Editing Kerry Rosenberry (section)

== Viper Paintball ==

=== Establishment ===

Rosenberry founded Viper Paintball in Houston, Texas, in 1996.

According to his account, he established the organisation after discussing his intention to produce scenario games outside Florida with Wayne Dollack.

The first Viper Paintball event attracted approximately 100 players.

Rosenberry initially operated the business alongside other employment before committing to scenario event production full-time.[1]

Viper Paintball expanded across the United States, organising events in states including Texas, Florida, New York and California.

The company worked with paintball facilities including Camp Blanding, EMR Paintball Park, CPX Sports and SC Village.

According to the company's historical account, individual events attracted as many as 2,500 participants.[1]

=== Scenario production ===

Rosenberry developed his own approach to extended scenario paintball games.

Rather than requiring continuous 24-hour gameplay, Viper events incorporated scheduled breaks while attempting to maximise available playing time.

A contemporary ''WARPIG'' report on ''Twilight Zone 6'' in 2002 documented Rosenberry's approach to event scheduling, mission objectives and scoring.[3]

The event included conventional scenario missions alongside supplementary activities, including a chess tournament whose outcome contributed points towards the paintball competition.

Viper Paintball events commonly incorporated fictional characters, specialist missions, intelligence gathering and objectives based on physical props.

Rosenberry also developed written scenario rules covering gameplay, specialist equipment, player conduct and event safety.[4]