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Sep 22, 2010

Reports of my paintball demise...

have been greatly exaggerated. My existence over the past 18 years has been paintball. Life has finally caught up with me. A beautiful woman, a house to build and other projects have pushed paintball to the side. The field and store is still alive, thanks to the incredible care of my field manager/daughter.

Paintball will always be in my blood and writing for me is an addiction. The two will continue to collide, just not nearly as much as in the past. Thank you to the many who dropped a note wondering where I've been. Your care and kindness is what makes the paintball community a great place to be a part of.

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Aug 21, 2010

Wiki-wacko.....

Man, you just don't want to be messing with the government when you have garbage like this in your past. Dumb, dumber and dumbest. I hope they fry his first amendment abusing ass.

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Aug 20, 2010

Smart Parts, Wanted - Dead or Alive?

From 68Caliber

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New Follower....

Hey, Jeff at Groupon is following. Groupon is a very cool discount site that I may use in the future to offer field discounts. Check it out (If it hasn't been crashed by GAP). Jeff wishes he had more time to play up in the Chicago area.


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I want a...

Tank Tread skateboard!

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Aug 16, 2010

An apple for the teacher...

This was left in the comments by Twisted Games of Texas Paintball. It deserves wider distribution.

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Aug 12, 2010

Mysterious paintball EMail...

See it here.

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Aug 6, 2010

Paintball Week in Review...

Paintball course attracts unwanted guests: bears

Kevin Donaldson Patch Exhibit

Galloway police charge three teenagers with shooting cars and people with ...
Give you three guesses!

Eielson youth learn paintball

Paintball's Timeline of History

Joy as paintball plan is rejected

'Activision tried to steal my identity' - Pro paintballer



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Aug 1, 2010

Sunday Paintball Funnies...

I'm taking these off my Facebook
friends list because they are scary.


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Jul 31, 2010

Saturday Paintball Reruns

From July 31, 2008

Too hot to play

It's too hot to play paintball. Too hot to fish. It has even been too hot to write. Almost. I recently jumped into a subject that I'm sort of emotionally connected to. You can see it here (scroll down for my comments) if you're interested. It turned out to be a rather tame debate. Maybe it's too hot every where for any kind of heated discord.

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Jul 30, 2010

Paintball Week in Review


(India) Team Khukwi wins Paintball Challenge

(Malaysia) Paintball season rocks Padang Merbok
               (Including teams from Singapore, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand)

War breaks out over paintball park
 
Why Female Paintballers Are A Good Thing

                Danielle Peterson

Empire Brings Paintball to Scouting 

Reusable M80 Landmine Released by Real Action Paintball
                RAP - please go away!

Paintball Water Pod Review
                Be careful - it's hot out there.

And finally this.

Why Paintball Continues To Grow — Smoking Marijuana for Health!
 
Who knew?



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Jul 28, 2010

Yesterday...

Here's something I notice more and more lately when salesmen pitch me their new paintball products: "our new two piece design comes in one length to save on your inventory." There was a time, before the industry collapsed around its glutinous self, that suppliers couldn't come up with enough versions of a doodad to toss at us.

Customers expected you to stock every color, every length, every size, every bore, every pack, half finger AND full finger, every up, every gadget, every brand and every product regardless of whether they planned to purchase any of it.

Many pro-shop owners tried. Many died. Fads come and go. Today's color is tomorrows gag reflex. I still have a number of items sitting in the back that may never sell. I could always hold out and wait for the day when retro comes in vogue - bring out the purple drop forwards and spyder venturi bolts. I think I might even have a "black box" or two hidden away somewhere.



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Jul 27, 2010

No paintballs in the pic-a-nick basket for you, BooBoo.

Paintballs : A New Bear Attractant?

I wonder if these guys are aware of this?

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Jul 20, 2010

Stay tuned...

There is a possibility that my field will soon be annexed by a town that does not allow the discharge of firearms, to include paintball guns. A battle is brewing.

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Jul 16, 2010

Followers...?

Haven't had a follower to welcome in awhile. Where's the love?

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Paintball Week in Review...

Just a few things that caught my eye...


