Shatnerball report!

[Gunga]

First of all, thanks to Darren aka Gambit1106 for hosting a BBQ on Friday night for a bunch of his fellow AO/Borg bretheren and sister (Capo)!!

After waking up waaaaaaaaaay to early (about 4 am), I arrived at CPX around 6 am and found myself waiting in a 3/4 mile long line for parking. DOH! But eventually, I got in and got a spot. The pregame trash talk began around 7, with Tom Kaye aka the Borg King doing most of the talking as Shatner & Mancow were delayed.

Here's a picture of TK yelling out at Mancow and Shatner, egging them on to come and take on the fearsome Borg Collective!

[Gunga]

Here comes Shatner!

[Gunga]

The Borg Queen (aka AO's very own CaPoEiRa) models out the lastest in Borg fashion. :D

[Gunga]

Here's the lineup of the various tanks brought to the event.

[Gunga]

Another tank shot

[Gunga]

And the best tank of all!

[Gunga]

Here's why it's the best tank of all! ;)

[Gunga]

The AO Nexus of the Borg Collective!

[Gunga]

Here's the final pregame pep talk to the Collective - just before we went forth and assimilated the Klingons!

[Gunga]

While the Collective was taking it to the Klingon Empire, who shows up but the hated Federation...sneaking up on the rear of the Collective!

[Gunga]

Leading from the rear, the 'cowardly' Admiral Kirk and his 'Red Shirt Brigade'...so much for leading from the front lines! ;)

[Gunga]

Later in the day, the Borg & Klingons (Mancow's the one with the walkie talkie) made an unholy alliance...teaming together to crush the Federation scum!! The Federation was so disheartened and overrun that Admiral Kirk requested to start negotiations. Hah!

[magman007]

wow, red is a really bad idea for a jersey, jeez, didnt they learn from the english? and wasnt kirks arigional shirt yellow? I wouls have hated to be on the federation, with bright red shirts!

[Gunga]

Well, why did the Klingons decide to team with the Borg? Just look at what we did to one of their tanks! :D They learned not to mess with the Collective! Resistance is Futile!

[Gunga]

This is what happens to those foolish enough to resist the Borg! Or in this case, one of the tank gunners, 'Weltman'!

[Gunga]

I think he got hit a few times. ;)

[Gunga]

One of our Klingon compradres...at least as long as the alliance existed that is!

[subbeh]

Originally posted by Gunga
I think he got hit a few times. ;)

Dude, I can't even tell where his nipples are.

[magman007]

OMG! that guy that got peolted is the same guy who is standing next to mr ghillie pants from the pic jack and coke posted


here!http://www.24hourpaintball.com/monster/images/002.jpg


haha wierd!

[Gunga]

Since the battle was so long, even the mightiest of Borg Drones needed to regenerate!

[Gunga]

At the end of the day, there was a final conflict. The Feddies started off in Armageddon, the Klingons in Bedlam, and the Borg in the forest just north of those two other fields. The Federation bravely (foolishly?) tried a frontal assault upon Bedlam several times.

[Gunga]

Alas, the 'Charge of the Red Shirt Brigade' ended up like it did in the old classic Star Trek episodes. A lot of dead guys in red shirts. :) When I saw all the paint flying at them from the Borg Collective, I almost felt sorry for them. Almost. :D

Look at all of them trudging back to the dead box. :p

[Gunga]

Apparently the 'Red Shirt Brigade' didn't learn their lesson the first 5 times they assualted us. Lookie...here they come again!

[Gunga]

A Borg Drone providing some resistance to the Federation incursion into Bedlam during the final battle.

[Gunga]

At 4pm, the game ended, signaled by some fireworks that were shot up into the sky. Immediately after the final battle ended, the generals met up and congratulated each other on a game well done. Shatner then filmed a small scene for the DVD of the event.

There was an auction of various things for the charity. One of the custom Action Markers pump guns & a custom E-mag Extreme C&C (both signed by Shatner) were auctioned off for $3000 each! Mancow purchased the original Ronn Stern painting for the event for $5000. Also, an issue of Maxim with an interview with Shatner (and his autograph) went for $250!

Several people got rewards & recognition, including the people who traveled the furthest, Daniel from Germany and our very own Manike from the UK and TooDamnSweet from sunny Hawaii!

Here's Shatner & Mancow...

[Gunga]

Here's Mancow & Tom Kaye.

[Gunga]

And here's Bill Shatner spraying some champagne into the crowd to end the Spplat Attack/Shatnerball event!

[Gunga]

And a few more pics of random things. I think this guy shoots a lot. At least I'd hope so...all that stuff's gotta be heavy!

[shartley]

Great pictures... thanks for posting. Would have been fun being there... but....

[Gunga]

Our very own Riotz, Cap, & SprayingMango after a successful mission!

[Gunga]

The Collective was so vicious that we even assimilated Hello Kitty!

[magman007]

i think spreyingmango is the olny onw who actually fills the jersey with the little pectorals drawn in and such!

[Blennidae]

Looks like it was a great time. Playing in the town looks like it would be a real blast.

One question, how do you score an elimination on a tank?

[magman007]

HAHA i think employee parking is in bedlam! hahaha that would be funny,


yea how do you eliminate a tank, dont you have to "shoot it" with a prop?

