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A 'Save the Date' flyer the UK's FED Cup. More details will be posted up as soon as they are available. But this one is going to be the best so far.. With a prize pool to drop jaws !! Click here for FED info: http://www.paintballfederation.co.uk/

After weeks of rain and clouds, the blue skies and warm 80 degree weather was a true blessing for WCPS Event #3 on June 12th. The morning started off cool under the great tree canopy of the Splat Action field, nestled in a forested area of Molalla, Oregon. Teams and spectators all arrived and got settled in and prepared for the day full of games with 21 teams total registered. The day was packed with 64 games in the preliminaries for the Rookie and Open Divisions, and 36 games in the prelims for the Beginner Division. Washington team and Planet Eclipse Sponsored Team, Seattle Swagger, took home the championship for the second event in a row in the Open Division with Legendary placing second and Planet Eclipse sponsored team, Riot Kings taking third place. For the Rookie Division, Code Blue pulled ahead of A.C.I. Black for the win, with Shooters in third place. WCPS introduced the new Beginner Division at Event #3 as a three man tournament with coaching allowed for players with two...

One of the newest Planet Eclipse sponsored teams in Florida, Merciless, is making a name for themselves in CFPS events. In there first entry into the series, CFPS Event 2, they placed 3rd in D5 5Man in there first tournament debut beating many much more tournament experienced teams to claim that position. On and off the field other teams and onlookers have been known to mention the name Merciless as the team to watch and the team to beat. Currently, Merciless ranks third overall in the CFP Series and is climbing higher after each event. There are 3 events left in the CFPS Series and with their sights set on a PSP debut at the PSP World Cup Tournament in Polk City, Florida, Merciless is on their way! Good Luck boyz ... Planet Eclipse would like to congratulate one of the newest teams to join the Emortal Army, Team Merciless, for their 3rd place finish at their first tournament this year. We hope they can keep their sights high and are able to make a PSP debut at the World Cup. It will...

Buy One Get One FREE and many more get them out of my sight offers at the Millennium Campaign Cup (UK) this weekend (2 – 4th July 2010) At the Planet Eclipse booth we will be having a First Come, First Served Sale on a bunch of 09 casual clothing and playing gear. For Example… Hoodys, tracky tops both men’s and girls are reduced down from £45 to £29 and also buy one get one free so that ONLY £14.50 per items !!!!!! Stock is limited so come over ASAP as these hot potatoes will be flying out of the door… There will also be Sales on 09 Elbow Pads, Tilt Jackets, 09 Playing Jerseys, 09 Gloves plus much more… And don’t tell anyone (as fear for a mad rush) but we also have a very few GEO2 for sale… The GEO2’s we took to Chicago PSP last weekend sold out on the first full day !! So if you want one of these awesome machines get yourself over to the Planet Eclipse booth quick!!! Did I mention that with every purchase you can pick up a Copy of the EMORTAL 2 DVD worth £6.82 FREE OF CHARGE !!!! Eve...

Over 300 people showed up to play at the NorCal Big Game June 5th, 2010. The event, which was the largest Northern California has seen in 15 year was held at Davis Paintball, in Davis California, near Sacramento. The 300+ converged on Davis Paintball to participate in the unique scenario based games that were held throughout the day, to enjoy the free lunch, support their local stores, and to win a prize amongst the $5000 worth of products that were handed out. Products were donated from Eclipse Paintball, CCM, Karnage Paintball, TFM Paintball store, Predator Reloaded paintball store, Spyder, and Azodin. The big prize that everyone was after was the 2010 Eclipse Geo+ that ended up being won by Nate Jefferies of Team Armed Force Pump. Davis Paintball would like to that all the sponsors, refs and players for making the 4th NorCal Big Game such a hit. Look For the 5th NorCal Big Game in the fall/winter of 2010. Check out the web site for more in (CLICK HERE) Calander of events here: (C...

