has anyone ever had there PTP emag valves replaced?

[bers]

Hey DarkPhoenix,

I live in the Alabang area and I'm happy to report that paintball has started to pick up here in the Philippines.
I believe Gotcha is still the biggest outfit here but a couple of local fields have sprung out.

I can name at least 5 speedball (indoor and outdoor) arenas : 2 indoor - festival mall in alabang and power plant mall in makati area; outdoor speedball fields in paranaque, bulacan and the army adventure zone also in makati. There's another field in enchanted kindgom down south of manila scheduled to open this month.

You can checkout the website of one of the outdoor fields : www.geocities.com/renegadepaint

I normally hang out in the indoor arenas like festival mall and powerplant where you can play till midnight!

I do believe there's a market for paintball here, although at the moment paintball prices are targeted at the upper/middle class. Hopefully as more people play and get into paintball the prices start to drop.

let me know when you come to the P.I., I'll introduce you to the owners of the fields I mentioned.

Raymond 'Bers'

[DarkPhoenix]

Nice! Strangely enough, I know exactly where that is since several of my step-cousins live in Merville. Wow! P1 a paintball? I don't know what the conversion rate is now but I wonder what type of paint is available and how much is it? If I read that website correctly, I would pay P2000.00, on top of the price of a case of paint. Since I haven't been there in awhile, it seems very steep to me, but it is probably less than what I pay for here. What is with those chest protectors/armor? Are they mandatory use? Do they use a chrono? I am hoping I don't have to use their equipment . Thanks for the info, I'll definitely drop you a line when I come in a couple of months.

[bers]

the armor is usually reserved for those who'd like to minimize on the welts. Usually the newbs. Also you're more than welcome to use your own equipment. Most of the regulars have impys, sypders, angels's , timmys, shockers, bushys, you name it. Oh and of course mags and emags.


As you might expect most of the more experienced players over here dont wear the armor.
The chrono they use at Renegade paintball is the handheld chrono (the yellow ones i forgot the brand) and you're required to chrono before the game. Rules and safety is quite similar to the U.S. Although not as strictly enforced.

About the paint, most of the fields here will charge you corkage (?spelling) fee if you dont get paint from them. The paint is usually imported from taiwan and is of the dry shelled variety. Some of the other fields import the "house" paint from the U.S. Still others have the marbelizers and some of the R.P.S paint as well.

[cphilip]

Where's your valve at this point?

[bers]

Cphilip,
Tried calling earl yesterday but he wasnt in. Will call him monday for sure

[bers]

Here's an update.

Accdg to earl AGD sent out the valve just last friday and that our valve (GFX10708) should arrive at PROTEAM this Tuesday or Wednesday.

Now we havent mentioned anything to Earl about this thread and I can only speculate on what's really happenning at proteam.

He then gave us two options; 1)get our old valve back or 2) replace with a new valve.
Sticking to what we've already agreed upon we said we wanted to have the valve replaced.


Furthermore,

Earl said if we wanted to have our valve replaced we'd have to wait till after the world cup cause according to earl, AGD wont be able to send out any valves till then.
And he also mentioned that he's still waiting for the batch of Emag valves that he ordered from AGD.

Cphilip,
Does AGD etch the "micro" in the valves for Proteam or does proteam etch it themselves?

Also would you know if Proteam is scheduled to have a batch of valves?

...would you have any ideas on how we can expedite this?
Or should i just be patient and wait for my hair to turn grey

Appreciate any help.

[bers]

By the way, when is the world cup?

[cphilip]

WC is next week.

The work order for that valve and the UPS tracking # Jon checked showed it was fixed and PTP had it already. Call AGD...something is amiss!

I have no idea who and where they are done. Probably AGD sends them to the etching and then they go onto PTP I don't realy know.

But like I said AGD showed that valve was shipped and the package recieved by PTP.

I will try and recheck that for you but I suggest you deal with AGD direct from now on if its a AGD part that is at issue.

[bers]

Ok thanks Cphilip,

Learned my lesson the hard way....