poured into every event. The Black Ops field staff goes the extra miles for the player, whether it be
for the birthday rental, the weekend warrior or the scenario/speedball elite, they have put all their
heart and attention to detail into what they provide. They have comfortable facilities, indoor
plumbing which should come to a shock for everyone, this is not treatment that paintballers
are accustomed to. They have a fully stocked Proshop and an open grill with food any baller
could love. They have a fully equipped speedball field and hyperball field, not to mention
their tactical paradise that Bones and Ashes attendees can fully enjoy, caveat emptor. The
CPX staff has for years brought exciting, action packed paintball to the players. They have
games that expand the continental United States and in Hawaii. Their themed games are
full of puzzles, detailed missions and territory holds. Many, many months of planning,
developing and scheduling goes into building one game, CPX plans five games per year
at five different facilities. That is coordinating with several fields, several commanders,
vendors and travel agencies in a short time span. There are not many individuals,
unless volunteering for a gauntlet run, that take more punishment than the Ref staff
or the photographers. The Ref staff, being exclusively Solstice Law for CPX events,
wears the brightest colors possible and parade around a field where everyone is
armed with itchy trigger fingers just waiting to shoot the first thing that moves.
They place themselves around the 50 yard line for any final battle, effectively
and unfortunately, turning them into the old time shooting gallery game.
These men and women do all of this for player safety and to maintain fair
play, I assure you the compensation does not adequately cover the lumps
and headaches from our more complainy companions. Lastly, but in no
way least, we have the men and women that place their bodies and
equipment in harm’s way to make us all look way better and braver than
we actually are. They strategically place themselves in battles and in
missions to give us a still, or a video, that will last for a very long time.
These cameramen bottle memories, capture glory and provide them
to use so that we make take these glorious moments and hold on
to them. These people that were just described make paintball
more than people running around the woods shooting each
other, they make legends out of all of us. So remember when
you are showing your photos to your family, telling lies around
the campfire or setting your new social media profile picture
to thank these individuals for doing what they do and for
doing it well.
Day two, the final day of the event, everything is left on
the field, to the victor goes the spoils. The sides have
been switched, but has the momentum, could Joe
Perez’s squad continue to stack on the point lead that
they rest so comfortably, will Eric Bryant’s army strike
back with a swift vengeance and collapse their ivory
tower or will CHAR break free of their reigns and
unleash hell? The day started out as the first had,
Red and Blue armies take a jolly frolic through
the woods to Grandma’s house only to find the
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