Today at the Chicago PSP in the Planet Eclipse Booth Team Impact will be signing posters.. Be there at 1:30 to get your signed poster and meet all of Team Impact......

England’s football team managed to get through to the final 16 stage of the 2010 Fifa World Cup even after helping the USA with that cheeky draw in the first game…. (what is the colour of your money?? Green I believe) !!! The whole of England has gone a little football mad, with flags on just about every car, house and shop everywhere.. This Sunday 27th June, at High Noon the big battle will take place (well, it’s actually a 3:00pm GMT Kick Off). The old rivalry between Germany and England will be on again…. Germany full on confidence with a young team. But the dogged English are not going to go down without a fight. However, some people are taking it a little too far !! Check this house out… Well, it is for charity.. St Ann’s Hospice. http://www.sah.org.uk/

Sometimes in Planet HQ we get all lonely and sometimes even a little Sad. But then some kind sole takes the time and effort to write to us and tell us a little story... This week ray of sunshine comes to us from Adam Heiby... Thanks Adam..... ............................................................................................. From: Adam Heiby [mailto:********@comcast.net] Sent: 17 June 2010 18:37 Subject: ftac backpack Hi planet eclipse guys , my name is Adam and i love your products. In the beginning of the 2009-10 school year i bought your ftac back pack , when i got it it was amazing and i thought it looked really cool , but usually back packs fall apart. I was really supprised when it stood up the entire year of school acting as my welding gear bag to haul around all of my tools , metal , helmet , welding books and more. I was wondering how much weight i was carrying every other day with me 2 school and back so one day i weighed it. The total weight off all of my gear came...

It is very rare for Planet Eclipse to sign any new teams into the Eclipse Army mid season, but when German based team Instinct contacted us via our Germany Distributor Paintball.de we had to look at them very closely. Planet Eclipse does not have a professional German based team playing the Millennium Series until NOW…. It is with great pleasure that I announce the signing of Team Instinct into the Eclipse Emortal Army. We wish them the best of luck in the up and coming Millennium Series (Campaign Cup) and beyond!! Here is a copy of their press release. Follow Instinct on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/ramsteininstinct

"Triumph & Tragedy" is the 3rd video in a new online paintball video documentary series called Artifact, produced by Planet Eclipse, creators of the EGO and GEO paintball markers. "Triumph & Tragedy" chronicles Edmonton Impact's first professional tournament victory in the U.S, at the 2010 PSP Phoenix Open, and trying circumstances the team overcame, both on the field and off. This episode features music by [in order of appearance] Moonlit Sailor, Burns Out Bright, Hot Water Music, Moonlit Sailor. Artifact is a collection of 10-minute documentary shorts, which will be released monthly throughout the 2010 professional paintball season. The videos are narrated by acclaimed commentator, writer, and retired professional player Matt Marshall. Produced by Planet Eclipse, in association with Deep Elm Records, and Disconnected Media.

I think we all love seeing Paintball on TV, when someone does it well (like the Budweiser Advert) it brings a nice big smile to our faces.... So check this advert !!!

Planet Eclipse held it’s annual European Dealer Tech Course in 5th of June 2010 at the Ramada Hotel in Manchester. We had dealers participating from all over Europe and as far away as South Africa. The tech course was covering all the latest products from Planet Eclipse including the brand new Geo2 marker. Each participant had a chance to build and learn about the Geo2 markers and to spend some time with our leading engineers. Mr. Jack Wood and Mr. Steven Monks (Flash). We try to improve our tech classes each year by listening to all feedbacks from our dealers. We can proudly say we have managed to raise the bar again with a very successful questions and answers session led by Jack and Flash. The Q&A session was covering all the latest technical improvements on all our products and the introduction of the new E-Portal system. To help to increase the level of service between the paintball stores and the customers we also made sure every participant are provided with our servicing d...