[Rusty]

Yes it was a good time for the ground pounders. Being a tank I had to stick to trails. Which when the game started I followed the borg out. They mostly turned and went up through the woods twords temple of doom and the city. I had to stay on the trail trying to find away up to support the troops. I found out later that the borg never were given a base. So I had to drag this cannon on the back most of my first insertion. Well the further I got the more red shirts thier were. The flag stations that were off the trail did not have tank paths to them so they were out for me. I could launch paint into them and the fed would just duck and waite for me to stop. I knew thier was an anti tanker somewhere out thier. And after I crossed the second bridge going twords fort courage I found him. I seen the long tube he was keeping slung low untill he go I clear shot. I spun the turret to the right side about the same time he started to bring the law up to bear. I got off aboput 10 rounds trying to find range when I seen the little orange rocket comming down the flight path. Well time to take the tank back and try again.good shot from the anti tanker. I still had know idea where I was on the map or where the Borg had gone to. I soon found out that that trail was the only place the Borg tank could insert. That was a major drag for me. Everybody else had a nice wide gravel rode to get to thier base. The most fun I had is when Tom told me to try and get in the back of Armagedon and I did with the help of some refs who wanted to see the fire fight. We got the tank in and a photo guy hopped in to ride with.
We went through Arma.. and thier wasthe hill in front of us between the two areas. I told him to hang on and we climbed to the top. Thats where the feds found out I was borg and the started to scramble. I drove right down into the square and started shooting everything that was red. The ref said I cleared out about 8 or 9 guys before the refs pulled me out. I found out later that I could not be in thier with the tank. So that left me with that dam bummpy trail down past the shooting range again.
in short it was a rough day for thew Borg tanker because I was very limited where I could go. No armagedon.no bedlam, the bridge was to small to go by fort courage from the Borg start point and I was also told I could not drive on the road with the tank because I did not have a cloaking device? So I parked it and brung out the cannon. I got into some trouble with that also. Not for velocity just that they tought I was shooting at people. But if the refs did a better job on that end the people should not have been allowed to stand right by the tank I was shooting at. So I parked that one too after that. AS a player I would of had alot more fun. It sure looked like they enjoyed it a whole lot. But it was a rough day for the tanker. So I sold it to Tactical gear out of California. You will see it in more scenario games next year. I wish him luck with it. And once my wife gets here hard would floor in the next tank plans will be sprung on her. See you next time

Jim Bergles
Body count goes to the Borg

[soulegend]

The way to get a tank out is to shoot a rocket at it with a LAW. A lot of people were using small Nerf footballs (2 inch across).
Shatnerball was great, but I still feel we got robbed.

[SaS]

didn't they also install cut-off switches for the tanks motor... with a SMALL hole in it so a paintball could take it out(with alot of paint, a good eye, and a lot of luck)

[Dayspring]

Hey Cap- where do you get all the cool stickers?

And TK- Are they doing this again? I wanna go next time!


Originally posted by Gunga
The Collective was so vicious that we even assimilated Hello Kitty!

[Havoc_online]

Hey Cap- where do you get all the cool stickers? loadsm5 made it for her.
Are they doing this again? I wanna go next time! Bill himself said that this would happen again next year, we'll see.....

[Drgnwyng]

yeah I want some cool stickers

[Automaggin]

Originally posted by Gunga
The Collective was so vicious that we even assimilated Hello Kitty!

wow who is she?

she looks as good as keely watson

tom i think she should be a AGD model

[Havoc_online]

she looks as good as keely watson HA keely who!
tom i think she should be a AGD model:rolleyes:she is

[Dayspring]

I think you're JUST a little behind the times;)


Originally posted by Automaggin


wow who is she?

she looks as good as keely watson

tom i think she should be a AGD model

[Darkstorm]

The Texans have been swaping information because sometimes the best information about a scenario comes from the things you did NOT know. Here are some of the things I have heard.

First, The Texans thought you all were the best.

MrS. Shatner ROCKS....Here is a quote from Trips on Viper's board. "Mrs. Shatner had some serious game!!! Not afraid to get hit and was usually in the thick of the battle front lines. My hat was definately off to her."

Mrs. Shatner now has the informal nickname of E-Liz.

Again from Trips.."He [Shatner] played most of the game with a camera crew (3 cameras and the support crews) it was hard for him to sneak around at all. He did ditch the crew at one point which was very cool but also caused quite a comotion. They didn't get ditched anymore for the game."

[Darkstorm]

At the start, we had teams to hit the temple hard and push the train-side tape. We pushed the gullie right up to the back of what seemed to be a Borg/Klingon fight. We still did not have a medic (oops).

We quickly noticed that the speedball players would squeeze the bunker (Tree, rock, etc) in response to fire and leave themselves open to someone else from a different direction.

Also, the ref's were to use to speedball and on top of players positions instead of wandering. This gave away several hidden players.

Further early on, the Borg were spread out down trails every 20 yards. So effectively, you were fighting only two Borg at a time.

The early push through the woods left people holding a lot of ground without much action. During the initial reinsertions, the players would come at us in tight lines from one direction.

Another advantage came from people not use to elevation differences which got several people walking in the gullie wacked. Several "black shirts" gave away their positions when the bush around them was sprayed with paint, even when we could not see them.

Clay at one point held off 20-30 guys in the gullie by himself because they kept coming straight at him. No one got up and walked around his position to shoot him from the side or back. He sent several people back to reinsert.

[Darkstorm]

Clay at one point yelled to Shatner to tell him the insertion window was open. Shatner made everyone run for it. Cameras and crews, everyone loved it (well the players did).

