My last (full) day at Airgun Designs

[AGDJon]

To my Dealers and Friends,

My last official full day at Airgun Designs will be on March 11, 2005 (I will be dropping my hours to mornings until further notice). I am planning to acquire my graduate degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and then pursue a doctorate in the program. I am not leaving paintball altogether, just stepping down for a little while. I will still continue to help AGD on a part time basis and even consultation or attend events if they desire and if I am available. But I am currently searching for employment most closely related to my field (makes it a lot easier when you have experience and you graduated).

It has been a great 5 years working for a company that shows respect and dedication to its customers and I am really proud to have been a part of it. I am especially grateful that AGD is a stand up company that does not feed its customers any line just to sell you a product. They back it up with "lab" research before considering releasing any product to the public. That being said, I am really sad to leave a company that has shown true dedication in not deceiving its customers. Again, I am proud of my 5 years of service with Airgun Designs. I am especially proud to have been able to work alongside Tom Kaye and Dave Zupan, considered by myself as 2 of the best and most understanding managers that I know of.

It was great meeting new friends at public events, AO events, and just by simply talking to them on the phone. I will still continue to support AGD and its products - and as always, help out any way I can if any of you have a problem.

Schedule permitting, I still have plans on attending AO days and other events as well, so I still look forward to hanging out with you.

If you wish to contact me on a personal level or just to chit chat you can do this by:

email:
[email protected]

ventrilo (voice communication, mic heavily recommended) (download ventrilo at www.ventrilo.com)
[uBp] vent:
IP - va.nationvoice.com
Port - 2310

my user name will be AGD Cougar

Instant Messenger:
MSN: [email protected]
Yahoo: mcomprado
AIM: whosnextpb

[personman]

WHAT! JON?!

:( doh

[Creative Mayhem]

Even though we have talked about this already... I will formally wish you good luck in future endeavors. Gonna miss you man!!!!!! At least until next month when I'll see you in Detroit! :D Then there's IAO, Shatnerball, and of course AO Canada :D

[Blazestorm]

The wang revolution... has now died... :(

[hitech]

Good luck, not that you'll need it. Now who am I going to call and harass (or get harassed by)? :rofl:

Again, good luck, and remember to check his ....

[SCpoloRicker]

Best of luck, and glad you can stay in the community.

You're keeping the Cougar "AGD" right?

[ntn4502]

Jon, I wish you the best of luck with this next part of your life, but Im sure you dont even need it.


MAKE IT TO IAO!

[OmniM]

aw man... is there anybody left on AGD or is everyone dropping out? :(

Wish you all luck matey :)

/OmniM, Sweden

[Skoad]

what game do you play ?

[kevdupuis]

You know Deb and I will be seeing you. :ninja:

[tyrion2323]

Yeah I/O Psych!

::Chant:: A-P-A...A-P-A...

[CasingBill]

Jon????...Who is gonna continue to tell the Wang story for future generations?? It was a pleasure meeting you at AO NJ. Hopefully I will see you again. The hugs must continue!

Later bro

Bill

PS..I hope you find pleasure and fulfillment in all you do.

[Muzikman]

Who is going to give AGD it's much needed man love now?;)

Good luck man, and I am sure we'll be seeing you at events.

[Gambit1106]

Jon let me know when you wan to meet up for some lunch. Also where do you plan on taking classes?

[Ole Unka Phil]

Jon, I have truely enjoyed and valued your friendship and companionship over the years. You are a special person with an enjoyable disposition. I gonna miss all that. But we all must move on. I think what your doing is admirable. And I wish you all the best in achieving your new goals.

Love ya bro. Mean it. Ya dork! :p :D

(sniff.... our little Jonnie is growing up)

[Fred]

Jon- best of luck dude, I'm a little wowed about it, but you gotta pursue what you really want to make of your life!

Keep in touch Master Wang!

---Fred

[GT]

great decision, more school is never a bad choice.

[Sk8ermog]

Thanks for your hard work to help produce and manage a great company. I only really have one question now....

Is AGD hiring?

[rpm07]

Well this is end for AGD. With Jon going there is no reason to keep the doors open :)
Jon best of luck and I hope to see you around we had some good times bro. May the WANG be with you

[richie]

You should be banned for such a post! :nono:Guess I'll have to suck up to potatoboy at cup this year. Seriously though,I am glad to have hooked up with you at the last two world cups.I hope everything goes well for you in your schooling and hope that "rock" you bought leads you to a life of happiness.Bless you my wang friend.If you get back to FLA,you know where your ticket connection is at ;) Who's your daddy?

[Trina]

JOooonnnnnnn!!! :( At least we'll still see ya at the events! Maybe now we'll have more time to hang out! You're the cooolest!! :D

[Lee]

best of luck Jon now and in the future.

another era has ended.

[Dayspring]

Even though we talked about this earlier today, I do want to say how much of a pleasure it was dealing with you and AGD. You're the reason I've stayed with AGD products as long as I have. Best of luck in the future!

[Kevmaster]

Jon,

You've been a great friend. If you ever find yourself in the Durham area, give me a buzz. Let me know if I can do anything for ya.

[fire1811]

thanks for everything

good luck with what you choose to do.

[frontrunner]

best of luck to you john, psych i had no idea thats my major

does that mean patato boy alone will take my money at cup next year i was at at game this past sunday with fred, lee and some others and i asked who you have gotten money form and it was pertty much everyone..... you were good we'll miss you

[the123]

JON, aka Master Wang, aka Master Shortstroke, great to hear you're taking the steps twords your career. School will make you feel like a kid again.
Thanks for always being there to help out whenever it was needed. I still have your phone numbers and I promise to call and harass you when I have a gun issue. I always loved prank calling the tech line, "yeah, uhh, my mag just wont shoot".
I'm sure i'll run into you again at some paintball thing. Maybe Shatnerball 10 when Bill will be pushed around in a wheelchair. Anywho, have fun being a shrink!!

