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Thanks. Keeping track of the number of shots fired may be difficult, especially if we fire in bursts. How would I know how much ammunition I have left? Will there be some sort of numeric counter? Will the magazine be transparent, so I can see how many pellets (?) still remain?

The paintball hoppers on your gun ("marker" is the PC term the industry has adopted) hold a considerable number of paintballs.

Buy paint in large quanitities. Get a case and split it. More rounds = more hits. You'll probably have to buy the field's paint, that's an important part of how they're making their money.

I think this is a little less sophisticated equiptment than you are imagining. The magazine is usually a 6 inch long 3 inch wide tube shaped like a U that sits on top of the gun with a smaller tube leading into the "chamber" from the lowest point of the magazine. The tube is sealed at one end and has a flip open cap at the other for adding more ammo. It's just gravity fed so if you want to know how many shots you have left just give it a little shake. The paintballs will rattle around and give you an idea of your reserves.

The shots fired thing will be all instinct. You'll know when to give it a rest. Paitballs are travelling at roughly 300 ft per second at the muzzle so you can see them cleary in your target area. In other words, all shots are tracers so you don't ever reall site down the barrel. When the paintballs start to slow down or no longer go where you think they will, wait a second before shooting again. But I think you'll see from the surroundings that about 99.995 % of all shots fired hit the terrain instead of another player, so throwing more paint is far better than less.

On the majority of guns I've used the magazine was black or Camo but you'll be able to tell how you are on ammo with the shake method.

You'll have to pop open the top of the hopper and estimate how much you have left. They do have clear hoppers but it sounds like you'll have the standard rental equipment which means a black plastic hopper. Either way, it won't matter, you'll run out at exactly the wrong time. If you don't have any more paint on your belt, keep firing and let 'em think you still have paint. Hey, it's worked for me...