tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145747762024-09-01T16:39:43.131-05:00Online essays written by paintball author Rob "Tyger" Rubin. All works ©Panther Free Press, all rights reserved. The views expressed in this blog are those of Tyger, standard disclaimers apply. It's pathetic I have to say this, but for the many people who don't understand subtle or dark comedy, this blog is filled with satire, sarcasm, and general poking of fun at the universe. Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out of it alive.Rob "Tyger" Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084028574014432576noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14574776.post-55341400308114119512008-08-24T16:29:00.000-05:002008-08-24T16:32:21.894-05:00

Just to see if anyone's paying attention.

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Short, sweet, to the point.SPLAT Magazine has offered me a blogspace over on their site, so I'm taking it. Things that are more controversial, they'll still be HERE. But most of the stuff, the stuff that you can show your grandma without getting your inheritance early, will be there.http://www.splatmagazine.com/tygers-den-blog/Will probably update weekly, roughly.

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I was going through my youtube comments today. What a lot of people may or may not know is that when you post a video, and someone comments, youtube sends you e-mail. Well I've been hella-buzy for the last few days, so I haven't had to check until now. And on the video for FPS 5, someone left this lovely comment.chaimy49erwow ur a fucking jew whos gives a shit if someone says ur coming up

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I'm going to chalk this up to a generation gap.I was going through the vids I maintain over on myspace, and found that in my several weeks absence someone actually found a video on there and commented. The video was FPS 5, the one that's still controversial several years after it was released. The commentary was, well, rather rude." hahaha congrats faggetu got blown away on a runthroughby danny

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I posted this a long time ago over on the SO Forums. I refound it while looking for something else, and I wanted to put it somewhere I wouldn't lose it again. So, it goes here. It's a quick look at the differences between "old school" paintball, and the "new skool" players. Pack a sense of humor, and enjoy.Old school : Patches. Everyone had patches on their BDU jacket from events and places

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Since this is all over the place, I post it here. These are all e-bay sales, 5 days. I'm in a pinch again, not having health insurance sucks sometimes. So, I'm selling gear to offset what I owe doctors.Vector M-1 Military milsim paintgun Blowback semi, CO2 compatable, great starter's gun.Unique sporting goods 6x1 harness, WITH podsGoggle Skinz (new) & yellow JT old school strap (used)Indian

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A few months ago, I posted a request for people's opinions of traveling gear bags. I settled on the Redz "Tranzport Seriez Large Gear Bag" for several reasons. Lockable zippers, wheels, ease of travel, and something that didn't scream "I HAVE PAINTBALL GUNS STEAL ME!"5 months after purchase, I have a final verdict on this product. Total junk.The inside of the main compartment is spacious, yes. It

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In the last few times I've played, I've seen a lot of new players at the fields. And on one hand, that's cool. On the other, it's more than a little annoying. A lot of opportunity is lost because I am forced to hesitate and check if the guy opposite of me is wearing his goggles before I pull the trigger. Don't laugh. I've already saved 4 people from going blind this year by having basic

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this post is mirrored from one I made on the Special Ops Paintball forum. The question was asked if red paint was considered ok. A lot of replies were, for lack of a better term, laissez-faire. "I don't care" Or that it made the game more "realistic" and was cool. This is my public response.*turns on "Dead Kennedys" CD*You know what? I've argued against this, I've written an article that

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I went to a "Family Fun Center" last night to play. In reality, I wasn't expecting anyone to be there. But, it was a shot in the dark that got me away from the computer so it can't all be bad. I got there, and predictably nobody was there. That's ok, I ended up walking the field and talking with the refs.But just listening to the refs and what they were saying was an eye opener. "Oh, yeah,

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I first heard the phrase used by Maggie Estep way back when on MTV's "Spoken Word" episode of unplugged. Her spoken-word piece was not only biting and satirical, but also bloody well hilarious. And it ended with her saying "I don't have anything against men, just stupid men." I've modified that a little, and so has a lot of the western world. "I don't hate people. Just stupid people."

