• Had a nice long talk with Machine Paintball’s Mike Spurlock over the weekend, and during the course of our conversation, he showed me some top-secret prototypes (Jimmy will kill me if I say anything), discussed some designs for future release, and I think I accidentally got to see Ashley and I’s guns. They’re….yummy.
• Meanwhile, Valken is looking to up their support of qualified scenario teams to Pro level: http://thefordreport.com/2012/02/valken-to-offer-its-first-pro-level-scenario-team-sponsorship/
• If for some reason you missed “Galaxy Wars” , you can still get your dose of intense Deep South Paintball at Old River February 25^th and 26^th at “4 Real 2”: http://thefordreport.com/2012/01/sbp-scenarios-and-greg-hastings-tour-of-duty-present-4-real-2/
• Bob “The Saucy Aussie” Cartwright has some paintball guns he’s trying to sell…he’s got a DM12, an NT11, and a very rare Red Zombie NT 11. The pricing is enough to make me blush if I mention it, so drop me a line at dale@thefordreport.com for pictures and pricing!
• Rick Chard dropped by with this: “Due to the response of the free class incentive, for pre-registering to the 2012 Paintball Extravaganza International, it has been decided to extend the opportunity through Tuesday, February 8. For every business registration completed, you will have the opportunity to receive 2 free classes. See website for more details. Don’t forget to check out the tours that are available while registering for the event. Bring your spouse and stay a couple extra days and enjoy the Nation’s Capitol.”
• If you’re playing the entire NPPL season this year, save $3000 by pre-paying for the entire season’s entry! Hit up Valerie@nppl.com and save some money.
• …which means that registration for Huntington Beach is open right now!
• The PSP is having ref certification clinics in both Indiana and South Carolina.
• MacDev has signed on to sponsor San Francisco Explicit.
• Marc from Planet Eclipse wanted me to see the Etha shoot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_I1cab8rzA
• …little did he know that I saw, held, and shot one right after World Cup! Can’t wait to review one…
• Hell Survivors said “Hell No” to oil filled paintballs: http://thefordreport.com/2012/01/hell-survivors-paintball-field-owner-says-no-to-oil-filled-paintballs/
• Empire steps up to sponsor Upton 187 Crew.
• Nikos Kostakos won the RAP4 2012 Best Paintball Photo contest.
• RAP 4 also has a new internal Flexi-Air system available now to make your gear as close to real steel as possible.
• Tippmann is having a Pre-Registration contest for Living Legends V. Sign up for Living Legends and you get a chance to win a TPX or Phenom. Sign up here: http://www.cpxsports.com/static.asp?path=68
• Big things are going on in Canada: http://thecppl.com/2012/details.htm
• Kreisman dropped by with this tidbit: “Empire Paintball is pleased to announce that they will be providing ULTRA EVIL paint for all of Paintball Asylum’s 3 MSXL hosted events, including the Season Opener and the Championship Event, during the 2012 season.”
• While he was here intimidating the Death Kitties, he made mention of the 2012 Empire Contact gear, which is available now!
• Over in Europe, the Millenium Series has a trailer for the 2012 season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7joX6qCAmk&feature=player_embedded
• Up in New York, Barno posted up on Facebook about a 3 man Advanced and Beginner tournament at NVP Paintball February 26^th.
• How ya doing, Brian?
• The Skeletor 262 had a great time at Galaxy Wars: http://thefordreport.com/2012/02/the-skeletor-262s-take-on-galaxy-wars/
• Waverly was Dual Wielding….hell yeah!
• Will from Valken kicked the door in (He’s not a Ninja like Greg) to let me know that Bob Long and his team won the latest UWL using Valken Redemption Pro.
• Sorry about what Bo the Happy Puppy did to your leg, Will… it’ll heal, I promise!
• ProPaintball.Com is reporting on a new paintball gun coming from Avratech: http://www.propaintball.com/2012/01/retro-7-paintball-gun/
• Marcello Margot joins Russian Legion.
• ANS Gear has a price drop on NT 11′s.
• X-Factor picks up Billy Bernacchia.
• Parts are starting to trickle in for the ’01 Honda Civic that McClain Motorsports is building for me. Even though it’s just going to be a little commuter car, I’m anxious to see Houston McClain ‘s progress as he starts putting the car together!

Like so many epidemics before, the loss of so many lives began with a single microscopic organism, its human nature to seek even the smallest comfort in reason or logic in events as catostropic as this, but a virus doesnt choose a time or place. It doesnt hate or even care. It just happens. The mutated virus has spread across the state like a common cold.

There is no stopping it, no cure, no vaccine. Claiming the lives of thousands in the first month. In an attempt to quell the virus, martial law was implemented, Road blocks set up, curfews enforced. The airports, sea ports and borders were closed. Low Country Paintball was placed under quarantine. The people were ordered to stay in their campers, avoid travel, avoid contact. To sit it out and wait for help that did not come.

