Mardi Gras 2004 - The AGD Pride After Action Report

[Scooter/Cootie]

What a trip! :D

We made the trip down to Mardi Gras two years ago and it began to look like we never left. ;)

Having to play in 6+ inches of muck, withstand the occasional downpour and constant drizzel, attempt to hold Allen down to keep him from flying away in the 20+ mph wind, and not seeing the sun for 3 days straight, we still managed to have a blast and a ton of fun! :p

But I've got to admit, it wasnt the greatest thing in the world when I ended up bringing back about 5 pounds of authentic Louisiana mud with me. Whew, those gear bags are heavy enough! :p

Needless to say, we managed to make the semi's in the first event of the year and crack the top 10. Not a bad way to start off the new 2004 season!

Between myself, Allen, Clare, and FON, there'll be a ton of pics up fairly soon. I'll try to get my share up as soon as I can once I find some time inbetween school and work.

Sorry kiddies, no bead shots for Clare. ;)


Just a FYI, keep an eye out for a DVD of the event from our new friends at 720 productions. They taped a lot of our games and even a short clip of Allen and me doing a little "body surfing". It's gonna be great!

Thank you to everyone for giving us your support. We really appreciate it and it definately makes us feel good to know that you have all of AO behind us cheering us on!

[AGDJon]

Glad you guys did great and had fun :)

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

are you selling the mud by any chance?

[Load SM5]

Snyper- if you want some mud I'm still finding some from when I played Muddy Gras last year. All you pay is shipping:D

Great job Pride! Sorry I missed you guys this year but I'll catch some of you at a much dryer Texball.

[Clare]

I don't want to see Mud for atleast 5 years! Aside from being cold, wet, and muddy the whole time..I had a great time! Totem Pole!! :D

I've got a few pics and a vid that I'll put up later today.


"Shoot 'em in the face!"

http://www.beayoungs.com/images/friends/agd_pride.jpghttp://www.pb2x.com/images/psp-mardi-gras-2004/clare.jpg

[Cryer]

Awesome! Good to hear guys! I saw some pics of you guys hiding from the rain under a crane or something on FON. Pretty fun stuff, looks like:D


Originally posted by Load SM5
...a much dryer Texball.

Hopefully... :crossfingers::p

[cphilip]

Ooooo.... clares nuzzlin a Bea boob! :D

(let me think about that a minute...)

Um... where was I? Oh yea.... Good job you guys/gals :)

[Load SM5]

Originally posted by Cryer

Hopefully... :crossfingers::p

Hey It's gotta be dryer. Nothing gets as wet at New Orleans in a monsoon.

[Methylphenidate]

nice job guys
way to shoot'em in the face
i cant wait for all the stories

[logamus]

great job Pride, in those conditions just being able to win ONE game is an accomplishment. TeXball will be much closer to your liking.



Originally posted by Load SM5


Hey It's gotta be dryer. Nothing gets as wet at New Orleans in a monsoon.

it will be better im certain of it. 48 hours ago i was taking pics of snowmen, its 62 outside now. man i love Texas!

[Cryer]

Originally posted by logamus
...48 hours ago i was taking pics of snowmen, its 62 outside now. man i love Texas!

Idn'it great?:p
We got an inch or so of snow that same night, about 2 or 3 am, but within 2 hours (by the time I got to work) the temperature had risen 15 degrees and it had turned to a heavy rain. Later that day, it was 65. The next day it was 30 again:D


EDIT-[/hijack] Back to PRIDE! (hehe... sorry guys....;))

[CodeMA]

Phil, hey now... Clare cant help she just happens to be the right height, now our gurl Bea knows how it is to be just the right height for a comfy leaning post type person...ehehe

Great job Pride, I am surprised we didnt loose Clare in the mud though, I was seeing some of these pics with mud up to the knee and was getting worried there for awhile :D

Texball bloody better be dryer, Im tried of going through lenses and hoppers due to playing in the rain...LOL

See yall at TexBall

[cphilip]

Originally posted by CodeMA
Phil, hey now... Clare cant help she just happens to be the right height, now our gurl Bea knows how it is to be just the right height for a comfy leaning post type person...ehehe

Yea but I am the right height too! And I don't get no Bea ninnie pie! Clare gets all the love.... :(

[CodeMA]

Well, can we blame Bea, I mean, I too am a sucker for a pretty face ;) some things just cant be controlled I tell ya!


But on that note, you might just need to brush up on those Unka Phil skillz! More Chocolate!

*Debates movin, cuz Bea knows were I live and that kinda thing, bah mabey she wont read it eheh*

[Cryer]

Originally posted by CodeMA
...*Debates movin, cuz Bea knows were I live and that kinda thing, bah mabey she wont read it eheh*

I wish Bea knew where I lived...:confused: :p

[NoFearPaintballer]

great job pride. I know you have at least 1 bead shot LEMME SEE:mad:

[CodeMA]

No you dont, I swear I have like a 10th of my current cell dedicated to Bea due to hotel and house numbers... not to mention addresses...LOL She defently lives up to the "Busy Bea" name though....I will say that... gotta love er though...

