Hey, If we're going to welcome Bea, let's welcome WAS back...

[DiRTyBuNNy]

nah..i'll just keep it around...it was kinda nice to vent...

[djbea]

NOT A PRO PLAYER... YET

Hi DirtyBunny... =)

I will be back in CA in Jan, so if you're in San Diego and go to Ramona's Velocity, hopefully we can get down there and practice together. I am trying to help promote Paintball Expo during the month of January and would like to make a trip down to the area to visit fields and stores. It will be nice to see San Diego again, since that's where I first moved to when I moved to CA while at JT.

And you asked me for a poster... I KNOW you are going to either draw on it for artistic purposes or perhaps use it for target practice since you'd rather look at the DEVIL... oh man, that bites!

I will definitely be at Paintball Expo in February and will be making announcements and also hosting a Fashion Show, too... you want to be a paintball athlete model for me? You will get free gear out of it, hopefully, and free admission into the show. If you're down for it, email or PM me... =)

And am really looking forward to talking to you face-to-face about things. It would be my pleasure and honor to see you... again... =) Send me a pic in advance so I can refresh my memory since we've met before.

See you soon, you Dirty Bunny, you!

Best wishes,
Bea

[djbea]

Hi Aaron...

Thanks again, Aaron, for giving me a chance. To each his own, and point well made about the whole thing about how any industry puts so much attention to attractive women who play any sport, really. Anna Karnikova, for instance, is a good example...

But, I do try hard to play better than good and I am not afraid to go up against anyone who challenges me. Trust me, I get bunkered, too, and even the best pro does, as well. It's all about the willingness to confront it and prove oneself on the field. I came into this sport knowing that.

Unfortunately, in any marketing scheme, women are used ALOT for the purposes of drawing attention and selling product. I didn't mind being utilized in that fashion, but still wanted to be known for being a player, as well. Hopefully, 2003 will be a year where that is promoted more than anything else. Hopefully, you all can help in that endeavor and offer any suggestions.

In the meantime, look forward to meeting you in person, too.

Sincerely & Respectfully,
Bea

[djbea]

Hi Espo

Hi Espo, as Riotz has already helped to correct, I am definitely not a PRO player, but a professional in the industry of paintball promotions! =)

I am hoping to play Amateur next year and do so for awhile. Once you go pro, you can't play the smaller tournaments anymore and going pro just doesn't seem as FUN to me as it is protrayed. I hear, too, if a player goes PRO, and say plays the Paintball Sports Promotions (PSP) tournament, they have to play X-Ball and then pay that big price to participate... that's bogus... I was diggin' on the whole X-Ball style of game play for the PROs only, but not the franchise idea... that's nuts! Perhaps when the game is modified a bit more, then reffing gets better, we dive into the franchise idea... man, what crazy things happen when money is involved - MONEY = ROOT of ALL EVIL... it's ashame... really.

But, again, that's where we all come into play as individual players with alot of BUYING power when it comes to how wealthy the manufacturers that care too much about the money more than the principal and moralistic nature of the Paintball Player's Best Interest. All of you have so many good things to say and make alot of contributions to this forum... imagine what you could do in a UNION for Paintballers...

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Looks like Bea's trying to represent now...(and I sent her an email also..and yes..i am a dirty, dirty bunny)

[aaron_mag]

Re: Hi Aaron...

Originally posted by djbea
Unfortunately, in any marketing scheme, women are used ALOT for the purposes of drawing attention and selling product. I didn't mind being utilized in that fashion, but still wanted to be known for being a player...

I never said it was unfortunate. I said it was amusing. I may be elderly now (31 ) but I am still male and male oriented marketing still catches my attention. I hate the fact that it is so easy to manipulate my attention...but there you have it

You have to have a sense of humor about such things! As for meeting me in person someday I won't be attending any of the big events for awhile. I'm an expectant father with twins on the way! I'm just hoping that I'll be able to play some rec ball in the near future. Maybe Shatnerball in a couple of years. Hopefully it keeps going on every year....

[djbea]

I MET WAS!

Hey ALL!

Congratulations, TWINS!!! WOW, two babies at the same time coming soon... Aaron, thanks for the reply, and I wish you the best with your newborns-to-be that they are healthy, as I am sure, they will be! That's great news!

