January 15th, 2008 | The Ford Report

January 15th, 2008

January 19th, 2009 at 11:32 pm -

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Chuck Hendsch says: “HB is back. 7-man is saved. The previous NPPL Professional Teams are taking matters into their own hands by forming a new 7-man national circuit. The first confirmed event of this new series will be held at the sacred Huntington Beach venue April 2 – 5, 2009. More details will be released in the days to come. Until then, be happy. Be very happy.”
I got a phone call from a Pro Player friend of mine that HB is part of the new league that’s forming as we speak along the lines of the original NPPL. The teams had to kick in a ‘franchise fee’ to buy in, and assuming the new league makes money, they’ll get their cut of the profits at the end of the year. Everyone’s pretty excited about this new venture. No name yet, but one I heard bounced around was “Major League Paintball”.
Review commenced on LAPCO’s Cyclone Feed upgrade parts, which include a metal ratchet assembly, an upgraded paddle and the QEPH, which can be had at LAPCOPaintball.com for $79.99 as a combo. TFR Review Crew Member Sideshow is currently abusing an A5 equipped with the goods.
Viper is producing a game at Giant Paintball in Alpine California this weekend, called “Road Warriors”. Eric Engler vs. Sean Scott of Smart Corps. I wonder which one will be Lord Humongous?
Speaking of Viper, he’s got a rider in his contract with paint companies now that stipulates that if he dies while under the contract, he’s to be cremated and his ashes used to make a special run of paintballs to be used in a memorial game called “Viper’s Last Game”.
He’s fine…I asked.
The South Beach Pimps are in at PaintClub. We can’t talk about it, since the first rule of PaintClub is that YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT PAINTCLUB! Check out http://www.paintclub21.com for information.
However, I did hear that Sean Scott might be going, and I heard a rumor about a hot tub…
PSP opens registration for the Phoenix Open. Http://www.pspevents.com for more info.
As part of their Paintball Journal and Business Services, Paintball X3 is offering professional press release writing, paintball field consulting, marketing services, ad placement, web design and graphic services.
PSP also released their Phoenix Open field layout and hotel deals. Http://www.pspevents.com to get the scoop.
Http:///www.Paintballphotography.com has pictures from the Battle at Stalingrad Big Game that took place on January 3rd 2009 at TCP XTREME Paintball, Traverse City, Michigan, USA.

The pictures were taken by Matt Aman. Paintballphotography.com is the oldest and largest source of paintball photography on the web. With more that then 30 photographers world wide they are also the only site to cover almost every major paintball event in the world. Paintballphotography.com is supported solely by banner advertisements and magazine submissions and as a result of this are able to offer their photos downloads for free for private noncommercial use.
Evan Money says: “Recession Proof Your Paintball Field: This ” live” teleseminar is set for Jan 28th. Evan Money and an expert panel with over 50 years combined paintball experience will teach you how to Recession Proof your field and make record profits! Evan is even giving away FREE tickets to the Paintball Extravaganza at this event. No airports, no packing, no hotels, just pick up the phone and get the information you want with no travel expense. Click here for all the details or for a preview call dial (641) 527-4212 Access code: 5355258# Recording code: 7# http://emoneypaintball.net/product_info.php?products_id=117“
One4One.Tv releases their second installment of their coverage of DMA 2005 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTHUCpRdV54
Facefull and Jungle magazine are giving 20% OFF the cover price for a new subscription if you had subscribed to paintball magazines that collapsed in 2008. That’s Splat (the print edition), PB2X and PGI. To get this deal? Simple:

1. Go to www.themagstore.com/FAC/, click on either Facefull or Jungle

2. Click on the “Make the switch special offer”, and enter your ex-subscriber number.

That’s it. This will be running only until March 31st. Only available for US residents
Things are really popping at http://www.paintballx3.com . Amongst other things, I found out what my title was, and I was very pleased to see that John Amodea felt I was worthy to be an Associate Editor, along with Josh Silverman. I’m keeping pretty good company these days…
**FLEX**
Review of the Stiffi “ultimate” bbd complete, pending pictures. Look for it on PaintballX3 in a few days.
Review of LAPCO’s Apex Ready barrel complete and up on my site at http://thefordreport.com/2009/01/11/the-lapco-apex-ready-barrel/
SoBe Paintball’s John Navarro has been hard at work designing the South Beach Pimp’s jersey for the 2009 season…and he’s giggling like a large, heavily armed Cuban Schoolgirl…
Newest installment of SPLATXD is out: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9918e038
Cadet Corporal Brandon Podojil at West Point wanted me to pass on the information for this year’s Combat Classic, which will be taking place at West Point April 4^th and 5^th. Get the scoop on this game at www.armypaintball.com
Along with Viper’s game out in California this weekend, the SPCS is kicking off their 2009 season as well. http://www.thespcs.com/ to get the info you need and to sign up.
SITE Manufacturing is going to be running another barrel design contest later this spring. Stay tuned to www.sitemfg.com . Tell Naomi Dale sent you…
I now know for a fact that someone has been opening and reading my old dale@68caliber.com email. If by some chance you’re receiving email from someone at that email address, please note that it’s NOT me.
In other TFR releated news, I should hopefully have a press release to put out very soon. A meeting happened this week that I was anticipating, and I’m just waiting for some information to come my way as well as the go-ahead to run with the PR.
The Tiny Blonde Goddess is still on jury duty, but the trial looks like it’s coming to a close soon, so hopefully she get back into her regular routine sooner rather than later.
Finally, I want to say that I’m overly miffed with WikiPedia. A new term has cropped up in the playing community here in the Deep South, and it was suggested that I write a post for Wiki about it, so I did. They deleted it because it was ‘patent nonsense’. Drop me a line if you want to see it and judge for yourself…just make sure there aren’t any ladies or kids around when you read it…

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