Editing Charles Gaines (section)

== Later paintball involvement ==

=== Continued interest ===

Gaines remained interested in paintball after the sport expanded beyond National Survival Game.

He occasionally participated in major recreational and scenario events.

=== 2004 Pennsylvania scenario game ===

In July 2004, Gaines attended a large paintball event near Prospect, Pennsylvania.

He later described the experience in his 2024 ''Garden & Gun'' article.[1]

=== Armoured vehicle ===

The event involved an armoured paintball vehicle referred to as the Panther.

Gaines described participating from the vehicle's turret.

=== Recreational experience ===

The event demonstrated how paintball had evolved since the original 1981 game.

Large-scale scenario paintball incorporated vehicles, elaborate objectives and substantial numbers of participants.

=== Historical perspective ===

Gaines used the experience as a starting point for his retrospective account of the sport's origins.

He contrasted the elaborate 2004 event with the comparatively simple equipment and rules of the first Survival Game.