Players began showing up late in the day and into the night on Friday filled with visions of paint slinging, dirt diving, and missions. By 8 am Saturday walk-on registrations began and you could feel the anticipation in the air, people were ready to hit the field. At 9 am team general’s met to discuss how the game was scheduled to go and what was expected from each team.

Following this we had the players meeting, led by Billy Smith of LCP, who has a natural knack for leading a crowd. Players were informed that General’s could only be taken out with headshots – as well as the “Zombie”, who was an unfortunate player stationed within the hospital. Unfortunate because he was stationed in the hot spot of the day and both sides were ready to take him out. Following a question and answer period, we were released to make our final preparations.

  Players were divided into two factions – the Militarized Survival Force (MSF) led by Chris Corbitt and Outlanders led by Clay Wells. Play started around 12pm and it became obvious that missions often had the two teams chasing each other in circles, which I can tell you led to some good fire fights. In speaking with the writer/producer of the scenario Joe Hamilton I learned that this was exactly what he had planned. The idea was to keep the teams moving, to give them equal opportunities to find props and complete missions. Play continued until 4pm when groups were rallied to their perspective bases in preparation for final battle.

Unique to this event were the planned two final battles; one to be held Saturday before the dinner break and then again Sunday at the end of the event. Final battle on Saturday started with a General’s fist-bump and salutatory paint sling at the writer/producer Joe Hamilton. Once he was hit both teams surged the field and the real fire fight began. Final battle was held in the village area and led to some great plays. One in particular included a gentleman running from the MSF deadbox all the way up field taking out players as he moved until he dove head first through a window of one of the buildings! It was awesome to watch and one of those things you wish you had caught on film. Clay Wells, General of the Outlanders, found a perfect spot to bunker down; which led to paintballs flying within centimeters of him without hitting him. It was like he had a force field around him and no matter who tried to sneak around they were taken out.

Sunday morning we awoke to thunderstorms and although this event was slated as a 24 hour scenario, most players opted out of play for the day. The storms had blown in during the early hours of the morning and were continuing on a steady basis. Even though there was no playing on Sunday, the event turned out to be a great time for all and we walked away with some great stories. On a personal note I want to thank JHub (Jami Hubbell) for running with me, we had an excellent run!

The one thing I walked away from this game remember was the number of kids I saw playing. While this event was strictly a woodsball game you could look over on the speedball field at any time during the day and see the future of paintball, as the field was being used by children most of the day. During the final battle kids were charging just as much as the adults. I have to tell you, I get such a great feeling when I see young kids playing. Knowing they are becoming part of such a great sport – that they will experience all the fun, craziness, and become part of this family, is heartwarming.

See ya’ll next time!
Kelly

Similar to the Boy Scout events from previous years, JT Paintball will be setting up a shooting booth for the Scouts to participate in hourly contests. Each Scout will have an opportunity to race against a clock while inside the booth shooting at targets. Those with the fastest times during the day will receive exciting paintball prizes. Coupons to play free paintball at local fields nationwide will be given out to anyone who stops by. Also, parents and scout leaders will receive a free copy of the A Parent’s Guide to Paintball book

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The 2012 Super6 Golden Gun will be supplied by Tiberius Arms.

This years Super6 Golden Gun is a 24 carat gold Tiberius T9.1 Sniper.

The Super6 Golden Gun will be awarded at the end of the season to the player who has made an exceptional contribution to the Super6 series.

““Tiberius are delighted to be involved in the UK’s Super6 Series, a series that is pushing scenario paintball forward. As part of our commitment to the series, we have developed the 2012 Super6 Golden Gun, a 24 carat gold T9.1 Sniper which looks extraordinary and no doubt will take pride of place on the wall of whichever Super6 player wins it at the end of the season. Good luck!”

Eric Bratten – Tiberius Arms

“The Super6 Golden Gun is a great opportunity for a deserving player to be awarded something truly unique that will remain as a legacy for the Super6 series for years to come. We are delighted to have Tiberius Arms on board this year and the support from their UK distributor Manic Paintball. The gun itself is astonishing and no doubt will take pride of place on the lucky winners mantlepiece.”

