The Wild World of TB!

According to the powers that be, this is going to be quite the game. In fact, Thunderstruck and I are looking forward to going out and checking back in at the Free Finale. Some might remember that we showed up there a few years back and took some 'whatfor' to Billy's wife in the Mr and Mrs Smith game.

If you have never been, I can tell you that it is a lot of fun, the field is unique and there is no party like East Coast that I have seen. Granted it isn't Paintclub 21, but that event is held here so it might be damn close.

To get the lowdown head here: http://thefordreport.com/?p=851

Make sure you sign up for the Ford report, if you want to be in the know like me. Ok, so you won't be exactly in the know like me, but you will be damn close.

;)

One of the most difficult things about PaintClub 21 in May was deciding how we'd top it for 2010.

That decision has been made.

The 3 unfortunate, inglorious, politically incorrect bastards who brought you PaintClub 21 are back, bringing the uncapped, unrestrained and unclothed fun back to Low Country Paintball February 20th-21st, 2010.

School was in session in May, and we learned our lessons. One of the things we learned was that it's much easier to heat a tent in South Georgia than it is to air condition it, hence the reason that the 2010 event will be held in February.

Now, before everyone goes and starts overreacting like they did last year, indulge me for a moment while I say some things up front that will hopefully lay to rest any fears and prevent any moral compasses from going into a proper tizzy:

You have to be APPROVED AND VETTED be accepted to PaintClub 21. Later Press Releases for the 2010 event will explain the process.

There will be NO ALCOHOL on the field, AT ALL! At this year's game, if you drank, you were done on field. The same will apply this year, obviously.

There will be NO NUDITY ON FIELD! However, there will be plenty of nudity in the main tent and in the Ding-Dong tent AFTER Executive Chef Bill Bain serves dinner AFTER everyone's done playing for the day.

Now that we have that out of the way, stay tuned to selected, worthy websites and publications like The Ford Report, PBJunkie.Com, and Shooting Hot Magazine for more information on this one-of-a-kind event that can only be described with one word:

Epic.

Stay tuned to www.paintclub21.com to register once we're ready to start taking registrations.

"That's right...Tiger Stripe Paintball which has been doing business as Special Ops Paintball is winding things down. Slow sales and the general economy have forced this decision.

That's the Bad News!

Now for the Good News!

I am starting a new company.

The new company is Extreme StitchWorks and is a Soft Goods Manufacturing company. We will specialize in providing custom Soft Goods as well as small to medium sized runs of production Soft Goods manufacturing. We will do this for the paintball industry as well as other industries. Players and teams will be able to purchase custom Soft Goods products from packs, vests, and apparel to gear bags and accessories. Dealers and manufacturers will be able to access our production capabilities to bring in existing products or to have their own products developed and manufactured in small enough quantities to be able to offer low risk innovations as I will be able to offer very reasonable MOQ's (Minimum Order Quantities) at wholesale prices.

Soft Goods have been recognized as "What we do (did) best" at Special Ops Paintball and I plan to continue to bring the players the gear and accessories that they want and it will all be made right here in the USA.

I will also be leasing the rights to the Special Ops Brand so the brand itself and the store site www.specialopspaintball.com as well as this forum, will continue on. Effective immediately, my new company (Extreme StitchWorks) will take over fulfillment of all existing and incoming orders. Resale items and close-out items will continue while current supplies last. Special Ops Soft Goods and select Hard Goods will continue to be available indefinitely.

So, while this is a sad day, I am very excited that we (Extreme StitchWorks) will be able to continue to bring you new and innovative Soft Goods and that we will be able to continue this forum. Please watch for some great new products that we have in store for you over the coming weeks."
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Brian "MOATI" Russell
Extreme StitchWorks
Brian.MOATI.Russell@gmail.com

Actually I am not surprised, they bought Cops 911 and then ruined the product with their mil-sim ways. If you look at the rise and fall of the company from the excessive equipment and the elite weekends, one can only surmise that is was a matter of time before they went the way of the dodo bird. Guess these other companies better take note, not even 'woodsball' will save you.

Press Release from Tippmann:

New Product Update from Denny Tippmann, Jr.

Denny Tippmann, Jr. and the team from Tippmann Sports want to invite all Tippmann owners and anyone in paintball to see Tippmann’s first electro pneumatic marker using the .68 caliber paintball platform. This is a new technology that will take woodsball and scenario play to a whole new level, and provide our loyal Tippmann players with the marker they have been asking for.

We are officially launching this marker on Wednesday, October 21, at 1 pm Central Time on our Tippmann web site at www.tippmann.com. In addition, this launch will also be on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/tippmann, MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/tippmannsports and YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/TippmannSports. Players may also comment on this new marker by visiting us at http://www.twitter.com/tippmann or on our Tippmann Forum at http://tinyurl.com/yzgx7zs.

We look forward to seeing you Wednesday, October 21, at 1 pm Central Time.

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JJ and the guys at Valken are going to be setting some worlds on fire. I spoke to JJ at the NJ Nam game and I hope to be getting some stuff in here soon to test and report on. I know that they will be shooting Valken paint at Fulda Gap so I will report back then on the paint but JJ always rep good companies and good paint.

Valken Sports can be accessed here for more information.