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Every now and again Ledz appears from his office with some crazy idea. More often than not we all smile, nod our heads and let him go back into his office and the idea is forgotten about. Until now. He just doesn't want to let this one go, so it looks like it’s happening. But before we get into specifics, here's a little background on how Ledz was 'inspired' to do this project. At the Paintball Extravaganza event in early 2017 Planet Eclipse launched the ETHA2, and also unveiled a prototype EMC Tactical body kit. The simplicity of the new EMC kit and the sheer adaptability of it (lots and lots of places to bolt stuff on to) seemed to have added fuel to Ledz’s flame, thus creating an incredible explosion of genius (in Ledz's mind) and he went ahead and commissioned an artist to make a pretty special ETHA2. In all honestly, we quite like the idea, so we decided to let him have a blog series to follow its progress. It's the sort of project that we t...

Fall Scenario Tour Stop 3:  The Walking Dead at Splatbrothers Who won the zombie war?   Nobody, it was a DEAD tie! In the case of the third stop on the fall scenario tour, the zombie war, while close, was not a tie.  Splatbrothers Paintball Park hosted their 36 hour October zombie-fest patterned after AMC’s hit apocalyptic serial The Walking Dead .  The infected battled survivors in a game with more twists than a box of rotini.  The action actually started Friday night with night missions on the famous tower field (a massive trench/bunker complex dominated by three catwalk-connected towers) for those who arrived early enough to get in on the action.  Capital Offense trickled in as the night progressed, and when Saturday morning’s game-on rolled around, we hit the field hungry for brains. What did the zombie say before the fight?   “Do you want a piece of me?” While Splatbrothers has been a mainstay on the scenario...

When the leafs start falling from the trees and the night frost start to set in, paintball players in Norway order some hard practice paint to handle the temperature drop and start preparing for the last tournament of the year; the last leg of the Millennium-series- in Paris. Little did we know that playing this year’s Paris event would be just like playing back home in Norway at this time of year, but more on that later. We decided we would enter two teams this year; we have done this before but not in the same division. This time we entered two teams in Div. 2, Slagen Bandits Gold and Slagen Bandits Silver.  For all the players on Gold this was familiar territory, everybody had several Paris events under their belts. For most of the Silver team this was uncharted territory and a new experience. Due to the locked divisions in the Millennium-series, div 2 is always unpredictable in terms of the quality of the opposition, especially in the last event of the year and...

Fall Scenario Tour – Second Stop After enjoying some intense paintball on the coast, I pointed my car west and put in the miles to make the trip out to Bearclaw Paintball, in the middle of Tennessee.  Every October Bearclaw puts on a scenario that’s worth attending, and they call upon the talents of Ben and Bonnie Torricelli of MPP to make the game one to remember.  This year Ben topped last year’s amazing event by getting even more ambitious in his scope.  Scripting his missions around George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series (the basis for the HBO series Game of Thrones ), Torricelli ran the first part of a projected seven game series to take place over the course of seven years!  Prominent scenario teams have volunteered to take on roles as the various family houses in Martin’s fantasy world, and they will each square off in an epic battle, over the next seven years, to name a single victorious house. Pre-game Portrait What drew me to make...

Team Nemesis played exceptional well and they were heading to the World Cup Asia Finals but a controversial incident in the Semi-Finals cost them their place. However team Nemesis can take some solace as members of team Dynasty congratulated them on their team performance after their games. For a local Malaysian team with no "imported players" to make it so far is a great acheivement coming 3rd in Division 1 of WCA Quoting team Nemesis Captain - Loco, "Raja and TC of Skirmish Paintball Asia present us with our customised Geo 3 marker on Thursday at 7pm due to delays with shipping and Customs at WCA and we used it at 8am the following day. The Geo 3 worked perfectly and brillaintly straight out of the box and shot fantastically well for the first time ever. We didn't have time or a chance to run the Geo 3 in or even have a go at it yet it felt so natural and good in our hands. The balance and accuracy was exceptional and with the soft nose bolt, we were shooting...

   

The only official event in Poland at the end of the season paintball 2012 Ninja Sound Division sponsored by Planet Eclipse!   Excellent live dubstep music, lots of games and competition to our guests: laser shooting, eating paintballs, bar drink PE competitions with Eclipse Fire it Up Extreme Chilli Sauce, Planet Eclipse products presentations - big party!!!  Paintball Ninja ( www.sklepninja.pl ) now is official dealer of Planet Eclipse in Poland !!! Let's start the PARTY!!!"

INTO THE FRAY… As the weather finally turned away from the boiling heat of summer, we again are at our home field in the lush forests of Southern Tennessee, near Fayetteville, at Bearclaw Paintball.  It is truly a wondrous sight when you pull into the meadow that showcases the beach landing area and the edge of the game field.  One thing we all notice this time is two huge funeral pyres just waiting to be lit, and we know this will be another great game. “Game of Thrones” is the name of the new annual series from the evil genius of MPP’s Ben & Bonnie Torricelli.  Each team works for points based on missions that are handed out at intervals throughout the day, objectives controlled during a beach landing, or keeping the other team from areas of the field.  Once again the fine folks from the University of Tennessee’s Paintball Team make sure everyone is safe. Early on when we heard the initial idea of the series, we quickly agreed to be one of t...

Check out our NEw short featuring the new Planet Eclipse EMC rail kit and HDE camo gear. You may be out numbered, but with the ETHA EMC rail kit never get out gunned ! WATCH IT NOW ! ! ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VInfCGMBpCk

After the long drought this summer, we need an ASM contest!  Win a brand new Planet Eclipse Etha paintball marker! You can't use the all new and finally released EMC body kits without an Etha to modify first. So win one here. This is brought to you by the wonderful chaps at Planet Eclipse and the fine folks at PbNation. Got the tag? Get the Swag! You must be a current PbNation Annual Supporting Member to register for the contest on the ASM forum on PbNation. Annual Supporting Members click here to enter the contest. Fine print and rules: Contest open to legal residents of the United States for this one who are of the age of majority in their state of residence (19 or older in AL and NE, 18 or older in all other states) at the time of entry, or who are between 14 and the age of majority in their state of residence at the time of entry. Any minor who is eligible to receive a prize must submit a parental consent form signe...