sponsor the Lively series
|-
| Around 1991
| Visits Australia for the Southern Cross Masters
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| 1992
| Lively Masters features a $15,000 PMI-sponsored first-place prize
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| 1994
| Interviewed at the Nashville Masters by Australian Paintballer
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| 17–19 April 1998
| Produces the Music City Open in Nashville
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| 8–11 October 1998
| Produces the Zap International Masters
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| October 1998
| Hosts Hayes Noel as keynote speaker at the Masters
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| 2017
| Inducted into the inaugural Paintball Hall of Fame class
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| 2025
| Announces Gold Rush Classic seven-player woodsball tournament through WCPL
|}