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field a bit soggy, if not under a little standing
water, as Saturday saw the clouds give way
to gorgeous sunshine with temperatures
creeping into the low sixties – ideal weather
for gearing up and shooting it out. Sunday’s
weather was even better, with the same
gorgeous sunshine and temperatures that
managed to climb to near seventy to greet
the over one hundred players who came
to the park to participate in the North vs
South scenario game based on events of the
American Civil War.
While Saturday was reserved for magazine-fed
paintball guns and the players who carried
them into battle, the hoppers were allowed
to come out and play Sunday and while the
majority of the players who participated took
advantage of the ability to do their reloading
140 paintballs at a time into Rotors, Spires,
Revolutions, Level loaders and Pinokios,
many of the mag-fed players from Saturday
got in on Sunday’s action as well. Thanks
to the weekend’s juxtaposition of mag-fed
and scenario events, Sunday’s game was an
excellent showcase of the varied styles of
play available in modern paintball as rental
Tippmann markers could be seen alongside
magazine-fed tactical markers, CCM and
Phantom pumps, fully customized tactical
Tippmann guns, mechanical GoG markers and
plenty of tournament-level equipment from
companies like Planet Eclipse, Empire and
Luxe!
Though the game was a Civil War scenario, we
didn’t see anyone loading paintballs one-at-a-
time down their barrels with stick squeegees
or fixing bayonets, though a few shootouts
got intense and close-quarters as the red,
Rebel team spent most of the day smacking
the blue, Union team around the field in
what a Civil War historian could see was an
reasonably accurate portrayal of battles like
Bull Run or Chancellorsville. Before lunch,
the Union force had been pushed all the way
back to their spawn point multiple times, with
players tagging into the game with paintballs
flying around them and opponents only a few
yards away before referees had to push the
Rebel forces back to mid-field.
With perfect weather and an amazing playing
field, OXCC’s back-to-back Revolution Mag-
Fed game and North Vs South scenario
made for an exciting weekend of paintball for
players of all skill levels and from all styles of
play. The next event scheduled at OXCC is
their third-annual Red, White and Blue game
in which three teams battle at once! For more
information visit the park’s website at
www.OXCC.com!
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