Some Mardi Gras pics

[Load SM5]

I'll be posting more later as I get them cropped and made as pretty as my cheap digicam photo program can make them.

I got to watch some X-ball for the first time. Very nifty and fast paced. It made a fan out of me.

Shock on the break....

[Load SM5]

more X-ball...

[Load SM5]

Team Ao after Saturday's playing

back left to right

Me, Hardrock, Jeffremiller, Covadsucks

kneeling

Jonosie, Marchborne

[Load SM5]

Jeffremiller again....

[Load SM5]

Covadsucks

[Load SM5]

Halo TSA

This was a nifty item. The tilt sensor makes spins the impeller towards the feed all the time no matter how the loader is tilted. If it's tilted right the impeller spins counter clockwise and vice versa. It will also come in different sizes for front and back players.

Tex thanked me as a member of AO for all the support we've shown them. He even gave Covad a $10 AO discount on some new shells.

[Load SM5]

Smokin gear. The hemp pants had integrated knee pads and felt nice.

[irbodden]

Looks like fun,

I saw you guys did pretty good, especially for an internet team. At the end of day one, I was almost floored seeing how well ya guys did..

[Load SM5]

Titanium barrels now with mag backs. Milled for right left and centerfeeds. Nice but pricey.

[Load SM5]

Covad and Hardrock dueling with matrixes.

[Load SM5]

Some of the team coming back from Bourbon Street on Thursday.

Hardrock looks a liitle jumpy because his new girlfriend was stalking him. ;)

Beer!

[Load SM5]

Wall O' Timmies

Lasoya was nice enough to let us test drive his before X-ball practice on Wednesday. It was a nice shooting marker.

[Load SM5]

Manny's new back-up e-mag. Complete with a teardrop milled ULE body. He gets all the nice toys.....

[Load SM5]

Bourbon Street on a slow night....

[Load SM5]

The group on the ferry crossing to downtown

[Load SM5]

A few booth shots....

More to come as I get them edited and named.

[Load SM5]

Dye tent

[Mossman]

Schweet pics. Keep em comin'! I NEED MORE!

[covadsucks]

Hey "Load-ed" El Guapo made it home safe and sound...I had to say for an internet team, we made a decent showing, but perhaps if we ever practiced and I had my HALO up and running I could've shot more people out...yeah right!!!

It was a blast and I gotta throw the love out to my teammates and friends

Loaded SM5
Cool as Ice Carl aka Marchborne
Jam Master Jonsie
Jeremy the podwench, Jonsie's bro...
Hardr0ck68 the Mad Monk of Bourbon St
Jeff Miller aka the Purple Pumpernickle and Jeff's lovely wife and schedule decifering wizard Melanie.

Next Year, no guns. Just Beer!
:D :D :D :D

[Mr. Emag Man]

love the pics of the team

and there guns

awesome

[SlipknotX556]

Great Pics Load, thanks alot.

[Load SM5]

More a comin.....

[PsychoBaller]

Nice Job on the pics.... I may just have to pick up a Halo TSA depending on what sizes it is going to come in... any idea Load ?

Also... no close up pics of Jeff's Purple People Eater Gun?

~da baller

[EsPo]

Originally posted by Load SM5
Covad and Hardrock dueling with matrixes.
yeah.. i believe the correct term is .. "matricies" .. hehe

also, how much was the tsa.. sounds expensive:confused: :eek:

[Load SM5]

yea yea whatever, Matixeeeeeees.

The TSA will run about 65-75 bucks.

[Load SM5]

Booth Babes!!!!!!!! Taking up Jon's slack on this one.:D

[BTAutoMag]

great job load. maybe theres another thread that answers this but how did you do

[Load SM5]

:D

[Halliday]

Does anybody else see weird sparklies in that 1st girl's dress? It's freaking me out!

[Load SM5]

:D

[Load SM5]

What how'd that pic get in there?:eek:

[Kevmaster]

great pics Jeff! Love em!

[Klay01]

very nice pics.

[SoCalMag]

mad prop for the pics

[ICOM]

Nice pics, hoping for more later

[Sinistarr]

Not bad for a 'MOD'... btw, how did you end up? I heard something about hangovers or something...

Anyone want to field that one? Not that I personally would believe it, but ya never know. ;)

G

[rpm07]

Great pics Load and congrats on the Mod job.

[Load SM5]

Me test driving a hybrid cocker....

[Load SM5]

aftershock

[Kevmag]

Originally posted by Load SM5
Manny's new back-up e-mag. Complete with a teardrop milled ULE body. He gets all the nice toys.....