Niall Squire – Campaign Paintball, Super6 Organiser

In the company of numerous caliber teams and freelance players in attendance, Paintballs the Game was not only chalk full of hard fought battles but was an overall good clean game of paintball all around. With somewhere in the vicinity of almost 200 weekend warriors in attendance and another weekend of perfect weather conditions, the day delivered what can easily be deemed a successful event.

As the day began Hastings and his team ( known as the “Paintballs”) split into two groups with one group heading across the Tac Town into the woods and the other taking a wider flank into the bush closer to the tape line. As forces reached the mid point in the swamp like forest the battle began in earnest as the two groups quickly collided with each other. Wetlands stretching almost all the way across the mid point made for difficult terrain to cross and move forward. Missions all day long for this game based on the parody of “Star Wars” .. (that being “Space Balls”) kept everyone pushing to get much needed bottles of water among other props to succeed in the point scoring. As certain levels of water were reached on the main big jug of water in the staging area, this translated into various things happening on the field including being able to take the opposing General to serve a while on the other crews side or an airstrike for example. Hastings team “Paintballs” mission was to steal all the HPA from the field that was represented by the water bottles. In the first mission, Princess Vespa (played by Leanne “Princess” Henry) had to be rescued and whomever got to her first would be the team that she would serve with. General Greg and the Paintballs reached her first but the rebels did manage to bounce back to recapture her later on in the day.

On more than one occasion teams pushed each other clear back to insertion points in yet another back and forth battle. As embedded media on location filming, I quite often found teams pushing the envelope and surprising offensive action with a successful back or flank attack. Leading up to the lunch break, the rebel BlackOps swept across the bush and into the TacTown completely overwhelming General Greg’s forces altogether. Another such moment involved elements of Greg’s team moving forward only to be thwarted by Rev and the rebel BlackOps team appearing from behind to eliminate numerous players, especially in the final battle.

Teams in attendance included BlackOps, ODST, Warhounds, Force Ten and the Velocity Vixens to name only a few. As I am sure most if not all would agree, just a great game and lots of fun was had by all. Commendations to owner Fred Tyson and the staff at CampX on a great and well run event.

As Scott BadRevrend Barnes put it “it was neck and neck all day long but Greg triumphed in the final battle and squeaked by with the win”.

Speaking with Greg, smaller localized games such as this are the best in his opinion, “I spread the word traveling in the US that Canadian paintball is awesome and encourage others to cross the border and enjoy paintball in Canada” says Greg. Greg sporting the new R7 Camera along with his Tippmann Crossover and Crossfire HPA tank racked up an impressive elimination count over the day long engagement. To see Greg’s upcoming video production from the event please visit his YouTube Channel

Another notch on The Catshack Reports Paintball News tour of some of the best paintball for 2012 certainly had to be “Paintballs the Game” at Camp X Paintball in Bowmanville ON. For more on Camp X Paintball please visit campxpaintballfields.com

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For the Catshack photos taken at the event please see below!

On May 5^th and 6^th, Payroll Production’s twenty-six hour battle to “Command and Conquer” ensued. Sponsors including Tippmann Sports, Smokin’ Products, G.I. Sportz, and Tiberius Arms provided excellent support for the event.

The two day scenario game was fought on most of the fields combined into one large and very maneuverable field. Well placed natural bunkers and an impressive array of man made structures provided a wonderful mix of play. The field was complete with many props, from mine-able Tiberium to high-tech devices.

The Green Team (The Global Defense Initiative) had an excellent start and gained dominating field position. However, the Red Team (Brotherhood of NOD) was able to stabilize the situation after the first half-hour. Red Team’s Commander, “T” from Team WOW, felt they “were able to hold their own throughout the day but felt pressure from all sides.” The Green Team’s Commander, Buttercup of Rage In Paint Scenario Paintball Team, stated “all of the fighting was really difficult but Green did push hard to execute missions.” However, for one reason or another they had a difficult time completing missions for the points. It seemed Green players were extremely aggressive and at times sure to overwhelm the Red Team.

The Red Team was able to use multiple field props effectively to deter Green’s advance. Red used their helicopter to sweep the field sending players scrambling. The helicopter was an immune player who wore an identifiable backpack that for ten minute intervals could virtually mow down players at will, however he only had a hopper and one pod to do so.

