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The Road to No Ends Part II: Hunt for Ruby Red
by Jason “foolybear” Lineberger
photos by Dwayne Humphries
by Jason “foolybear” Lineberger
photos by Dwayne Humphries
Flashback to 2010 – as the game clock runs down, two generals scramble to unlock the puzzle, literally laid out before them in the form of ceramic tiles on a table. Put together properly, these maps would lead their forces to the location of the final object of the game, the prop whose possession would tip the balance of the outcome. Minutes later, puzzles completed, strings of paint rent the air as the sides converged on the spot where they battled over – a shovel?
At least we didn’t have to dig anything up this year, Bill “Greenman” Ford, general for the Hidden.
The Hunt for Ruby Red at Adventure Beach picked up where the first game left off, minus any requisite excavation. Attendance swelled this year as both sides drew new scenario squads willing to make the sacrifice of driving to a competitive paintball game near a popular coastal vacation destination. Like Willie Nelson , notables like Port City Militia, Boss Company, SSK, SOVA, Assault and Battery, and Fracture (among others) got on the road again, this time to Adventure Beach to throw down in an event packed with experienced players and teams.
Funny How Time Slips Away…………..Ten years ago the swords-and-sorcery storyline of a game like this would have prompted costumed wizards and warriors to take the field, but none of the teams attending came out in scenario drag. Instead, they showed up knowing that field owner Kevin Shimwell and crew would build a prop-heavy event with interesting, unconventional missions, and no one left disappointed in that respect. Right off the break the generals had to marshal troops to control key field positions, collect gold to be used later in the game, and they had to figure out an intriguing early mission – to collect dragon eggs from the most action-intense portion of the field!

Uncloudy Day………….Digressions aside, Shimwell kept both generals guessing all day. The missions typically siphoned both teams to a location to find a valuable prop – a piece of the map puzzle, keys, shields, or large icons that would prove crucial to uncovering the ultimate prize. A secondary mission prompted the teams to control the mission location for 20 minutes. This minor aspect to the missions had some serious strategic implications. Send a small team to get to the mission location fast, and they might be able to get the prop, but they wouldn’t have the numbers to hold for the extra points. Send a large team capable of holding the field, and they might not get there fast enough to get the prop. A small change like this kept the teams working all weekend.
Adventure Beach added the rest of the normal


Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning……….Sunday’s game ramped up almost immediately after the opening horn, and while Tom Roesch’s side, The Knowing, had been the more aggressive on Saturday, Greeman’s team, The Hidden, brought their A game starting at game-on. Bolstered by a pair of medics,

Heartbreak Hotel…….With their objective in hand, all The Hidden had to do in the final battle was to retain possession. Set in Adventure Beach’s urban field, the game’s final shootout forced both teams to charge for the buildings in some intense close quarters shooting. The Hidden had the advantage of a church steeple sniper and a medic, but a well-placed rocket from The Knowing ended that edge quickly. At that point, the fight started with 15 minutes of instant-reinsertion madness, followed by 15 minutes of elimination that whittled the aggressive Knowing team down to a few holdouts. In the last moments of the game The Hidden dug out those remaining players and celebrated their victory in the middle of the city.
Competitive teams? Check. Great terrain? Check. Short lines, good paint, field amenities? Check. Coming back for round three in February, 2012? Check.
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Jason “foolybear” Lineberger next mission will be Battlefield: Bad Company 2 at Line-of-Fire paintball on March 26. Click here for more info www.lofpb.com
Jason “foolybear” Lineberger next mission will be Battlefield: Bad Company 2 at Line-of-Fire paintball on March 26. Click here for more info www.lofpb.com
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