Did you get any other pics of that body? Tom's holding out on us...

[joeyjoe367]

Originally posted by Load SM5
Manny's new back-up e-mag. Complete with a teardrop milled ULE body. He gets all the nice toys.....


GOOD GOD! WHERE IS MINE!?!??!?!?!??! I swear, I'm going to have an Anurism if they're not released soon!

[BTAutoMag]

some people have all the luck

[Major Ho]

Originally posted by Load SM5
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=666070 :D
how does she have a Pevs barrel condom... Shes like...500 miles away...

[Load SM5]

She's holding Marchborne's X-mag

[cphilip]

Is that Brandy fron FON? She is a hottie! Now in that picture with her and you two is that a glint of flash off some drool coming from the mouth of that other guy? :D

[Load SM5]

Brandy is from Animal Paintball and yes, Marchborne is drooling. His wife was at the hotel, so it's ok.:D

[cphilip]

he he...

thats odd..sure she was not with FON at some point? Maybe?

[Gunga]

Originally posted by cphilip
thats odd..sure she was not with FON at some point? Maybe?

Brandi was with the FoN guys @ IAO last year, so you're not going senile, Uncle Phil. Not yet anyway. :D

[Jonesie]

I have a bunch of pics of us playing... I'll post them tonight, I have to pull out the dirty pics from Bourbon Street! :eek:

BTW - Gotta give shout outs to some of the coolest guys I've met in a while. I had a GREAT time, definately doing it again next year...

Load - Awesome play man, we really missed you Sunday. ;)
Covad - Always thinking with his Wang Force. Hope your wife is ok... :D
Rocco - Coke and Okra, what is a Yankee to do?
Carl - How was Brunch? :)
Pimp Daddy Jeff - Says it all!

Hope to see ALL you guys at the Mega Meet!

Later ~ Jonesie

[cphilip]

Originally posted by Gunga
Brandi was with the FoN guys @ IAO last year, so you're not going senile, Uncle Phil. Not yet anyway. :D

Thank God! :D

I thought she was indeed. In fact they did an article on the tech class and she interviewed me and I was fairly certain it was for FON. So she no longer is though? Seems like it's coming back to me that she was no longer with them by the time world cup came around...is that right? Seems like maybe Capo was telling me that...

[Smokee_2_7]

Well, I'd like to throw in a couple pics from our end of the specturm. Here's one of me that showed up on paintball.com shooting my z-retro on the dye field:

http://paintball.com/photos/galleries/mardigras/5man/xpb.jpg

This picture pretty much sums up the whole tournamnent, for those of you that were not there. Our snake guy, after a game on the infamously muddy dye field.

http://forceofnature.com/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/Coverage/PSP/PSP/dirty_deeds.JPG

[shartley]

Great pictures! Hey, lots of “swoosh” jerseys there! :D

Looks like everyone had a great time.

[Ryknow]

wow... y did Inca have to be this weekend! damn MardI Gras balls! I didnt get to go! and the purple barrel on his tequila sunrise mag is mine... its a freak, lol his barrel matches his gun. Just if ne1 was wondering.

[Jack & Coke]

:)

[Kevmaster]

yeh, Brandi is originally a FoN girl. She even works/worked at FoN at one point while i was in their store(before they sold everything)

[Load SM5]

Well she was hanging out with Animal Paintball behind the booth and had her face and other bits plastered on their goods, so I just assumed.

[Army]

Did any team-mates get shot in the butt?

:D

[Load SM5]

Nope saving it all for when I see you next:D

[Jonesie]

Here are the pictures I have that came out decently. Sized down from 1800x1200 for you 56K'ers! :)

#1 - Me Bunkering a plaer on the Loose Screws
http://www.jonesie.com/images/paintball/mgo2003/jones.jpg

#2 - Rocco (hardr0ck68) and I working the DYE Field
http://www.jonesie.com/images/paintball/mgo2003/jonesrocco01.jpg

#3 - Again...
http://www.jonesie.com/images/paintball/mgo2003/jonesrocco02.jpg

#4 - Phil (covadsucks) pulling the flag from an eliminated Jeff (Load SM5)
http://www.jonesie.com/images/paintball/mgo2003/phil.jpg

#5 - Jeff (Load) finishing off the Loose Screws on the Evil Field
http://www.jonesie.com/images/paintball/mgo2003/waldorf.jpg

#7 - Where would we have been without our Captain, Pimp Daddy Jeff and his Wife Melanie.
http://www.jonesie.com/images/paintball/mgo2003/jeffmelanie.jpg

#6 - And finally, a VERY intoxicated Rocco up a poll on Bourbon Street! :D
http://www.jonesie.com/images/paintball/mgo2003/roccopoll.jpg

FYI - I still have the full size images if anyone wants me to email them...

