Paintball Magazine August 2017 Paintball.Media Issue | Page 24

The 750 acres at Skirmish afford more than
enough space for the gigantic playing field
used for this game, as well as for the several
thousand camping on-site. Some players began
showing up mid-week for this Friday through
Sunday event, but the majority pulled into the
parking areas beginning on Friday morning. I
arrived at Skirmish around dinner time and the
place was jumping. Players were gearing up for
the Friday night game; others were getting their
equipment ready for Saturday; the checking-
in area was packed; air fill lines were long but
moving quickly; and the vendor village was alive.
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Vendors on-site included Valken, GI Sportz,
Virtue Paintball, Tippmann, Planet Eclipse, Ninja
Paintball, GOG, Luxe, Field One, GoSports,
Social Paintball and a large handful of smaller
distributors and retailers. Foot traffic in the
vendor area was solid all weekend long and
many of the vendors were running specials, two-
for-ones, and other deals.
Around 10:30AM Saturday there was an opening
ceremony and rules meeting. Game Producer
Terry Breslin took to the stage to go over the
rules of the game and to introduce the German/