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Following on from our '50cal is the future' post that almost broke the internet – ok, nowhere near breaking the internet, but it certainly fuelled a conversation – we decided to catch up with GI Sportz' Dave 'Opie' Thomas to find our more about their views and approach to the 50cal side of paintball. Opie is a bit of a legend in the game and has played through all levels of paintball. Most notably he played with some of the sports' most iconic and loved teams – such as Image and Trauma – during paintball's explosive growth period in the nineties and noughties. So his experience and knowledge of the industry has been driven by his passion, dedication and successes as a player. Before we get deep into the questions, here's an overview of Opie's playing career: 1 Started playing in 1989 in Northern California at the age of 15 2 Joined the Professional Team California Black Diamonds in 1991 at the age of 17 3 Played and won first Profes...

Prior to the NXL Chicago event we decided to grab some time with Chicago Aftershock's Carl Markowski to find out where he, and the team, where at mentally and collectively. They played good, but still didn't quite get the results they wanted. So we hit up Carl again for a post-event catch up to find out a little more about the before-and-after situation. Image © IM2 Studios Hey Carl, how are things man? So, Chicago. It didn’t go the way you guys had anticipated. But it wasn’t a total disaster though right? You started out strong, dishing out an 8-1 mercy win against Boom who have shown a lot of potential this year. How did it feel opening the event which such a big win? It felt great! The team played with confidence and poise, which we knew we had the capability of doing. We just needed that to fall over into the following games. Image © IM2 Studios   Image © IM2 Studios That’s the Shock way isn’t it? To take the upper hand and keep going until the b...

The 2018 NXL World Cup is almost here and it's lined up to be a pretty exciting event, but more on that in other posts. For now we wanna touch on the introduction of the 'Classic / Retro Division' this year that brings with it a BPS limit of 5.5. Our tech guys have put together for following information to help you bring your marker in-line with these regulations so that you can compete 'legally' and have some fun. The following will enable you to configure our latest markers to comply with the rules - Ego 10 to LV1.5 and Geo SL91 to CS1.5 currently meet the requirements of this format. In order to make them legal you simply: Select the SEMI 15 Preset (Alternatively Set the FIRE MODE to SEMI and the ROF CAP to ON) Set the BS ON ROF to 5.5bps Set the BS OFF ROF to 5.5bps Currently our older markers are deemed ILLEGAL, such as: Ego line - Ego9 and older models Geo line - Geo1 Gtek/160R Etek line Etha line So why are some markers illegal? T...

If you’ve been following this series of articles about Eclipse's 25 Year history then you'll know we've discussed the launch of the Ego in some detail. Following the success and lessons learned from such a launch it was followed up by another marker, but one that was a different proposition altogether. The Etek. If you've never heard of the Etek then (a) where have you been hiding for the past 10 years or so and (b) grab a comfy seat and settle in to a little bit of story-telling. Ledz and the SandBaggers taking the first Eteks out for a spin Etek. What is it? A little like a baby Ego without all the bells and whistles? I guess you could call it a baby brother but when we started and made the first Etek it would probably be best to call it baby Frankenstein. I guess I’d better explain that. As the Ego platform moved forward there were certain parts on the older Ego lines that were mothballed. But we had already done all of the development on those parts –...