The Emortal Army is doing it again! At the Copa Las Americas tournament in the Dominican Republic on July 9th to the 11th players will get a once in a life time chance to meet, play with and learn from World Class Pro, Nick Slowiak, of Team Aftershock and attend a FREE clinic for all players. Assisting Nick will be former Pro Player Marc Lancia. Marc is also a senior Sales person at Planet Eclipse and will be doing a meet and greet with any dealers attending the event. Dealers will have the chance to learn about the Etek3, Ego10 and new GEO2 by attending our FREE Dealer Tech class held by certified Eclipse Master Tech Steve Santucci (Spanish speaking). A few lucky players will also get the opportunity to try out the new GEO2 at the event. The GEO2's will be available all weekend for players to borrow for a game and a couple of lucky players will have the opportunity to buy one of the GEO2s brought to the event from Don Pepe of Xtreme Paintball. For more info about the FREE Clinic o...

This summer Robert will be embarking on a little road trip to spread the word and pass on his tech skills. Roberts’s first stop is at the Grand Tour in Vienna, Austria on the 24th and 25th July ( http://www.paintballgrandtour.com/epc/ ) where he will be performing his normal excellent Tech duties over the weekend. Robert will then be off to Warsaw to hold a dealer tech course on the 27th of July in Warsaw organized by Skill Paintball www.skill.com.pl . If you are a dealer that would like to attend then please contact Skill Paintball or Robert for more information... A Couple of days later there will be a basic tech course held in Budapest on the 30th of July, organized by www.festeklovesz.info. This course is open to the general paintball public and is FREE of charge except for a small donation towards the Tech Class venues cost. For more info on attending the course click this link http://festeklovesz.info / The Tech Course will be covering the basic knowledge and understanding of a...

Planet Eclipse’s newest sponsored team in Brazil has made it clear that they are serious about flying the PE flag on the highest spot of the podium. Team Berzerkers took home the gold at the Brazilian leg of the CSP. After dominating in the first round and playing smart in the semi-finals Berzerkers reached the finals where a hard fought battle for the gold took place against Ninjinhas Black. After tying the game at 2x2 Berzerkers went in for the kill and the final point not dropping one single body. Congratulations to the newest members of the Emortal Army. Next stop, Chile! Good luck guys! The Emortal Army keeps rolling on all over the world. Planet Eclipse would like to congratulate Team Berzerkers and their sponsor, Brazil’s Most Wanted, for the 1st place finish at the CSP!! Its great to see our sponsored teams winning all over the world. We appreciate the support by all teams and players and look forward to the rest of the year. Good luck guys!! www.csp-paintball.com

We are looking for a Junior Designer to join our Design Team full-time at our office in Manchester, UK. This role is for someone who has a good understanding of Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, who has a creative flair and an eye for the current trends. You would be working on a variety of medias from Print, Product to Digital. You will need the ability to meet deadlines, work in a team, self motivation and have an eye for detail and colour. If you are interested and think you are suitable for the role please email your CV and any samples of your work to kate.w@planeteclipse.com I look forward to hearing from you. Many Thanks, Katie

We are proud to unveil the new Planet Eclipse Warranty Centre https://www.planeteclipse.com/warranty/signin This is the beginning of a new Warranty system that we have been wanting to integrate for some time now, allowing customers to create an account for themselves, register the Eclipse markers that they currently own and then "dispose" of them when they sell them on, allowing the next owner to register them. Not only do we anticipate that this will make life easier for you guys the customers, but will also aid our Service Centers when validating warranty information and carrying out warranty and service work. So how do you use the new system???? Customers who have ALREADY registered their Eclipse marker(s) for warranty should follow this procedure: - Click on the "Retrieve Password" link on the left hand side of the Welcome page or https://www.planeteclipse.com/warranty/retrieve/ - Enter the email address that you used on your original Warranty registration - Cli...