The guys that were on CO2 could throw a lot of paint but soon the second airfill station was found with the 3000+ fills.

At one point, the lines began to thin because noone was around and folks were bored. Only one guy was at the flag station, all the action seemed to focus on the town and one guy was guarding the flag. A Gullie push was held up by four or five players.

The tank coming through the trail in the woods caught most of the federation players, scenario included, off guard.

[Rusty]

Hi
The tanks did not have cut off switches. And if we did we were told to remove them. It is saftey issue and if a tank looses power on a hill do to the switch being activated. It will loose steering, brakes and no power to keep climbing and must now roll back whitch is hard when you cant see out the back as well as the front.
The Tank inspector did a good job making sure all tanks were structualy safe. All tanks had to chrono all mounted guns and internal guns. Once they passed that they were givin thier orange sticker and allowed to play. The only thing that the tank drivers might of had go wrong that could be considerd a bad point was the fact that I got into Bedlam with my tank and found out that I was not suppose to be thier. Oh well.
jim B

[Gunga]

a couple more pics (Riotz and CaPoEiRa)

[Gunga]

(CaPo and SprayingMango)

[Darkstorm]

Back in Town a number of the Feds had a great time playing with some eventual intense action.

Midway was a Fed player in a bright red jersey that would keep getting to the back of the town and come in behind people and start barrel tagging and shooting.

TB (I believe) was the one who got himself "captured" by the Klingons, only to get himself escorted to the Klingon based which helped complete a mission (details unknown).

Some of the Fed Tanks were to big to be allowed to go any place significant, or had velocity problems. Something that haunted us early in the game. The guys in the shuttle lost their AC but continued to play.

[Darkstorm]

While earlier we had walked the mission to radio in the number and not seen a single Borg or Klingon things got bad QUICK. The Klingon/Borg alliance started forming at the WORST possible time for the Feds.

Radar was one of the early Medics from the start and by this time we had almost run him to death, when the push through the town and to our treeline started. Backup, out of paint or air, acted as a moving bunker for Radar.

As the treeline fell and our insertion zone was under fire the lack of proximty to a staging area meant a lot were tired, needed paint, just needed a break, or had left the field and did not know what had happened.

The scenario players tried to push the woodline, but all of the Medics had left the field.

At one point the Fed zone was under fire from two tanks.

[Darkstorm]

"Black shirts" were getting into the backlot of our base, the grasslands, a couple of the Borg players who were back there made a major mistake of engaging in a fire fight. The prop the Borg desperately needed was under the Bus they were using as a bunker.

Judster, Midway, myself and a couple of other players took a long time to searched the entire grasslands and did not find another Borg player. That was surprising.

As the battle was fought on the farside of our base, E-Liz was said to have been on the FRONT lines of it.

One of the Medics was new, so some of the experienced players played bunker for him. He even managed to medic Viper.

[Midway]

The game was an absolute blast guys! Thanks for coming out and playing with us. I appreciate the way that you guys stuck to it all the way through.

We Texans are just now getting home, left Joliet at 1pm yesterday... I wanted to make sure I got this posted before I take a nice long Labor Day nap.

I had a great time and met a lot of great players, some tourney, some scenario and some brand new to the game. I wanted to thank Tom for sticking around and signing autographs at the Casino Saturday night. I meant what I said Tom, the Level 10 is the best paintball money I have ever spent. It is the <b>world's most polite bolt</b>, it kindly asks the ball to move to the front of the barrel and if the ball isn't ready, it simply backs up and gives the ball some space. Then it simply asks again... This weekend makes 3 cases in 2 weeks without a single break coming out of RT serial number 220!!!

I had some hairy moments when some of you would look at me funny as I walked down the tape line without shooting at anyone but most everyone was very cool about leaving once they realized I wasn't dead and my barrel was in their back. To the guy that put a ball on me from 2 feet away and then nearly got himself killed to make sure I was ok, thanks! And don't worry about it, I know the risk I take when I go walking through enemy lines without a care in the world.

Anytime you guys want to come down to Texas and play let us know and we'll be sure to roll out the carpet for you.

Thanks again,
Midway
Team FUBAR
Shatner's Texas Contingent

[Darkstorm]

As the Klingons pushed into through the back tapeline, Mancow somehow ended up back there. A number of Texans were in the back with Judster playing front in the high grass of a hill. A few other players walked backwards away from the "Blackshirts" and would lead players to him that he would shoot three at a time.

Having had this spotters shot out, I watch as Judster faded into the high grass and waited. Klingons walked past him and took the hills past him. He was behind their lines.

Then here come the cameras. Still noone sees him as a camera man picks up on him and starts filming the grass. But noone pays attention, STILL. Mancow starts boom out orders and saying his name. At this point in time, Mancow is 12 yards from Judster and below him. All of the generals "body guards" are in a tight line because everyone is getting camera time. Judster is just about to stand up and put a 100 rounds into Mancow when the people start yelling CEASE FIRE.

MANCOW is the luckiest man alive. The whole cease fire thing saved his butt. OR he would have been wickedly hosed while on camera.

Back at the insertion zone, Tom Kaye drives up. Pacman goes to barrel tag but is told there is a cease fire.

At one point, during the pitch battle Shatner was beamed out to personally complete a mission on another part of the field.

[Darkstorm]

Radar kept raving about the Borg army and how you all helped him get a kid with a sprained ankle off the field.

A Fed player actually got JJ to hand him a Borg mission card, but the Borg saw it happen and got it back.

