From the Frigid North – Canadian Report, By Tom “Tomcat” Cunningham

The season, while still a bit early is just beginning, many of the winter scenario’s are wrapping up with Hoth at Area 51 on February 21st, Frozen Ghost at Adrenaline on February 28th, Red Dawn at Flag Raiders on March 1st, Frosty’s Revenge at Wasaga Beach on March 14th, DMZ March Break Big Game on March 17th and Arctic Storm at Soldiers of Fortune on March 21st….these being the games I am at least aware of.

Field owners are slowly but surely announcing their official opening dates for what promises the very best season of paintball in Canadian history to date.

Other paintball related items of interest to our community are how the new Tippmann pistol will prove itself on the battlefield not to mention many awaiting the release of the new Tiberius Sniper rounds with some anticipation.

It has been particularly interesting to see some of the teams that we have grown up with establish themselves including BlackOps and BlackThorn to name a couple…..BlackOps and the Canadian Tactical Series and BlackThorn with the Offensive Action Scenario Series….many teams I know are gearing up in anticipation of one or the other or both. It will be extremely interesting to see how it all plays out in both series and who emerges the winners of these events overall.

From the West Coast, By Aaron "The Stuntman" Froke

In these tough economic times, everybody is looking for ways to save money & still stay in the game...with that in mind, here are some of the sweet deals & field discounts available in the Northern California area that can help all of us "budget ballers" maximize our paintball resources:

Bay Area Paintball in Burlingame (www.bapaintball.com), has a special deal for college students... Show you college ID on Thursdays & admission/registration is just $5.

American Canyon Paintball Jungle (www.paintballjungle.com)continues to offer a great deal for families: Moms play for free! That’s right, bring your mom to out to play & she gets free registration & free basic equipment rentals.

Does your girlfriend play? Or are YOU the girlfriend/wife/mom of a regular player? Then check out Davis Paintball Center (www.davispaintball.com), just south of Sacramento, where self-equipped girls get free registration every weekend.

Looking for cheap gear or got some gear to sell? Norcal Paintball Park (www.norcalpaintballpark.com)in Petaluma holds a paintball swap meet on the first Sunday of every month - bring your used stuff to sell or just hunt for bargains...Plus, active duty Armed Services members get an automatic 1/2 off registration.

Santa Clara Paintball (www.santaclarapaintball.com) offers Free registration on Friday nights when you buy a case of field paint at regular prices.

Got a birthday coming up? Sequoia Paintball (www.sequoiapaintball.com) in the Santa Cruz Mountains has a birthday group special - the birthday boy/girl plays for free with a group reservation.

At T.A.G. Paintball (www.800tag5150.com) near Hollister, parents get free admission & equipment rental when their kids register on any open walk-on day. Bring the whole family!

Gladiator Paintball Park, (www.gladiatorpaintball.com) near San Louis Obispo, offers $5 off admission for active military personnel.

From the Mid Atlantic States, By Thomas Allegretto

I stopped by Pev’s new Aldie, Virginia location this week. All I can say is “wow,” the place is amazing. Located on some prime real estate right on Route 15 with lots of road frontage, the field/store is visible to 20,000 cars per day according to Mike Peverill, owner. Right now they have six airball fields. One with beautiful turf, five with grass and another turf field just being finished. They also have a town field with tons of buildings, a must-see “caves” field, a huge fort/village field, and they’re getting ready to add two woodsball fields. They also have a great fully stocked pro-shop on site.

I picked up this info while I was there.

3rd Annual Pevapalooza 2-Day Camp - "Hang with the Pros"

Pev, Chris Lasoya, Ollie Lang, JC Whittington, Frank Connell, Nicky Cuba, Greg Hastings, Todd Peverill, and more!

Pev's Paintball is excited to announce the 3rd Annual Pevapalooza 2-Day Camp. This is not your ordinary Paintball Camp...there's more!

Come spend two days hanging out with Professional Paintball Players, learn tournament skills, spend the night camping at the field and just hang out with the crew! Don't forget to bring your own tent, sleeping bags and whatever other camp gear you want! Activities will include paintball training, camping, bon-fire roasts, dodge ball, HALO XBox Tournament,  other outdoor activities and games!

Pevapalooza is coming September 12 & 13, 2009 at Pev’s Paintball Park in Aldie, Virginia.

Camp registration fee is $299.99 and includes Saturday lunch, dinner, snacks and Sunday breakfast and lunch. Camp participants will receive $10 off any case of paintballs to shoot for the weekend at any Pev's Pro Shop location. Paintballs are not included in the camp registration fee.

Celebrity Pro Instructors Include:

Chris Lasoya, San Diego Aftermath

Oliver Lang, LA Ironmen

JC. Whittington, DC Arsenal

Frank Connell, St. Louis Avalanche

Nicky Cuba, LA Ironmen

Greg Hastings

Mike "Pev" Peverill  - Bad Company/Owner of Pev's Paintball

Todd Peverill - Bob Long's Ironmen

and more to come!

