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1. Steve Rabackoff dropped in with this little tidbit: “CONGRATULATIONS to Dave (Opie) Thomas and his wife Nahreen (Shimmy)Sheeno!!! They just had a beautiful baby girl JULIA, 7 pounds 10 ounces… and I heard Opie was crying more than the baby!!!”

2. Sup’Air is getting into the woodsball/scenario market with their Jungle Edition bunkers: http://www.supairball.com/site2008/jungle.php

3. Speaking of bunkers, Ultimate Airball is back on the scene, with a brand new website. Check out the particulars on this new site and get a link over at http://thefordreport.com/?p=853

4. Paintballers are raising funds to help a hometown hero. Adam Brown, a paramedic with Greenville County (SC) EMS was recently diagnosed with a relapse of his Leukemia. A raffle has been started to help raise money for him and his family, visit http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/general-chat/98200-project-medic-raffle.html to see how you can help out!

5. Speaking of MCB…. http://thefordreport.com/?p=845

6. ANS Gear releases their AnuS Plug…. http://www.ansgear.com/category_s/1651.htm

7. Alrighty then!

8. Congratulations! Paul Forcier and his wife are expecting a baby girl in February 2010. Let’s celebrate and help them prepare for the big day!

9. Planet Eclipse rolls out their Winter Catalog as well as the Etek 3 at the PALS tournament in Asia.
10. Team IYAOYAS announces that they’ve secured a sponsorship with Planet Eclipse for the 2010 season: http://www.pbjunkie.com/forums/paintball-news-106/planet-eclipse-team-iyaoyas-30382.html
11. JT will be announcing their new FX Series at the RPL event this weekend at Camp Pendleton.
12. KEE Action Sports announces new MSRP pricing for the Empire Prophecy loader.
13. Things are getting…strange over at LCP Game Writer “Georgia” Joe Hamilton’s house: http://thefordreport.com/?p=851
14. Ken over at SPO gear has a new goodie for you if you’re looking for a loader with the Versa Shell features and don’t want to buy a loader then put the Versa system on it: http://thefordreport.com/?p=843
15. Craig Miller and his band have a new CD out. If you’re a fan of Bluestrain Express, check out their latest LIVE CD over at http://www.bluesvilleexpress.com/
16. ProCaps has opened a new warehouse in Simpsonville, SC. As they should!
17. The 2009 Japan Cup will take place on Sunday, December 6. The Japan Paintball Association http://www.npojpa.net/ will host it’s final event of the season at Kuwana Paintball Field in Mie Prefecture, Japan. This is a 3-man center flag format, and since marker imports are currently severely restricted, all players are required to use field rental markers. For directions to the field, please check the Kuwana Paintball site http://www.goodpaintball.com/kuwana/index.htm
18. Shooting Hot Writer and all around hottie Dawn Allcot announces that “I am excited to be the new Paintball blogger for the Web site www.allreviews.com. Everyone should let me know about their new products by emailing DawnAllcot@gmail.com. The site will grow to include reviews, a buyer’s guide and other cool stuff in the future “
19. Speaking of Dawn, I’m thinking everyone is going to really enjoy the December issue of Shooting Hot Magazine, which Joe, Bill, and Billy are starting the preliminary work on now.
20. For 2010, you’re not going to believe who we’ve got lined up for the magazine..
21. For some local flava, “Evil Ernie” dropped me a line about the SPCS: “The SPCS series has lowered the minimum age limit for their Masters division to 35 allowing for greater participation for us old guys.”
22. Ladies: Bob “Hawtie with a Nawtie Body” Cartwright is a single man again…the line forms to the left.
23. Virtue has released the NT Redefined board for the DYE NT.
24. If you’re playing in the RPL event this weekend out in California, pre order Karnage now and save big bucks.
25. Only in Tampa, Florida will you encounter someone who owns a $70,000 Porsche Convertible but is too stupid to use an ATM machine.
26. This weekend the Tiny Blonde Goddess and I will be making our way up to Old River Paintball in Ocklawaha, FL for the annual Toys for Tots game. If you’re around, you ought to stop by!
27. The guys over at TechPB and ProPaintball.Com have been reporting about the raid conducted by the German equivalent of a SWAT team at a paintball tournament. I honestly don’t know what to think about this whole thing…it’s like the Germans want paintball, but then they don’t, and when they don’t, they grossly overreact.