How To Start A Paintball Field Business | Field Methods


I quit reading after the first line.

Paintball & MilSim Look-a-Likes Causing Problems Worldwide

I've been bitching complaining about this for how long?


On a similar note:

Bomb found near sports park in Iowa

Pa. man who shot 2 with paintball gun is sought

He shot at people tubing on a river...what a jackass.

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Jul 14, 2010

Paintball going green?

They never actually show how it breaks. Sure, a bazillion balls hitting the
castle wall will cover it pretty good. But what does a single break
look like? Anyone have some experience with this stuff?
 

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Jul 11, 2010

Sunday Paintball Funnies...




I'm thinking about removing these from
my Facebook list of friends. I don't think
any of them really play paintball.

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Jul 10, 2010

Saturday Paintball Reruns...

From May 31, 2008

Hey, he missed our sign!

Please slow down when you turn into our driveway. Thanks.



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Jul 9, 2010

Paintball Week in Review

Justs a few items I made note of...

Chechnya's leader hails paintball attacks on women

Stanford man disputes women's allegations

Westmont police: Gunshots fired from paintball gun - Westmont, IL ...

Vendetta Paintball giving back to community | LoHud.com | The Journal News

Yukos, paintball and liposuction

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Speak up...

Hey!  It's "Open Mike Friday!"  Drop a NON PAINTBALL comment on anything that might be on your mind. Keep it G or PG rated and work place friendly. I have a sharp censor pencil so don't expect anything else to get through.


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Jul 8, 2010

Nothing paintball here...

This is just to cool not to share...


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Ummm...I don't think so!

Some crazy asking prices on EBay:

M18A1 Claymore Mine (Airsoft or Paint)
Nope...

Angel Paintball Sports A-Ball A Ball Reusable 2000 Case
A case? Or a skid?

HUGE Lot of Spyder / Stingray Paintball guns gear
Plus $55 for shipping?

SPYDER PAINTBALL GUN HOPPER LOADER LOT
The gun retails for $99

RAP4 t68 para m249 saw marker full auto reduced again

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Jul 5, 2010

Paintball surrounded by life...

At last count I have over 600 bookmarks - 250 are paintball - and nearly 50 feeds to my Google reader account. I can sit four hours, totally immersed in and absorbed by the endless amount of information available. AADD is a bitch. One item leads to another and then another. I can start out wanting to find a link to Tippmann stocks, get distracted by the results of a NASCAR race and then end up three hours later learning how to make a welder out of an old microwave.
I need to get my priorities in order. Eat, sleep, love, work, play, internet. Oh, and some fishing, too.

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Jul 4, 2010

Paintball 4th of July

Hope yours is a safe and happy one.

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Jul 2, 2010

Paintball Week in Review...

Just a few of the stories that caught my attention...

Missouri begins cleaning, instead of replacing, road signs targeted by ...

How to Deal with Police Officers When Playing Outlaw Paintball

Another Free Online Paintball Magazine

Namibian team leaves mark in SA

Yukos, paintball and liposuction

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Splatter...movie trailer

Coming soon...

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Jun 26, 2010

Saturday Paintball Reruns...

From October 12, 2005

Disgruntled customers...

Disgruntled customers make a lot of different noises. The sound of SQUEALING TIRES is one I've keyed on lately. It happens at least once a week and already three times this week!

The field and store hours are on T2 brochures. The field and store hours are on the T2 phone message service. The field and store hours are posted on our T2 Welcome board. And for the folks that walk past the posted hours on the fence near the entrance and then stand outside the Pro-Shop beating on the door - the field and store hours are displayed in the window near the front door of the Pro-Shop.

I suppose if I drove all the way from Benton or Maumelle to get a CO2 tank filled, only to find the shop closed, I might be a little pissed too - at myself. It's been along time since I've taken out my frustrations on vehicle tires, maybe 35 years ago, when I was 17, in my Dad's truck!

I'm closed Monday and Tuesday, people. Get over it!

