All this was sold by very helpful "angels" dressed in cute little green patent leather, army nurse outfits. Scherer was there with their Evil line of products.
They a new gun coming out that force feeds the balls into the gun with every shot. It looks cool and crazy at the same time. They also have a lot of new Evil mods and add-ons for the impulse and autococker. These seem functional as well as cool looking.
Raven was also there with their new display trailer. Showing all the jerseys and packs. They also came out with a new spyder that's cut and milled. It also looks great. This means that even the newbies will be looking good this year. JT had a good booth also. They had daily autograph signings from players from avalanche, lockout, and the brass eagle all-stars.
JT has a new pack coming out that allows you to custom make your own unique pack. You can make a pack with anywhere from one pod to twenty pods. It also is contoured to fit your back. Really nice. There were also many other paintball companies selling lots of stuff. Non paintball vendors were there showing off products like, Fuji selling disposable cameras, Budweiser selling energy drink, and Dank selling cool hoodies, t-shirts, and hats. A new company called Lovesacs was also in attendance.
They sell huge bean bag chairs. These things are big enough for two people to lounge on and were by far the largest bean bags I have ever seen. Great Location This tournament site was definitely mainstream. We certainly were not playing in the woods or out in a cornfield. This was downtown Huntington Beach. The tournament site was super close to a variety of shops, bars, and restaurants.
There was even a Burger King across the street. How many times have you been to a tournament and wanted to grab something to eat because you have an hour or more break' At this tournament good and hot food was only a short walk across the street. The 7man fields The layout of the fields was nothing like anything that I had played on. Most NPPL ten man fields have traditionally been set up with three or more strong stand-up back bunkers that you could support your front guys with and, if needed, mount a strong defense from.
These fields were the opposite. They were definitely mid players field. The corner bunkers were mostly teacups or small cubes with an occasional lay down. If you wanted to play a big bunker, you had to move up. I asked some of my friends about this and was told that the European style 7 man fields are all like this, so that the games keep moving, it forces you to be aggressive, and not sit back.
The sand kept a lot of players from taking a lot of ground on the break. So, there were a lot of bump and runs from the front guys. The fields were also shorter which made the shooters sweetspotting on the break, victims of the dead box as well as the runners. It seems that this is the way the super 7 will set up the fields this year. This will definitely make everyone play more aggressive.
Play of the tournament Undoubtedly the dopiest move of the tournament was on the JT field. The game was between Kapp factory and Hypersonix. The JT field was laid out with a huge pyramid on one tape and a zipper-style arrangement of bricks on the other. The JT pyramid is the largest bunker I have ever seen. It's probably 20 to 30 feet tall and wide enough to have two to three players comfortably play in.
Jai of Kapp factory was in the pyramid and just got done stickin' his opposing player on the other side of the pyramid. Jai knew that the pyramid was clear of hypersonix players but, the main threat came from the mid player in the stand up behind the pyramid that was posted up on his location. If Jai even peeked around the corner the hypersonix player would blast the edge of his bunker. Now, the top side of the pyramid at the base corner is over six feet tall and the side edge of it is getting blasted from the hypersonix player.
Jai does a vertical leap, high enough to see over the top of the bunker and shoots two balls from his intimidator, while in mid air. Before he even hits the ground the hypersonix player recieves two hits to the gogs and with a roar from the crowd goes to the dead box. That is most definitely the move of the tournament.
So, at our next practice when you warm up by doing a little snap-shooting drill. You better remember Jai from Kapp factory and start doing some jump shots. Community hours' Here is an update on 'The sniper" from the world cup. If you remember one of the scandals of the world cup was the sniper incident. A player from Avalanche, the pro team, decided to give his team some extra support by borrowing an all black, super quiet stealth matrix, don his black ninja outfit and proceed to dump a hopper on Ground Zero from the shadows of the Florida jungle.
The preliminary game between Avalanche and Ground Zero started out fast and furious, like most pro on pro games. From two grandstands attendees could watch the teams play on six different arenas. A new playing format was also introduced at the Surf City Paintball Open. Hendsch kept the five-versus-five game play but did away with the seven-versus-seven contests.
Hendsch said this style of game play allows for high school and collegiate players to enter the competition as well as make it easier for those who are new to paintball to understand how the sport is played. As recently as , 1, people competed, according to published reports at the time.
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