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Cards on the table, and it's a bit of a running joke between ourselves and our awesome French buddies at Camp Paintball; every year there is an exceptional series of events called the French National Championships featuring the very best French teams, so the action is incredible. But we always find it confusing... even though it actually isn't. So we've asked our buddies at Camp to explain the story so far, seeing as we actually sponsor and support the teams who kick serious ass at every event. Take it away Richard! So the “Championnat de France” (French National Championship) is the pinnacle of all French Leagues throughout France. All main Region in France run their Leagues, affiliated to the French Federation (FFP - Fédération Française de Paintball) and at the end of the season, the best Teams in each Division qualify for the “Championnat de France”. After a blank year due to COVID, the Event took place at Ace Paintball in Dreux. It’s 1 hour from Paris and so far, the s...

Something very cool happened in France recently, which impacted us not only as a business, but more importantly it impacted paintball as a sport. One of the young players on team RNPPC was awarded support from the Municipal Sport Department. Not only is this just a cool thing to happen to Julien (the player) but it's even cooler that they, as a body, recognised and rewarded someone within paintball. AND they gave him a CS2 Pro to help him out. Photo: DJSysko We asked our friends at Camp Paintball (France) for some more details. First of all, The Municipal Sport Department is in charge of all sports matters, so they're a pretty big deal and there is usually 1 Municipal Sport Department in each Hometown. This specific organisational structure consults, coordinates, supports and encourages sport within cities. On a regular basis they choose a sports club, or sometimes athletes, and form a partnership with them in order to support their commitment within sports. To do this, they ca...

The CS2 rocks. We all know this and it continues to do so, but we've made a few changes that make the CS2 even better. First, we've updated the Firmware on BOTH boards. This means that your CS2 (once you've updated it) will be able to connect to our new E-Portal Lite App (available NOW in the App Store), so you can customise your marker settings from your iPhone. Cool right? Secondly, the Firmware update reconfigures your Bluetooth module so that it will connect to the latest Virtue Spire IV iFI Technology™ which is great news for all CS2 and Spire IV owners. Simply follow these steps to make the most of your CS2 + SpireIV partnership. 1: Update BOTH CS2 boards to the latest 1.50 Firmware using E-Portal 4 . 2: Do a Factory Reset of your CS2 via your LCD screen to reconfigure your Bluetooth module. 3: Enable Bluetooth on your CS2. 4: With your CS2 ON, hold down the bottom button on your Spire IV. 5: Power up the Spire IV. 6: When the light turns green, release the bottom bu...

Ok terrible pun, we couldn't resist, but in these crazy times many of you are dusting off the hex keys, actually opening the spares baggy and in some (rare) cases, reading the manuals we create. Unbelievable right? Well, we've another tech support treat for you; we're currently developing our own Planet Eclipse O-Ring Finder App. It isn't finished yet but we've decided to release it to a limited number of 'first come, first served' Beta testers. Which can be any of you! Getting the App isn't super-simple at the moment, due to its Beta Test status, but if you want to get involved while you have the time and inclination then follow the instructions below. Please note: The O-Ring App is only available for Apple devices running iOS13 at the moment. Getting Started: 1 - Make sure your device is running iOS13 2 - Install TestFlight (Beta Test app) from the App Store to allow you to Beta Test: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/testflight/id899247664...

If your into your Magfed or just love all types of Paintball then check out the latest episode of the Frontline Paintball Podcast Featuring 2 Emortals! Host Leadfarmer and guest Aartwood! Every Sunday so tune in: https://www.facebook.com/frontlinepaintballpodcast/

This video made me smile... We all know that Paintball is an amazing sport and I'm sure we all love it for many different reasons. But when you watch this video the pure joy when Zombie Girl shoots someone or wins the game just bring a little joy to the screen.... I think it safe to say that Zombie Girl won this day, EMG100 FTW :-) FYI.. The place of filming is not a proper Paintball venue. It is a small, private, secret training location, thus some of the less than desirable bunkers / parking. I hope Mo's Car wash has a new sign :-) #PaintballStrong

The Tonton snake-side surgeon, the incredible Axel Gaudin had this to say when we asked him about the current situation. Photo: © All In Media Do you have your own personal plan for keeping yourself on point so you’re always ready? I don’t have a planned program, but I do have a workout everyday. I got myself a routine of a 10 minute stretching/warmup, 30/40 min workout prep + workout, 5 min cool down. I have the chance to have a sport-center at work and can do my workout before lunch. I like to have a running  session once a week, but mostly based on speed/cardio and not long distance. I also do some street rollerblading every now and then during the week. What kind of drills do you do at home ? If you can. I have a stretching/mobility routine that includes all the positions I’m using when in a snake bunker (cake+beam let’s say). I basically get some repetitions done to build muscular memory on the body movement. It’s also a position that builds mobility all arou...

Who better to ask about keeping sharp in the current climate than the player with a lifetime season pass to the MVP lounge. San Antonio XFactor's Archie Montemayor. Photo: George Fava Do you have your own personal plan for keeping yourself on point so you’re always ready? For me the off season never really exists. Most of my routine stays the same throughout the year. I play often and my mind is on the game all the time. I'm always thinking about ways I can improve myself, the team, teammates, how I can talk about things. It's just about being mindful, which is more important than ever right now. What kind of drills do you do at home? If you can. For drills at home, I make sure I am in good physical and cardio shape, and I like to have my full setup in my hands when I am home. The more my gun is in my hands the more comfortable and "at one" I am with my gun the better.  Photo: George Fava Do you have a usual core of local players who pla...