Heather(?) the CPX camera person, took tons of pictures on the field, and got shot up doing it, she is the coolest.

Manike barrel tagged me at the pump tourney for the paint.

Shatner spoke for an hour at the Star Trek convention about paintball.

The Texans got autographs from Tom Kaye, next thing you know Darkstorm will have a lvl 10. Hmmmm?

[manike]

Originally posted by Darkstorm
Manike barrel tagged me at the pump tourney for the paint.

;)

:D

[Python14]

Fac!I was not there. Instead I was at home, with two girls on my lap, thinking about Shatnerball, wishing I was there.

[AGD]

Darkstorm,

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't remember it being near the blue tent! Where was it?? I was gambling that we would find the relic and now I find out we were SOOO close!!!

AGD

[Darkstorm]

I remember the bus being about where the blue circle was in three and half foot high grass. Most of us had not been told it was there either, probably because scenario players watch for people "guarding" places. We'll get you more details. Isn't it amazing the things that "almost" happened.

[CoFFeY[NiTrO]]

Originally posted by Darkstorm

First, The Texans thought you all were the best.

its because it is true, we are the best!! muaha

[SaS]

didn't Oklahoma d-day use cut-offs? or they DID, use but not anymore(in 2001 and not 2002)... some scenario was using them, i just don't remember which one though

[Midway]

Originally posted by AGD
Darkstorm,

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't remember it being near the blue tent! Where was it?? I was gambling that we would find the relic and now I find out we were SOOO close!!!

AGD

After finding the Borg relic (oscilloscope) our team prop hound (TB) stashed it under the bus/RV in the open field behind our command structure. I wish I knew who the Borg player was that had made it all the way back there because he deserves some recognition.

The grass was just over waist high and our security detail sent three Texans on a patrol through the field. Of course they didn't tell us why, they just sent us out to find out if there was anything sneaking up behind us.

I took the tapeline, Radar had the center and Darkstorm took the top of the field. As we are clomping along not making any secret out of our approach (typical Texan style :rolleyes: ) a volley of shots rings out from my left. I see Radar throw his gun up in the air and start walking back to base. At this point I have no idea where the shots came from or how many players there are hiding in the grass. All I see is Darkstorm at the top of the field moving toward me gun up on a bus in between us. I'm thinking great somebody is sniping from inside the bus, we're going to have to clear it and I have no grenades... Just as I start considering my options I see a blur of black burst out from under the back of the bus and sprint for the tape line. The poor guy never had a chance, Dark and I were perfectly set on the angle and cut his route with a pair of garden hose looking streams of paint. Unfortunatly for the Borg player he picked the one of us that was carrying a pump pistol instead of one of the other two that had Level 10 mags :D.

Within five minutes Radar comes running back from the recent insertion (timing your eliminations is everything in paintball ;) ). He looks inside, around and under the bus to try and figure out what one lone Borg was doing out here so far from the collective. That is when we found the Borg relic that had been stashed earlier by our teammate. We called it in on the radio and were told to put it back where it was and forget we ever saw it. It was moved to a more secure location later before being used to garner another 100 points for the Federation at the end of the day.

I followed the trail that the Borg player must have used to get into that field. It was overgrown with those briar thorns and those trees with the one-inch spikes. Not to mention the 20 or 30 spider webs that collected on the front of my goggles... It took me 30 minutes of working through that garbage to follow the back tape around to El Centro where I came across a group of 5 players on security detail. I of course being the "seasoned" scenario player shot the medic first. Two shots and move to a new location is what I had always been told. Just as I move to the new location and lose sight of the medic I had eliminated I hear him call for, you guessed it, another medic. At this point, again, being a "seasoned" scenario player :rolleyes: , I knew this was going to go badly... Five on one with them having a pair of medics isn't just bad odds, its certain death... Sure enough, I was dispatched just as quickly as the Borg player that had tried the same thing with us. I do admire his drive though, if I hadn't been so curious about how he had gotten to our base there is no way I would have tried that.

Thanks again for a great game. I hope you all had as much fun as we did and we look forward to seeing you all at more scenarios in the future. We are planning a trip to EMR for Memorial Day 2003. We welcome any AO player that would like to join us!

Midway
Team FUBAR
Shatner's Texas Contingent

[Hasty8]

Originally posted by Gunga
There was an auction of various things for the charity. One of the custom Action Markers pump guns & a custom E-mag Extreme C&C (both signed by Shatner) were auctioned off for $3000 each! Mancow purchased the original Ronn Stern painting for the event for $5000. Also, an issue of Maxim with an interview with Shatner (and his autograph) went for $250!

Hiya y'all. Was glad to see so many AOers there even if I was on the Federation side. Sorry but when it all came down to it I've known Shatner and Star Trek longer then I have Tom and AGD.

One correction though Gunga. I paid $450 for the Maxim mag with the William Shatner autograph and $3500 for the 24kt gold and chrome Action Marker pump marker! The purple C&C E-Mag Extreme did go for 3k though.

As for everyone making fun of us Federation folks, at least we were not content to cower in the woods or hide behind the buildings of Bedlam. We were willing to hurl ourselves upon the enemies and take glory from the field!

Just kidding. I'm not even sure who ended up with the highest score at the end of the day. I was just really glad to be there.

TTFN!

[RobAGD]

DarkStorm - I has some fun toward the end of the day mauling your insertion point :)

I started by crawling from the bottle corner of the hill/meadow into the middle of the field. I wacked a few players as I crawled in and up the hill.