[AutomagRT1483]

Alright Scooter, quit slackin and post some more pics!:D J/K:p ;)

[Methylphenidate]

ya what he said
only when you get mad beat him up and not me :)

[Clare]

Here's all the AGD Pride pics I found on Paintball Channel

I can only put up the links to the pics..

http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10892&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10891&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10888&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10887&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10886&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10885&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10884&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10883&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=

[Clare]

http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10882&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10881&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10880&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10879&size=big&password=&sort=1&cat=595
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10878&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10877&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10876&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=
http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10874&password=&sort=1&size=big&cat=595&page=

[Furby]

Capo, if you like email me with the picture names and I'll email you copies of the pictures for you to use. And if you want the original large format pictures for possible use in print mags, just let me know.

[CodeMA]

http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/data/595/6Mardi_Gras_Sunday0303.jpg

gotta be one my favs...

EDIT:Refresh/hit reply then back to circumvent anti-remote linking code or goto http://www.paintballchannel.com/gallery/data/595/6Mardi_Gras_Sunday0303.jpg


:D

[PaintballChannel]

If you have windows XP and mouse over the image, it will give you an option to save it, email it, etc.

Additionally, if anyone is interested, I will be more than happy to email them a copy of the pictures or post them here.

[AutomagRT1483]

Originally posted by Methylphenidate
ya what he said
only when you get mad beat him up and not me :)


Bring it on! I can takehim!:p :D

[flip-queen]

Congrats Pride! Can't beat starting the season off like that. Scooter, I especially like that picture where you're playing with your squeegie in your hand. What'd you do, spike your barrel into the mud diving into a snake again? ;)

[Havoc_online]

http://www.forceofnature.com/gallery/album54/clare_sucker_hunting.jpg
http://www.forceofnature.com/gallery/album54/agd_strip.jpg
http://www.forceofnature.com/gallery/album54/agd_flag.jpg
http://www.forceofnature.com/gallery/album54/rocking_the_warp.jpg

[RoadDawg]

Now all that mud would make games interesting. You guys coming to the PSP LA Open or NPPL Huntington Beach events?

[Clare]

You guys coming to the PSP LA Open or NPPL Huntington Beach events?
I will be at both events.


Here's a vid of Allen (Chupas2) and Scott (Scooter) jumping into the freezing pond after the last of our games that day. "They so craazy"

http://www.automags.org/~Capo/pond.MOV

http://www.automags.org/~Capo/pride1.jpg

[RoadDawg]

Originally posted by CaPoEiRa
[B]
I will be at both events.


Good looking forward to seeing some mags rocking the tournies out this way.

[Chojin Man]

Originally posted by CaPoEiRa

I will be at both events.


Here's a vid of Allen (Chupas2) and Scott (Scooter) jumping into the freezing pond after the last of our games that day. "They so craazy"

http://www.automags.org/~Capo/pond.MOV

Why would anyone want to do that? I mean really. Thats crazy.

[Da1spaz247]

OMG, that vid is absolutely halarious!!!

[Chupas2]

It was the best way to clean the mud off, but damn it was cold

[Blazingace]

Great going guys.

[AGDlover]

Originally posted by cphilip


Yea but I am the right height too! And I don't get no Bea ninnie pie! Clare gets all the love.... :(

Lamo!!!

Awsome job guys. I don't know who he is but the lefty in the back left. me and u got to go play because i'm a lefty too!!!

[Big_Chops]

congrats guys. but i still hold the title for craziest pool jumping.:D belly flop into the change pool at the mall the day before x-mas. good luck beating that.:D:D:D:p

[Methylphenidate]

I don't know who he is but the lefty in the back left. me and u got to go play because i'm a lefty too!!!
owe snapp
do i smell i challenge
he's callin you out butch :D :D :D

[alkafluence]

Came across these:

http://www.paintballstar.com/events/album53/274_7438_paintball_mardigras_2004.jpg
http://www.paintballstar.com/events/album53/274_7439_paintball_mardigras_2004.jpg

[AGDlover]

Originally posted by Methylphenidate

owe snapp
do i smell i challenge
he's callin you out butch :D :D :D
i'm not challenging i just wan to play with him one day

[FunkyWhiteBoy#3]

nice pics and good job. thats alot of mud, it had to have been a blast playing in all that.

[Clare]

it had to have been a blast playing in all that.
not unless you like not being able to pull your shoe out of the mud without struggling and losing a shoe at times.

[Scooter/Cootie]

Originally posted by CaPoEiRa

not unless you like not being able to pull your shoe out of the mud without struggling and losing a shoe at times.


Whine, whine, whine...:D

[Clare]

yep, you and Allen do that a lot! :p