On Friday October 25, 2002 Jeremy Salm of Avalanche walked into the woods adjacent to the National Paintball Supply field at the PSP World Cup, wearing all black… and carrying a black marker. What transpired in the next hour changed the game of professional paintball forever.
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The Culture
Game fixing, playing the gray area, positioning, illegal ramping guns… and outright cheating was rampant in the 1990s and early 2000s in professional paintball.
The Genesis
While walking the fields for the five-man event Jeremy noticed that one side of the ten-man field was not netted.
Why?
Was it arrogance? Was it pressure to win?
How?
A borrowed black marker, some face paint, black clothing and a well-conceived plan that went awry.
What?
Avalanche was playing Ground Zero Gold on the south end of the PSP World Cup property on the National Paintball Supply field. From out of bounds, Jeremy Salm shot at multiple Ground Zero Gold players at the start of the game.
Who knew?
This is the billion-dollar question, that for the past 18-plus years has not been answered. Until now.
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