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1. Shooting Hot Magazine and The Ford Report have formed a strategic alliance. Look for changes coming soon… http://thefordreport.com/2010/01/shooting-hot-magazine-and-the-ford-report-form-strategic-alliance/
2. Wyrm chimes in: “Join the EMR FAMILY in breaking the winter doldrums and kicking off the season. Inspired by games developed by BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT – World of WarCraft and StarCraft, Jason “Wyrm” Rossow is proud to bring you INSURRECTION. INSURRECTION is Part 2 of “The Battle For Azzyroth” series and is played from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday MARCH 27th, 2010. Player’s Party Saturday night in the Rec. Center, play all Day Sunday on scheduled mini games on various fields. Early pre-register before 1-29-10 and get a FREE Limited Edition GAME PATCH! It’s just $20 per player for the entire weekend prepaid by 3/13/09 or $30 at the event. Game information can be found at http://www.dragnzlair.net/insurrection/ and they can register at http://www.emrpaintball.com “
3. The PSP hires Camille Lemanski, causing some to pronounce the NPPL dead.
4. Chuck Hendsch took exception to this, announcing registration is open for the 2010 NPPL season, and when I asked, he said this about Camille’s departure: “Camille has worked for the NPPL for 10 years. The NPPL board of team directors and owners will take over all responsibilities of the General Manager. The NPPL wishes Camille all the best in her future endeavors. The league will also be hiring office staff to assist with administration duties.”
5. Paul Rauholt from RAP4 had this to say: “We are proud to introduce a revolutionary product for your action sports lifestyle. The RAP4 Hawkeye Video Recorder Sunglasses are stylish shades that come with a discreet digital video camera built right into the frame. Hit record and instantly capture color video at 30 frames per second with sound, of whatever you’re looking at!”
6. There’s a nasty rumor going around that JT Sports has been bought, and the consensus is that ProCaps is the buyer. Repeated interrogation sessions with various members of ProCaps management have led nowhere, but I have a sneaking suspicion that ‘they’ are wrong.
7. G.I. Mil-Sim joins The Ford Report family of advertisers. No, I’m not a mind-numbed robot now…Richmond just recognizes and respects effective advertising.
8. Andy Van Der Plaats chimed in with this bit of D-Day news: “This past June, with the support of many of the fine vendors who support D-Day it was my pleasure to have been able to offer everyone who attended D-Day a complimentry copy of a new newspaper entitled ‘Stars and Stripes 2009 Oklahoma D-Day Special Edition.’ Here’s a link to an online copy of that paper: http://issuu.com/dorsai/docs/stars_and_stripes_complete_final
9. Blue says: “BLUE, DEUCE, and BLUE’S CREW will be attending the 26-Hour Scenario Game at Camp BLANDING in Florida on February 20th/21st produced by Southern Xtreme Paintball. If you want to come run and gun with the CREW, come join Team War Machine and others that will be playing with us on the Blue side for General Tippy of team SOD. For more information on the event go to www.SouthernXtremePaintball.com .”
10. DYE was victim to a mudslide this past week, but everyone is okay and damage was minimal.
11. The RPL has updated their website for the 2010 season. Www.therpl.com
12. Bowing to popular demand from Europe, I wrote an expose` of the ‘on the street’ word over some of the major companies in paintball and their outlook for 2010: http://thefordreport.com/2010/01/hard-times-an-industry-expose/
13. Brian Barno at ProCaps sent me this: “Following is a video compliments of Procaps & BuyPBL, Special thanks to Naz from Procaps and his Brother from BuyPBL. Harley wanted to do a Behind the Scenes of Paintball Tournaments. However, he passed before it was completed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP6t3rNqnwQ “
14. Albus Dumbledore reminds me that Harry Pottier Year 5: The Order of the Phoenix is set to happen March 6-7^th 2010 at Low Country Paintball.
15. NOCER Productions announces their 2010 Schedule: http://thefordreport.com/2010/01/nocer-productions-announces-2010-schedule-of-events/
16. Whatever you do, don’t go check out www.theandypotter.com
17. The PSP releases the field layout for their first event of the year. A new rule for 2010 also prohibits the color yellow for paint and equipment.
18. Mike Crotsley asks “Can you add that Lehigh Valley Paintball South is holding a Russian Legion Clinic January 23rd and 24th, More info @ www.lvpsouth.com
19. Evan Money boldly says: “BOLD PREDICTION! PAINTBALL WILL INCREASE BY 25% THIS YEAR! That’s right, I have spent over 15 years starting more than 1,000 paintball fields worldwide and you can take it to the bank! Paintball will increase 25% this year!Click below to read all about it in my blog: http://emoneypaintball.net/blog/ “
20. JC Leabo asked that I pass this on: “Crystal Rose McCullough was born premature on January 7, 2010, weighing in at just 2 lbs 8 ounces. She is the daughter of Casey and Marrissa McCullough.

