Everything found here was either directly observed by the staff, sent in by members of The Ford Report Mailing list, or quoted by anonymous Ford Report Minions. Keep in mind at all times… The Ford Report is for entertainment purposes only! Some of the things posted here may not be completely accurate. These posts may directly correlate to yourself, your team, or company. Use the link in this email to unsubscribe from The Ford Report if you find yourself offended by it. If you’re seeing it on the site, then feel free to click that little red ‘X’ and move on with your day.

1. I got interviewed last night on PBLive.TV. I had to follow Chris Lasoya…big shoes, I know. I pulled it off, of course! The show is already available at PBLive.TV’s “On Demand” section, and I’m told that YouTube and Vimeo links are coming…

2. NOCER Productions’ Bloodlines game coming up the weekend after World Cup now has the Generals picked. Mike “Kilroy” Castleman will be leading the Werewolves against Mike Tolnay’s Vampiric legions at Old River Paintball in Ocklawaha, FL. Http://www.nocerproductions.com for more info.

3. Paintballphotography.com, the only photography site to cover paintball events all over the world, has added the following new galleries of photos. Grand Tour Moscow – Photography by Marat Dunyashev Woodsball Tournament League Event # 4 – Photography by Gary Baum Decay of Nations III Scenario – Photography by Gary Baum USPL DC Open 4 albums of photos from Gary Baum and Brian Mack….2 more to be added this week Toronto Sick Kids Hospital Fundraiser Scenario – photos by Tom ” Tomcat ” Cunningham Malaysia Paintball Official Circuit Leg #5 – photos by Desmond Foo Malaysian National Paintball League Event #4 – photos by Desmond Foo

4. Traumahead Sportz has inked a deal that will allow them to be seen in 14 Million + homes via Dish Network. Every Friday night at 10:30PM EST on channel 230 is the place to be!

5. I got this rumor that the Oahu Open VIP game being held on the 28^th of this month is being held at the same location they film Lost, the Jurassic Park movies and lots of other movies and TV shows. I got Minions hunting down Lopez now…

6. World Cup Grandstand tickets are now available.

7. The NPPL/USPL has released the field layouts for their Vegas event.

8. If you’re going to Paintball Extravaganza, make sure you stop by the Gen-X Global booth so you can get hooked up with some freebies and hang out with Arfan and Ray.

9. Bambi Bullard will also be on hand representing Shooting Hot Magazine, so if you’re looking to advertise and have your ads seen by people who have the means to actually buy rather than just slobber all over your demo gear, get with Bambi…she’ll treat you right.

10. The LCP Vacation Extravaganza was this past weekend in Northern Georgia. The Tiny Blonde Goddess and I were honored to be among the 13 people invited to this event. In between partying, whitewater river rafting, and eating like pigs, we had some discussions about the state of the game, and decisions were made. No, I’m not going to tell you what those decisions were.

11. Leave it to paintball players to take something as innocent as go kart racing to a new, violent level.

12. Andy Piper no longer works for Kingman.

13. The home of paintball in Ireland, paintballer.ie, got their hands on Planet’s Jack Wood and interviewed him: http://www.paintballer.ie/features/6877-industry-pro-interview-jack-wood-planet-eclipse.html

14. Sources indicate that ProCaps will have something big to announce at Extravaganza. Minions are en route to Montreal now to have a little chat with the Romanian Terminator.

15. The World Cup Price Break deadline has been extended…but not for long.

16. Teams participating in BCPPL event #3 “The West Coast Classic” September 18 – 20, can win one of two entry and paint packages in the USPL Las Vegas World Paintball Championships. Division 1 1st place, and Division 2 1st place winners will experience all that a National NPPL event offers, with the bonus of playing, and staying, right on the world famous Las Vegas strip.

17. Inspire Paintball has released their BFG Tactical Paintball Marker.

18. Local shop Paintballers, Inc. announces that the Mac Dev Tactical Drone has arrived.

19. The Shocktech Factory was broken in to this past week. In addition to a lot of Serial #1 markers, office equipment, machining equipment and computers were stolen. Keep and eye out!

20. Andy Van Der Platts emailed me letting me know about The 4^th Infantry Division’s video made at Oklahoma D-Day this past year: http://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=3ObtmQL2VDY

21. Just in case you forgot about The next game at LCP, Prison Escape: http://thefordreport.com/?p=725

22. “Georgia” Joe Hamilton found out this week that his next child (currently under development) will be a little girl.

23. Aaron Kneppar has released a video from the Army’s West Point Paintball Event.

24. Check out this sneak peek at the World’s Largest Paintball Party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmGgIzB8fFE

25. Phatty the Cat still hasn’t forgiven us for being away over the Labor Day weekend…to the point of not only reading me the riot act every 15 minutes or so, but making a point to spend lots of time in our suitcase.

26. Tomorrow is the 8^th anniversary of a date that shall live in infamy for all time. Please take a moment to show your respects to those who lost their lives on that day, and maybe say a few prayers for those who are fighting to this day to ensure it never happens again.