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Jun 25, 2010

Paintball Week in Review

Yeah, there's a tournament in Chicago (rain destroyed the opening), and there's a big scenario game somewhere. And RAP4 probably released another milsim gadget for one of their machine guns. Here's what caught my eye:

Paintball gun lands young men in trouble

Upton: Paintball rekindles childhood memories

Missouri begins cleaning, instead of replacing, road signs targeted by ...

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Jun 24, 2010

Kinda cool...

I particularly like the 44 second mark.

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Jun 23, 2010

Here's a thought...

"The American Indian found out what happens when you don't control immigration."
- Unknown

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Jun 22, 2010

OMG


Cute Girl Excited To Get Paintball Gun - Watch more Funny Videos

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Just another day in paradise...

Somebody want to tell me why the failing economy in Greece negatively effects the economy in the US. And what's up with Miley Cyrus. Where are her parents? And did you know the US has the technology to make a kick ass Surface Oil Skimmer but can't because it steps on proprietary resources of "other" countries? Yet when offered foreign help we turned it down. Meanwhile some heiress in Florida has left her dog Conchita 3 million dollars while her son bitches about only getting 1 million.

Oh, and here's a good one from Rhode Island:

Christan Morales says her 8-year-old son, David, was assigned to make a crazy hat for his class at the Tiogue (TEYE'-ohg) School in Coventry. She says they brainstormed and he came up with an idea to glue small plastic Army figures to a camouflage hat with an American flag. But she says David was not allowed to wear the hat for the project. Morales says his teacher called her to say it wasn't appropriate because it had guns, violating a school ban on weapons and toy weapons.

Maybe it's the heat. I don't know what's to blame in Rhode Island or Florida or other places but here in Arkansas it's definitely the heat.

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Jun 21, 2010

Another lesson in Paintball Economics 101

Hey, big shot. Yeah you. Thinking you're God's gift to my paintball field cause you're shooting cases of paint.

No. Actually I don't need your business.

I would rather have the business of the 10 people you just scared away.

Three shot RULZ!

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Jun 19, 2010

Saturday Paintball Reruns...

From April 11, 2008

How many balls per second...?



"Speed is fine but accuracy is final."

Wyatt Earp

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Jun 18, 2010

Paintball Week in Review...

Paintball attack in Greenwood

The Disneyland Of Paintball
Matty Marshall Announces his retirement 

Paintball A BIG Hit at ScoutQuest 100
Paintball Vandalism's True Costs

Newbury Park residents trying to control coyotes

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New follower...

Hey everyone. Welcome Reiner to the growing group of Paintblog followers. Actually he's been a big contributor to the blog for quite awhile with many great comments. See him at Reiner Schafer's Paintball Blog

Anyone else lurking around out there that hasn't jumped officially on board?

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Jun 16, 2010

Stock economics...

It's a tough time to try and unload Tippmann stocks. Just a few months ago they were over $40 wholesale. The Chicoms have just dumped a ton of them on EBay going for $16 - including shipping.

Sucks when you have 3 of them sitting on the shelf that were purchased 6 months ago. That's our global economy at it's best.

Phhhhttthptttt. (The best printed raspberry that I can muster.)





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Jun 15, 2010

Quick Quiz...



What are these? Explain what they are for.







(note: Kevin, you are first and correct. I'll hold your comment for a bit and give others a chance to weight in. Thanks.  Illuminati, you're second.)








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Jun 14, 2010

Finding the first place paintball was played...

Here is a wrap up and some other links for anyone who has not been following this adventure.

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Paintball party pooper...

I hate being a killjoy but there are times when I feel obligated.

Let me explain.

A young boy and his grandfather came into the shop to have the boy's marker cleaned and readied for a weekend birthday gathering. After grabbing a gun plug from behind the counter and putting it in the barrel I went about the routine of showing them how to clean and care for the gun. When done I always chronograph the gun.

This is where I ask the grandfather or Dad or player if others in the party will be having their guns safety checked. I know the answer, of course, and point out that I would never play paintball with anyone who hasn't had their gun chronographed before playing. This brings the usual "Why?" and I go about explaining paintball safety.

This scenario plays out a dozen times a week, mainly on Fridays.

