62
4
Aftershock: The Lords of Discipline and Scream were two
Midwest paintball teams that
were prominent during the Lively
Tournament Series and Skirmish tournament days of the mid- to late-1980s.
In 1991 the two teams merged and
in 1992 and 1993 they added several other star players forming one of
the more star-studded paintball team
rosters. With the likes of Renick Miller, Danny Love, Gary Noblett, John
“Spud” Jackson, Mike Bruno, Todd Adamson, Kenny Klamper, Billy Ceranski,
the Mau Mau brothers and Vu Houng,
Aftershock was considered one of the
“big three” in the mid-1990s. Although
Aftershock’s claim to fame is that they
won more NPPL World Cup tournaments
than any other three teams combined
(before there was a PSP, the World Cup
was an NPPL event), they were a powerhouse no matter where they played.
June 2014
In 1993 they won the Boston Open and
World Cup (ten-man) and the International Masters in both the five and tenman Pro divisions. In 1994 they won
the NPPL LA Open and came in second
place (behind the Ironmen) in the series rankings. In 1995 Aftershock again
won the World Cup and placed second
in the NPPL rankings race. With very
few exceptions Aftershock won at least
one event every season for the NPPL
league’s first five years. By the time the
NPPL and PSP split in 2002, Chicago
Aftershock had won more Pro ten-man
NPPL events than any other team.
Other Aftershock notes of interest:
Aftershock was another great team that
rarely played outside of the US. Aftershock (later and now known as Chicago
Aftershock) also played in the NXL and
continues to play and compete at a high
but not dominating level.