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=== Development as a paintball information website ===

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Paintball.co.nz developed into a resource for New Zealand recreational and competitive paintball players.

At the time, information about the sport was distributed through commercial playing fields, regional clubs, individual tournament organisers and independent websites.

There was no single national online tournament database or consolidated communications platform covering all New Zealand paintball activity.

Individual websites therefore played an important role in publishing results, announcing events and helping players find venues.

Paintball.co.nz combined several functions within one site.

These included:

* Tournament reports and competition information
* Paintball field listings
* Articles about paintball equipment and organisations
* Legal and regulatory information
* The NZ Paintball Message Boards
* A chat facility
* Links to other paintball resources

A contemporary Mercenaries Star directory confirms the existence of the field directory, moderated message board and chat facility.[1]

The website's historical article archive also included material about tournaments and New Zealand paintball organisations.