Then you all had a weak insertion maybe 15-20 people. I mauled a good portion of that and had to beat feet because the few i missed and the few in the woods to my left were getting a weee bit close with the fire. I waited about 2 minutes and re crawled even further up the hill laying in the low grass until your main insertion.

Oh my, if I had a full tank and harness the carnage would have been awsome. I think I scored about 20-30 bodies then I had to reload, when that happened people finally saw me moving and laid some fire on me. I loaded and got the pod shot and got some more elims before finally running out of paint/air and luck and got a nice double tap google shot from someone.

I grin on my face was huge as I saw the wall of people in red shirts walking off with me :)

You feddies flat out "played" the game on us. Vipers van should be on the playing field, not safe in the parking lot.

But I still had a blast.

-Robert

[SeeK]

Radar kept raving about the Borg army and how you all helped him get a kid with a sprained ankle off the field.
After the our Borg Medic helped the kid hop out to the edge of the clearing we had to have the dead provide cover while he worked on him (luckly he was an EMT). The battle just kept raging and paintballs were still coming in on us. After he got his shoe off and wrapped the ankle I asked the kid how much he weighed. He said 100 pounds so I thought the two of us could at least get him to the netting so we could get our masks off and get out of the firefight. We held each other's arms and got to the top of the hill when we were both too tired to make it all the way to the road. We decided to rest when the bus showed up. When it finally manuvered around the camera crane we put him in, started driving out and when we hit the road we see the medical team driving up. They turned around and we followed them back.

[Gambit1106]

I have to post these from work since my internet crashed this weekend. Here are a few pics to get keep it going. Edit: I'll add more when I resize them.

[shartley]

Nice group shot. :D

I always wonder though... do people who make funny hand signs when getting their picture(s) taken realize how silly it actually looks? ;)

[Dayspring]

Granted, it's much like it is here, but Capo, what's it like to be the ONLY female there? I'm sure the boys were on their best behavior ;)

[Mike Smith]

Oddly enough, while I was providing cover for the injured kid, I never received a hit. Of course, I was wearing my Texas flag sandana. I'll assume no one wanted to find out what happens when a Texan is hit after he is already out.:D

Also, Darkstorm; at the staging area, JJ had been yelling for a Borg to transport a mission to the field. All the Borg were ignoring him, so, not having my Federation jersey on, I decided to "volunteer" for the mission.

Kendrick (member of the Borg, and successful bidder for the custom e-mag, ser # NCC1701A) saw what I was doing and decided to accept the mission his-own-self. Besides, JJ stated that I needed to have my jersey on, in order to accept the mission card. :mad:

Yep, almost pulled that one off...........

[AGD]

More facts to add to the list. The Feds DID NOT have a countermeasures van at the game. They DID NOT jam any frequencies. Viper cleared the air in another thread.

AGD

[Clare]

hehe
yes, they're always on their BEST behavior.. rrrrrright! :p kidding

btw, I'll post pics up once I resize them

[Fred]

boy, talk about a shot that makes me look fat... oh wait! I did get a "summer of 21" belly... :)

that would be Brian the 123 with the funky hand gesture...

that was a lot of fun!

---Fred

[the123]

That was the anti-vulcan gesture.

[magman007]

hmmm i guess anti vilcan makes sence, the borg need a live short and die sign tho, or is that just the agd sticker? (you kno the vulcans say live long and prosper??? sorry really bad joke)

[Gambit1106]

Shatner fearing the Borg the day before

[Gambit1106]

Toms Mask

[Gambit1106]

I had to post my dog Madison

[Gambit1106]

Mango relaxing on the hammock

[Gambit1106]

Datapimp and I can't remember who else :confused:

[Gambit1106]

Finally I was glad to meet everyone and had a great time. I hope everyone who came to the BBQ had a good time. My wife was surprised on how calm we were and how minimal the mess was (thanks). She was expecting paintball markers everywhere and us to be playing in the backyard. (I have mentioned the idea of a sup air field back there). Anyway drop me a e-mail if anyone is in town, you are always more than welcome to my house.

Darren

[Clare]

It was nice to meet you Darren, thanks again for my bday present! :)

more pics! (the next 3 were taken by riotz)
from the bottom to right-spacemanspiff, SprayingMango, Thordic, Gunga (he makes a lovely tree), and me

[Clare]

in front of Buckingham fountain

[Clare]

playing hacky at the top of the sears tower :)

[magman007]

HEY CLAIRE! iw as at all those places! cool! you put your face in the same spot i did! hey did you guys go to the planetarium and check out the crater machine that tom and perfect circle did?

[LaW]

Refs were getting barrel tagged during final battle by players behind the netting.

[Mango]

Gambit: where's the pic of me on the ground after CaPoEiRa tipped me out of the hammock?
teeeheee!!!
Oh, and thanks again for the BBQ, I owe you one bigtime man. :) Had an absolute blast rolling around in your backyard! hahaha:D

[Gambit1106]

Mango,

I don't have that pic. I'll double check but I didn't take that one.

Darren

[Clare]

hey did you guys go to the planetarium and check out the crater machine that tom and perfect circle did?
Unfortunately, we didn't have time to go! We woke up too late in the day to be able to make it in time :(

[magman007]

AH DANG! that thing was really cool! it is by far the most used hands on experiment there. It is really cool!

[Jack & Coke]

Where there any spies at Shatnerball?

If so, what role did they play?

Any cool stories?

