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The Paintball Extravaganza is going on this week, in case you weren’t aware…I’m not there, but I have ‘people’ there.
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…and DYE appears to be dominating the show from the manufacturing side, and Valken is crushing the show from the distributor side of things. I’m told their sales team was killing, maiming and destroying.
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Speaking of crushing things, the homies over at TechPB absolutely crushed everyone on covering Extravaganza. I’m told that Willie didn’t have to beat too many people up…
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Planet Eclipse rolls out the Ego 10 and the Etek 3. Interestingly enough, people seem more excited about the Etek 3 than the Ego 10, which I find odd until I remember that a lot more people are willing to spend $600 on a gun than they are $1250 on one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXGjquta_D4 for a vid of the Ego 10.
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Greg Hastings is apparently a cake lover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNBpOwMEMMw&feature=related
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ProCaps is mourning the loss of their long time employee David “Harley” Rideout who passed away last week. RIP, Harley. http://thefordreport.com/?p=761
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If you were at Extravaganza, I do hope you took the time to talk to Bambi Bullard, the sales goddess for Shooting Hot Magazine.
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TechPB reaches 20,000 users in 12 months, 6 months less than what TechPB’s Willie Galarza anticipated.
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Hollywood chimes in: “This year, I believe on November 16th, Golden Corral will open its doors to active duty and veterans nationwide, and provide without cost, a free dinner in appreciation for their service and sacrifice. This show of appreciation is certainly worthy of recognition, and a personal recommendation that Golden Corral’s support of our military, is worthy of our own support. Please make a point of dining at a Golden Corral near you, at least once each year. “
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I have been inducted into the OSF. The Operator Strike Force is a invitation-only ‘club’ for players who have to be nominated based on their contributions to the game, conduct on and off the field, and several other qualifications. Think of it as the FreeMasons for paintball. http://www.strike-force.net/
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NOCER Productions announces their October game, “Bloodlines III: The New World” to take place at Old River Paintball the weekend after World Cup. http://thefordreport.com/?p=756
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For the upcoming “Fulda Gap” game at Command Decisions, Valken is supplying the paint. Interesting.
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Frank Connell is in England. I despise Frank Connell at this moment.
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Then I heard Dan Napoli was heading across the pond as well. Damn-It Man!
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THEN I find out that Sterling Paintball’s Janek D is heading to England tomorrow as well…WTF? Am I not one of the cool kids?
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Low Country Paintball had a work weekend this past weekend for players who wanted to have a first look at the bases and how the field was going to be set up. I didn’t make it, but I got pictures. Tee Hee.
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As promised, Ryan from PBLive hooked me up with a YouTube link to my interview last week:http://thefordreport.com/?p=767
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Tippmann re-releases the SL-68II, a durable legend in the pump world.
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The always amiable Bill Bussler also informs me that Tippmann has enacted a rebate program for the X7 for those of you interested in getting an X7, as well as a “Green” program to lessen the environmental impact of paintball markers and associated equipment on the environment.
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Hater Paintball releases some cool looking new backplates for the Empire Too loader.
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Blue chimes in: “JT SPORTS CASTLE CONQUEST XXVIII is coming up fast on September 26th at EMR Paintball Park. Don’t miss the fall PURE PAINTBALL INSANITY that makes this a don’t miss game. For more information, go to http://emrpaintball.com/conquestfall.shtml “
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The TSSOC took on the NVA at NJ Nam recently. It got ugly.
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For you dealers out there, make sure you stop by the Versa Shell booth and talk to Ken about taking on the Versa product line…he’ll make it worth your while if you do…like give you a Versa shell to show to your customers!
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Which reminds me…I completed the review of the Versa shell recently. But you’ll have to wait for the first issue of Shooting Hot to see it!
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Teams Infamous and Dynasty will be having Meet-n-Greet opportunities at two local Orlando fields during World Cup. Dynasty will be at Hyper Sports Park on the 6th, and Infamous will be chillaxing at Xtreme Paintball Xperience in Kissimmee on the 7th. Whatever you do, don’t try and steal Travis Lemanski’s trucker hat.
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RPS is having a sweepstakes to win 10 cases of Marbs. http://www.rps-paintball.com/LP/RPS/index.html to enter!
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Critical Paintball releases the G-100 2 piece barrel. Jon-Paul is giggling like a wild man over this new barrel.
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Win an A1 Fly from Suicide Guys and help a worthy cause! http://www.shopsuicideguys.com/product.sc?productId=182
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Bob Long releases the Magnum regulator. It’s longer so it’s easier to hold on to. And for some reason, it was a bit uncomfortable for me to type that.
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The old saying “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” doesn’t apply if you’re a vendor for the NPPL’s Championship event in Vegas. Camille won’t tell, but all your products will be leaving Vegas…in customer’s hands!
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The PSP rolls out some more Hotel and Rental house deals for World Cup.
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Addiction Army’s Bill and Cody Murray ought to be receiving my Vicious Ego 7 to work their dark art on in the next day or so. One of the things that Bill and Cody are going to put on the gun are the words “No Pity, No Remorse, No Fear” http://www.addictionarmy.com to witness the hotness.
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Kinda weird for me yesterday morning going to the VA Hospital in St. Pete to have my knees evaluated. Brought back a lot of memories being around all the serious military veterans. Contrary to what my bosses at work thought, I wasn’t there all day…I was there under an hour, and I got to have a great conversation with a retired flight surgeon who was serving in Vietnam the same year I was born.
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