Paintball Magazine Paintball Magazine Nov 2019 Issue | Page 63

The very first steps to this and much more
were taken May the 3rd, 4th and 5th 2019 at
Sherwood Forest in Laporte IN. While it was
billed as Lawrence “TB” Wright’s retirement
game from command, the real draw was
the next step in blending tech with the on-
field gameplay meant to inspire a more
technology driven generation. The game
was also a true 24-hour scenario role playing
game in the vein of the games of old with
no actual official stand downs. Players could
play as much or as little as they wanted but
those that wanted the full experience went
for 16 and 17+ hours. With so many games
going on at the same time, the roughly 280
players braved some nasty weather earlier
in the week and even up until Friday but on
Saturday and Sunday, the sun came out and
there was no more nasty weather to be had.
best field in the United States (in this author’s
opinion) for anything to do with kinetic tag.
Ronin Kinetic Entertainment’s software is
meant to help offload some of the heavy
lifting of game production on both promoters
and field owners. While they were doing the
game as a production company, the goal
is to provide established game producers,
those that want to become game producers,
and fields the toolset to provide interactive
games with AR inclusion if they like. Easily
the biggest draw for the moment, is the
mission and force tracking system complete
with digital ref signing and GPS coordinates
to ensure proper missions. All of that worked
with no problems this game. In fact, at this
game were several firsts, to include one
player, Jason Bryant of Infected to do the
first ever Facebook Take and Hold Mission
Joe Stayback and Kathy Watson-Love pour with GPS coordinates and pictures.
their hearts into the field and it shows.
From showers, to flushing toilets, firewood, The storyline was written to take place after
inhouse 4500 fills and they sell all 3 major the events in the Firefly movie and events
paint vendors with GI Sportz, Valken and on Miranda. It involved the Reavers led
First Strike being available for everyone to by Lawrence “TB” Wright and Katherine
shoot their favorite brand of paint. Joe has “G2” Wright of Thunderstruck against the
been building on the field for 29 years, and Independents led by Anthony Tucci of 518
shows no sign of slowing down. He has some and Jason “Sizzle” Calvin of Mutiny.
very unique plans that will just showcase the
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