[Gunga]

HEY! I bunkered Captain Kirk himself!!! :D

[Drgnwyng]

HAHAHAHA

[soulegend]

Man, those pics are already bringing back memories! So much fun. The guy that's kind of behind Datapimp is none other than I! The guy next to him is drgwyng.
Oh, and great bunker Gunga! Should've gone the extra inch to get a barrel tag though!

[magman007]

hey, what hotel were you guys at? when iw as out there i was in the house of blues, it was really cool.

[spacemanspiff]

Gambit1106 it was an awsome BBQ. I can't wait to be able to get out there again.

HEY! I bunkered Captain Kirk himself!!! LOL that was great. Thanks for putting us up man and giving us the dime tour of Chicago.

[Clare]

a pic of all of us looking real tired :D

[Riotz]

JT looks like he is giving me the evil eye, Clare is like "oh please", Brian is like "I wanna tackle you right now", JJ "mmm foood", scott isnt even looking

:D

[MagDog68]

Originally posted by Riotz
Brian is like "I wanna tackle you right now

LoL! You have to know Brian to understand that.

[Mango]

:)

Ok my turn!!!! :)

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/Clare%20Shatner%20125.jpg
Gunga being possessed by "Stick"!!!

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/Clare%20Shatner%20143.jpg
This is what happens when you try to take a nap and CaPoEiRa is on the prowl.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/Clare%20Shatner%20145.jpg
???? taadaa ???? ;)

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/Clare%20Chicago%20128.jpg
:eek: teehee

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/Riotz%20Chicago%20104.jpg
JJ playing the back left Streetlamp!!! CHECK HIS HOPPER! :)

[Mango]

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/Riotz%20Chicago%20131.jpg
weeeeee!

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/Riotz%20Chicago%20091.jpg
Owe my back.

And finally, the picture of all pictures:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/Riotz%20Chicago%20184.jpg
"JIMMY CRACKED CORN!!! AND I DONT CARE!!!!! JIMMY CRACKED CORN!!!!! ... "

:D

[Mango]

MORE!!!!!

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/shatnerball%20152.jpg
SLURP!!!!

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/shatnerball%20170.jpg
When Thordic laughs the world shakes!

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/shatnerball%20175.jpg
Too much Paintball Soda?? ;)

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jtrussell7/shatnerball%20222.jpg
Gotcha!

[Clare]

???? taadaa ????
I'd like to know what Mark is pointing at!


Too much Paintball Soda??
or too much milk...yeah that's it!

[Riotz]

From left to right:

SprayingMango, Some guy from AGD (i forget), Havoc, Capo, Gunga, Jon, Thordic, Load SM5, Allen, Spacemanspiff, and ME.

Some lady at the resturant took the pic. Took her 4 mins to get it right.

[MagDog68]

Is that where we had dinner on Saturday Night? Place looks so different with only a dozen people per party.

~Fred

[Thordic]

Fred - No, this was a different place up near AGD.

Jeff - Alan (Isn't Allen usually a last name? I don't know) is Chupas from the forums.

Who the hell is that random guy from AGD, anyway?

[Clare]

Jeff - Alan (Isn't Allen usually a last name? I don't know) is Chupas from the forums.

his full name is Allen Beckner so he had it right :)

[Fred]

my only regret of the weekend was that we missed getting a tour of the factory... but we did help set up the booth! :)

---Fred

[Riotz]

This took me many hours to put together. Thanks to Clare for helping. These are from our trip to chicago.

676 pictures and 18 videos.

http://teamblackcell.com/photos/shatnerball/


Clare and I took most of the pictures there. Except for some. Uhmm, that's about it. ENJOY!!!!! :) :) :)

[Riotz]

There was also a cool pic someone took with a bunch of us at the Hotel party holding up a Team Black Cell sign. If you have that, Please send it over. :) :)

[MagDog68]

Very nice Riotz!

[Thordic]

http://teamblackcell.com/photos/shatnerball/SaturdayNight/images/party%20173.jpg

I'm playin the snake, I'm playin the snake! *shooting noises*


Hehehehe

[Mango]

HAHAHAH!! *shakes head in shame* :(

[Dayspring]

Boys Boys Boys... I don't even WANT to know...

[Clare]

lol! and I got to hang around with them all the time :p

[Mango]

Originally posted by CaPoEiRa
lol! and I got hang around with them all the time :p

Are you kidding? We were lucky enough to hang out with YOU! :D

[Dayspring]

Just means you have to come out to NJ again. And this time, I may actually make it to the AO day. And I can promise- No cows. :D


Originally posted by CaPoEiRa
lol! and I got to hang around with them all the time :p

[Riotz]

Look what Clare DID to my arm!! I just wanted to warn everyone not to mess with her! teehee :D

[Riotz]

Picture from the ride back to NJ.

Spacemanspiff harassing a female driver.

[Riotz]

Can you blame him? :D

[spacemanspiff]

LOL that was so fun. I popped up out of mangos sunroof and she just looked over and smiled:cool: She keeped up with us for awhile and we keeped exchanging looks. To bad mango didn't have a pen and paper in the car:( I think I made her day:D

[Xen]

Here are some pics


http://members.directvinternet.com/darkxen/01.jpg

All 3 on stage

http://members.directvinternet.com/darkxen/02.jpg

End of the game group

http://members.directvinternet.com/darkxen/03.jpg

When we stole the Fed's flag (we got in trouble :D )

http://members.directvinternet.com/darkxen/04.jpg

Staging area

http://members.directvinternet.com/darkxen/05.jpg

Staging area again

[Clare]

And I can promise- No cows.
really? you mean it? hehe



I just wanted to warn everyone not to mess with her! teehee
what? who? I didn't do that! :D

[Dayspring]

Yes. I promise! No cows. But can I bring my buddy who has since been nicknamed "Urban Yeti?"