Oddly enough, it seldom draws much comment from the customers. I usually get a shrug or an assurance that they will be careful. I'm sure they consider my spiel self serving. I'm sure they think I'm trying to scare them so they will pay a lot of money to play at my field. Fact is I don't care if people want to play in their backyards with no regard for safety or supervision.

I really don't.

Do I?

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Jun 12, 2010

Angel Eye...

Here's another sneak peak at the not yet
released Angel Eye - Courtesy of The Catshack.

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Saturday Paintball Reruns...

From May 5, 2008

Multi-use Transmorgrifier...


Here is something I see a lot (The situation - not the marker!!). This hot little EBay item is described as "well maintained and would be great for a professional player or make a great kit for someone just starting out."

So which is it? Is this a marker for a professional player or a player just starting out?

Fact is, a professional player would not be caught dead with this thing and a new player wouldn't know which end the paintballs come out.

On the other hand I give it an A+ for "shock and awe." Anyone who has seen my "Tankinator" or "Frankenray" knows I have a soft spot for Rube Goldberg designs.

I think I'm going to bid on it just to get it off the market. It looks dangerous!

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Jun 11, 2010

Paintball Week in Review...

Just a few of the paintball stories that circulated this week:

Stolen Paintball Guns Recovered

The Serious Side to Paintball

Paintball Skins?

Suspected Terrorists Train at Paintball Facility

No War Allowed

Five Myths that Keep Females from Playing

Why did Israeli commandos use paintball guns?

Newbury Park residents trying to control coyotes

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Jun 10, 2010

Paintball on EBay...


Sorry, but in my experience, when someone advertises a "Rare Color Scheme" it usually means a butt ugly marker.

I'm just saying...

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Jun 9, 2010

Which way did he go...?

For anyone who might be keeping score - May 25 marked the first day I missed at least one post a day since Nov 24, 2008. I promised myself, back then, as an exercise in writing, that I would post at least once a day.

I didn't set a stop date, or what I have come to accept it as - a "take a break" date. It, along with life, just kinda crept up on me. I'm still here. Paintball will always be important to me. It's time for me to re-learn there is more to life than what is found inside gelatin encapsulation.

Thanks for stopping by.

Mick

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Jun 7, 2010

Don't forget Father's Day!

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Mystery paintball thingie...

Gather around kids. I have a mystery part for you to identify. I've seen a lot of paintball parts and pieces in my time but this has me stumped. I think it is a paintball part. It came in a box of paintball stuff. There are two washers. The red disc has ball bearings that protrude out both sides. (Part ID#20203 TBS-025) Can anyone tell me what it is?

Oh, and the dime did not come with it. It's there for scaling purposes. But you all knew that.

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Jun 4, 2010

D-Day and paintball

If you are going to D-Day Spyder is providing free MR4 rentals. It's their milsim marker. They also have 50 cal markers available.

On a personal note: 25 years ago on this date (the actual date of the invasion) I graduated from Army Jump School. A "wingnut" and a parachute. Some combination.

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Jun 2, 2010

The few. The proud. The often pelted.

Could not have said it better.

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May 31, 2010

A chance to say thank you...

It's too late for the thousands that paid the ultimate price for our freedom. Take the time to thank those who served and are still serving.

It is the
VETERAN,
not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.

It is
the VETERAN,
not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press

It is
the VETERAN,
not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech

It is
the VETERAN,
not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.

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May 30, 2010

Sunday Paintball Funnies...

Word got out that T-Square is holding
a special event at the field today.

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May 29, 2010

Saturday Paintball Reruns...

From April 1, 2008

Yet another...

Just what the paintball world needs. Another "rifled barrel". Will we ever learn? There is nothing, NOTHING, a barrel can do to make a paintball go further (except the Flatline) or make it more accurate (especially the Flatline). Barrel manufacturers - STOP, STOP, STOP messing with the noobies' heads!

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May 28, 2010

Speak up...

Hey!  It's "Open Mike Friday!"  Drop a NON PAINTBALL comment on anything that might be on your mind. Keep it G or PG rated and work place friendly. I have a sharp censor pencil so don't expect anything else to get through.




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May 27, 2010

Cute... but...

But. Not BUTT...


This is wrong on so many levels...

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