And you ' ll notice in the various photos in this issue that Wayne loved to show up dressed the part himself. From a Star Wars Jedi to a machete-wielding drug dealer, a farmer on crutches, a gnarly biker, a Green Beret, a cowboy, or a toothless hobo, Wayne played the part well.
“ He loves dressing up and getting into character,” Wynter, who played her first game at the age of 8( which was allowed back then), continued.“ I ' ve always loved acting, and the scenario games allowed me to get into character, which was a lot of fun.”
The Wayne Dollack apple didn ' t fall too far from the tree.
“ Hands down, Wayne Dollock is the greatest contributor to scenario paintball,” said Joe Kimpson, Flag Raiders Paintball, Canada.“ He set the benchmark early on with his missions, objectives, and the way he marketed his events. And the fact that he has continued to produce events consistently for four decades. He took his show on the road to share the goodness and his skill set to those who had
not made the pilgrimage where it all began( in Ocala, Florida).”
In 2001, Wayne and Jackie were heading to a game at Fox Paintball in Illinois in a rainstorm. Wayne flipped his fifth-wheel rig and lost their entire inventory, including their command center, radios, props, gold bars, briefcases, fake money, vials of DNA, computer gadgetry, land mines, dynamite, rubber snakes, missiles, an alien corpse in a metallic suit, and rubber body parts, eyeballs, fingers, hands, and severed legs. It was literally everything plus the rig itself. Wayne suffered several broken ribs and a collapsed lung, and yet somehow was able to get to Illinois in time for the game start. Shortly thereafter,( he may have run one event in 2002) Wayne retired from producing events on the road.
Wynter remembered,“ Some of my best memories are traveling and doing the games as a family, with my mom, dad, and my brothers Marc and Josh. It was hectic, but we had a lot of laughs and great times together.”
Unknown team, 1989, The Survival Zone. www. paintball. media
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