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1. Congratulations to the winners at last week’s USPL Event! Avalanche came in 2^nd place pro, which is very respectable, but obviously not quite where Frank wants to be.

2. Own your own field with a Money Paintball Franchise! http://emoneypaintball.net/product_info.php?products_id=62

3. KEE Action Sports has a recall going on Pure Energy tanks with Reactor III Regulators: http://www.paintballsolutions.com/pdf/manuals/pureenergy/Reactor_3_Info_Sheet.pdf

4. Aftermath quits the USPL.

5. Create the field you want to play at this year’s Free Finale! A work weekend is scheduled for September 12^th and 13^th at Low Country Paintball near Ludowici, GA to specifically prep the field for the upcoming “Prison Break” game and the 2009 Free Finale. Http://www.locopaintball.com for more info.

6. If you bought a Tippmann TPX pistol, there’s an update out for it to make more tolerant of the varying tolerances of the 12 grams out there. http://www.tippmann.com/

7. The RPL has opened registration for both the Washington and Hollister, CA events.

8. No, I haven’t gotten either the June or July issue of Paintball Sports yet…

9. “Hollywood” writes: “The world is wondering if and when the infamous Captain Flatulence will make another appearance. Rumor is, that he has procured another six cans of fart spray, and may either make a personal appearance, or delegate the appearance to one of his lieutenants.”

10. The South Beach Pimps have received their batch of T-Shirts from SBP Gear. If you think you’re worthy, or just want to look good, go here: http://sobepaintball.com/store/index.php?cPath=214&osCsid=918f0b6fd92a87511f48579f66959e0c

11. Robert at GTF Paintball dropped me a line: “First Beta Testing for XWL over the weekend at GTF Paintball went over well. Teams in attendance were able to run the fast paced format and give their input. All in all those involved agreed that this should be an exciting tournament and look forward to it’s roll out in the fall. Check out www.xwlpb.com for the next beta testing date so you too can be involved in making this the best woodsball tounament available. “

12. Old River Paintball near Ocklawaha, FL is having another BYOP weekend this coming weekend…use your favorite paint at one of the prettiest fields in Florida! Www.oldriverpaintball.com

13. Planet’s Zick Kit 2 is now on Pre-Order.

14. So what comes after the High Rate of Fire Giggle? Check this out: http://thefordreport.com/2009/07/27/what-comes-after-the-high-rate-of-fire-giggle/

15. Notice a lot of paintball companies are really getting on board with the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc.? This is something I must discuss with the Romanian Terminator…

16. The countdown is on over at BT for the BT World Game. Www.btpaintball.com

17. After repeated failures by Minions attempting to interrogate staff at Planet Eclipse regarding their 2010 lineup, we used ‘other methods’ to get the information we were looking for: http://thefordreport.com/2009/07/29/exclusive-first-look-at-2010-distortion-line/

18. Empire Paintball has released a limited edition Mini with Flames on it…

19. Randy with the AFTS has made a decision regarding the last event of the 2009 AFTS Season…they’re going to end the season with ASG. http://www.paintball-players.org/cgi-bin/signup.cgi?LID=67&EID=1197 to get signed up!

20. Amodea and Co. have been busy! PaintballX3 has over 60 galleries from various events now up on the site.

21. Luxe responds to customer needs by opening a California office. Http://www.LuxePaintball.com

22. The Oahu Open going on in September has a lot of people talking, but what a lot of people aren’t catching is that Sonny got out-of-industry support and sponsorship for the event…that’s pretty significant!

23. Now that the West Coast Open is done, the USPL is now getting ramped up for the DC Challenge, set to go off August 28th-30^th. They’ve already got Hotel Deals going and all that…so start preparing!

24. Miami last weekend was amazing. The Navarros are amazing people, and both The Tiny Blonde Goddess and I are honored to have friends like them and the rest of the South Beach Pimps. The only downside was the culture shock…Sunday morning I was sitting at Primetime 24 on South Beach eating breakfast and looking at half naked hotties, but on Monday morning I was in my supervisor’s office in Tampa looking at his (fortunately) fully clothed self. It’s simply not fair!