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I've been sitting on this since April. But I think this needs to be said. And I may as well take the hit, heaven knows I've been smacked by everyone else in this industry for talking about the 900 pound elephants they would rather ignore. So hell with it, I'll take the potshots.I really hate to even have to say this kind of thing, but nobody else has. Scenario paintball has become the new "

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Many of you may be aware of "Operation Paintball Island". You may not know it by name, but you know it as that "Million dollar woodsball event". A lot of people are hyped about going to this, but it reminded me of an event that was hyped with a $1Mil prize over 5 years ago called "Da Big Rubout". That was a scam, and after running the logistics, the numbers, and the terms of this event, I believe

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Warning, bad words ahead. If you're sensitive to them, don't read them.I'm using this blog as a general announcement about the "annual April Fools" joke. And I'm going to put this as simply as I can.There isn't going to be one from me this year.Now a lot of you are expecting this to be a setup, or expecting me to come out with something big for it, or possibly even do some setups in the coming

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A long time ago I released the "speedball stereotypes" piece on the blog. And ever since then it's been something people read and flame the hell out of me for. "You're bashing speedballers!" No, I'm just pointing out what you look like and poking fun at you. But one thing I've noticed about paintball, and any "youth sport" for that matter, nobody has a sense of humor.Oh they have one, just

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Played indoor last night, had a grand 'ol time. But on the way home I had a thought. I'd go play with a coup stick if I thought the fields would let me.Let me explain. The "Coup Stick" (pronounced "coo", BTW) is a straight stick, usually painted and ornamented. It's not very heavy, and it'd probably break if you tried to use it as a real self-defense weapon. The Souix tribe (and many other

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If you've ever seen my videos, you know that I'm a fairly basic kind of player. I have a paintgun, it works, I'm happy. I don't tinker with a perfectly fine working paintgun, I see no reason to. It's working the way I want it to work, why should I throw more random crap in there?But you know what gets me? Players who think they're qualified airsmiths telling me what I need to do to my

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Just an observation.I was playing a game on my PS2 recently, and an old memory was jogged in my brain. See, it's one of those "adventure" games where your character builds up as the game progresses. The moves you have don't really change, but you can stock up on more powerful weapons as the game progresses. You can't beat the bad guy at the end unless you buy "more powerful" weapons than you

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Gotta pay for my show somehow...Size 40 Motocross PantsPearl Jam T-shirtYear of the Dragon T-shirtCopies of the Complete Guide to PaintballAnd as always, there's the WDR store. I really need to add stuff to it. All proceeds go to keeping WDR going. Gotta get some film down next week, after all....

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A part of me thinks I'm being hoaxed here, but for the moment I'm going to take this post as really coming from a CPX rep. You may remember a while ago I found that Challenge Park now has a "no camera" policy at their field and wrote about it, and other CPX stuff. Well, someone posted this in my blogspace:CPX Representative said... Dear Mr. Rubin,We are sorry that in the past you have had a

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I originally posted this over on the Spec Ops forum. Someone asked about speedball and why people hate it. It's not a matter of hating it as much as I know going into it what's going to happen. I said it before, speedball is predictable. But instead of the field, let's talk about the people you meet.When I go play, about 60% of the people there are pretty cool. They're just playing 'ball, and

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This would be humorous if it weren't sort of pathetic.Those of you who watch the FPS series know about the CPX stuff I've filmed. If not, it's on google video AND youtube. There are three videos out there that I filmed at CPX. One from the Oregon Scientific camera, one from my good cam, and one of the sign out in the front of the premises.It's this sign footage that I think really made them

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I'm just gonna come right out and say it. I'm really loathing airball. Seriously, I'm really, honestly, hating it. It takes a lot for me to actively hate something. But you know what? I'm tired of the airball thing.Ok, some back history. I remember when speedball was this new idea. I can show you pictures from Paintball Sports from 1990 and '91 of guys in woodland camo with Piranha Long

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This was originally written in April of 2005 for a magazine piece. It was not published, and I got permission to repost it in the blogspace.I'm writing this in a state of being torqued off. In fact, it's a state of being VERY torqued off. I went to go play this weekend, and if I may say so myself I was doing a VERY good job at maintaining the illusion that I know what I'm doing in a paintball

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Well, I know that D-Day is this weekend, but I'm in a bind and I need to raise money fast. SO, I'm selling some of the old school stuff I've had in storage. 3 day auctions, because I really need to turn this around VERY quickly. All the gear is "ready to play" right now, and I'd use it myself if that gives an indication of quality. But, here they are.EXC-68, working condition but used /

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