Legends attending the 2017 game
(recognized and unrecognized) included the
late paintball creator Bob Gurnsey’s wife Lori,
Automag creator Tom Kaye, compressed air
pioneer and Immortal Air owner Dan Colby,
longtime tournament competitor Kevin
Donaldson of the Master Blasters, the longest
continually-running competitive paintball
team in the game, longtime professional
paintball player and industry member Chris
Cole, longtime paintball journalists including
Ken “Hollywood” Gilder, Bambi Bullard and
(Ed Note: Josh Silverman), Andre “Wolf”
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Critchlow, PSP Promoter and longtime
pro player Lane Wright, Wes Wong, Rocky
Cagnoni, Steve Rabackoff, Billy Ceranski,
Frank Connell, Mike “Pev” Peverill, Greg
Muller, Mike “Boogie” Bogolub of NXL
referee and Florida pro paintball fame, Dave
Painter of Fox4 Paintball and Upton 187Crew,
Mike Paxson of the Ironmen, Nick Slowiak
of Chicago Aftershock and GoSports and
many, many more who have made the game
a reunion of the decades for the past several
years.