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Euro - Style III, our latest ETV. In anticipation of the 2010 Millennium Cup tournament being held Oct. 1-3 in Paris, Planet Eclipse gives you highlights of our teams from the first three event of 2010 Millennium Series circuit. Catch footage of our teams in the CPL,SPL, & other divisions, including defending CPL champs SK Moscow, Chili Peppers Raga, Dynapact, Paris Carnage, Disruption, The Firm, and of course the legendary Operation Sandbag. Enjoy!

NPPL Vegas Webcast - Charity Moustache-off 2010 Every year a group of friends and I involve ourselves in some form of fundraising; choosing a worthy charity and then and appropriately original method of encouraging people to donate to our fundraising effort. This year I am entered in a Charity Moustache-off in a bid to raise a minimum of £1000 for Cancer Research UK (which incidentally and unbelievably receives NO government support whatsoever!). Here is the history of how the idea for the fundraiser came about as well as details of how YOU can get involved: As many of you know I am fortunate to be the host of the NPPL webcast that broadcast live from locations such as Huntington Beach, Challenge Park Xtreme and Las Vegas! If you haven’t met the crew behind the scenes of the webcast then you are seriously missing out – they are hands down some of the funniest people I have ever had the pleasure of working alongside and after many hours of chatting thanks to the traumatic weather that w...

So how much paintball can you stick in one weekend. Let me tell you A LOT, besides the compulsory sleep and food required to stay alive and perform we were living and breathing paintball all weekend. Competing out in Germany for the DPL 2nd Bundesliga on Saturday and finishing the Dutch paintball series the NPL on our hometurf on Sunday. On top of that anyone who wasn’t playing on the field were reffing two events as well. That should be enough for your average Sabotage weekend. On Saturday we went back to compete in the DPL 2nd Bundesliga with JE factory. This time with it being back in Solms as intended with only a four hour drive instead of the 6 or 9 hour drives. With a single goal for the day, reclaim our number one spot in the series which we lost the last leg dropping a game we should never have dropped. It was going to be an interesting day we had to play four games with our first game up against the guys whom took over our number 1 spot, the Roosters. The First game we went ou...

Jack Wood, Planet Eclipse Chief Engineer has been asked quite a few questions about some of the features of the EGO11. Jack has made a few short videos for your viewing delights. He has more in the pipe-line so please subscribe to this channel so you get all the updates… http://www.youtube.com/planeteclipsetv Enjoy.. EGO11 POPS System.......... EGO11 Frame............... EGO11 Short Shooting Clips...........

Planet Eclipse would like to congratulate, Impacto Assassins, who are based out of Peru for the 3rd place finish at the last LAPPL Regional Event. Impacto Assassins are a new and upcoming team in Peru. They are only 11-15 years old and this is their first year playing together as a team. This is their 2nd top 4 finish in the last 2 events and they are beating out teams that are much older and have been around for a while now. It’s great to see some new younger players out there in the tournament scene. On September 4th and 5th in Lima, Peru, Team Impacto Assassins, played in the LAPP regional’s finale. Impacto Assassins, sponsored and supported by Impacto Sports, placed 3rd overall beating D3 teams and they were the only D5 team in the event so they had to compete against higher ranked teams. In the first round on Saturday, they played 9 games placing first overall that day, defeating every team. On Sunday they made it all the way to the quarters and just missed the cut for the Semis...

The VICIOUS Tournament Series is proud to announce that ETV (Planet Eclipse TV) will be on hand to film the 2010 VICIOUS Streetball Tournament, held on October 17, 2010. ETV will be on hand to film games, as well as conduct random player interviews for their 2011 ETV DVD. The addition of ETV to an already great atmosphere that the Streetball Tournament provides is sure to make this a day of paintball you don't want to miss out on!! To sign up today you can email JTopping@discountspecialtysports.com OR you can call the store directly and talk to Jake at 402-502-3434. ALL ENTRY FEES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 6PM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2010. History: ....The first Streetball Tournament, in 2007, was a huge success. All those who participated enjoyed the event. Beginners, with the help of players from Team VICIOUS, were able to have fun, gain experience, and learn more about the sport. More advanced players had the opportunity to play with a different group of people and in a different atmos...

Mathias Häcki from Three4One droppen me an e-mail the other day letting me know how well a couple of the Three4One teams have done this year. “Team Dirty Sanchez earned after a great and strong season the Swiss M5 Overall Novice title. Their M3 rookie team also had great season and they also won the overall Swiss M3 Rookie title” Andreas Profos from Dirty Sanchez says: “Due of the great support we get from Three4One we had a chance to switch all players on to using Planet Eclipse markers. Currently we have anything from the Ego7 up to the Ego10 and Geo2 in usage. All of those markers were running great all season long and were a big part in winning so many tournaments and the overall title this year. We are very happy to be part of the Eclipse family and look forward to another season with the best markers out there.” Check out the Dirty Sanchez Forum Here: CLICK HERE From everyone at Planet Eclipse… WELL DONE !!!! The Basel City Snipers are another Swiss team that was successful...

