Who are your paintball gods?

[siloseven]

I posted a question on my team forums that came into my head while reading the-whiteboard today and then I thought I would see/hear some intersting resaults on AO, so here I am posing the question.

but who are your paintball gods? the guys that if you met them (or have) you would be on you knees thanking them for what they did for the game of paintball.

Mine are:

Tom Kaye
Bud Oore
Doc Nickel
Tippmann brothers
and just bairly Bob Long

[Don Carnage]

You forgot Palmer

[siloseven]

You forgot Palmer
crap yeah i did

Tom Kaye
Bud Oore
Doc Nickel
Tippmann brothers
Palmer

[ProblemKinder]

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:rofl:

[PumpPlayer]

There's a paintball god other than Velcor? :confused:

[Siress]

Mike Cassidy.

[ElGringo]

Ummm I think its Bud ORR.

It might be considered blasphemy to misspell your "god's" name

[ElGringo]

I guess mine would have to be
Charles and Evan Nelson (Nelson Paint Company)
James Hale (Nelspot 007)
And the first players of "paintball": Lionel Atwill, Ken Barrett, Bob Carlson, Joe Drindon, Charles Gaines, Jerome Gary, Bob Gurnsey, Bob Jones, Hayes Noel, Carl Sandquist, Ronnie Simkins and Ritchie White

[txrabbit]

Tom is the only true god, the rest are like hercules prior to completing the 12 labors.

[SN toter]

Even Velcor bows to Tom...it's true.

[Bartman]

The ones that I have meet and had a chance to talk with in no order of preference.

Tom Kaye
Fred Shaultz
Dan Bone Break
Bob Long
Budd Orr


Now not nessisarly think these people are gods as much as I found it vary interesting meeting them.

Bartman

[blitzkriegboom!]

Tom K.

not godly,just a good match of intelligence and innovation

:clap:

but ... i bet he could get away with starting a religion,....... he already had a cult...

[The Action Figure]

Tom K. period.

[Texas Trigger]

Tom Kaye
Rob "Tyger" Rubin
Bob Long
Greg Hastings
Ollie
Palmer
Some of the Spec Ops guys...

[mobsterboy]

Tom K.

not godly,just a good match of intelligence and innovation

:clap:

but ... i bet he could get away with starting a religion,....... he already had a cult...

had? had would infer that it was past tense.... :ninja:

[Warwitch]

had? had would infer that it was past tense.... :ninja:


lol, AO is like the Fight Club of paintball. :rofl: :hail:

[ProblemKinder]

Tom Kaye
Rob "Tyger" Rubin
Bob Long
Greg Hastings
Ollie
Palmer
Some of the Spec Ops guys...

:rolleyes:

[jade_monkey07]

ME! oh and i guess tom too

[Siress]

Designs have come and gone, styles have passed and come again, companies have traded hands and names have sold out, but The Phantom remains constant. It's omnipresent in the sport. :hail:

[cerrik]

I'm gonna go with myself on this one... because without me, I'd never have played in the first place. :wow:

[Texas Trigger]

:rolleyes:

Hey, why not? To my knowledge, he's never been caught cheating, he's the first pro to actually get a salary, and....well, just watch this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RRzRHRy-fIQ

I'm glad he left Dynasty though. Greenspan and Danny Tiljack are pricks (can I say that? lol).

[cerrik]

What do you define as cheating?

[buzzboy]

http://www.the-whiteboard.com/cast4.gif
Nuff said

[magmonkey]

Ollie would have been a vaible option (in my eyes) until the Kansas fiasco

the tieing BS was completely against the rules and a cop out (OR WORSE)

according to the NPPL rules both teams shpould have been kicked out of the league
but because they are who they are, they get a "make up game" at the next event

you don't see the redsox taking a tie in game seven because they are to "tired" to play

come on are we a sport or a hobby?

[bryceeden]

Im going to go with

Dave Youngblood-How many people even know who he is?
Tom Kaye
Bob Long
Oliver Lang-He's done alot to get Pro paintball where it is.
Bud Orr
Billy Gardner-I don't like him, but his influence is undeniable.
Geno Posterego-I'm sure I spelled that wrong.


That is my list.

