Greg Hastings, the face of the Greg Hastings Paintball video game franchise and longtime professional player for teams like Ground Zero and XSV, will face off against Ben Tippmann of BT Paintball in Charleston, SC next month! This game, promoted by MPP Games, should be a blast and players from across the East Coast will be in-attendance! Click READ MORE for all the registration information on a game you won’t want to miss!
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After the 2009 PSP World Cup in Florida, where industry legend Richmond Italia and GI Milsim brought .50 caliber paintballs and equipment to the world with a massive splash, another industry heavyweight, Arthur Chang, made it clear his company was behind the concept. Read the full review HERE.
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Paintball Sports Promotions and the entire paintball industry are gearing up for what has come to be the greatest and most anticipated paintball event of the entire year, every year – The PSP World Cup.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Valken Sports and Vanguard Paintball announce distribution agreement
Sewell, New Jersey USA – Nuneaton, Warwickshire England
August 20, 2010 - Vanguard Paintball is proud to announce that they have reached an agreement with Valken Sports to distribute the Vanguard Creed brand of markers in the US market place.
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Our friends at Exalt recently sent us a note to let everyone know about their new casual t-shirts they just released. For more on Exalt’s product line check them out here.
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Connor of GreyOps Canada (www.greyops.net) has tested & reviewed S-Thunder’s Step & Release Mil-Sim Land Mine and has published a detailed interview with S-Thunder’s Business Development, Mr Yu-Hon Li. Check it out here.View full post on Paintball X3 Magazine | News on Paintball Gear, Scenarios, Tournaments
Division II Finals Game #1 Miami Rage D2 vs LA Endurance NPPL Huntington Beach 2008 Event #1
2007: 161
2008: 159
2009: 141
2010: 107
And…
2008: 214
2009: 112
2010: 103
Take a guess… let us know what you think this is:
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Check out our full coverage and photo galleries from the PSP’s MAO Open this past weekend.
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They say numbers don’t lie, but they don’t always tell the full truth either. Yesterday I posted these numbers an asked you to guess what they were. 52 of you guessed, none of you were correct. Take another look:
2007: 161 PSP MAO team attendance
2008: 159 PSP MAO team attendance
2009: 141 PSP MAO team attendance
2010: 107 PSP MAO team attendance
And…
2008: 214 NPPL Huntington Beach attendance
2009: 112 NPPL Huntington Beach attendance
2010: 103 NPPL Huntington Beach attendance
In four years the two major paintball leagues in the US have lost nearly half of their attendance. And it’s not all because of the economy.
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Saturday morning PSP MAO Photo Gallery Added here: http://www.tournament.paintballx3.com/
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After 8 years of research and development, HydroTec™, has made a breakthrough in paintball manufacturing technology. This new technology is a paintball, precision engineered specifically for the game and the environment in which it is played. If you are a business owner in the sport, you cannot afford to miss Paintball Extravaganza International in Anaheim, California this September. HydroTec™ is poised to change the industry forever. One of the creators and President of HydroTec™, Paul Ciesiun, will be giving a keynote speech on September 14, 2010 to reveal his groundbreaking advancements in paintball manufacturing.
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The august issue of Paintball X3 Digital is now available for your viewing pleasure, free of course. The issue features 20-plus pages of NPPL DC Challenge coverage (first as usual), a CCM 6.5 Review, New Product Spotlights, TSOC Western War scenario, BT Pro Gear Review, Bored Shorts, and tons more. Check it out here.
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The schedule of games have been posted for this weekend’s PSP Mid-Atlantic Open being held outside of Charlotte in Rock Hill, SC at the Paintball Central Sports Park. Parking, admission to the Trade Show and grandstand seating are all free this year – so be sure to come and cheer on your favorite teams!
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Bad News Paintball and the PSP present this years MAO players party to be held at Town Tavern Charlotte (www.towntaverncharlotte.com), one of downtown charlotte’s hottest bars, on Saturday the 14th starting at 8:30pm. If you missed the Bad News sponsored MAO players party last year you definitely won’t want to miss this one.
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PRESS RELEASE
KEE to Produce BT Markers with H&K Emblem
Sewell, NJ, August 9th, 2010 KEE Action Sports LLC. KEE Action Sports and Heckler & Koch announced that they had resolved their dispute regarding KEE’s BT Delta, BT Delta Elite and BT TM-7 markers. The settlement provides that KEE and its customers may continue to market the three markers. Newly manufactured Delta, Delta Elite and TM-7s will shortly begin bearing an H&K emblem. The three markers will be sub-licensed through Umarex, the worldwide exclusive H&K licensee for paintball products.
KEE Action Sports LLC is the worldwide leader in the manufacturing and distribution of paintball sporting goods and the exclusive source for RPS®, Empire®, Invert™, Invert™ MINI™, BT Paintball™, HALO®, EVIL®, Pure Energy®, ViewLoader®, Brass Eagle®, and JT Sports® brand products.
Authorized by Umarex, the worldwide exclusive H&K licensee for paintbll products.
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Damage versus Infamous for first and second place. Naughty Dogs versus Dynasty for third and fourth. MORE.
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4PM Saturday NEW Saturday Photo Gallery! Update from NPPL DC HERE. We’ll have continuing coverage from NPPL DC all weekend HERE.
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8PM Update from NPPL DC HERE. We’ll have continuing coverage from NPPL DC all weekend HERE.
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The NPPL has returned to the Northern Virginia area for the 2010 DC Challenge and the venue, again, is Pev’s Paintball. The amazing facility impressed many last year, including Land Rover, who have again chosen to support the event with their top-end vehicles parked on-site. Other vendors on-hand for the event include Valken, Empire, Eclipse, Ninja Paintball, Understood and Pinokio.