The Green Team still pushed much of the field with overwhelming force but Red pulled out many tricks, even when their base was under full siege with no reinsertion possible. The Red Team taunted Green in only to be annihilated due to the Tesla Coil upgrade their base had. It was effective fifty feet around the base and the Green players stormed in only to be zapped out like bugs in the light. Rumors of the Red Team dominating the night play spread through the camp as the fighting went on well after dark.

Sunday was another hard fought day. The final one hour battle that took place on the Castle Field showed Green’s commitment to a win. They completely overwhelmed the Red Team by surrounding them at their reinsertion point. At the end of the day, the Red Team’s wise play brought them the overall win but this event was so much fun that I felt like all of the approximately three hundred players attending won!

After enjoying almost perfect weather, rain fell just before the closing ceremonies, but in true Sherwood Forest style, their large pavilion brought us all together for some tremendous prize giveaways.

The owners of Sherwood Paintball, Inc., Joe and Kathy, continue to add to the field and provide a wonderful paintball experience. The coordinated efforts of the field staff, judges, and volunteers along with a great game by Payroll Productions really made the event an extremely fun time.

For more on Sherwood Paintball, Inc. please visit www.sherwoodpaintball.com.

Make sure to check out Payroll Productions Events on Facebook (LINK = https://www.facebook.com/pages/Payroll-Productions/256911954369812).

And watch for TheSkeletor262 video production of the event! Check out TheSkeletor262’s YouTube Channel (LINK = http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSkeletor262).

Writeup and photos courtesy of staff writer Skeletor262

West Coast Scenario Productions is proud to announce our third event of the year, “Big Game Mayhem” June 16-17 at Giant Paintball Lakeside in San Diego! This event will feature two different big game formats rolled into one weekend that will require players to accomplish a number of objectives to score points for their teams. Day one will pit the red team against the blue team in an attempt to destroy different objectives throughout the field. Day two will feature Warpaint International’s “Spoils of War” game format which has helped make Supergame in Salem, Oregon one of the best events in the country (www.supergame.tv)! Event details will be available at www.wcspaintball.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wcsproductions.

Early registration is $65 for both days and includes admission for both days, compressed air or CO2 for the weekend, and RV or tent camping for Friday and Saturday night but you must register online at www.wcspaintball.com to take advantage of this price! The door price for this event goes up to $100 the weekend of the event so don’t delay and register today. This event is a bring your own paint event. For more information and to register early, please visit www.wcspaintball.com. For more information on Giant Paintball Lakeside, please visit www.giantpaintball.com. To contact the staff at WCSP, please email info@wcspaintball.com.

West Coast Scenario Productions, LLC: WCSP, LLC is a Veteran owned and operated production company specializing in paintball and airsoft event productions. The staff of WCSP has extensive experience in producing and directing affordable, but quality produced scenario events for the players by the players. WCSP has traveled the country the last five years playing some of the best games in the nation in their never-ending quest to bring the players of Southern California the best possible scenario events.

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Giant Paintball Parks: Home of the largest and longest-running chain of paintball parks in Southern California. With two premiere locations spanning San Diego County (Giant Alpine and Giant Lakeside), the Giant Paintball family of paintball parks has been servicing the needs of west coast paintballers for over 25 years. Each of our award-winning facilities features professionally trained managers and staffed who are ready to GUARANTEE that your paintball experience will be unlike any other activity you’ve had before.

All Giant Paintball locations feature fully stocked pro shops, test shooting ranges, certified airsmiths, fully stocked line of rental equipment, friendly and helpful administrative staff, plus clean amenities to help enhance your day of paintball play. We specialize in birthday parties, private groups, corporate outings and many other types of special events. Our goal is to make paintball and airsoft not only fun, but affordable and you’ll find pricing options that will fit into any budget

5/10/12

For Immediate Release

Pledges Being Sought For Historic Roadside Marker Program

Hillsboro, NH.

Steve Davidson of 68Caliber recently announced the approval of the final wording for paintball’s Historic Roadside Marker that is slated for installation in June of 2013 and has begun raising funds for the purchase and installation of the sign.

The roadside marker is part of the state of New Hampshire Historical Resource Division’s program to commemorate significant events that took place within the state.

Starting in 2009, Davidson (long-time player and editor of 68Caliber.com) located and verified the location of paintball’s first official game, which took place in Henniker, NH on June 27^th, 1981.

