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• I’m hearing reports that Big Indian Paintball is going to be alive (sort of) with Zombies this weekend. LCP’s head ref Bubba Smith tells me that it’s taking more and more coffee to get Manager Bill Murray going in the morning. Not a good sign…
• Meanwhile, Valken’s Greg Muller is once again assisting with my wife’s butt, this time covering it in Valken’s pink Tron pants.
• Machine Paintball officially announces their sponsorship of the Palm Beach Vipers. Check out http://www.machinepaintball.com to see what makes the Vipers giggle!
• Planet Eclipse releases the official trailer for the ETEK 4: http://thefordreport.com/2012/05/the-planet-eclipse-etek-4/
• ANS Gear has them on pre-order, by the way.
• Named after a Norse God, the new Empire Vidar mask arrived this week, and was promptly confiscated by my stepdaughter. She has to sleep sometime, so I should be able to spirit it away this weekend to Big Indian to give it the once-over.
• Shooting Hot Magazine writer/photographer/videographer/reporter Seth “Big Boss” Manchester has released episode 2 of Shooting Hot TV: http://thefordreport.com/2012/05/shtv-episode-2/
• Ryan Sexton joins the Valken team: http://thefordreport.com/2012/05/ryan-sexton-joins-valken/
• Not to be outdone, Andy Potter kicked my door in to report this: “Valken is reminding everyone to get your teams signed up ahead of time for paint for NPPL Chicago to get the hook up ! We will be selling the good stuff : Redemption PRO!!! For more details or to sign your team up for paint for the event, please contact andy@valken.com .”
• Blue, having learned his lessons from the Death Kitties and Bo The Happy Puppy, dropped by without kicking anything in to lay this on me: “Pump Only CASTLE CONQUEST is coming to EMR on May 26th. We will also be allowing 12 gram Pistols even if they are semi-automatic. Pre-registration ends this Friday the 11th, so gets yours in now. For more information, go to www.EMRPAINTBALL.com/pumpwinter.shtml . Only $50 prepaid and includes 500 paintballs. “
• The Scottish Warriors are running a game May 20^th over in Europe: http://www.raidersbiggame.co.uk/ All proceeds from the game are going to the Help for Heroes charity, which helps soldiers and their families.
• Empire paintball has made the barrel kit that comes with the Sniper available: http://www.paintballgateway.com/emsnpugunpab.html
• Tom Cole thinks you should go to the Texas UWL event at Cousins Paintball in Dallas, TX. The event is going off June 2^nd and 3^rd, so get signed up!
• Engler did…things to Tippmann’s new FT-12: http://thefordreport.com/2012/05/engler-custom-paintball-guns-is-proud-to-announce-the-release-of-its-newest-design-tippmann-ft-12-with-folding-stock/
• Registration for the Chicago NPPL ends today…might want to get registered or Frank’s going to beat me up. Again.
• PSP affiliate league AXBL announced the winners from their most recent event.
• Coming up on the 27^th, NPPL affiliate league Pev’s will be having an event as well, and another in July.
• TechPB has a store now: http://techpb.spreadshirt.com/
• Rumor has it that Valken is gearing up for D-Day…. Potter assured me that I would have details about this year’s events very soon! I’ve dispatched Terminator Class Minions to his South Florida compound to ‘have a little talk’ with him about dispersing information.
• Over on TechPB it was announced that there’s been another price drop on the Valken V-Max.
• The NPPL has lowered entry fees for their Pump Division.
• RAP4 rolls out the MKP Jackal magazine fed paintball gun.
• They also announced that they’re going to be at Defense Services Asia 2012.
• DYE rolls out some limited edition DM12′s. Puuuuuuuuurty!
• Thanks to Billy Wing and the guys at DYE’s tech department for some information and advice this week.
• PSP Affiliate NEXL announces the winners from their most recent tournament.
• Cobie Smulders, one of the more attractive actresses in the Avengers movie recently held a private paintball party for her and some friends at Hollywood Sports in Bellflower, CA.
• No, I haven’t seen the movie yet.
• I’m happy to announce that the trip to the gun show in Valdosta this past weekend went better than expected…The Dark Child didn’t shoot the place up (much) and Ashley wasn’t forced to knife anyone, and I came away with a great deal on a Rock Island Arms CS! I call that a win-win!