Planet Eclipse HQ Blog

As we're about to launch the awesome EMEK into the Planet Eclipse lineup of markers, our friends in Germany at Paintball.De grilled Jack Wood to find out more about it. So we decided to steal the interview and post it here too. After all, Jack is OUR property. And don't panic, the interview is in English. Enjoy. You’re known for creating high-end markers that are beautiful, super-reliable and have industry-leading support. So why the decision to make a field marker? Well we have been asked for years and years by our sales guys to produce a good, reliable field rental marker. But we never felt we had the ability to produce something with the same level of quality that we demand from our products at a price that the Paintball parks would be willing to pay. But with the method of construction we used for Etha2, and then the technology we employed for Gmek, combined we could make a very very reliable, very high quality, amazing shooting marker for a price close to th...

That's right, our friends over in Germany at Paintball.De are giving away FREE tickets to 3 lucky winners for the awesome Scenario Big Game 19 in Poland at the end of August. Now, we all love a big game and we have some fantastic sites and games in the UK but if you want more from your big game experience then traveling abroad is something you've just gotta try at least once. Different locations, different scenery, different styles of play (not to mention different beer) all lead to a pretty amazing bit of fun. We caught up with Paintball.De 's 'Butch' to find out more about the contest and the event itself. Hey Butch, how are things? For those who don’t know you – apart from being a massive dude – who are you?  Ha ha, I'm not THAT massive... ok, maybe just a little. I work for Planet Eclipse – the world leading manufacturer of Paintball markers – in the German/continental Europe office and I'm taking care of B2B customers and traveling as a Planet ...

We always love to hear from our teams, especially when they make a huge effort with their organisation. This release from Blackout Protocol in the States got us all excited about ION. Read on: This upcoming weekend, over 4,000 players will converge on the world's largest paintball event: Skirmish USA’s The Invasion of Normandy (ION) in Albrightsville, PA. 2016: the Planet Eclipse sponsored scenario team, Blackout Protocol (BOP), was recognized for the 4th time as the Most Valuable Team from the Allies, and as the Most Formidable Opponent from the Germans, also, for the 4th time! Blackout Protocol, with a roster of 30 players (plus applicants), effectively uses the full array of Planet Eclipse markers to their advantage. From the humble and efficient Etha, to the top-of-the-line CS1, and everything in-between. BOP also adheres to a strict uniform policy and has chosen Planet Eclipse's HDE camo line due to its unique design, functionality, and effectiveness. You ...

Every year in the UK there are a few must-play events for any paintballer's calendar. One of these is Warped Paintball's North vs South paintball festival, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Some of our guys went over and hit the fields hard–as always–and had a blast bringing many, many war stories back to Eclipse HQ with them. But what is this event all about? One way to show you would be to make an awesome video of the event. So we did (see below). We also caught up with Jim Frensham of Warped Paintball to ask him a fistful of questions all about it.
 Take it away Jim. When was it set up? And why?
 North V South started as a simple scenario game concept, as an update on the old "walk-on" style events by Tim Taylor at the original Activ8 (Warped Cosford) in 1992.
 He was surprised at the reaction the concept got and I guess it was at a time when the real life North/South divide was very much alive. We presume it’s literally about the ...