Hey AGD. This is for you Mr. Kaye.

[Muzikman]

Those are some good questions, I am really curious to hear the answers again.

[Muzikman]

BTW, Tom, your stories are not boring nor depressing they are very very interesting.

[Rudz]

tom

Wow..I can't wait to see some of these replies....might turn out to have a lot of information......thanks tom..

[mobsterboy]

wow, im saving all this. I vote for Tom Kaye to write a book. I would buy it "Biography of THE MAN"

BTW, not only is this exciting, but I love the background history of AGD. Im pretty sure I could just sit here for hours and read about the humble beginnings of AGD

[Dryden]

We had a lot of problems so it wasnt very good. The Illustrator kicked our *** the first couple years. ANyone remember the Illustrator?

Yes, but I guess I don't (or didn't) see the Illustrator as being a real competitor. Our team was at its peak in size between the early to mid-90s -- we could field two 15-man teams, and DID -- but of 30-some odd guys on our roster in the early days only one had an F1, and he was usually the only guy at any given event with one too. Mags and Cockers were cost prohibitive for a lot of us back then, so I guess I always saw the competition as being the low cost semis like the PMI-3/VM-68 and the Tippmann Pro Lite/68 Special.

[wanna-b-ballin']

whoa, thats actually pretty interesting. i had no idea that you invented the paintball mask.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions; that was really great.

i just have one more question; what was the Marriot Fiasco?

[shorty24]

Read Here

...been on the front page for a while

[EnW]

If you make nuts and bolts you will be in business for a long time unless you screw it up.

LOL. Was the pun intended?

[jenarelJAM]

yeah, I noticed ^^^^^ too

[Rudz]

nuts!!!

so ok are we the nuts??!!! sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet..damn the truth is out...

[hitech]

BTW, Tom, your stories are not boring nor depressing they are very very interesting.

Yes they are. I miss hearing Tom's stories...

And Yes, I remember the Illustrator. But then everyone knows I am old as dirt...

[DevilSpawned]

Yeah! Tom I remember the Illustrator. Remember team nights at AGD???

[skipdogg]

The Illustrator comment suprised me. I really didn't think they were anything but a flash in the pan thing. I only remember them being popular for about a year, and at that time we were already shooting mags. Then again the guys on SWARM at the time did a pretty good brainwash job on using mags. Between them and meeting you back then, I got hooked for life...Illustrator who???

[wanna-b-ballin']

it seems people are getting a kick out of this. should i leave it up?

[Baby Huey]

It was a cool read. It was also very cool of Tom to answer. Leave it up for a little while, have a great night and God Bless.