And BTW- Black Cell Guys- You have REALLY good taste!! Next time you're all in Bridgewater, gimme a shout- Beer's on me! (1 round ;))

[Clare]

But can I bring my buddy who has since been nicknamed "Urban Yeti?"

ehhh sure, why not! :p

and I barely saw this:

This is what happens when you try to take a nap and CaPoEiRa is on the prowl.

uhh that's wasn't me either! I'm innocent! :p

[Riotz]

Hey Dayspring, I Live in Somerville. Right off of 28...

[wyn1370]

Sorry about the delay on getting my pics up. But does anyone have any spare server space that they could host them on? Some of them probably shouldn't go up here.

[synreal]

Originally posted by wyn1370
Sorry about the delay on getting my pics up. But does anyone have any spare server space that they could host them on? Some of them probably shouldn't go up here.

i think you may know someone who runs websites/has spare server room :rolleyes:

[wyn1370]

yeah, I figured you did, but thought I'd just throw it out there.

[Muzikman]

Wyn, if you need space, let me know. I can toss some your way.

[wyn1370]

muzik,
syn's gonna put em up for me, but thanks for the offer. Should be a few extremely funny ones.

[Dayspring]

I'm off Milltown rd between 202 and Old York Rd. And I work my second job on the somerville circle.


Originally posted by Riotz
Hey Dayspring, I Live in Somerville. Right off of 28...

[Thordic]

/me is afraid of Wyn's pictures :)

[wyn1370]

you, manike, fred and mango should all fear what is stored on my computer at home.

[Thordic]

That's what Im afraid of :)

[Mango]

UT OH!! I can't wait to see them! LOL I don't fear them at all. :D No regrets!

[Fred]

I blame Load for the condition I was in... he didn't tell me how potent those Motrins were... but I did feel much better after taking them...

I have had worse pics of me taken when i'm sleeping, i have nothing to fear! hahahaha!

at least they didn't put my hands in hot water or anything... :eek:

---Fred

[MagDog68]

Originally posted by Fred
at least they didn't put my hands in hot water or anything... :eek:

---Fred

That is only because the security gaurd was around - otherwise we were going to hog tie you and take pictures of you with strange objects in your mouth ;)

~Fred

[Thordic]

Is it just me, or are Xen's pictures like 600K each?

I have cable, so I don't care, but you probably killed any more poor modem users.

[Riotz]

Originally posted by Thordic
Is it just me, or are Xen's pictures like 600K each?They are. I didn't even notice till you mentioned it. Compression people! =P


Originally posted by Dayspring
I'm off Milltown rd between 202 and Old York Rd. And I work my second job on the somerville circle.Where do you work? =]



Wyn if you need webspace, let me know. :)

[wyn1370]

well here they are
shatnerball pics (http://www.killerpaintball.com/shatnerball/)
I thought they where much worse than they really are.
Names have been withheld to protect the innocent (and guilty).

[Thordic]

Coolness :)

In case anyone is wondering:

A) the pictures of me laying next to Jon took place after the following happened: I come back to the room, and its locked, so I knock. Mango opens the door, and before I can react he grabs my arm and hurls me onto the bed. Problem is, Jon is laying on the bed on his stomach. I went flying right on top of Jon. I rolled off, and asked if he was ok. He wasn't :)

B) The pictures of me standing in the open doorway, and you can just make out some dirt feet, is where Mango tried to crawl back into the room. He was wearing all black against a dark carpet, so you can't really see him too well. You can tell in one picture that I have my foot on him trying to pin him down.

As for the pictures around poor Fred, well, I plead the 5th.

[Dayspring]

Pulling a little time at that Pier 1 on the corner by the TGI Fridays. (Used to work there during highschool)

But the REAL job is up in Mahwah. :( (1 hour drive)

[Dayspring]

I thought the Cow picture was bad... All you guys around that poor guy on the bed? SCARY!!!! (We are NEVER going camping ;))

[Fred]

I don't remember a thing... just waking up and Wyn laughing like crazy when I asked what happened after I left the other room...

[Riotz]

Originally posted by Thordic
A) the pictures of me laying next to Jon took place after the following happened: I come back to the room, and its locked, so I knock. Mango opens the door, and before I can react he grabs my arm and hurls me onto the bed. Problem is, Jon is laying on the bed on his stomach. I went flying right on top of Jon. I rolled off, and asked if he was ok. He wasn't :)Yea RIGHT. Excuses excuses. We all know the REAL reason why you are laying next to him with that look in your eye. ;) :p

[wyn1370]

Originally posted by Riotz
Yea RIGHT. Excuses excuses. We all know the REAL reason why you are laying next to him with that look in your eye. ;) :p
I'm still trying to figure out why you where dangling a dollar bill over mango :eek:

[Clare]

I'm pretty much just laughing and pointing at people in those pics :p

[Riotz]

Originally posted by wyn1370
I'm still trying to figure out why you where dangling a dollar bill over mango :eek:
Well you see, there is a very reasonable explanation for that. It has to do with *runs away*

:p




No but really, "someone" made mango dance and what better way to humiliate him then to dangle some dollars. hehe For example: this picture (http://teamblackcell.com/photos/shatnerball/SaturdayNight/pages/party%20232.htm)


I'm j/k Mango, you're fun. =]

[Mango]

Originally posted by Riotz





No but really, "someone" made mango dance and what better way to humiliate him then to dangle some dollars.

http://atypically.net/smilies/cry.gif

http://atypically.net/smilies/mischief.gif

[Riotz]

awwww, I'm sorry. I wuvvv you man. :D :p ;)

[Mango]

:D :D

[Dayspring]

Is this what the SC AO meet has in store? If so- COOL!!!!!

