Yes. It will be Team Stickalicious.
And Stick will be Captain. It will be awesome.
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martin
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i just want to play
martin
In the last week I’ve deleted the online presence of my old paintball team – Wellington Hybrid. Website, facebook, twitter, team forum – it is all gone from the cloud now (apart for those parts dwelling in the Google Cache). Its a sad moment for me because the team was a lot of fun to be a part of on so many levels.
We started in 2005 (not long ago I realise) to play the first season of the AXL in Australia. It was a lot of fun – we pulled the best players from around New Zealand together and kicked ass for 12 months across 4 events. We learnt a hell of a lot both as players, organisers and life in general in those trips across the Tasman – but mainly that X-Ball rocked and we were good at it. That and the fact that some were determined to stop a Kiwi team from winning events in Australia at all costs.
So with ending the team, and erasing the presence from the online world I feel at a lost. I shouldn’t really – I haven’t had a chance to play competitve paintball since I took over running/owning TAG Paintball here in Wellington (so almost 18 months now) – but I do. The fact that some of my old team mates are still playing/just started again (you bastards know who you are) does smack of salt in a wound. Add to the fact that I actually managed to play in the Open Day we ran a month ago – and the itch is back.
Frustration city.
So here’s the plan. I give myself six months to get the field well and truely sorted out – and then I ease myself back into some local events with a view to play 2011 properly. Sound good/fair? I think so – heck I can probably use those 6 months to convince the wife that I should be allowed to. So if any of you clowns want in taking into consideration the timeframe specified – you know where I am.
Hell I’ve even got a new team name sorted
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martin
End of an era. Hybrid forum, website, twitter & FB page has gone from the public domain. Doesn’t seem like 5 years ago we were playing Xball
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martin
sitting at the shared kitchen at de Bretts in Taupo – and there is a big ass poster for Top Gun Paintball here – way to go Malcolm!
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forgotten fun
martin
I played paintball yesterday.
It’s not something I’ve had a great deal of chance to do in the last 14 months or so – since Tania and I took over TAG Paintball here in Wellington. Sure I’ve run hundreds upon hundreds of games – seen a few thousand people through the field having fun and getting the rush you feel when you try and shoot someone with a paintball gun … but I personally had not been out on the field as a player.
I had not realised how much I missed it.
It was a blast. There weren’t many of us out there, but for a couple of hours we played the game the way it is suppose to be. We stalked each other in the bush, on the speedball field, laughed, joked, gave each other shit and had good old-fashioned fun. And I sit here with the same feeling of wondering when I’ll next get out onto the field.
I think it is something, as a field operator, that I need to do more often. To remember why it is that I do this – to bring it back to the basics – the inner kid of running through the bush with your mates, with the adrenaline pumping – waiting for the thrill of the 10 second call to hit me again.
I can’t wait.
I am a paintball player – and this moment, right here, is my life
– Matt Marshall, Sunday Drivers
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it's showtime
martin
One thing I said when we first started the business is that we would be focussing our marketing spend “below the line” and use direct communication and word of mouth to drive the business forward.
Well that appears to be working – and we’re posting some fantastic growth figures (albeit off of a base that wasn’t ‘woohoo’ material to start with. Hell next week alone we’ve got 400 people booked in across the 7 days to come and play paintball with us at TAG.
And that’s good numbers on a New Zealand standard.
So we’ve decided to mix it up a little, and next year we will be exibiting at the Armageddon Expo in Wellington. It should be a bit of a laugh – we’re looking forward to it a lot – and the ideas of what we can do with our stand are flowing thick and fast.
I’ll try and post up a couple of times about what we’re doing in that space – but we’ve only got around 4 months to get it finalised. The show is April 2/4 2010 – so book sometime out and see what’s happening.
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hail to the king
martin
Its been a long time between drinks, but finally Patrick has come to the party and is in the process of releasing a new MWAG movie – Cereal Killers 2.
Finally.
Ive been a huge fan of his work – not that there has been huge amounts of it to date – since I can remember. Patrick has single handedly introduced countless people into the stories behind paintball – and not just a focus on the game of paintball.
Hes featuring a whole bunch of new players this time – Angel Ryan from Dynasty, Tyler Humphrey (Aloha Tyler), Konstantine Federov, Brian Fow – and a host of other top class players. I cant freaking wait for it to ship (Ive got 10 or so copies coming, so drop me a message if you want a copy or something).
Trailer below for your viewing pleasure.
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martin
So my business – P8NT Limited – has just joined the Retailers Association here in NZ.
Not a big deal by any stretch of the imagination – but part of the plan for the business moving forward.
What we save on CC merchant fees as a member isn’t to be sniffed at either
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martin
Back in August of 2001 I helped start a players paintball organisation – the NZPPA.
I’ve just discovered that the people who took over after I resigned from the committee have allowed it to become deregistered with the Registrar of Incorporated Societies. This happened in 2008 – I’m a little sad.