"RetroBall", an "old school" paintball convention (the concept begins)

[Mindflux]

Sounds like the star trek conventions, full of greasy haired geeks living in the past.

[rabidchihauhau]

so?

and what's so bad about that? The HGHGIC (Head Greasy Haired Geek In Charge) is the frontman and major draw for shatnerball - the most successfull non-tournament paintball event ever held AND one of the most successfull pay-per-view airings ever.....

[Riot[Z-Grip]]

I'd be interested in attending, but the event would have to be fairly close and somewhat affordable. I'd travel as far as say EMR and be willing to pay ~$100 for entry + paint.

-Riot

[ClassicMagger]

Hey:

Count me in for sure. If you need any help with organizing a big group of pump players etc. just ask me. I know probably a 100 or so I can name across the U.S. Who would want to go.

ClassicMagger

[Jackel411]

Hell Im in Id even help with the planing..

Tyger I think you should really talk to blue.. if you are unsure Id be happy to for you.. get it in some form of writing though

[AGD]

AGD will sponsor it! We are in! I can wear my one of a kind Tyger Stripe flight suit.

AGD

[Creative Mayhem]

DAMN YOU TYGER!!!! I don't have a PUMP!!!

I would sooo be there... sounds awesome.

[magmonkey]

I am so up for this

must go upstairs and open the footlocker of old school fun

[Tyger]

There's GOTTA be someone who runs a field with rental pumps they want to unload on players.

Either that or Ebay is gonna be flooded with people searching for pumps.... Yes, let's do this thing.

-Tyger

[magmonkey]

aci maverics are $64 on paintballgear.com
hey it would get you playing

[openboater]

Well, I gotta put my PUMP MAG back together now.

I'm in if it's within 8 hour drive of Syracuse NY.

If you don't have a pump, just find somebody with an AUTOCOCKER that ain't workin' (most of them) and buy a pump kit for $25 . borrow the cocker for the weekend and return it in working condition (as a pump).

[Tyger]

Just for the sake of consistency :

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=1355545#postid=1354832

That's the "beginning" of this madness that enslaves us. But I do want to emphasize this one :

Originally posted by rabidchihauhau
We'd like to generate as much participation from players as possible. To start that off, we want the players to help us decide what events to host. We'll take all the suggestions you want to make, put together a list and then ask players who want to attend which of those events they want to play in. The events with attendance will be held.

Our intention is to have the event consist of several different activities, with scheduling such that you will be able to participate in multiple activities.

1. Call for suggestions of activities

2. List so far:

true stock class (rock-n-cock, 12-gram only, tilt-feed only)
modified stock class (stick feeds, direct feeds, autogriggers, 12-gram only)
tournament pump gun (ca allowed, 45-60 min game, large fields)
pump speedball
old timers game (for people who actually played this when it was the only paintball around)
multi-hour big game
open play (pumps only)

team size for any of the above - 5, 7, 10, 12 or 15

Please add to this list.

SO : What events would you like to see hosted? Speak up! Don't be shy! My opinions follow in another post.

-Tyger

[SeeK]

How about a contest to assemble a marker from pieces similar to weapons reassembly training the military does? It could be a few people at a time or just a best time score.

PGPs, 2 tubes and 1 12 gram. We may need to borrow several of these from some field for 10 man woodsball.

[raehl]

I don't care.

You put this together, and give me the opportunity to rent a gun on site (because I'm too freaking lazy to take care of it in advance ), I'll make time for it.

I'm one of the people who believes the #1 thing we could do to make paintball "marketable" would be to make tournaments stock class.

- Chris

[Mok_Star]

Originally posted by Tyger
SO : What events would you like to see hosted? Speak up! Don't be shy! My opinions follow in another post.

15 man, pure stock class, capture the flag, huge field - a real ref killer =) <---old school

and a exibition game: 30+ age group speedball centerflag - you know we can get the makers of the freedom motorized chair to sponsor it <---old farts



the Texas 15 man is almost complete

Texas Heritage - just an idea.....