[MagDog68]

god I am glad I left before the pants came off

[Clare]

*stands up*

oh and for the record, I did not participate in any of the party activities that are pictured other than laughing and pointing

*sits back down*


:D :D :p

[Dayspring]

Riiiiight. Little miss angel ;)




Originally posted by CaPoEiRa
*stands up*

oh and for the record, I did not participate in any of the party activities that are pictured other than laughing and pointing

*sits back down*


:D :D :p

[wyn1370]

Originally posted by MagDog68
god I am glad I left before the pants came off
oh you where around, you just didn't know what we were doing. me thinks you might have been convinced to help out.

Originally posted by CaPoEiRa
*stands up*
oh and for the record, I did not participate in any of the party activities that are pictured other than laughing and pointing
*sits back down*
:D :D :p
well maybe not the activities without pants, but as for the rest, hmmmm yeah sure you weren't

[Clare]

Riiiiight. Little miss angel

why ofcourse! that's what I've been saying all along!http://www.pbreview.com/forums/images/smilies/goody-goody.gif


teehee :p

[MagDog68]

Originally posted by wyn1370

oh you where around, you just didn't know what we were doing. me thinks you might have been convinced to help out.


i remember the chants of "let's get fred, let's get fred" - but i was afraid you meant me :). i stayed happily in the other room.

~Fred
PS No, they weren't really chanting

[Riotz]

Geesh, when I saw everyone gathered around the bed plotting something I got scared myself and ran. I was too drunk to comprehend everything. hehe

[Fred]

next time fellas... next time... :eek:

[MagDog68]

Fred - it was all wyn's idea...he is the ring leader.

You know it could have been worse. They could have just left you alone in the room with Jon.

[manike]

Crazy American people... I was corrupted your honour ;)

yeah right.

but Fred does have a 'rigghhtt purdy mouth'... that photo was just after speaking to Phil on the phone y'all :)

:eek:

manike (now in Troy Detriot at the Marriot, and might be here for a while)

[Potatoboy]

Ooh, Troy Marriot.

I suppose you were too good to call me and let me know you were in town.
:p

Let me or someone know when you have some free time to play some ball.

We're thinking of hitting up the second day of the Tippmann Challenge on the 22nd. Will you still be in town then?

[manike]

Originally posted by Potatoboy
Ooh, Troy Marriot.

I suppose you were too good to call me and let me know you were in town.

I just got into town. hooked up my laptop, downloaded my e-mail and then started posting here.

So you knew as fast as anyone. I may be around for this weekend but am not sure yet. I was flying out on Friday (13th :( ) but may put it back until end of weekend. I fancy seeing what the area has to offer on Friday and saturday Evenings.

manike

[Clare]

Simon!! I owe you for trying to throw me into certain places! :p

[Dayspring]

Oh my... This sounds like fun ;)

[manike]

:eek: ;) :p

I forgot about all of that...

So you owe me... you can pay me at World Cup :D

[Potatoboy]

Uh oh, manike's going clubbin'.

No time for ball I assume then.

Mayhaps something else can be arranged..

[manike]

Originally posted by Potatoboy
Uh oh, manike's going clubbin'.

No time for ball I assume then.

Mayhaps something else can be arranged..

There's still the day time. I won't be working this weekend. At least not with Ford.

manike

[MagDog68]

Originally posted by manike


There's still the day time. I won't be working this weekend. At least not with Ford.

manike

simon should be our liaison to the auto industry for sponsorships :)

now you're in trouble ;)

~Fred

[wyn1370]

Originally posted by MagDog68
Fred - it was all wyn's idea...he is the ring leader.

My idea???? He's the one who invited his buddies over (total grief) and passed out before they got there. I was just making sure they got a chance to see him.

[Fred]

Actually... Manike technically invited them over on my phone... and they called me just after I left the other room... and then showed up (after I told them I was passing out...)

I've been lookin for a good excuse to go to Space downtown... I hear that place is one wild party...

I think we can arrange to have some fun...

---Fred

[Riotz]

Woohoo :p

[Mango]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:D

[manike]

Originally posted by Riotz
Woohoo :p

Ok so how come I don't remember being in that photo?

And howcome Mango looks so messed up in all the photo's? Oh yeah... cos he was... playing the snake huh ;)

manike

[Riotz]

MORE PICTURES! From Mxracer

http://teamblackcell.com/photos/shatnerball/mxracer/

[Mango]

Simon: it was great fun!! Can't wait to meet up again at World Cup! :) I owe you some good "paintball soda's", I still feel bad about you drinking that nasty one.

[Fred]

http://teamblackcell.com/photos/shatnerball/mxracer/pages/DSCN1538.htm

This one isn't as bad as the others.... :rolleyes:

just how many pics ARE there on the net of me sleeping??? you people have killed any slim chance I had at a career in politics... :mad:

jk!

---Fred