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1. MAO concludes Sunday with The Ironmen taking 1^st place pro, Aftermath II taking semi-pro, D1 Seattle CDR, D2 Team Unlimited, D3 Boom, D3 Race 2 II Inertia, and D4 Coalition.
2. On-site Minions report only 13 vendors on site. Ouch.
3. PaintClub 21 is next weekend. I can’t wait!
4. The latest issue of SPLATXD is out: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b9aadfeb#/b9aadfeb/1
5. …which features the best back players in the business, including Frank Connell, who also qualifies as one of the most intimidating players in the game. Whoever captioned his picture in the mag also referred to him as “Good Looking”. He’s got the wrong plumbing for me, so I dunno…
6. The next USPL/NPPL event has been scheduled for July 24th-26^th at SC Village in Corona, California. Assuming the state doesn’t burn down from all the wildfires…
7. DYE releases their latest video showcasing their Core Athletes here: http://www.youtube.com/DYEPAINTBALLVIDEO
8. Camp Pendleton Paintball Park in Cali is having an event May 30^th presented by Sunday Paintball. “The Dark Reaper Crisis” registration ends May 18^th. Http://www.thepaintballpark.com for more info.
9. Greg Hastings has another video out from his 2009 Tour of Duty: http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=56989064
10. Rebecca Gamble has left Smart Parts. Dealers got a farewell letter from her confirming her departure.
11. Hater Paintball is making a killer offer to dealers who want to help ‘em blow out the remaining ’08 gear.
12. I haven’t heard any cackling from Gary at A Sick Ano lately, so I’m assuming my Vicious Ego 7 is on the way back to me.
13. PSP rolls out a new website. Http://www.pspevents.com
14. The Ringmaster Reports: “After a phone call with Tippmann, it was told that they have gotten all the parts in for the pistol, and have begun putting the TPX together. The pistols should be completed and shipment will begin to dealers who have preordered within the next week. The delay was due to a set of springs not being the correct tension, and the proper ones being ordered. Dealers who have expressed need of a phone call ( myself included ) will get one once their orders are ready to ship.”
15. The CFOA 3 Man Series is heating up this weekend at the participating 3 Man Series Fields. To see if you local field is participating, check out www.thecfoa.com
16. Blue is announcing that two generals have stepped up for the JT SPORTS “WESTERN WORRS” game being held at EMR Paintball Park on June 27th. Mike Sheridan of team Misdirected Hostilities will be leading the Native Warriors in their attempt to drive the Soldiers and Settlers lead by Ron “Fat Zebra” Walters of team Ferrymen from their land. This game is full of Forts, Outposts, and various objectives with a lot of action and various missions. For more information, take your six shooter to www.EMRPAINTBALL.com and check it out.
17. Semi-Local Flava from Wayne’s World last weekend: “The Federal Marshals, under the command of Sarah Tingle (as herself), were successful in defeating Captain Richard Head (portrayed by John Weare) and other assorted convicts, at Wayne Dollack’s “Con-Rail” 24 hour scenario game, over the weekend of May 2-3.” Thanks to Hollywood for the update.
18. The always eloquent Craig Miller checks in: “
19. For the past two weeks, the sweet smell of freshly welded, industrial-strength “Ultimate Airball®” woven vinyl fabric has been emanating once again from Brimstone Enterprises’ Ohio factory, where Milt Call and his family have been seen shrink wrapping skids for major shipments this week. With their U.S. Patent in place, they are back in full production! Look for their American-Made bunkers ON THE FIELD at Oklahoma D-Day! Order through Craig@UltimateAirball.com.”
20. Mark Weiss from LAPCO informs me that LAPCO is going on the assault with their new barrel, the Big Shot Assault barrel. For more info, check out www.lapcopaintball.com
21. Palm City, Florida will be hosting the next DraXxus 3 Man event this weekend. Head on over to http://www.p8ntballers.com/ to get signed up.
22. I’d been having an issue with my Ego 9, and it’s since been fixed, but I wanted to thank Lance Rogers of GZ Paintball, Joe Holleran of Carnival Paintbal, John Navarro of SoBe Paintball and Planet Eclipse’s Gerry Bates for researching and coming up with a solution.
23. Speaking of my 9, it’s now to be known as “Ms. Kusanagi”. Stinger Paintball Designs created grips based on a design inspired by the Japanese TV Series character Major Motoko Kusanagi that are now gracing my 9. Simply amazing.