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• This year, Low Country Paintball is offering an alternative to going to World Cup in Florida: http://thefordreport.com/2012/08/lcp-scenario-games-to-offer-alternative-to-psp-world-cup/
• Speaking of Low Country Paintball, Ashley and I will be out there this weekend conducting another LCP/Machine Paintball Vapor Test Drive…the cool thing is that this time we’ll have guns for sale if you want to buy!
• Sonny Lopez checks in: “MAG and Condor have teamed up to offer a specific pouch for the soon to be released Carmatech Engineering SAR12 paintball sniper rifle magazines! These pouches are going to be available in authentic Multicam initially. Other camo patterns to be released later in the year! http://militaryassaultgear.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=440 “
• RAP4 chimed in to clarify their relationship with Pepperball Technologies. They have no affiliation or association with Pepperball Technologies, Inc. That name and those rights belong to the new owner. The current RAP4 “Live” rounds are NOT made by Pepperball Technologies, Inc.
• Shoreline Paintball’s Tim and Suzy Barnett somehow came across the pond to kick my door in to make sure I knew that The Paintball Show’s official website http://www.thepaintballshow.tv has officially launched. I’d suggest going and visiting, or there’s going to be pain involved…mine.
• While the Valken Top Brass (Including the Awesome Greg Muller, who fought his way back in the weekly TFR Awesome Contest) are gallivanting all over the world this week, Gino checked in to let me know that Valken’s sales force has grown to include Ryan Grey, who will be handling the Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi markets.
• I met Skittles the Fish this evening at my stepdaughter’s school, which she starts tomorrow. Quite friendly, for a goldfish.
• Going back to England, Greg Hastings sent along a “Confirm Your Kills” video from The Tippmann UK Challenge: http://youtu.be/7Q2s82X7Rzk?hd=1
• Interestingly enough, I can imagine Ron Goldblatt with an English accent. Not a posh one, though.
• Meghan Collins is doing a bake sale to benefit “Georgia” Joe Hamilton at the September game at Fort Knox “Cowboys vs. Aliens”…she’s taking orders now! Look her up on Facebook!
• The CFOA has released their “Battle for the Beach” field layout.
• Sean Scott dropped in to demand that I attend the Windy City Classic one day game at CPX this coming Sunday. As I will be at LCP conducting a Vapor Test Drive, I had to take a raincheck.
• I found Quarles standing by my truck this morning making sure that I knew that the JT Splatmaster Experience was coming to NPPL DC Challenge.
• Upon further inspection of my truck, I found Deuce hanging out in the bed of my truck…he wanted to be sure I knew that the R7/Replay Camera now has a mount for Planet Eclipse guns.
• Speaking of Planet Eclipse, they’re going to be having an advance screening of their latest paintball documentary “Artifact: RedSunday” at the Super 6 “Staargate” Event.
• The Empire Paintball Super Freak review is up: http://thefordreport.com/2012/08/the-empire-super-freak-kit/
• Tom Cole thinks you ought to be going to the UWL Event in Chicago September 15th-16^th.
• From Canada, Avid Paintball dropped me a line: “AVID Paintball is a website made for the paintball enthusiast. You can share your experiences, goals and pretty much whatever you want on the forum. Why not hit up the chat room and meet some new friends. AVID also offers many products available for purchase at a reasonable price in Our easy to navigate store. If you’re looking to buy some new gear but don’t mind if it’s used? Then check out the classifieds section that offers other user submitted items for purchase or trade. What ever you need, AVID has got you covered!”
• Out in California, Kat Secor (Who is cute as a button) dropped this on me: “Kat Secor of Team Destiny is leading an all female team team in an X-ball event this Sunday, August 19, 2012. The event, Scrim Wars, is located at Midway Paintball Park near San Francisco, CA. The team is entered as Destiny ARMY and will be competing in Open Division. Destiny ARMY’s mission is to promote and develop women in the sport. On the roster with Kat Secor is Nor Cal baller Mikaela Wilkins and LA Hitmen’s Linh Troung who is also the Hawaiian 1 on 1 Pump Champion. Follow Destiny ARMY and see how this team stacks up to the competition at www.facebook.com/DestinyPaintball “
• Speaking of cute-as-as-button women playing paintball well, The Bombshells’ Jamie Hubbell is taking on Northern Invaders at Perry, Georgia’s Big Indian Paintball in September.
• Rabackoff hit me up to let me know that Houston Heat won MAO.
• Joey Decaire dropped in to hit me up with this link…more full paintball matches! http://goo.gl/vsd7K
• If you’re among the elite in the industry that I genuinely like, or are a current advertiser (or both), you likely got an email from me last night…definitely worth the read!