What better way to tell you about the NEW Planet Eclipse GEO2 that to simply cut and paste a review from one of X-Factors Pro Players Grayon Goff’s Blog? Check out Grayson Blog for more X-Factor and Grayson goodness !! http://georgeocean781.blogspot.com/ My real name is Grayson Goff, George only comes out at night. I've been playing competitive paintball since 2001 and for the past few years I've been involved with San Antonio X-factor. Paintball has given me such a wonderful opportunity to live life to its fullest and I'm taking advantage of that every day of my life. This blog will chronicle those journeys... ……………………………………………………………………............................................ GEO2 Review This past weekend in Nebraska I was fortunate enough to get my hands on one of the new Geo 2's from Eclipse. Like usual, the gun came in the metal zipper case I've come to like very much. It's the perfect size to carry everything you need and still fits inside any gear bag...

A few shorts years ago there were all sorts of Pro players from around the world travelling to the UK to hold clinics. These clinics were extremely valuable insights into the game and teams attending took the next step in becoming the best they could be !! It’s been a while now but the Dynasty boys are looking at making another trip over to the UK. Problem is that if everyone that said they are going to come to the session did come it would be very much over-subscribed, the other problem is nobody is coughing up the deposits which is needed before the Dynasty guys will book their flights (very understandably). So here is your kick in the ass to get yourself sorted out and booked in and PAID UP. Apathy is killing us all and unless you actually sign up this GREAT opportunity is going to pass you by and the Dynasty guys may never be been seen over here again…. Let’s make sure this doesn’t happen!!!! These boys have the SKILLZ !!!!

Team Brute Force General Red Team at Modern Warfare at P&L Paintball As we pulled out of our meeting spot with cloudy grey skies and the weather report on the radio we were all worried of what the day may bring. This was the first time in the history of the team was Brute Force ever honoured with a general position in an event; There was no chance that rain was going to keep us from winning. Over the last four years as a team, Brute Force has attended 14 major regional big games and scenarios and up until October of 2009 we held an undefeated record, we were hungry and excited to bring another win home with us. We arrived at P&L Paintball at 6:30am, the majority of the crowd wasn't even awake yet but from the time we entered the front gates we were already running our game plans. It took us 20 minutes to set up our four blue Planet Eclipse canopies and tables when disaster hit. It felt as if the heavens opened up and there was an ocean falling on us. Rain fell hard as it th...

Planet Eclipse would like to congratulate team LOD for their 2nd place finish last Sunday. Another great event for team LOD and we appreciate the support that all our Dealers and sponsored teams have given us in Argentina!! Good luck at the next event Last Sunday, a tournament was held at La Liga Paintball (Buenos Aires, Argentina), where Planet Eclipse Sponsored team, LOD, submitted two teams in division D3. One of the 2 teams went undefeated in its zone and reached the quarter-finals where it was the best-of-three matches to advance to the final. They moved onto the finals and gave their best effort and got second place. 'We had great technical advantage in the matches were time was short and because of the high performance EGO10 HPA did not need replacing between games, leaving us once we loaded paint and ready for the next game.' 'The level of the other teams was very good and we are pleased to have achieved our objective of obtaining a place on the podium.' www.lod...

10 Things you might not know about me… This crazy world of Paintball we all immerse ourselves in drags us from A to B and back again, but who is it that is behind the Mask?? We are going to start to ask some of the Pro players in the Eclipse Family to give us some insight into there psyche. I’m a strong believer of not asking anyone to do something that I’m not willing to do so here is my ‘10 Things you might not know about me’ Visit Facebook and VOTE for the USA Pro player that we will ask next !!! CLICK HERE TO VOTE...... Enjoy…. LEDZ Basic (Boring) Info: Name: Antony Leadbetter Nickname: Ledz Age: 39…. OK I’m 40 !! Team. Operation Sandbagger, Coach for Firm and Ex Nexus and Banzai Bandit Job: Co-Owner of Planet Eclipse. 1. I hate family video’s of me as a teenager. Not sure why just do. If the family ever get them out I’ll leave the house rather than watching them. 2. A like hot sauce a lot but everybody thinks I like the super hot stuff which isn’t true. Tabasco is the king o...