OFFICIAL AO Day II "Day After" Thread

[graycie]

i don't know whats scarier, fatman without a shirt on or that really nasty blood welt.

[Mild 7]

AO Day

It was a rather interesting event for my friends and me. I had the pleasure of meeting Riotz, Bill Mills, cphilip, members of the 3 men team Pick-up and the mad tech in person, Jon from AGD. It was a very "family" like atmosphere and everyone was friendly and helpful for the most part.

The interesting part of my day came when Bigragu4paintball came and asked if I wanted to sign up for the 3-men tourney. I hesitated 'cause I don't have any tourney experience and quite a newbie at speedball. In addition, we needed a 3rd player. I ask the 12 friends I've brought with me and only one-stepped up. He only played paintball 3 times in his life. So I slapped $20 on the table to sign up for some "semi-official" speedball experience. Our team, which was...."Who Cares", just want in for the fun and experience, turned out to be the one who walked away with the final prize of level 10. None of us expected to make it that far or expected to take anything home from this party. On our trip back home, which was a 2-hour drive back to Queens, I had to deal with the repetitive chant of, "I can't believe we won". I personally feel that I was more excited about how well we did rather than the prize we received. I don't really need the level 10 since I hardily chop with my RT since '98 when I first bought it, but I'll certainly keep it around for the memory of this event.... or perhaps when I begin to chop balls.

Unfortunately, for my 9 other friends who did not participate in any of the special event, their experience did not turn out quite so well. One of my friend's Shocker broke down, so he ended up with a nice tan sitting around most of the day. The rest of my friends who had no problems with their gears played the same woods ball field for 6 hours straight. Even though I told them ahead of time that there was only one woods ball field, it got boring pretty fast since it is pretty small in size and not quite developed. And when they decided to play speedball, both speedball fields were fully occupied by the 3-men event. Since the 3-men tourney required all players to shoot a mag, my friends were out of luck 'cause they didn't have one. I felt bad 'cause I was so committed with the tourney I didn't have time to hear them out and take care of them. Therefore, most of them left early and mentioned to me that they were not impressed with the event. I feel that I should be responsible for their disappointment, since this event is geared toward AO members and Automag owners for the most part. There were only 2 AO members among my friends, which is Ragu and I. The rest of my friends just couldn't relate and didn't have much option once they got there. That's probably the worst part of my day.

Overall, I think this event is a success for all the AO members and Mag owners who attended. I had the pleasure of meeting a few AO members and it is interesting to see someone you talk to online and then actually meet them in person. Riotz, AGD, and the crew of paintballstix had done a lot work under the brutal sun to make this event ranned smoothly as possible. Your effort is appreciated and thanks again.

PS: When are we getting that AO member card so I can settle it next to my trophy? :)

[headkase]

so much fun with a big welt on my chest at the agd Party!

let me just start by saying that agd knows how to throw a party! cheap paint, cheap entry, and free food (thanx black cell....although my cheese burger was practilly mooing it was so rare....jk) i had a great time meeting and playing against all types of people especailly the three man tournament (for 20 bux a team... could you go wrong??)
big thanx to : jon at agd (watching you put your tounge into a emag with a level 10 and pulling the trigger made me a believer! also you capping me in the chest with your double side arms as i was rushing down the field was quite funny) Big props to hello kiddy (met a couple of you especially the girl with the crazy accuracy you all were mad cool) and thanx to whoevers field was used because that looks like the begining of something sick!
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL!!!! this was my first tournament like setting and my debut performance for TEAM DEADCELL (thanx for the faith and advice guys) I HAD ONE HELL OF A TIME!!

HEADKASE- deadcells blue helmet bum rusher!

[Clare]

SprayingMango will be the only one to appreciate this pic

[Kaiser Bob]

Hehe which bridge were you trying to take a pic of? GW?

[graycie]

Originally posted by Kaiser Bob
Hehe which bridge were you trying to take a pic of? GW?

my guess is manhattan or brooklyn bridge, since GW is pretty far north from the city.

[Gunga]

Just got home after a icky 13 hour drive home! Bleh! I'll fly next time!!!

Anyway, I'm done complainin! Here's a few pics of the NJ AO bash, but first I'd like to thank Mel & his wife Suanne for putting me, Jon, & FiTiRPiLiT (aka Mark)up at their house for the weekend and for hosting the whole bash! And extra thanks to Suanne for being a tour guide for us and the Mills. :)

Team Hello Kitty, consisting of Bill Mills from Warpig.com, myself, & Capo did surprisingly well (took 3rd place) considering it was the first tourney that some of us had ever participated in. :) Cap carried Team Hello Kitty to many a victory and had her E-Kitty (aka the Hello Kitty E-Mag) purring quite nicely!

Here's a few pics of our first game in the tourney, which we maxed out. :) This pic shows Bill in the foreground, then Cap, then me in the back, cursing at Mark's Impulse which stopped working (ended up his Halo jammed). Oh...if you're wondering, I'm using an Impy because my Warp (and Bill's too) was having problems feeding the paint.

Oh...thanks to Fred & Mark for being Team Hello Kitty's 'Official Battlefield Photographers'! Though the ungrateful weasels did abandon us when we didn't do so well...of course, when they left, we maxed out one game and came 10 points shy of maxing another! So maybe they were bad luck anyway!

[Gunga]

As the Impy I was using was inoperative, I ditched it and my pack and sneaked my way up to the two center doritos...

[Gunga]

Here's a pic of Cap covering me...the other team's last player was at the beercan behind the dorito I'm standing behind...and then...

[Gunga]

Here comes Bill working the snake! Oh...and there's Jon showing off his gut! Bill ends up shooting the last guy out and I take the flag in for the hang.

Not too bad for Team Hello Kitty's first tourney game, huh? Maybe we should hit up Sanrio for a sponsorship!

[Gunga]

Someone actually had the audacity to shoot at me and hit me!!! Geez!

Anyway...I don't know if Jon's trying to signal that I'm out, or if he's recreating a scene from 'Saturday Night Fever'.

[Gunga]

Hey boys...like the new harness I picked up at the NJ AO meet?

[Gunga]

On a more somber note, the Mills, Mark, Suanne, and I visited the site of the World Trade Center on Sunday. There were over a thousand people there paying their respects. It was dead quiet and there were many many tears shed by the people there. The whole experience was very moving.

[Gunga]

Some of the crowd...

[Gunga]

Some flowers that people left...