    Premature birth has become the most common, serious and costly problem facing America’s infants and is responsible for about half of all infant hospitalization charges. Having a baby too early can cost up to 60 times more than an uncomplicated birth. If you can spare a few dollars, Casey and Marrissa would really appreciate any help that will get them through this ordeal.

    Please use the PayPal transaction process for your donation.

    PayPal email is paintballmechanic@yahoo.com

21. Teams Aftermath and Infamous have merged.
22. In related news, I’ve managed to confirm that Frank Connell will still be involved in Paintball for the 2010 season, but until he responds to an email or a text, I won’t know precisely how. I’ve pondered sending Minions over to the Spacecoast, but Minions are getting expensive and hard to come by these days.
23. Nitehawk Paintball and the Irregulators are going to be throwing a game March 20^th called “Armed Forces III”. Check out the details at www.nitehawkpaintball.com
24. Daniel “Barney” Alamo is the General of one of the games at Poco Loco this year. He’s also the General for one side of this year’s Living Legends 3 game.
25. Kohn Sports’ Gavin Anderson is hard at work on his Jersey designs, which are made entirely in the USA. Click his banner down below and show him some love.
26. Bobby Goedecke chimes in with this from the Lone Star State: “Paintball USA is back as TXR Paintball. Darrell “Drail” McNeill, former owner of Paintball USA, reacquired the land lease to the property on Labor Day Weekend 2009. The former tenants, #1 Paintball Corporation, did little to no maintenance on the facility and was not usable due to safety hazards at the time TXR received access to the facility. They were running approximately 250-300ppl on Saturdays. All woods ball fields were left to deteriorate to the elements, and main speedball fields were being played until the stress of impacts were destroying the bunkers.”
27. E-Money forgot to mention this: “DID YOU MISS THE AMAZING TELEPHONE SEMINAR? How to recession proof your paintball field in the New Year! Well now you can hear the recording THIS WEEK ONLY! CALL: (641)-527-4212 regular phone rates apply. When prompted use attendee code: 5355258# The use recording: 123# Then sit back and enjoy and make sure to take some notes! Even if you haven’t opened your paintball field yet this telephone seminar is for you. For those of you that do have a field then get ready TO SKY ROCKET YOUR SUCCESS and INCREASE YOUR REVENUE 50% or more!”
28. Valken is hiring…check it out on Facebook. I asked if they were looking for a PR guy, but no response yet. I’m not sure I could handle eating raw lion meat anyhow…
29. ANS has dropped prices on ’09 Egos to $795. They’re just plain silly!
30. MPP Games’ 4 Roads to Laos is in 2 weeks at LCP. Www.mppgames.com
31. Shortly after that is PaintClub21. If you think you can handle it, head on over to www.paintclub21.com and get started.
32. The CFOA is having a big ‘ol Rumble at PBC Paintball Park in Rock Hill, SC. Www.thecfoa.com to get the particulars. It’s next weekend, for the lazy among you.
33. If you can’t make that, maybe you can make the SPCS event that’s next weekend.
34. Quickshot paintball in New Jersey is having a game called “ScarFace: Tony’s Revenge”
35. Monty Doom is hard at work on the Grand Finale coverage for the next issue of Shooting Hot. Ought to be interesting.
36. It’s finally starting to thaw here, which comes as a relief…especially since I have the giggle-inducing pleasure of working on my car some more. Oh Joygasm.