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What about the tournament
game of paintball could be
done better?
Honestly, if the politics could get
dropped, it could do wonders to
help legitimize paintball. That could
only help progress the sport, both
here, and worldwide.
Have you played in any national-level events?
Our tank crew of the Serenity
wouldn’t sit well if we missed a
DDay, and I am actually the Kommander for the German Special
Force unit, the Geisterjagers
(SHOCKER!!). We also are making
plans to join our former German
Field Marshal, Andy Wofford, in the
Horde this year at Living Legends.
What is your favorite event of the
year?
I usually look forward to DDay
every year, because it is the one
time of the year that all our friends
across the country gather together
in one place, and it is usually THE
game that even our teammates with
the tough schedules try and manage to make.
What about the scenario/woodsball
side of the game of paintball could
be done better?
A standardization of the special
rules & roles you find in the scenario world. Every time you play a
new field or game, you have to find
out the same things, such as how
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the rules for the Medic position will
work, if gun hits count, are shields
allowed, what are the tank rules,
etc.
Do you have a suggestion for introducing more people to our game?
I wish there was more that could
be done to raise awareness! There
are so many people out there just
ready to join the ranks of avid
paintballers, and they just don’t
know it yet! When you get out into
the “real” world, you find that people typically have little to no exposure to the sport, and do not really
have anyone encouraging them to
try it out. If you think about it, even
an interested person could find it
quite daunting to get into- without
help.
What do you like about woodsball/
scenario/milsim do you like in comparison to speedball/tournament
paintball?
All the toys! How else could you
find a way to get to use GPS, NV
& Thermal cameras, helmet cams,
Tanks, Anti-Tank weaponry &
launchers, radios, grenades, and
the occasional melee weapon? The
scenery is always different as you
travel to different fields as well,
which is nice.
What’s the furthest you’ve traveled
individually or as a team to play
paintball?
Well I’ve played in Colombia when
visiting in-laws, but as a group