Editing Chris Raehl (section)

=== American Paintball Players Association ===

Raehl developed the American Paintball Players Association registration system in 2003.

The system was designed to maintain individual player records and provide tournament organisers with a centralised method of managing registration, team rosters and player eligibility.

It was used at the 2003 PSP Chicago Open, where teams were required to register individual players and include their APPA identification numbers on tournament rosters.

Contemporary reporting by [[WARPIG]] identified Raehl as the founder of the APPA and documented the system's use in identifying players, tracking suspensions and managing divisional classifications.[1]

The introduction of the system helped tournament organisers maintain records of players competing across multiple events.