Game in LA Saturday, April 3rd!!

[danath 34]

Well, folks, it is getting to be that time again. Winter has started to recede, and as the snow and ice melts, spring has started to rear its head. The sun has been out in much more force than the past few months, the skies are blue, and the weather is nice.



Our first game of the spring is going to be Saturday, April 3rd. Time is around 11am, we play till we get tired. We are going to be running things a little differently this year. The biggest change is that we are going to have games every other saturday. Yes, thats twice a month, so if you miss the game on April 3rd, the next one is the 17th! We will have the games regularly scheduled for the 1st and 3rd saturday of every month, so you can come out whenever you like!

We are also going to run a much tighter operation up here. As you all know, in the past, it has been a little more "relaxed" when it came to rules. We definitely had rules, and a good set of them, too. However, it strongly relied on the honor system. After noticing some people not observing all of the rules, we are going to make one major change for the safety of everyone, the comfort of the newer players, and for repeat players in general. While we had the chronograph at every game last year, we just went on everyone's word on whether or not they were chrony'd in. Well this year I have volunteered to run the chrono station, and if I do not personally see you chrono in at 300fps or less, you cannot step onto the field. 290 is OK, 299 is OK, 300 is OK, 301 is NOT. There will be no exceptions.

This is a pain for some people, I know. But it will be beneficial.

1) Newbies will have a better time. It will hurt less.

2) No unfair advantages.

3) Safety- this is the number 1 concern for our sport. Masks are only designed to take a 300fps hit, no more.



Now it is not like we have had rampant cheating or anything. Actually, to the contrary, on the whole, the players in LA are very honorable and honest. This change stems from me and others noticing (at LA and other fields) someone forgetting to chrono in, or someone unintentionally shooting hot. In LA, it is rare for someone to cheat, but people can forget. So just to make sure, everyone is going to have to chrono in front of me (or whoever may be running the chrono in my place) before they are allowed to play.





All of that aside, I have high hopes for this season. I think with the more frequent, predictable games, and better organization, we will have more players on a regular basis. I hope lots of you come out and have fun, because things are going to be a little different this year.


For more information, or directions to the field, send me a pm.


Hope to see a lot of you guys on the 3rd!

[skin-den]

count some players from apache ridge , r u coming down on sunday!! i'll have two scuba for apirl 3 games maybe three!!

[danath 34]

yeah dude I'll be there.
I was gonna come down yesterday, but the gf dragged me to her sisters volleyball game lol.

And hopefully i'll have the cocker running by then, too! Its all done except the feedneck. I am modding a tippmann 98 feedneck to fit onto it so I can take it off quickly and swap it out for something else.

I also gotta buy a reg, but for now I can use my Timmy reg.

[skin-den]

cool looking forward to playing in LA again!!

[chongballa]

yeah, im down.
david, ive got a couple old regs that should work. ill give you one for free since i dont know if it will work.

[danath 34]

awesome dude, thanks. Yeah, I'll give it a shot and see if it works.

I am so close to finishing this thing it is driving me nuts!

[xridgelinerx]

Great to see you are "taking the bull by the paintballs" and organizing up there on the hill. I miss Los Alamos like crazy, especially the paintball. Good luck this season. Play a game of red-yellow for me!

[danath 34]

Hey, good to hear from you, man!

Yeah, I believe I can speak for the rest of the LA ballers that we all miss you eqaully as much. It wont be the same, you were, IMO, one of the best players we had. It wont quite be the same. Are you ever gonna come pay us a visit?


And hell yeah we will play red-yellow! I had never heard of that game before, but it was a lot of fun. We had some good times playing that game.

[jamesbond78737]

Red-Yellow was a blast. I hope I can make it out on the 3rd. I don't know yet, but I should be able to.

[chongballa]

danath, if youre in sf on sunday, youll have to explain this red yellow to me