You won't believe who I ran into at the Vegas Pan Am... WAS!!! Jim of WAS (I guess WAS was also his nickname when he visited the forum last that caused quite a stir) was standing right next to me when I was finished playing the 10man today, and it was so craZy... I saw his shirt he was wearing and it said, "WAS" on it and I FREAKED and got to know this guy! I told him what happened and what was brought up at this forum and he smiled... seemed like a really nice guy and he, I think, was there with his wife and kid?! We didn't get into why he was in AO and what for... it wasn't necessary, but wow...

Just thought you should know and would get a kick out of the pic I took of us together to amuse you! He's a great guy, too, and maybe whatever happened was misconstrued somehow or what not... nevertheless, what a small world it can be sometimes and see the pic below for a nice chuckle!

BE NICE, and HAVE FUN!

See you soon!
Sincerely,
<3, Bea

PS DIRTY BUNNY! What do you mean when you said that I'm "trying to represent..." is that a bad thing? ARE YOU PICKING ON ME AGAIN! =) hehe... get back to me... <3

[DiRTyBuNNy]

No...I'm not picking on you, Bea..just showing you love...what I meant by trying represent is, to just be true to yourself...no one can bring you down if you're just being you and not trying to be someone you're not. I'll talk to you about the significance of WAS when I catch you when you come down to Day-Go for some practice...Maybe you can hit WAS up for a banner for me..hahaahhahhahahhahaha..I do appreciate being able to see the object of so many people's disrespect in the flesh for once (WAS, not you Bea.)

p.s. How about that offer of being the femme's pod boy at LA open next year?

[shartley]

Re: I MET WAS!

Originally posted by djbea
Just thought you should know and would get a kick out of the pic I took of us together to amuse you! He's a great guy, too, and maybe whatever happened was misconstrued somehow or what not... nevertheless, what a small world it can be sometimes and see the pic below for a nice chuckle!

[dropkick1]

welcome bea, just saying hi

ken

[ogre55]

Djbea:

You have mentioned, in both this thread and the "Welcome" thread, that you are looking into starting a Players Union. Exactly what do you have in mind? Will this only involve tourny players or will there be rec-ball representation as well? What issues do you want to deal with. Reffing, seems to be something you are interested in. What else.

Perhaps this should be another thread however, you apparenly frequent this one, so I figured I would ask here.

Ogre

[Automaggin2]

As for al you that say Jim drew is one hell of a programmer, i would like to inform you, HE IS NOT. It is so easy to reverse engineer a chip, a pic chip, which he probably uses, and recode it a little differe.t I know of a few guys who made their own boards. one for a B2K, one for a ANGEL LED, and one for a Impulse. It isnt as hard as you think, you just need to take a few courses and you will be set. And Jim Drew DID LIE to us, which makes him an unfavorable character around here.

[bofh]

Originally posted by Automaggin2
[B]As for al you that say Jim drew is one hell of a programmer, i would like to inform you, HE IS NOT. It is so easy to reverse engineer a chip, a pic chip, which he probably uses, and recode it a little differe.t I know of a few guys who made their own boards. one for a B2K, one for a ANGEL LED, and one for a Impulse. It isnt as hard as you think, you just need to take a few courses and you will be set. And Jim Drew DID LIE to us, which makes him an unfavorable character around here.[B]

Er, yes he is. He has done quite a bit of very good, non-paintball related computer work. Like the first Mac emulator for the PC and Amiga. And few other non-trival things. SYBIL, Emplant, SoftMac.

Perhaps, you should do a little research before you start slagging somebody's technical skills.

However easy, you think it is for him to make PIC software, doesn't mean that he stole his software from other boards. He does not have a history of stealing other peoples ideas/code. We have enough reasons to dislike him, so don't go around backhandedly accusing him of IP theft.

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Yes...and if you do your research then you will find out that Jim is more infamous for his vaporware than famous for his software.

[bofh]

Originally posted by DiRTyBuNNy
Yes...and if you do your research then you will find out that Jim is more infamous for his vaporware than famous for his software.

I only named the stuff he actualy released, just for that reason. His vapourware days are still on-going...