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• The Ford Report sends condolences and prayers to South Beach Pimp Bruce “Tracker” Crowder today. His mother ascended to heaven early this morning. Much love, brother.
• Drew Spurlock reminds me that there’s a Machine Paintball Test Drive this weekend at legendary Central Florida Paintball in Lakeland, FL this weekend. Fortunately he reminded me, or Ken Bryson was going to drop by and beat me up Frank Da Tank style.
• Speaking of Test Drives, the Machine Paintball Vapor Test Drive at Old River Paintball this past weekend went VERY well. Other than having to peel Ashley’s Pre-Production Vapor out of Bombshell Marlene’s hands…
• Valken sends congratulations to San Antonio X-Factor for their win at the NPPL DC Challenge.
• R7 has a RePlay Camera mount for the A5 now: http://thefordreport.com/2012/09/new-r7-camera-adapter-for-the-tippmann-a5/
• 88 Teeth Photography’s Taylor Ashton announced his XO for the “4 Real” game happening at Old River in February. The Space Viking Commander will have John Williams of Team XR as his XO.
• Speaking of Taylor, he’s going to be doing a very special photo shoot soon….
• Iaquinta sent me some info on this year’s Decay of Nations game…check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqTQVFl1e9A&feature=plcp
• Looks like 10 Man is making a comeback at this year’s World Cup. Too bad I’m not going…if they went full old school and had 10 Man with 15.4 bps Ramping, I’d be hard pressed to NOT show up to play…
• Yes, I know back in the day it was semi only, but 15.4 Ramping was just flat out fun, I don’t care what Raehl says.
• Got an email from Brian Barno this afternoon…he’s being coy, but it sounds like they’re up to something in Montreal…
• This week Custom Products’ Randy Caryl dominated the usually awesome Greg Muller to take this week’s “Most Awesome” title. I suspect Muller will be coming back strong if he can get past the coolness that is Machine Paintball’s Andrew Spurlock.
• Meanwhile over at the NPPL, The East dominated The West at the All Star game.
• Just think how bad the beating would have been if the Hairy Beast From The East had been playing…
• I see Frank Connell of Vanguard posted up a picture of the 2013 Demon on my Facebook page…I guess this means he’s sending me one to review?
• From the Canadian Department: “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 their 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 your need, AVID has got you covered.”
• Taitano and Co. sent me an email this week showing off some of the new camo stuff Empire has, which ought to make me perfect for the woods.
• Not sure a camo hopper will help hide the bright blue and silver Vapor, but hey, it’s worth a shot, right?
• The PSP announces their Illinois Ref Clinic, at H2 Paintball.
• The MAPL upgraded their D4/D5 Prize Package.
• I hear that XSV is going to be distributing JT FX 2.0 Gear.
• My good friend Steven Ledbetter up in ATL sent me a story in recognition of a fallen friend: http://thefordreport.com/2012/09/the-world-is-a-darker-place/
• From the dark and slightly twisted mind of Billy Smith comes the “ZILF”. All I’ll say is that you need to check out my FB page to see what a ZILF is.
• “Georgia” Joe Hamilton is recovering very well from emergency surgery last week.
• There’s been a schedule change for the event out west with the D-League this weekend…might want to check into that if you’re wanting to play!
• Spec Ops’ forums are back.
• Wished I could get up to my native Indiana this weekend for the Cowboys vs. Aliens game at Fort Knox. All in good time!
• You know, I bet a Machine Paintball Vapor Test Drive would go over BIG in Indiana….just sayin’.
• Funny how things come around. Ashley and I’s first wedding anniversary is this coming Monday, and we’re going to celebrate it like we celebrated the night we got married…and no, it wasn’t naked and screaming. Instead we’ll be celebrating our wedding anniversary as a family, with Ms. Tinsley, Kye the Killer Kitty, and Bo the Happy Puppy. I’m in love with my wife and stepdaughter as much today as I was a year ago, and I don’t see that changing. Finally got it right…