Come with us on an epic battle to save humanity. LCP will travel across the state preparing for the apocoalypse at hand and removing the plague that is upon it’s land. It all begins on April 14^th 2012 at Low Country Paintball with the Zombies vs Humans battle. When that battle is complete we will travel to Big Indian Paintball in Perry Ga on May 12^th and 13^th 2012 where Clay Walls, Head of the Outlanders will battle Chris Corbit Head of the MSF (Militarized Surviving Force) for food and supplies to sustain their own remaining tribes. This Battle will continue on September 15^th and 16^th in Pavo, Georgia at Blackwater Paintball. Another sudden out break of mutated zombies will find the battle back at Low Country Paintball on October 27^th 2012. All these battles will find their cumulation back at Low Country Paintball on January 26^th and 27^th 2013 for the final Zombie Apocalypse (LCP’s New Years Bash).

Which tribe shall remain in the aftermath and horrors of a mutated Zombie virus?  Which tribe shall become the zombies? Pick your sides, choose your battles, survival is your choice. Sign up for the next big game at www.lcpScenarioGames.com. Join the series that will be like no other!

Kerry “Viper” Rosenberry, producer of the scenario game stated, “We’re excited to be shooting the best again this year at Living Legends 5.  When producing an event of this magnitude, only the finest paint this industry has to offer will do and we have found that with Empire Evil Paintballs with RPS Technology.”

CPX Sports’ Living Legends is globally recognized as one of the sport’s most successful paintball events drawing enthusiasts from all over the world to the Chicagoland area to experience the very best facility and game-play paintball has to offer.  This year marks the 5^th installment of the event and is widely regarded as the must-attend event of 2012.

Paul Dagnino, VP of Sales and Marketing at CPX Sports said, “We’re thrilled to be offering Living Legends players Empire Evil paintballs again in 2012.  We shoot only the best at CPX Sports, whether it’s for practices, tournaments, recreational play, or the industry’s best scenario event and for us that means Empire Paintballs with RPS Technology.”

For more information about Living Legends 5 visit http://www.livinglegendsofpaintball.com

For more information about CPX Sports visit them online at www.cpxsports.com

Connect with Empire Paintball on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date on the down low.

Empire Paintball is a brand of KEE Action Sports LLC.

The SARPL is the starting point for tournament paintball in South Africa, as well as providing top class competition for higher division teams that want a fun but competitive atmosphere. Higher division teams and players routinely mentor and guide younger players in skill sets, sportsmanship and fun. The SARPL is now in its 4th season and is as strong as ever with six total 3 man events and 4 total 5 man events throughout South Africa in 2012. Whether you are a new or established team, players of all skill levels call the SARPL home.

“Valken is focused on getting new players exposed to the sport of paintball and we are proud to support The SARPL. We have already received great feedback from teams in other countries concerning the quality and price of our tournament paint. I look forward to introducing even more teams around the world to the Valken brand and serving the South African tournament community,” says Gino Postorivo, Valken President and CEO.

For more information on how to become a part of the Valken Network, and have access to over 50 brands of paintball and hundreds of airsoft products, please call 866-97VALKEN or visit www.valken.com

For more information on The SARPL please visit http://www.sarpl.co.za

Frank Connell brings years of sales and customer service in the paintball industry to Vanguard that we need to bring the Demon to the next level.Frank and his sales team will be heading up all USA & Canadian business going forward.Vanguard will be setting up Service Centers located all over the USA & Canada, there will be a distribution network on the east coast and also a full warranty center, so there won’t be any need to send anything back to the UK for repair.

We feel that having a network of Service Centers and trained Dealers all over, will only help and support all of the Vanguard users out there.  Over the next couple weeks Vanguard will be signing contracts with paintball businesses for service centers. Vanguard’s goal is to have a service center within a one day ship to everyone in the USA. Vanguard’s new business direction is going to take some time to form so we ask for your patience. If there is anything that is needed please contact Frank@Vanguardpaintball.com

What this means for our customers and Dealers:

Effective immediately the US customer service and warranty center is closed. Any guns that are currently in for basic repair will processed as normal and you should expect to be getting a call or email from Kat in the next few days. If your gun is in for Warranty repair you will need to contact the UK office of Vanguard directly for more information as to what is going to happen with your warranty claim and when to expect your gun back. All markers currently in the US warranty center or on their way in are being shipped to the United Kingdom immediately If you have recently placed an order with vanguardus.com you will be receiving your products as normal and our online store will remain open for any parts you need. The business line will remain open as we use it for other parts of our company and all vanguardus.com emails will be active for the time being but any/all questions about customer service or warranty issues need to be sent directly to Vanguard Paintball UK.

Both Eric and I have thoroughly enjoyed running the customer service and warranty center for the past 2 years and all of the interactions that we have had with our customers. We will now be focusing more on our custom gun anodizing business as well as looking for lots of new products for our online store at aggressivesports.net. We look forward to providing the same great customer service as we’ve always offered, just in a brand new way!

Kathlynn & Eric Roysdon

Owners

Aggressive Sports Distribution

Vanguard US

Contact:

951-427-5046

customerservice@vanguardus.com

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The TECHT Lo-Pro Bolt Pin for the Bob Long G6R allows players to replace their stock bolt pin with one that has a much lower profile. Players had expressed to us at TECHT that they would like a replacement that would not obstruct the view down their line of sight to the degree that the stock pin does. The other request was that we make it black. Done. The TECHT Lo-Pro Pin is made of 100% Stainless Steel. It is available in both Ninja Black and Silver. Pair the Lo-Pro Bolt up with our Hush Bolt and our Zero Ping Ram for a Silent Ninja Killing Machine.