Paintball Magazine August 2015 | Page 103

graphic scheme, other admins started developing game maps and props, and Carlos started generating his infamous memes to create a buzz on Facebook. Industry support for this group is key. The admins of the group truly are a devoted group of paintballers hoping to use magfed to bring out the best aspects of paintball and to get more people on the field. The companies that supported this event are MILSIG Direct, Magfed Uprising, LAPCO Paintball, Houston Hydro Dip, Magfed Solutions, Tippmann, and TANKS Paintball Park. “For the better part of the past year, Tank and I have had many conversations about how magfed is shaking up the industry and the potential it carries overall for the sport,” said Carlos. The game was a very interesting one to watch. The teams placed on the red team were very effective at taking ground and holding defensive positions. However, Carlos opted to put team members on the blue team that were very aggressive to test the offense vs. defense’s tactics. He also wanted to watch how the teams would play out in a format where players only had 7-20 rounds available to them at any given time. And that he did. Any time there was playing going on the field; you would find Carlos out there. Under the blazing heat of the afternoon sun, blue team pushed hard and quickly learning that going out full blast was not a great idea in the heat. Red team was able to keep the lead until the sun went down. As soon as blue team was cooled off and resupplied, they quickly came back from behind to put the score at 2550-2500 with red team barely holding the lead. At the restart of the game on Sunday morning, it was anyone’s game. The conquest portion of the game started with the first scoring at 10am being tied. By the second scoring at 10:30, blue team shocked everyone by devastating the red teams defenses and held them at their command post to take all 6 flag positions. To keep things interesting, Carlos rallied the red team in the parking lot and allowed them to go in guns blazing at the entry gates at blue teams rear to allow the red team to break out of the command post. In years past this tactic was used in Virginia and North Carolina to give the dominated team another chance to get back in the fight. The third scoring resulted in a tie. The blue team maintained the lead and the red team would need to score all stations at the final scoring to win the day. www.paintball.media 103