Planet Eclipse take great pleasure in announcing the sponsorship of “Newport Entourage” The team will be shooting the NEW EGO11 and GEO2’s for the final 2 events of the season and negotiations are under way to keep them in the Planet Eclipse camp for 2011 and beyond!! Paul Shelton from Entourage said “Professional Paintball team ENTOURAGE is pleased to become the newest member of the Planet Eclipse Emortal Army for the remainder of the 2010 tournament season. Planet Eclipse has always been a top tier company with an excellent reputation in providing goods and services at the National tournament level. Planet Eclipse has stepped up to assist us in getting ready for the World Cup. As ENTOURAGE moves forward in preparation for the upcoming 2010 World Cup we are excited to be using and winning with the newest technology available in Paintball markers, the new EGO11 and GEO2.” Welcome to the Emortal Army and good luck for the rest of the 2010 season. Follow Entourage here: http://www.te...

I have just posted up my 300th Blog post and wanted to share with anyone that cares a great little program that has made my life a bit easier. Not just creating blogs but also finding and sending the correct bits of info to people… The program is called SnapIt Screen Capture. In a nutshell instead of using print screen and it giving you either nothing at all or the whole screen (as you would expect), after downloading Snapit Screen Capture when I press print screen a cross hair appears and I can click, drag and select the exact bit of the screen I want..I Love it and if you make blogs it might be a great tool for you too? Check it out here: http://www.digeus.com/products/snapit/snapit_screen_capture_3_5.html

Are you ready for the greatest Paintball event on earth??? This is what Paintball has always been about, this is THE ONE event that everyone wants to win... Planet Eclipse will be there to support all of our teams from around the world and to launch the EGO11 in the USA. Pop into the booth and say hello !! Check out the video from the PSP !!

EGO11 Video and EGO11 Mini Site now up....... Enjoy. http://www.planeteclipse.com/paintball-markers/ego11/

EGO11 Technical Specification. Monitoring trends in paintball and responding to them in a way that benefits the player is very difficult, and providing a product that is all things to all men is well-nigh impossible, however Planet Eclipse takes pride in being able to react quickly to changing trends; to give customers what they want; and to give them the flexibility to have their marker set up just the way they like it. This philosophy has never been more evident than in the new EGO11. For the past 18 months the main design goal at Planet Eclipse has been to develop markers with an improved ‘feel’; smooth-shooting markers with a reduced sound signature that can handle super-brittle, tournament-grade paint. Controlling the speed of the bolt in any marker is the key to improving the feel - the smoother the acceleration and deceleration of the bolt system, the smoother the marker feels – but of course reducing the bolt speed also reduces the marker’s maximum achievable rate of fire and s...

We tried to have a bit of fun but it's been spoilt by a few fools... Shame really. Oh Well. Here is the first offical image of the EGO11. Watch this space for a video and more images soon....

We did a few of these Learning Vids last year but just kept running out of time to get them finished. We have 3 of them in the 'Can' right now so here is number #1 with Billy Bernacchia. We hope you enjoy... If you have an suggestions on what you want to learn from the pro then please let us know. To subscribe to ETV's click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/PlanetEclipseEcast

Planet Eclipse is proud to announce the signing of Northern Illinois University Paintball Team for the 2010 season and 2011 season. Connon Hannan, Captain of Northern Illinois University Paintball team said “We are proud to announce that we have partnered with Planet Eclipse for the 2010 -2011 paintball season. We look forward to great season being backed by one of the top industry leading manufacturers. We feel having their support and using their product will give us an edge over every team on the field. We are looking forward to a successful year” Planet Eclipse is proud to support the dedication, talents and accomplishments of the Northern Illinois University Paintball team as it competes in the NCPA Tournament Series," said Marc Lancia, US Sales Manager of Planet Eclipse " This new relationship provides us an unparalleled opportunity to extend awareness of college paintball and Northern Illinois University, through both the Planet Eclipse brand and through our coverage o...

Now here's a great piece of TV promo for Paintball.... Nice One CPX !!!! Is that Eclipse Markers they are using :-) Todd Richards and Street Biker Tommy at CPX Sports Paintball for MTV2 Rock N Jock Ep 124 - Chicago Dew Tour.

HK Army crossing the pond to compete in the 2010 Fed Cup. JCS Leisure have a pretty deep connection to the HK Army guys and Jon has persuaded them to take the trip over from the USA to party like rock stars and to challenge for the Fed Cup title in the X-Ball division…. Scott and Mark Kressin along with Josh Myers have been an integral part of HK Army for several years. A team that is renowned to party as hard as they play, come and join the guys and enjoy their own unique approach to the paintball world. Checkout www.hkarmypb.com to find out the latest exploits. Obviously these three players can hold their own with the best in the world but even they are going to need a little help at the Fed Cup, so expect to see a few familiar faces strutting their stuff with the HK army…(just waiting contracts to be agreed, confirm and signed. Colby Keats is one UK Superstar that will be playing as he wasn’t interested in reading the contacts. Simply saying ‘I’m in, it’s going to be a ...