Your Brutha,
Brian Sullivan

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

darn...
o well time to bug roman

[AGDlover]

hey man roman is awsome

sad to hear your leaving the full time when do you think you'll be back full time???

[1stdeadeye]

Good luck and have fun in school Master Wang!

[AGD-OfficeGal]

Please FEEL FREE to call Jon between 9:00 and 11:30, his part-time hours. Every call he takes then is one less in the afternoon bombardment for me ;)

Retail customers, please use the store to order rather than calling; please use the online request form to get an RA rather than calling; Roman and I are going to be pretty swamped.

But service with a smile will continue :D

I'm grateful to Jon for offering to continue part-time for awhile.

Marcia
AGD-OfficeGal

[paint magnet]

Instant Messenger:
MSN: [email protected]
Yahoo: mcomprado
AIM: whosnextpb

What?!?

You're still coming to AO meets to "check people's junk," right? ;)

[hitech]

(sniff.... our little Jonnie is growing up)

Yeah, whodda thought! ;)

[BigEvil]

Jon,
Best of luck pal. Even though we only met once at PBX for NJAO4, you are one of the coolest industry guys I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. I'm sure I speak for everyone that attended that event when I say that we all had a great time playing with you.

I hope that a new cast of characters will emerge at AGD to lead it to the prosperous future that we know it can obtain.


Again, best of luck.

-Scott F.

[AutomagRT1483]

Jon,

You are first and foremost, the coolest person I have ever met. You are my idol, to which you already know. I will always cherish the final charge at last years Shatnerball. You and me locked down the left side of the temple. Me with me grenades and you diving with your mag. By far the best balling experience I have ever or will ever know. Good luck in all that you do, you can expect emails from me my friend.


Geoff "AutomagRT1483" Pfeiffer
Wang Force all the way!

[SpecialBlend2786]

Good luck with your studies bro, and have fun :cool:

[AGDJon]

Hey everyone. I am really touched by all who responded. It means a lot to me.

To help answer some questions (in order of what is seen):

Wang still lives LOL :-) It can never die :-)

I am still keeping the Cougar. Display and all. I will try to show her off every so often at an AO event or other event if I can hit them up with her :-)

ONline games: Xwing Alliance, Call of Duty and Call of Duty United Offensive, etc

Muzik, we can still give enough manlove to AGD. Just not publicly LOL

I plan on starting classes in August once I find out if I have been accepted. still waiting to hear from the schools

Unka Phil, I will always love ya like the southern Uncle you are LOL

Richie is my daddy :-) Thanks for the hookups bro

Trina, give Doobie a big wet one for me LOL

the123, still waiting on your prank call bro LOL

I doubt I will return full time. I still have plans on staying in Paintball. More surprises to come on this though

I have every intention of doing my best to still hit up AO events (time and funding permitting of course)

Geoff, I look forward to doing it again hopefully this year at the next Shatnerball. Hope all of you can come

Again everyone, Thank you all for your support. And keep buying AGD products LOL :-) And start talking to me :-) I will create an AO channel in our vent server just for you guys. Till then

Lots of love,

Jon

[Cyberious]

Man am I depressed now.

I'm happy for you bro. I hope school goes well. If you need any references send me a note or call me. Thanks for always helping me out and letting me hang out with you at events. I think you stiil have my phone number so if you get tanked you can call me. :-) Good luck in your studies and if you need an pr0n you know who to call. :-D I guess when you get your PhD we'll have to call you Doctor, Master Porn Wang.

Your friend,
Professor Porn Wang
Jim

[Wc Keep]

i go to a tournament for the weekend and this is what happens?!?!?!!?!?!?! question does anyone else find jon have anything to do with pyschology except for a patient position a bit odd?

jon good luck best wishes and at iao my team will get you blasted dont worry.

what does wang mean anyway ?????? ;)

~keeper of the wang.

[MadPSIence]

Hey OfficeLady I talked to you last week! Did you pass on my secret plans?

[AGDJon]

Just FYI, I updated the ventrilo address. It still shares the same port number

ventrilo (voice communication, mic heavily recommended) (download ventrilo at www.ventrilo.com)
[uBp] vent:
IP - va.nationvoice.com
Port - 2310

[AGDJon]

Sorry for the double post. I have been given authorization to create an official "automags.org" channel in our vent server. Consider it a present from me to my family here. If you guys wanted to chit chat using your mic's feel free to come on. There is no charge and I can usually be found there at nights.

Just make sure you guys abide by the rules (no swearing, etc) otherwise you can get banned.

[White_Noise]

hey jon,

not sure youd remeber me, because of all the times i went to AGD last summer you were only there 1 time. it was really cool of you to show us your mag with autresponse on it. i cant even remember what i was in for the day i met you there. (probably wasnt for any of my mags). looks like the only one im going to be able to go and harrass is roman. didnt get to participate in any AO days for all sorts of reasons, but i hope to see you at some in the future.

any chance you applied to go to UW-Madison? we could use another good baller ;)

also, any chance you gonna be working next week some time? i might have to come by and see you guys to have one of my valves looked at over spring break.

hope to see you around, thanks again for showing me a good time when i was there and sharing some of your mag knowledge with me.

Mike "White_Noise" Powell

[RRfireblade]

Terrible...just terrible......


:)

[Maggot6]

Didn't know you, but if you contributed to AGD then good luck to you in the future.

[TheDuelist]

Best of luck in all you do Jon and oh yeah, thanks again for the hat.

[HateME]

it's me nirvana...from uBp..good luck with your studies and whatever else you want to do now to go beat you in call of duty :p ...see ya later