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Bob Long - The Ironmen , under Bob Long ’ s leadership did amazing things in the 1990s . They won the NPPL title three straight years , they introduced non-camo apparel , and in 1995 they went to the UK and won the Mayhem Masters — a huge feat at that time . Bob Long brought an amazingly successful paintball gun to the market several years ago , the Intimidator , which still soldiers on today as the Protégé and Vice . Bob sold his company four years ago and is now retired from paintball .
Renick Miller – When the Lords of Discipline and Scream merged to form Aftershock , a legend was born . Aftershock , with Renick Miller at the forefront , went on to become one of the best professional teams of all time , winning more World Cup titles than any other team and developing a reputation as one of the toughest teams on the circuit . Miller developed that team ’ s success and reputation into a successful business , with numerous Bad Boyz Toyz paintball stores and a famous field , the Badlandz . At the Badlandz , which has hosted numerous professional paintball tournaments , Miller and company built some of the most famous Hyperball fields in the world , featuring snakes and ladder-type bunkers that kept the concept of crawling in the game even after it came out of the woods . Later , Miller became one of the original franchise owners in the National X-Ball League .
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