UK Based team Kinetic have been part of the Eclipse Emortal Army for a few seasons now and there team program seems to be paying dividends in depth….Here is a little report from the last leg of the NSPL. Team Kinetic NSPL Reading Final Leg On the 22nd August 2010 team Kinetic sent both their Div 2 and Div 3 squads to Reading for the final round of the NSPL. After a long and tough season the Div 3 team (Kinetics Pulse) were fighting for bragging rights as they couldn’t win the division but 2nd place was for the taking, and considering that this was the teams learning and building season and that many had not even played tournament paintball before, this year has been not only a steep learning curve but also an amazing achievement as they were considered by many to be punching well above their weight playing div 3 in their first season. For the Div 2 squad this was what the whole season had been working towards and the teams at the top of this hard fought division had been battling harde...

The 2010 Season of ETV has mainly been focused on the ‘Artifacts’ episodes but we know that you are hungry for more action so we have put together a small car crash reel of ‘Bonus Footage’ from the 2010 Chicago PSP. We hope you enjoy… The rain. The mud. The heat. The carnage. Planet Eclipse gives you some "bonus coverage" from our footage vault, a highlight reel of action from Prelim Bracket #1 at the 2010 PSP Chicago Open. ETV was on hand filming X-Factor & Vicious for Artifact Episode # 4, "The Grind," and caught some great highlight footage of Aftershock, Entourage, Vicious, Damage, & X-Factor battling it out. This video features the song "Espira Miseria" from This Drama, out now on Deep Elm Records. Subscribe to the Planet Eclipse ETV YouTube Channel HERE: http://www.youtube.com/user/PlanetEclipseEcast

On August 28th, 2010. Take the Town V took place. Brute Force Captain, Mike Revelle sent us this report: We arrived at P&L Paintball for the fifth annual Take the Town event early morning just a few minutes after the sun came up over the trees. Jarrad Gilbert and myself driving all of the boxes, canopies, gear, and miscellaneous supplies that help make events run smoothly. Some of the members including Cameron Eames, Matt Marcoccio, Danny St Pierre, and Bryce McCarthy arrived the night before to camp out, hang out with our fellow defenders for some good old fashion shenanigans. Take the Town has quickly become our favourite event of the season and one we would never miss. Having personally attended the original Take the Town’s I and II hosted by the teams Pub Crawling and Horror Show; they set the bar with an excellent event with awesome 4 to 1 odds stacking the attacker’s team. However over the last four instalments the record for defenders being able to hold the town for only 41...

Planet Eclipse are proud to announce the signing of IOWA State Paintball team for the remainder of 2010 and the 2011 seasons. Aaron Hebeisen , Captain of Iowa State Paintball team said “We are proud to announce that we have partnered with Planet Eclipse for the 2010 -2011 paintball season. All of our Iowa State University teams will be using an array of Planet Eclipse markers, gear and casual apparel for the upcoming season. Planet Eclipse is on the cutting edge of paintball technology, constantly setting the bar for performance, quality, ease and efficiency, and style. We are very excited to be selected to represent the Planet Eclipse brand, and we look forward to a great start to the season in the fall” "Planet Eclipse is proud to support the dedication, talents and accomplishments of the Iowa State Paintball team as it competes in the NCPA Tournament Series," said Marc Lancia, US Sales Manager of Planet Eclipse " This new relationship provides us an unparalleled opp...

ANY Paintball in the press is great in my books. When the BBC run a feature on Paintball then it’s even better.. Anything with Paintball shown in a positive light like the Bud adverts or the National lottery ad’s, basically any little bits like this just gives Paintball that injection it needs… Nice Work !! Click the link to visit the BBC Web Site and View the video !! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10901795

August 31, 2010 ---Clemson University Paintball Team, one of College’s premier professional paintball teams, today announced a sponsorship agreement with Planet Eclipse. Beginning with the 2010 NCPA Tournament Series and continuing for the remainder of the 2011 season. Through the new relationship, Planet Eclipse becomes the official Marker and gear sponsor of the Clemson University Paintball Team. Players and Fans can follow dynamic coverage of the NCPA season by going to www.college-paintball.com and www.planeteclipse.com "We are excited to be playing for Planet Eclipse for the 2010 and 2011 season.” Says Thomas Brady captain of the Clemson University Paintball Team “This is a big step forward for our program that we think will help lead us to a podium spot at Cup and Nationals. With the reliability and performance of their markers we feel that Planet Eclipse can help us achieve our goal for this year and the future " Clemson Tigers finished 4th last year in the South E...