Clemson Paintball takes 3rd at NCPA Event

[ezrunner]

Hey guys & gals of AO...

the friendly host team of AOSC (we reffed, fatman & cphilip did all the real work)
just hit up the GA Tech Open this weekend. It was a regular season NCPA event for us. We have another at Regulator's Outpost on March 22.

I put up a gallery from some great action shots.

http://www.parl.clemson.edu/~rclong/ultimate2003/march1/

http://www.parl.clemson.edu/~rclong/ultimate2003/march1/Gallery/Gallery.html

Thanks for having a great forum.

-rob

[cphilip]

Great job guys! Congrats!!!!!!! NCPA Rocks!!!!

Hey, are we playing at the club field tomorrow? I may can make it but not sure yet. Been sick but a feeling a little better tonight. But would need some paint...

[Load SM5]

Good job Rob!

[Army]

WOOT! Go Tigers:)

[ezrunner]

A few PICS!

In all honesty, the Citadel players are a great bunch. They even lent us a few pods of paint for our last game, which was after their last game.

It is always a better event when they show up.

-rob

[rpm07]

Good job guys. And good luck this season

[SPOOKI]

No love for the camera-man...

Hey, these guys played a great game. I'm very proud of all of them. Wish us all luck on the 22nd!!!

-Lance

[PsychoBaller]

Word....

I shall see you later this year possibly at Nationals.... as I'm on Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

We played at the West Point NEIC Invitational Tourny on Saturday. 2 of our Rutgers Squads made Finals (last 6teams)Rutgers A came in 3rd, and Rutgers B came in 5th out of 20 teams.

Sup Air Fields were on snow, wasnt that big a deal to play on, but the paint was this 4+ month old Purpleish BigBall, and each ball had easily 5-6 dimples- was horrible using the supplied paint. I saw every type of gun all day shooting goo with it. Also was below 30*

Next time we are going to BYOP. couple o games were purley decided by what paint people were shooting. I went to bunker someone, and GOooooo out the end o my barrel... was great (sarcasm).

~da baller

[raehl]

Well, when you take normal paint, and you freeze it, it dimples and gets very brittle. That's just a fact of paint life. Sub 35 degrees you really need a winter ball (polar ice, arctic) to not get goo in most markers.

20 teams is a record turnout for the North-East conference, which is damned impressive considering the weather. But it wouldn't be an NEIC tournament without obscene weather conditions now, would it?

- Chris

[PsychoBaller]

Well the rumor was....

other than the day being below 35* while playing.... the Rumor was, ARMY loaded up the Hummers (which brought the paint down to the fields they set up) the night before. This being said, it most definately never got above 35* in the 24hr period around the tourny event time.

ALSO, the captain of my squad said it was the same paint used at the last West Point event, so its age might be another possible factor.

In any case, no teams having to use Supplied Paint were happy, but we should expect more from the paint supplied regardless of weather; is that our fault, or the weathers? I think it the suppliers should at least anticipate the conditions of tournaments, and accomadate for them. It is still winter, with plenty of time to realize that it was not getting warmer anytime soon.

All I know is Rutgers and some other teams discussed after the tourny that we are not going to use the Supplied paint ever again. It was horrendous.

[SPOOKI]

Old Paint...

Yeah, old paint really blows but sometimes you just gotta suck it up and play the game...

-Lance

[alkafluence]

Re: Well the rumor was....

Originally posted by PsychoBaller
other than the day being below 35* while playing.... the Rumor was, ARMY loaded up the Hummers (which brought the paint down to the fields they set up) the night before. This being said, it most definately never got above 35* in the 24hr period around the tourny event time.

35* hahahahahh!!!! I wish. You should have played at the last MICT at Purdue. I swear, it wasn't even 20* that day.

[ezrunner]

hmm

[PsychoBaller]

Re: Re: Well the rumor was....

Originally posted by alkafluence

35* hahahahahh!!!! I wish. You should have played at the last MICT at Purdue. I swear, it wasn't even 20* that day.

Ah yes.... but ALKA,.... I guess u didnt realize that there is a huge River/lake right on the level where we had the playing fields at West Point (NY). We had one of those lake-to-land breezes going... and I swear that River was from the Antarctic. Most def. saw icebergs floating down it.. not just ice, but Bergs man.. hehehe.

Windchill factor added into the equation coming off the lake/river, and it was snowing parts o the day, as well as being outside from 7am-7pm and playing on Sup Air fields over a good 6" of snow. Not fun laying down in the snake for 2min or sitting in a bunker for that matter on snow.

~da baller

[alkafluence]

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Originally posted by PsychoBaller

Windchill factor added into the equation coming off the lake/river, and it was snowing parts o the day, as well as being outside from 7am-7pm and playing on Sup Air fields over a good 6" of snow. Not fun laying down in the snake for 2min or sitting in a bunker for that matter on snow.

~da baller

Oh, I agree with that, living off a lake is horrid around winter.

Any time you are near a large empty space with nothing to block the wind you are in trouble. The wind was a bit of a problem at Purdue too, because the field is right next to an airport. Acres and acres of empty runways and grass land.

I feel your pain Makes you wish you lived somewhere down south, huh?