Nor-So-Cal Day was a success!

[Carbon]

i agree boski!

im thinking about a month or so we'll have another AO day at Extreme

[Blennidae]

[SmokeysWorld]

Man I had a blast. It was a lot of fun. At first I wasn't sure of the fields and the drive but after meeting everyone, playing and winning that red warp I would have to say it was WELL worth it. Thanks to everyone who put this together. The next one will be just as much fun if not more. I can't wait.

[Carbon]

Yeah prox was hitting me up pretty good, he rolled me 3 outta 3 when we did 1v1. good stuff.
my excuse was that i was tired

[ej_y4]

Blennidae thank you so much for letting me barrow your Lotus Eblade. That is one of the best cockers I have ever seen. -I finally got my guns up tonight

There where a few cases of wiping, but it wasnt to bad. Nothing to really complain about. I had a great time. I enjoyed this year alot. I look forward to next year . Thank you Zman for the last 2 Norcal vs Socal (if only we showed up ) events.

PS: Socal could have taken you guys =)

[RoadDawg]

I had a great time. Even though not everything was perfect... it was still... WHAT??? YEAAA... fun. It was great meeting most of you for the 2nd time. Mighty Mike, Blen & Carbon... you guys were a blast and I appreciate the floor space.

Negatives- Couldn't get my marker to work just right & the field got a bit too crowded at times. Oh and the refs weren't as smooth as they could've been but they were still cool.

Ultimate highlights was all the laughs and good times.

[spacedtedybear]

This was the best paintball outing I've ever had. You know you've had a good day when you go back home all bruised, welted, and sore.

Ups:
-Getting to the 50 just about every game.
-Meeting new and old faces.
-Being able to get some new regseats for my ailing flatline ( thanks Rogue).
-Somehow getting Carbon to T.K ProX9.
-Getting one elimination with my sydarm.
-The food overall.
-The people.
-Using less than a case of paint for the entire weekend.
-Shrek 3. Or is that a down.......
-My marker worked almost flawlessly throughout the weekend.
-Using Ryan's excal. So smooth........

Downs:
- Lack of goggle discipline among some of the refs (overall as well). I understand that some of them were kids ( some looked around or younger than Conner), but that doesn't excuse you from pulling off your goggles and going into a "mock fight" with another ref ( who also tore off his goggles) in the middle of the playing field. Not a good idea when surround by people with markers that can go 15 bps on a twitch.
- Not being able to see Carbon bunker Zak and Ryan.
- Daylight savings. Almost made me missed breakfast dammit.
- Bubbles snoring.

[ProX9]

Now my personal summary of the event:

At first when I saw the fields on friday I was kind of shocked by their apparent quality and for a moment was seriously contemplating returning home, seriously. But I think thats because I'm really cynical at times. Thank god for people like Zak to instill confidence in me again. I feel retarded for ever doubting him in the first place, never again though, because Zak always comes through in the clutch, and so does his mom. Moving on to event summary.

Positives (In no specific order):
*Bringing one of my friends into the AO group was definitely a positive.
*Steelratt's pirate talk, "keel hulling blokes" and "adding mad bullion."
*Quality hotel rooms that smelled a little odd but turned out to be really nice.
*The variety of guns was incredible, it was awesome looking at all the guns layed out on the table.
*The food was excellent to say the least; hoover's, bbq catering, and the pizza of which I consumed around 10-12 slices.
*EXCELLENT camera coverage, sometimes too good, ie Carbon lighting me up I definitely got in more pictures than all of the past AO events combined, especially nice since last year I had not a single action picture. This year has been great. Props to Mighty Mike for the beer pic. All people taking pictures deserve props. :)
*Zak's sunglasses, yes, those things were great and Zak is greater for letting me wear them for more time then he got to wear them. I felt so cool in them.
*Meeting lilman, what a cool guy.
*Going from wanting to sell my excal because it was behaving badly to absolutely cherishing its every shot. I owe this one to steelrat for hooking me up with his excal settings. So much thanks.
*Cabledawg, because I love to argue.
*The fields were great despite my thoughts before playing them. The full scenario field was great in the big games and a work out running to the bug off the break.
*Props to my ride and friend too, Brian (Cocker_fO), for hooking me up with dollars at needed times. Next time Ill bring water and food
*The compliments that have been recently said, thanks again.
*Props to everyone there, you guys are the nicest group of people that Ive ever met and make my life so much better each ao day I go to.

I dont have any negatives because all the positives make them not even worth saying.

Apologies: Blennidae, I really didnt mean to shoot you while you were filming sorry about that, ill try to avoid that in the future.
Also if I overshot, I didn't mean to, it's just adrenaline.

I cant wait for the next event!!!!

[Miscue]

It was fun, glad to see you all there.

Thanks again Zak for organizing it, and kicking my arse in 1-on-1.

[Z-man]

It was fun, glad to see you all there.

Thanks again Zak for organizing it, and kicking my arse in 1-on-1.

Sorry about the 2nd shot man. I only have 1 skill anyhow. shoot lots of paint to make up for my lack of movement Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. When it does not, it means I need to shoot more paint. Hey that's like the basic ground for a program for winning!


BTW-I fell asleep at like 3pm today and JUST NOW woke up in a pile of drool on my bed.... guess I was tired. now on to writing the thoghts on the event before I becomes totally pointless

[Waffleman]

I cant wait for the next event!!!!

seriously, if every AO day is this much fun ill be at the next one for sure!

And yea the food was really tasty, those burgers where like 2 inches thick!

[Big Weapons]

I loved the chunk of meat in the burgers. Really filled me up!

[mandatory]

yeah, me and my girl shared one of those burgers. quite good. WE also found a nice late nite baja style taco stand in paso robles that was super good. it was late and they only served al-pastor tacos, fresh off the spit.. we had about 10 tacos and 2 beers and the total was like $13.50. very happy i came across that place. reminded me of my house in mexico.

[Z-man]

I wrote up my thoughts on my saved post back on page 1 and I added the 2nd half of the high res photos. that file is about 300MB or so. the first half (about 337MB) will be hosted... somwhere... I dunno yet. I woud have made the whole 640MB selection torrent file but I forget where you get a host for the tracker. Any ideas? Here are a few of the good ones I grabbed and cleaned up a bit

















This is the kid we gave the second Pro Classic to:

[BreakoutPBJon]

I just wanted to thank you all for coming to this event. I am extremely happy to host this event for you guys. I haven't met a nicer group of people! For those complaining about our factory team, I am very sorry to hear this and I will be having a nice chat with the guys! Thank you again for your support and great sportsmanship attitudes! Before I leave, my favorite pic with Zman and one of our very in-depth conversations