Now lets see some of that video, Jeff. I wanna seem me bunkering those guys... :D

Later ~ Jonesie

[Marchborne]

Originally posted by Load SM5
Brandy is from Animal Paintball and yes, Marchborne is drooling. His wife was at the hotel, so it's ok.:D

Brandy was/is both an FoN'er AND an Animal Grrrrl...

Duuuuuude, I was cool until my wife wandered in earlier and saw that pic. :D Naw, she just laughed.

I'll post more on the MGO later, I have to go fix a late night supper. We had a carzy time trying to get home.

--Carl.

[InfinatyBPS]

Originally posted by Load SM5
Covad and Hardrock dueling with matrixes.
covad kinda looks like the rock in that pic.

[covadsucks]

CAN YOU SMELL WHAT THE COVAD'S COOKIN'?!?!?!?!

Thanks bro, I love to be compared to homey, now if only I had some of his lovely lady fans, CovadWang would be invincible!!:D :D

[Ultimator]

Ahh I wish I could've gone. I was thinking about playing for team AO but I had no transportation there. Load might've been able to give me a ride ... ah well. All the stories from XPB and you guys are making me wish I would've gone.

[Load SM5]

Originally posted by Ultimator
Ahh I wish I could've gone. I was thinking about playing for team AO but I had no transportation there. Load might've been able to give me a ride

Had you asked.......

[BTAutoMag]

so how did you guys do

[Marchborne]

Originally posted by Major Ho

how does she have a Pevs barrel condom... Shes like...500 miles away...

I thought, after all my whining that RobAGD puts up with, I would use Pevs@AG and Pev's Fairfax barrel bags all weekend. Enough people asked for photos of the Xmag, or to shoot it, that a little plug for my "local" couldn't hurt. :D

That's not drool, it's my AGD-made, ULE, pimp-tooth. No anno, just polish, nice an' shiny. (actually, I think I was dippin'. Doh. :( That's my story, an' I'm stickin' to it.

The MGO was weird. The rain on Friday threw everybody off, but Steve and the organizers did a good job trying to get things back on track. But, the rain gave us all a good chance to check out the trade show. Those new Hybrids are pretty sweet, nice and light.

As to how we played, I think we fell victim to "pick-up" team syndrome. Solid play, no where close to enough coordination, and lack of communication. We got rolling on Saturday, anchored by LoadSM5 and Covadsucks in the back line. Even though Load is now "the Man," he's solid on field, and calmly bunkered (at least) two guys in one game to give us one of our wins. Covadsucks was our best "eyes and ears," and you could hear him calling out positions from two fields over. Rocco and Jonesie are true bunkermonkeys, always willing to stick it out for a flag grab or bunker run. As for El Pimpo Purpureo, JeffreMiller, that boy can shoot the PurplePeopleEater like an AC130 gunship.

On Sunday, we just could not get it together in the morning. Load had to scoot, and the rest of us were scrambling. Since the semi-final spots were tight, statistically we couldn't cut it after our early morning losses (very heavy hangovers didn't help any of us, either). So, we enjoyed the rest of our games, with dual front-man runs to the 60, etc.

In all, good times. I'd do it again in a heart-beat.

P.S.: Hey Load, isn't that pic of El Capitan and the Magnificent Mel a cuss-filter violation? Heh. :p

[FalconGuy016]

Where'd his feet go? :)

[Jonesie]

Originally posted by FalconGuy016
Where'd his feet go? :)

MUD! ;)

Dave

[hardr0ck68]

yeah sunday got ugly, im thinkin there should have been more cranberry juice in my drink the night before, but i think it was mostly the communication barrier. IT was our first tourny as a team with no pratice togeather before hand....but we had a great time played well and i recieved beads for showin my wang force :P jon would be proud.

[covadsucks]

Load,
Did you get some pics of the Smokin' line of pants? I think some of the masses should take a look at those. I know I still want a pair, and that travel container for marker,tank, tools and kitchen sink.

[Load SM5]

Just the ones on the first page. Our "model" took her's off too fast for me to get a pic.

[InfinatyBPS]

Originally posted by Load SM5
Our "model" took her's off too fast for me to get a pic.

Lol... Must... hold back... from jokes....(end shatner impression):D

[jeffremiller]

Hey...That was no model... that was my wife!!! I just got around to reading this whole thread. I've got pics of the pants somewhere...

Hey Jonesie... got a shot of those beads from Bourbon street?

J_