Check them out at www.pevspaintball.com.

Evan Estrate of Ponikio told me to let everyone know they are heading to Skirmish for this weekend’s Battle of Stalingrad. Check them out and check out their bad a$$ hoppers.

Midwest Report By  Jameson "Whiskyfoy" Ford

I think a big game to note would be Living Legends 2.  Below is the information on the game, the original write ups are from Sean Scott from Smart Parts.  There is a detailed description of the game in the General Scenario Chat section of the PBX3 forums.

"When: May 29-31. (this is the weekend AFTER memorial day weekend)
Where: CPX Sports, Joliet, IL.
Producer: Viper Scenarios

Smart Parts and Draxxus are coming together again to bring you the Encore performance of one of the most talked about games of 2008, Living Legends. Craig Miller will once again be joining us to general one side as I will be the general of the other. We will be shooting Draxxus paint and we are still working out more details as well.

As you can see, I put 29th, which is a Friday, on the date. This will be a special day as I am putting together games and contests with big prize packages that will be sponsored by different manufacturers across paintball, so get there early to partake in all of the festivities going on all day!! If you have never been to CPX, you should go. Beautiful fields with an amazing parking lot, pro shop, running water, toilets that flush, nice camping area, and much much more.

This game was the brainstorm of myself, Paul Dagnino from CPX, and Craig Miller. We were sitting around one day telling stories of the old IAO days and how much we missed them. So, we decided to bring that fun and industry excitement back in the form of a scenario game. With only 3 months of planning, we pulled off a game that was nearly 700 players!!! This was one of the most perfect scenario games that I have ever been to. The Draxxus X-Ball silver shot flawless, the air supplied by paintball central was non-stop, the game produced by Viper was a blast, and CPX welcomed us with open arms. With as big of a success we had last time, we plan on making it bigger and better, for you the players.

How often can you play along industry giants and laugh and giggles on shooting people at the same time. Heck, Jim Lively, the creator of national tournament paintball, blew up my base with a C-4 satchel charge! The look on all these industry people running around on the field having a great time was an awe aspiring site to see. Dan Kolby said that the Living Legends game brought back the love of paintball again because of how much fun it was.

I will be posting more info and press releases as we get towards the date. I just wanted to get the date out there so people can start to plan as well."

Industry Leaders attending LL2

Sean Scott - General for Genesis - Smart Part/Smart Corps Fame, 6-0 as a general
Mike Paxson - General for the New Order - Ironmen 2X NXL Champions, experienced scenario general
Billy Gardner Jr - President of Smart Parts
Adam Gardner - Vice President of Smart Parts
Darryl Trent - Former Ironmen/All American - Director of Operations for DLX Technology
Ronan - Paintball Sports Magazine - World Wide Director of Sales and Marketing
Nicky Cuba - Ironmen
Ron Kilbourne - Bushwackers fame
Tom Cole - Kingman/Bad Company/ Founder of the new UWL League
Peter Bofill - Former Captain of Rage, won World Cup 1996 that was televised on ESPN.. Owner of MacDev North America
Michael "Blue" Hanse - Blue's Crew and EMR Fame
Chris "Deuce" Hanse - Blue's Crew and Blue'w Crew TV and EMR
Brian "MOATI" Russell - Directory of Marketing Special Ops
Erich Garbers - Tippmann Sports
Sal Briguglio - Owner of Xtreme Paintball Park and Total Greif
Dan Colby- Guerrilla Air
Joe Stayback - Owner of the legendary Sherwood Forest and Team ESP. Was one of the founding members of the Thunderstruck tournament team from the 90's. They whooped my team on more then one occasion in the NAAPSA tourneys.
Dennis Bukowski - Hollywood Sports, SC Village, and Giant Paintball Park.. the man of few words.
Giovanni D'Egidio - Hollywood Sports, SC Village, and Giant Paintball Park.. the man of many words.
Sonny Lopez - LA Hitmen Woodsball team, Full Clip Manager of Marketing, and WGP Fame
Chris Lasoya - This man is one of the greatest paintball players ever... Does he need an intro?

Another big game to note is being held at Fox Paintball in Millington IL www.foxpaintball.com . The theme is based on the TV show Heroes and it pits the Heroes vs the Villians.  The Game is going on Saturday May 9th.  The Game is being put on by Splatterzone Productions www.splatterzonepaintball.net , they are one of the biggest scenario companies in the Midwest and the originator of the FREE 3 Hour mini scenarios that are held through out the year.  They are also known best for their Training Day scenario held every fall that last year brough a record 700+ players to the field to battle it out.

More Coming later…