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By John Amodea
What is the history of your league, event?
The league began in 2009 and competed with another fiveman series in our area. That league has since stopped doing
five-man events. We average 15-20 teams at five different
events, at three different fields in Michigan. Our events
have Rookie and Open class divisions.
How many events have you run to date?
We’ve run 25 events just for this series but I have run three
and five-man events since 2000.
Do you have sponsors? If so, who are they?
We have several sponsors - KEE, Dye, Tippmann/Nxe,
Planet Eclipse and Exalt
What is your history in paintball?
I started playing paintball in 1996 and began playing
tournaments in 1999. I played Skyball five times (won it
twice in rookie & novice divisions) began playing NPPL
ten-man in 2000. We made the switch to seven-man when
the leagues split in 2003. I started in D2 seven-man and
worked up to Semi Pro in ‘08 (winning D2 & D1 along the
way)
What separates your events fro
ers attend your vents?
Because we charge a premium
you get great prizes and great
on having ten qualified refs on
not decided by a call, lack of c
penalize cheating and let the t
based on who is playing better
In your onion, what is the stat
ment paintball ?
Both are just as successful as t
vend at the biggest big games (
ION, Hell Survivors Monster G
Living Legends and Wayne’s W
events can be up or down but
listening to the players on wha
field, those events grow. Too m
tools but bad applications.
Besides price, give us one thin
changed in paintball.
More field owners that unders
and less people opening up pa
think it’s the cool thing to do.
After taking a year and a half off I started back in D2, won
DC event, moved up to D1 the next year and won Vegas.
We, CTP Machine won the Semi Pro [title]in just three
events in 2013, moved up to pro and finished fifth at Vegas.
What can you tell us that no one knows about your league/
events?
It’s the best competition in the state and the best stepping
stone to come from local events and prime yourself for national level competition.
january 2014
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