As you are all well aware many nations are tackling the COVID-19 pandemic which is having adverse effects on staff and services, as such we will be reducing or stopping services which may affect you. Please check the status of our offices below. This is today the 26th March 2020. Who knows what will happen tomorrow, we will keep you informed. Thank you for your patience and understand during these unprecedented times. If you have any concerns about any outstanding orders please contact us and we will do our very best to help. PLANET UK - CLOSED All orders from our UK office have now been stopped. PLANET USA - Part CLOSED Retail On-Line web site is closed. Skeleton staff still processing and shipping orders dealer orders. PAINTBALL.DE (Europe) - OPEN Our German office is operating normally and shipping orders. Stay Safe and Be Nice To Each Other!

Warped Sports have been at the forefront of developing a successful ‘club’ structure in the UK with a pretty big active membership base playing anything and everything from several teams playing airball at the CPPS, tournament woodsball teams, big game and Scenario teams and I’m sure even some MagFed players. The Warped Paintball Club structure allows players from a huge variant of backgrounds to join a club and be part of something, make new likeminded friends, play for a team with a way of fighting through the ranks to one day playing on the Elite squad and even for Team GB which several of the players have achieved.  When Warped Sports approached Planet Eclipse and said they had chosen Planet Eclipse to be the marker of choice for their Wolverhampton Warped Elite team for 2020 we were over the moon. Due to the nature of a club structure we understand that not everyone in the club will be shooting Planet Eclipse markers, you can’t expect a new member to join and then HAVE...

All female Paintball team the UK Lionesses are part of the Emortal Army shooting the Planet Eclipse GTEK 170R and they have put pen to paper, on their newly launched web site, to review their marker of choice. Click the link below and check out what they have to say. https://www.paintballgirls.co.uk/post/gtek-170r-review-shelley-farmer #shootlikeagirl 

Last thing on my mind is going out to play when it's this cold.. So hats off to Leadfarmer for making the moves and content for us to watch while we are sat at home nice and warm... :-) https://www.facebook.com/leadfarmerpaintball/ also check out the Frontline FREE webcast where Leadfarmer is one of the hosts. CLICK HERE FOR LINK

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SanDiego Giant Paintball Park, Lakeside, California  Zombiegirl hasn't been playing Paintball for long (about a year) and she is certainly learning on the job. But Zombiegirl isn't scared to get in and mix it up with all the players shooting 'Speedball Markers' which we absolutely love... Zombiegirl also got one of the first Quake Barrels to try. She is using round ball in this video but she likes the CQB (short) set-up.  How many of you would go head to head against ramping electro markers using only a Magfed Marker?  Follow Zombie Girl Here: https://www.facebook.com/theresa.moran.71

Leadfarmer has recently joined the Emortal Army and is now rocking the EMG100 and has also became an Emortal . Last week he took the EMG100 out for a spin and we said let us know how you get on. When the video came in we were very surprised at the conditions he has playing in... Brave Man! Minus -7C I think it's safe to say Leadfarmer liked the EMG100 :-) Check out Leadfarmer on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/leadfarmerpaintball/ Check out the Frontline Paintball Podcast where Leadfarmer is co-host: https://www.facebook.com/frontlinepaintballpodcast/

Welcome to the sunny isle of Federal Territories Labuan, just off the west coast of Borneo for the Finale of the R500SLE limited paint and fixed cost paintball tournament. A duty free island with good scuba diving sites, offshore banking, offshore oil platforms sharing a landmass of 36 square mile and with just a population of 100,000 souls. A 45 minutes ferry ride from Borneo or 150 minutes of flying time from Kuala Lumpur. This R500SLE fixed cost and limited paintball tournament was organized by the local paintball Kelab GHRT and co-organized by Raskal Sports and Sri Awana Paintball with the fullest support for the Labuan Development Foundation, Federal Territories Ministry, Ministry of Tourism, Interland Trading and Labuan Financial Park. This paintball development tournament targeted at new players, teams and returning players saw a total of 50 teams participating and with nearly half of these teams as Rookies with no paintball experience.  We had a team of y...

Did anyone spot Ledz rocking these bad boys @ NXL World Cup? We always get a little embarrassed when our teams send us a gift to say thanks for the support and amazing equipment (but we also secretly LOVE IT). Some gifts are very personal (hot sauce is always a good one) and some can be pretty special. Markie C and the Manchester Firm send over this cracking gift for Ledz to wear at World Cup in the form of a custom pair of trainers (sneakers for the yanks) made by Blue Bee Custom . They feature a splash pattern in Ledz’s original colour way and the Eclipse E Logo… Very cool and very special. God only knows what Ledz was doing with his marker in bits! If you want something creating like this, that’s what Blue Bee Custom do. Check them out here: https://bluebeecustoms.net/ or on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/bluebeecustoms/ Huge thanks to the Manchester Firm for making such a cool, unique and special gift.

Over the years I think we can say that we have been on the cutting edge of metal finishes. We helped develop the original Splash which lead the wave of fades and acid wash that we saw in the 90's. Planet was the first to create the cool Aurora finish on markers and we have developed some amazing custom graphic anodising finishes and our full body wraps, like the HDE Camo pattern. We have even commissioned an artist that specialisted in anodising art to make us something super special, but let’s just say artistic differences stopped that project from going much further. When we visit real gun shows like IWA and Shot Show I’m always impressed with the 'Show Pieces' that some vendors create for display. I have tried several times to speak to them about how they do it and who does it but I got stone walled every time. I found out quite early on that the finish that they have on these show pieces is called Cerakote (other brand do exist) but even when you speak to Cerako...