He then successfully applied to the state of New Hampshire to have a permanent roadside marker installed at the location of that first game.  Following several rounds of proposal and editing, the final wording for the sign has been approved by both representatives of the paintball community and the NH Department of Historical Resources.

Davidson has also taken this opportunity to begin the formation of a Paintball Historical Society that will become the official maintainer of the sign and will operate to preserve, protect and promote paintball’s history.  The society will work with other organizations, such as the Bob Gurnsey Paintball Scholarship Fund and individuals who have demonstrated an interest and regard for paintball’s history including John Amodea of Paintball X3 and Mike ‘Blue’ Hanse of the Paintball Museum.

Davidson, on behalf of the planned Paintball Historical Society is accepting pledges towards the raising of $10,000.00 that will be used to purchase the sign, maintain it once installed and cover the various fees and legal expenses required to form a non-profit organization.

As of this date, well over an estimated $3,000.00 has been pledged in both cash and product (product will be raffled or auctioned to raise funds) with individual donations ranging from $5.00 to over $1,000.00.

Redemption of pledges will take place some time prior to May of 2013.

Anyone – individuals, teams, companies, etc. may contribute and will be publicly acknowledged on both the sign’s website – www.paintballhistory.com – and during the installation ceremony.  Local and national mainstream press outlets have already committed to covering the event. (The program to install the sign has already received local and national press coverage.)  Anonymity will be respected where it is requested.

Already stepping up to the bar are Valken Paintball, J&J Performance, Zodiac Paintball, Bomber Paintball, EMR Paintball & Blues Crew TV, TNT Paintball, Jim Lively, Tom Kaye, Sgt. Splatter, Charles ‘Happy’ Holton the Master Blasters team and 68Caliber.com.

As the saying goes – any amount will be gladly accepted.

For more information about the sign and the historical society, to make a pledge and/or to read the wording on the sign, please visit www.paintballhistory.com

Press Release

Engler Custom Paintball Guns is proud to announce the release of its newest design  Tippmann FT-12 with folding stock.

Engler Paintball Guns, LLC has begun production of its modified FT-12.

Our main customer for this gun is the growing number of Scenario and Woodsball players, who are looking for something a little different.

The stock is from a real UZI and folds under the gun just like a real one.

These will begin shipping in July with the release of the retail version from Tippmann. MSRP $199.00

ENGLER CUSTOM PAINTBALL GUNS takes TIPPMANN ™ paintball markers and adding their own custom modification kits for them to give them the look and feel of the real thing, for scenario players, law enforcement and the military. All of our products incorporate real gun parts into their design and are made by hand in our Danbury, CT location. Other Engler Custom Paintball Guns products include: Minimalist Phenom, Masada Phenom, AK-A5 and X7(AK47s), STEN, 1919-A4 (Browning 1919 Machinegun), Browning M-2 “Ma Duce” (Browning M2 Heavy Machinegun), BREN, and many others.

www.englerpaintballguns.com

May 5, 2012 Swedesboro, NJ

Ryan Sexton hired as Pacific Northwest Sales Rep and Head of Valken Corps.

Ryan got his start in paintball at ten years old helping his uncle at Livingston Suppressor’s. He got hooked on paintball modifying old PGP’s and PMI3’s that were lying around the shop. His decades of working in retail sporting goods as well as 5+ years in sales and product development with other major paintball companies are the strong points in his resume’.

“I am extremely excited to join the team at Valken. They are taking the industry by storm. Working with a company that truly understands the industry and uses a personal “old school” approach is refreshing. Grass -roots is what I do, and to see reps at five events last weekend is getting back to where paintball needs to be. I can’t wait to get involved with the Valken Corps and help turn it into the GO-TO place for teams and individual woodsball and scenario players”, said Sexton.

Valken V.P. Joe Colonese stated, “Ryan’s vast knowledge of regional sales, product and brand development will truly be an asset to the company. We welcome him to the team “.

Valken Sports is a sales, service, manufacturer and distribution company dedicated to serving specific sports communities that has coupled exceptional service with competitive, quality sporting goods. Valken Sports was created to break the stranglehold that mainstream companies had on their dealers. To join the expanding family of fields that have already made the switch to Valken products, email Debbie@valken.com. 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 or for SLY product ordering or questions, current and new customers should contact their Sales Representative, call Valken at 1 866-97VALKEN or visit www.valken.com