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The West Coast Paintball Players League (WCPPL), came to its second stop on May 15th and 16th in the famous SC Village. A whopping 89 teams participated in this amazing event, capping all team limits, with the exception of young guns, which is a brand new division featured for the first time ever in WCPPL.
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Furious Paintball is proud to release the new .679 paintball barrel back.
With companies gradually starting to produce smaller paint sizes, studies are starting to show better results with smaller barrel bores.
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Decay of Nations IV, the largest paintball event on the west coast, is just a few weeks away and the staff and crew wanted to share a few of the exciting special items and props that will be used in this years game.
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Players in the Northeast, take a look! If you’re already planning to play paintball on August 22, why not play this game and support a great cause? If you’re in the Northeast and you weren’t planning to play in late August, here’s a great reason to change your plans! Support two great causes when you play on August 22 at Airsports Paintball, the fight against Muscular Dystrophy and Autism. Click READ MORE for the complete game details!
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BLUE, DEUCE, and DRAXXUS bring PAINTBALL BACK TO BLANDING!“BLANDING CONQUEST”
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After speaking with many players who are needing their August 1st paycheck to finalize payment for MAO Team Registration and ID Cards, PSP has decided to extend the final registration deadline for the PSP Mid-Atlantic Open to the end of Monday, August 2nd.
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The NPPL DC Challenge tournament at Pev’s Paintball Park is less than one month away and the league is proud to announce the details on the premiere event for the weekend, the annual NPPL East vs. West All-Star Game!
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“Triumph & Tragedy” is the 3rd video in a new online paintball video documentary series called Artifact, produced by Planet Eclipse, creators of the EGO and GEO paintball markers. Triumph & Tragedy” chronicles Edmonton Impact’s first professional tournament victory in the U.S, at the 2010 PSP Phoenix Open, and trying circumstances the team overcame, both on the field and off.
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Over 50 manufacturers and other industry related businesses will be coming together to fill the exhibit hall at the Hyatt Regency. The event is on it’s way to become the largest Extravaganza. Register soon, as many classes and seminars have size limitations and may fill up early. Be part of the industry’s “Can’t miss event of the year“
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Check out the newest digital magazine (July 2010) with coverage of the PSP Chicago Open, Living Legends III, Invert Mini LE Review, New Products, Interviews and much more.
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In a statement released recently from Aggressive Sports, the US distributor of the Vanguard Creed tournament marker (as recently reviewed by PaintballX3), a new, upgrade bolt is on the way for owners already using a Creed, and shipping with all new markers effective the moment they arrive. The new white Delrin bolt, with its cupped face and square o-rings, visibly improves overall performance of the marker, with techs reporting an immediate jump in velocity and a corresponding increase in efficiency. READ MORE to learn more!
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One of the hottest professional paintball players in the world is Justin “J-Rab” Rabackoff of Boston Red Legion and Frankfurt Syndicate. Check out his new site here.
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Don’t miss the two-fer registration, expiring tonight at midnight, for the 22nd annual Hell Survivors Monster Game. This is a must attend event if you’re anywhere near the area.
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Greg Hastings Paintball 2 is coming! Pre-order your copy now to get your hands on special features when the game hits in September, like a Gold Plated Tippmann and legendary professional player Rocky Cagnoni! From top professional players and the latest high-end equipment to amazing paintball destinations, Greg Hastings Paintball 2 will have it all and a pre-order will guarantee you get your hands on your copy the moment they become available!
CLICK HERE to reserve your copy of Greg Hasting’s latest contribution to the world of paintball, GHP2, now!
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Brimstone Enterprises, Inc., makers of the industry-standard patented Ultimate Airball® inflatable bunker designs used by the PSP and NPPL, launches new BuildingBlocks™ Bunkers – a remarkably inexpensive, low-tech USA-built bunker system that should last for decades.
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It has been a busy season for TSSOC so far in 2010, and we have some exciting news. First of all, we’d like to welcome our newest members to the team: Shifty, Mongoose, and Rocky. These three individuals were each in our application process for over a year.
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We at PaintballX3, as graduates of the PCRI (look it up) school of paintball reporting, love looking for trends, statistics and other “between the lines” information in the world of tournament paintball. To this end we’ve been keeping track of the manufacturers supporting the teams that are winning in the pro ranks of the NPPL and PSP in 2010. As it’s mid-season, with two events down for each league, we figured it was time to bring you up to speed on where things stand! With teams like Edmonton Impact, Los Angeles Infamous and Tampa Bay Damage having outstanding seasons and Dynasty, Aftershock, the Red Legion and Avalanche around to keep things interesting, manufacturers like KEE, Planet Eclipse, Dye and Bob Long are dueling to see how many podium finishes their products like the Ego, RP paintballs, the NT, the Rotor, the Prophecy and the Victory can stack up! READ MORE to see the mid-season standings!
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The NPPL is coming to Virginia! For the second straight year, the National Professional Paintball League will promote their DC event at Pev’s lavish paintball park in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. All those who attended last year’s NPPL DC event pronounced it a great one, so more teams, more spectators, more vendors and more sponsors are expected to attend, Don’t miss it!
For those playing the NPPL DC event this year, click “READ MORE” to see the field layout!
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Madison, CT (July 2, 2010) – Connecticut resident, Scott Potter, announces the opening of his new online paintball store, Mo-Paintball, LLC. The store is located at www.mo-paintball.com. Potter is the former co-owner of Eastern Paintball Supplies, LLC which serviced the CT shoreline since 1998 and was one of the first online paintball ventures.
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