Friday, August 29th, 2008
Always ones to do something completely ridiculous to demonstrate something, Mythbusters build a 1100 barrel paintball gun to paint the Mona Lisa.
They used it, and a single gun attached to a robot, to show the differences between a CPU and GPU, or more precisely single-core to multi-core processors. It’s not really a good explanation, but it does look cool.
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
This morning there was a post on PBNation under Ollie Lang’s account saying that he was retiring after World Cup this year. Seeing as it was posted by Ollie’s account, it seemed legitimate since the wording of the “retirement” speech was decent and seemed genuine but turns out, it is entirely false. Ollie’s account got phished. No other information has been released about this situation from Ollie or anyone else. So I guess, as of now, Ollie has no plans of retiring and will continue playing paintball for the Ironmen and as a Dye player.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
This year PSP introduces a new place to stay for World Cup. They made a deal with Florida Deluxe Villas and now have luxury condos and houses for rent. There are 2 types of housing units to choose from: Villas at Somerset and Florida Deluxe Villas; and are only minutes away from Disney’s World Wide of Sports.
The Villas at Somerset:
- 3 bed/2 bath condo
- Full Kitchen
- Laundry
- Sleeps up to 8 people
- $89 per night + taxes (must mention code PSPFDV to get the deal)
Florida Deluxe Villas:
- 4 or 5 bedroom house
- Fully Furnished
- Full Kitchen
- Laundry
- Pool
- Some houses may have game rooms or spas
- Sleeps up to 12
- Starting at $120 per night + taxes (must mention code PSPFDV to get the deal)
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Registration for the biggest paintball event of the year, PSP World Cup, is now open. All the new goodies are revealed, more teams to play, and cash prize packages. The event will be held at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex on October 22-26.
Entry Fees:
X-Ball Div 1 - $2850
X-Ball Div 2 - $2600
X-Ball Div 3 - $2450
Masters Div - $1550
5-Man X-Ball Div 2 - $1500
5-Man X-Ball Div 3 - $1200/$1400
5-Man X-Ball Div 4 - $1000/$1200
Prize Packages:
XBall Division 1
1st - $10,000
2nd - $5,000
3rd - $2,500
4th - $1,500
XBall Division 2
1st - $8,000
2nd - $4,000
3rd - $2,000
4th - $1,000
XBall Division 3
1st - $5,000
2nd - $2,500
3rd - $1,500
4th - $1,000
5-man XBall Division 3
1st - $2,500
2nd - $1,500
3rd - $1,000
4th - $500
5-man XBall Division 4
1st - $1,800
2nd - $1,000
3rd - $600
4th - $300
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
In addition to their new elbow pads, NXe has a new design for their knee pads. The knee shield features 10-layer padding, wider fitting, 3mm breathable neoprene construction, specially woven cushioned velcro-embedded elastic, and an open back for flexibility and all-weather comfort.
Sizes available are S/M, L, XL, and XXL
The cost of NXe’s Knee Shield is $49.99
Monday, August 18th, 2008
NXL
1st - Dynasty
2nd - Philadelphia Americans
3rd - Boston Red Legion
4th - Los Angeles Ironmen
Division 1 XBall
1st - RNT Allstarz
2nd - Damage
3rd - TX Justice League
4th - Vicious
Division 2 XBall
1st - Cross-Eyed Paintball
2nd - TPA Revolution
3rd - Shockwave Canada
4th - Raiden
Division 3 XBall
1st - Velocity Wrecking Crew
2nd - Team Unlimited
3rd - DSSP8NTBALL.COM
4th - Raiden Black
Division 3 5-man XBall
1st - Boom
2nd - JFK
3rd - No Limit
4th - TPA Riot
Division 4 5-man XBall
1st - RNT Kids
2nd- 100 Proof Paintball
3rd - Total Karnage Kids
4th - Poison Products Factory
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Things are a little different for the NPPL Houston layouts. This time there are 4 7-man fields and 2 5-man fields.
7-man Fields
NPPL Center Field
JT Field
Spyder Field
Angel Field
5-Man Fields (Both are the same layout and are a variation of the 7-man Angel field)
Angel Field
Eclipse Field
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
NPPL now has a 5-man format that will make its debut at NPPL Houston, September 19-21, 2008. The divisions open to the 5-man format are D3 and D4. I guess a new division for NPPL also makes its debut at Houston. In 5-man format, it is center flag rather than the opposite side, and there is a 5-minute time limit instead of 7-minutes. Teams have a choice of what day they want to play their 7 pre-lim matches, Friday or Saturday with finals on Sunday.
Entry fees:
Div3 - Friday/Sunday - $1000 before Aug. 29, 2008 $1100 after
Div3 - Saturday/Sunday - $1100 before Aug. 29, 2008 $1200 after
Div4 - Friday/Sunday - $900 before Aug. 29, 2008 $1000 after
Div4 - Saturday/Sunday - $1000 before Aug. 29, 2008 $1100 after
Prizes:
Div3
1st - $2,250
2nd -$1,250
3rd - $750
4th - $500
Div4
1st - $1,800
2nd -$1,000
3rd - $600
4th - $300
Division 3 qualifiers – (For players who have never played D2 or higher in the NPPL)
Division 4 qualifiers – (For players who have never played in the NPPL before)
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Exalt has designed a pair of paintball specific cleats. These cleats are targeted towards tournament players, as these shoes are built for speed, traction, and durability. They are modeled after track shoes, spikes in the front and very lightweight. Unlike track shoes though, the exalt cleats do not have metal spikes, seeing that in most places metal spikes are illegal, instead there are golf cleats which are very good for traction on turf.
Sizes available are 9,10,11, and 12 (The fitting is similar to casual shoes, if you wear size 11 for casual shoes; choose the size 11 for the Exalt Cleats. If you are a size 10.5 or 10 in casual shoes; choose size 10 for the Exalt Cleats)
Included with the cleats
- 1 Cleat Bag
- 1 set of plastic golf spikes (installed)
- 1 set of rounded aluminum/plastic spikes
- spare spikes and spike tool.
The price for these shoes is $80.00 *Exalt is located in Canada so shipping may cost a bit and could possibly take a while to be shipped to your door. Not really sure, I have never purchased anything from a business based in Canada.
Overall, these cleats look nice and very well made. If I had extra money to spare, I would pick up a pair of these for myself.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
I guess it’s official now, Avalanche is out of the NXL and will concentrate on NPPL.
After considerable thought I, Ed Poorman team owner of St Louis Avalanche, have decided to no longer compete in the NXL. In a time when the costs are ever increasing for teams to participate and attend both the PSP/NXL and NPPL, the time has come to make this decision and concentrate on just one league. Although Avalanche would love to compete in the NXL the cost just out weights the rewards. As owner of the team I could not handle all the extra expenses when sponsorship dollars have decreased this season. All the players of Avalanche have done their best to help raise revenue by holding clinics, but it is still not enough to be able to attend both leagues. The entry fee alone for the NXL costs the team $6000.00 per event. That breaks down to $1200.00 per match or $40.00 per minute unless you make Sunday. The team has chosen to concentrate all of its funds, efforts and focus on the NPPL Super 7 format, hopefully this will allow Avalanche to become a top 3 team in both the Pro and Semi-Pro divisions. Avalanche wishes only the best to the league and the teams who continue to compete in the NXL.
Ed Poorman
