Some Context
Chris Dilts and Chris Haas were the face of P8nt Magazine , which debuted in July of 1999 and published through 2004 . In roughly five years P8nt Magazine produced 24 paintball magazine issues , around 5 issues per year — but what a special 24 issues they were . Based in Chicago , Haas and Dilts lived the tournament paintball scene . Haas played for Farside and was the primary writer for P8nt , before guys like Matty Marshall , Rich Telford and others joined him . He was also the magazine ’ s Editor and Publisher . Dilts was the primary photographer for the magazine and guys like Aaron Moore and Dan Mouradian would contribute later as well .
P8nt was truly different than the dozens of paintball magazines that came before them . They covered only tournament paintball and the majority of that coverage was based around the NPPL and PSP / X-Ball . Yes , they covered the International Amateur Open , Skyball , Mardi Gras and the other larger one-offs , but primarily their path followed the PSP / NPPL tours . No scenario , no walkon , nothing but hard-core tournament coverage .
And their coverage of the tournament scene was different . It was artistic , it was behindthe-scenes , it was hanging out with the top teams and players , it was shooting photos of the Gettysburg trash , hotel rooms , van rides , shooting Poloroids and lots of black and white imagery . Much of what P8nt covered from a visual point of view was the other side of pro paintball . The practices , the pits , the crowded hotel rooms , and gear bags , barrels , broken rakes , traffic lights , lost sponsorships and the heartbreak of losing a game in the pro finals .
And yes , they shot and wrote about the on-field stuff as well . P8nt ’ s writing was as different as their photography , often covering and editorializing on things like the NPPL year-end meetings , or the rankings
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