[BigEvil]

Im going to go with

Dave Youngblood-How many people even know who he is?
Tom Kaye
Bob Long
Oliver Lang-He's done alot to get Pro paintball where it is.
Bud Orr
Billy Gardner-I don't like him, but his influence is undeniable.
Geno Posterego-I'm sure I spelled that wrong.
BigEvil - AO ICON.

That is my list.

I fixed that up for ya' Bryce... :rofl:

[bryceeden]

I fixed that up for ya' Bryce... :rofl:
AO icon? Not even a legion plug? I'm ashamed

[zipity_Bop]

techno viking.......

[BigEvil]

AO icon? Not even a legion plug? I'm ashamed


Hey man, I can't forget my roots now can I? :)

[bryceeden]

Hey man, I can't forget my roots now can I? :)

I never even knew who you were until like two weeks ago.

[BigEvil]

I never even knew who you were until like two weeks ago.


Shame on you :nono:

[Siress]

Who was he? More importantly, what is he? :ninja:

[buzzboy]

My gods

Aaron K Alexander - For the Viking
The Kampfer - An amazing pump player, wish he hadn't gone to the dark side(airsoft)
Tom K - For being Tom K........and that little side bit about mags
Magued and JD - My favorite pro team, plus they aren't american
Bandit - "He uses sup air inflation tubes like a normal player uses the snake". He's the best
Hyatt - Everybody is a god in their own mind

[TTUBubkat]

Id have to say
Tom Kaye
Eric Felix
bob long
fred shultz
and Rod Demaris (owner of my favorite field Hit and Run paintball; also a agd guru)

[punkncat]

techno viking.......

The Technoviking is pleased by your worship.

[Arstron]

I cant believe no one mentioned the ultimate paintball god, don miguel!

[behemoth]

If don miguel is a paintball god, i am paintball lucifer.

[senghing27]

If don miguel is a paintball god, i am paintball lucifer.
Behemoth is god in his own right....

[warpig13]

Wotan.

[don miguel]

I cant believe no one mentioned the ultimate paintball god, don miguel!

I came, I saw, i left or a while, i returned. yeah im the mohammed of paintball, what can I say?

[BigEvil]

:hail:

All Hail the Return of the King!!


Sup DM?
:cheers:

[zondo]

Wow, all we need is Triangle to post too and the circle will be complete!

;)

[Texas Trigger]

What do you define as cheating?

Why, have you heard of him doing anything dishonorable? If so, he's off my list for good. :nono:

[skife]

Rocky Cagnoni

[hardr0ck68]

Not gods, but legends in my small paintball world

Ethan Steiner, and the early members of Lockout

I am from Rochester, so those guys made paintball around my city. I watched the old trauma head vid's with them in it over and over again.... those first freeflows, they were smooth as.....

Rob Cole and the folks of GRC paintball.... that's where I got hooked to speedball...

Rocky for being the original crazy upfront hitman... back when the modern speedball format was coming about he defined what is a front player

Tom Kaye for selling markers not hype

Mel from PBX, as I hear it he left the sport in a bad way... but when I knew him he was always looking to put players first profit second.

[pk5]

Carter,TK, Mongol

[Smoothice]

First guy to take me paintballing: a guy that worked for my parents named Buffer

Second guy to take me paintballing and sold me my first automag: A guy who made pizza's in Reno named Raymond

Tom Kaye for making the most amazing marker I have ever shot

Lasrsktr & Loguzzzzzz for showing me how much fun being a marker whore can be.

Shrub909 & d4m4don3 for introducing me to and showing me the ways of pump play.

and last but certainly not least. My wife for never never going into the garage attic.

[BigEvil]

Rudz. He is my hero for paintball, if not annunciation.

Tunaman, because he brings the good shizzle.

Simon Stevens, for picking up the ball where TK left it.

Oh, and Don Miguel for hours and hours of entertainment a while back.

[MANN]

Oh, and Don Miguel for hours and hours of entertainment a while back.

what ever happened to him? I use to love the triangle/DM conversations.

[MANN]

I came, I saw, i left or a while, i returned. yeah im the mohammed of paintball, what can I say?

Oh snap. he returned. :clap:

[bryceeden]

Wow, all we need is Triangle to post too and the circle will be complete!

;)

I'm sure he's here somewhere. The question is whats his name for the week?