Hoth

Thanks for sharing. 

Thanks for sharing. I am right down the road from you in Carlisle Ohio. Quite a few of us in Ohio.

On 5/15/2024 at 9:49 PM, PHUCKITMAN said:

@Hoth we played the Navarone several times and even beat them on their home field in 87 in a best of 5 match of CTF 25vs25. But in all fairness they we still so cocky they were using stock Sheridan pumps that heal 10 balls and a 10gr cartridge was only good for about 20 shots before it started not shooting very far. We also played against the Bushmasters as well and they all wore Ghillie Suits but once we started attacking those suits made it hard to move fast enough to avoid getting shot. just hard to find the paint on those suits. Some of your old mags probably have pictures of guys I played with in Manufacturers ads since some of the guys who were single and played way too much became some of the first STARS of the Game. One guy always was featured wearing a dress suit because that was how he played. No Camo for him he just was fast, the left gunner/wing man while i played Right Gunner/wing and he knew he was going to be seen since we were both running top speed as far up the field we could get in an attempt the start the fight on the other teams half of the map. Plus it made the not reach the cover they hoped to reach. So if we could gain that much ground in the first 30 seconds of a 30 minute game it was hard for them to win. Good Times and you are right I was killed so many times with a paintball sometimes at point blank range I knew Real War was not for me because I am not the kind to hide in a cave. I got up and encouraged a firefight because I always had them off guard and made many run away out of fear which allowed me to take more of the side flank to keep them from getting around our main attack forces. Great Memories and I still have my camo field jacket/shirt with my team patches and sponsor patches from 35+ years ago. My first Silencer was a metal tube slightly larger then the barrel and it slipped on and the sight bead held it in place and was drilled with many holes and covered in wading to catch the air/sound and then covered in a think black rubber like material that could be shrunk to fit with a heat gun so it looked sharp and fit in your slide cargo between games so the other team couldn't bitch about them. Plus we had a set screw put in the back of our modified guns in the piece you removed to access to spring and allen wrenches in our pockets. This way we could dial in the speed to pass the crono test as you entered the field and then before they blow the starting horn we could tighten to set screw and gat another 25 feet per second out of our guns and not blow balls in the barrel be gave us a bit more range and didn't need to lob the paint in. I could go on and on. Loved playing that game sofakingmuch

Dave Youngblood was the guy in the suit. He played with the Ironmen for a few years and some other teams. We played the Ironmen in the 92 World Cup. It was my 1st semi serious team the Dyehards. Our bracket was brutal at that tournament. I never got to play Navarone. We were playing local leagues mostly when I 1st started during their era. I played against Direct Hit who were from Ohio and one of the top teams from that same 80s and early 90s era. A few of their guys played with my team at that time (Dyehards) in a league. I got out of tournaments when speedball and hyperball started taking over. I played a few tourneys with it. I just loved woods ball so much more. The balanced fields were okay but nothing was more impressive than watching a good team win from a shitty side of a field. Stealth was basically gone.  Watching different teams perform in different terrain. For example watching a Florida teams crawl up a teams ass etc. I could go on and on as well. An awesome adrenaline rush of a sport.

Looks great my guy!  Happy for you.

@Streetcleaner Thanks for sharing. I have never played that flavor but it does look fun. Long forgotten Tactics, stealth and accuracy jump out at me. You want to see something comical put a pump, 12 gram gun in the hands of someone who has only used a electronic semi auto gun. The have no clue what accuracy is lol. I will say from the tests I've seen First strike rounds shooting twice as far is a stretch :0 I would like to test them and their accuracy though. I started in the late 80s with a splatmaster and shop goggles. Then to Sheridan, bushmaster, f1-illistrator, automag etc to name a few. I was never a big auto cocker fan. I was usually up front applying pressure so it didn't really compliment my game. @PHUCKITMAN seems like you were in the mix when the Guns of Navarone from Cali were one of the top dogs. My brother was building loaders, silencers out of pvc in that era as well. Around 1990 I  started played leagues and tournaments. My last tournament was a nppl 5 man in 97. The last team I was on half were from Ohio the other half from Richmond Indiana. I still have many of the magazines we were in. We were pretty successful. My job was paying little and most of my money went to paint, field and tournament entry fees. I was broke but had some amazing memories and experiences. We picked up a few sponsors the last couple of years that really helped out. Competitive paintball taught me a lot. How to sacrifice and work if you really wanted to be successful at something. Also to respect firearms. You look at how easily you can be shot by a gun that has limited velocity and range. Compare it to guns that can shoot through trees, walls with insane range. It made me respect people in the military that much more. Thanks to both of you for sharing. I want to get my son to the field to play. It may make me get the itch to get back into it at some level.

Ohio Xtreme Zapp Amateur open 5 man winners In 95 (can't seem to get away from that Xtreme name lol) I'm in the Armson hat by Bud Orr. Armson became one of our sponsors after that win. None of us used their barrels though lol. 

Thanks for sharing.

Maybe you are too good? :0   I had a couple of plunder servers crash on me today. Didn't run into your issue.

Thanks for sharing!

Welcome!

Thanks for sharing!

Welcome!

Keep healing up. Keep Rocking my dood!

Thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear about your children. Glad you found us idiots. Keep searching the big find may happen!

Thanks for sharing. I foresee the image of you winning the Gold on the Wheaties box very soon. Anyone know the World Record for the Dildo toss? Or the competition size specs ?

Congrats!

Nerd stuff you have my attention now. Still in its infancy, I'm curious what we will see in our lifetime on this technology going forward.

Thanks for sharing. Hope you and the family are well.

On 1/28/2024 at 11:40 PM, PHUCKITMAN said:

Can someone explain to me just how the Detroit Lions managed to lose a game they were in complete control of for most of the game and looked like the better team on the field today? I understand taking risks when the numbers suggest it is the right move but Dan Campbell had been saying all week it was a race to 30 points, so how could he pass up 2 chances to settle for field goal attempts especially when they were inside the red zone instead of going for it on 4th down. Those 2 field goals could have been the difference in the final score and most likely a win and a trip to Vegas for the Super Bowl. The more points a team has to more the team that is down by 17 points maybe more has to make to come back to try to win like having to try for a touchdown instead of kicking a field goal that provided the winning points. Now I understand the phrase "SAME OLD LIONS"

I always say take your points on the road in the playoffs. The deeper it gets into that game and San Fran is down the more they feel the pressure being a favorite. I get he likes to take chances and be aggressive but his game management was terrible in those situations. I wouldn't say same old Lions or they wouldn't even be sniffing a winning season let alone playoff wins.

Good read thanks for sharing.

  There are newer players who don't get the mod sometimes. There are people who don't understand how good players can be or can't accept some are much better than they are. For those record yourself getting your ass kicked so you can waste an admins time looking at it. Quit fucking crying during the game please. (what Rugger was politely saying)  I rarely see hacks anymore. I saw it way more in the cod2 days than I do now in Freeze tag. Some of the morons who cry hack I would love to pull into a cod Warzone game so they can actually experience it a few times. Early in Warzone it was a big problem. It has improved somewhat. Aimbots are really easy to spot. Wall hacks can be more difficult if the fuck head doing it doesn't make it too obvious. Boom you are killing it on servers you can run around invisible and the average player age is probably around 60. Keep it up.

Congrats. This coming from an OSU fan. When we  are out of the playoffs even though Michigan is our biggest rival I'll always root for the Big 10. Glad they didn't lay an egg this year like their last two appearances. They were much better than they showed in those games. This season is one you will never forget.

Thanks for sharing!

My last FB message to him. Miss the man he was a great one.

Merry Christmas!

Welcome !!!