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Pro Paintball Rumor Report – World Cup Edition

Justin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:37:28 +0000

Bryan Bortol from paintball team Omaha VICIOUS, Photo Credit: SkipsPics.com

The PSP World Cup is set to begin in less than 7 days. Are you and your paintball team ready to compete? Read on for the latest paintball news and gossip regarding several top teams as they prepare for the 2011 PSP World Cup Championship.

According to ProPaintball insiders, Billy Wing of the LA Ironmen is rumored to be retiring from competitive paintball after the 2011 PSP World Cup. He has played professional paintball for the last 14 years. The LA Ironmen were his one and only pro team. Wing is a very dedicated Ironmen player and long time employee at DYE Precision and we can only imagine his departure will have a major impact. Want to know more? Check out ProPaintball’s interview with Billy Wing.

Chad “Ya-Ya” Bouchez (former Aftershock) was rumored to be playing with Omaha Vicious. ProPaintball insiders suggest that there was a conflict in the deal and it wasn’t completed in time for the event. Bummer.

Marcello Margott tore his meniscus and had torn cartilage. Marcello underwent a micro fracture surgery which requires him to stay off the injury for about 6 weeks (no weight bearing). Unfortunately he will be sitting out PSP World Cup. Marcello has to go through physical therapy and should return prior to the start of the 2012 season.

Thomas Taylor from Sacramento XSV is playing with LIFT.

Division 1 team Assault surprised everyone by pulling out of PSP World Cup. Team owner TeddyG has been responding to questions in the ProPaintball Smackbox over the last 24 hours. In short, the team was just not ready to compete and Teddy did not feel comfortable fielding an unprepared squad.

Darryl Trent is preparing to unveil the DLX Luxe 2.0 paintball gun at PSP World Cup. Here is a sneak peak of the new paintball gun from DLX.

DSSP8NTBALL.com is bringing back their divisional feeder team for 2012. Stay tuned for tryout information.

Guerrilla Air is giving away free paintballs. The odds that you win are 1 in 200.

Portland Uprising is rumored to have picked up 2 local players for their 2011 PSP World Cup debut. ProPaintball insiders suggest the team is trying to get their feet wet, learn the format and figure out what they need to fix in anticipation of the 2012 paintball season. Good luck Uprising!

Pro Paintball fans have been inquiring as to what Cole Scott is doing for PSP World Cup. In case your wondering, Cole Scott plays with Portland Uprising in NPPL 7-man and Impact in the PSP. ProPaintball caught up with Cole who mentioned that prior to the 2011 season begining, he signed up to play with Edmonton Impact in PSP and Portland Uprising in NPPL 7-man. Cole will be playing with Edmonton Impact at Cup but mentioned he and a few of the guys are going to try and help coach the new Uprising team through the first event. Talk about camaraderie!

What else have you heard? Share your paintball news and rumors in the comments below.

Russian Legion wins PSP Chicago – Paintball Event Results

Justin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:55:04 +0000

The Russian Legion battled against world paintball series leaders San Diego Dynasty for the PSP Chicago Open title. The Russians emerged the victors in an over time match that some say was the best paintball they have witnessed in the history of the sport. If you missed the free paintball webcast hosted by Matty Marshall you should be kicking yourself. The PSP webcast was an amazing production with excellent game footage and commentary that kept paintball fans on the edges of their couches all weekend long. The PSP has promised to release some of the episodes online via Youtube and other online video sharing sites in the coming weeks.

Below are a few words from the PSP’s Camille Lemanski regarding the event as well as final results for all the divisions.

After severe weather did its best to take out this event, Burt Wright, Matt Fraundorf, Nick Casner, Rich Hernandez, Aaron Arroyo, Matty Morse and Brian Berg of the PSP Crew along with volunteers from team LSD and the CPX Sports Park staff led by Darrell Parrish, worked around the clock to revive the venue and save the event. This came as complete relief to the thousands of PSP players and fans including those who traveled in from as far as Sweden, Russia, Ecuador and Brazil!

Beautifully calm weather swept in after the reconstruction just in time for games to begin, allowing raw talent and strategic game plans to take center stage. With 9 different divisions to choose from, 155 teams from several nations competed against each other to better themselves and prove who really is the best in the world.

Something that was extra special for this event was the return of the live webcast! Thousands of fans from all over the world – literally – were watching pro games at www.pspevents.com all day Saturday along with Pro and some divisional final action live and for free all day Sunday!

Global enthusiasm seemed to build up Sunday as it became clear that the Professional final match would once again come down to San Diego Dynasty and Boston Red Legion of Russia. These two teams faced off against each other in the March PSP Galveston event with Dynasty winning… and the rivalry has been building up tension ever since. Boston Red Legion started out strong taking the first two points, but several close points later and San Diego Dynasty came out time and again with the lead. In what seemed like would be the final point before Dynasty were re-crowned champs, Justin Rabacoff made the move of the event by taking the flag and racing it into Dynasty’s flag station with just 2 seconds left in the game… while Dynasty still had live bodies on the field!! This took the game into Sudden Death Overtime which came down to a one-on-one where Boston Red Legion’s final player, who was seemingly out of paint, eliminated the final Dynasty player to win the event!

Final Score: San Diego Dynasty 5, Boston Red Legion 6

Let the Dynasty/Legion rivalry continue as we take the PSP to our next stop: PSP New Jersey, August 12 – 14, 2011 at TopGun Paintball! But first, please join us in congratulating all of the 2011 PSP Chicago Open Champions!

Final Results for the PSP Chicago Open:

Professional

Boston Red Legion

San Diego Dynasty

Edmonton Impact

Los Angeles Ironmen

Division 1

Hurricanes

New Jersey Jesters

ASSAULT

upTon 187 cRew

Division 2

Grad Moscow

Wolfpack

DOW Warberg

Distortion

Division 3 RaceTo-4

Detroit Action

Boom II

Annihilators EDGE

Rapinas

Division 4 RaceTo-4

Imperial

Central Florida Paintball

North Texas Shockwave

Momentum

Division 3 RaceTo-2

CRU LT

Seek and Destroy

Team Betrayal

L A S T C A L L

Division 4 RaceTo-2

Revo II

Syndicate

Atlanta Breakout Gold

Mac Daddy All-Stars

Pump Open RaceTo-2

Total Grief

Dallas Notorious

Pro Paintball Stats & Poll for PSP Chicago Open

Justin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:14:32 +0000

The Chicago pickem and the Pro Paintball poll (right hand side of the page) have opened up for you to place your bets on the winners and losers of the PSP 2011 Chicago Open. Cade Coleman, the PSP score keeper and ProPaintball are proud to share several data points for your consideration and general paintball knowledge. Hopefully these data points will help you increase your odds of winning the PB Pickem grand prize. Study up and place your picks!

Data is based on PSP Pro Paintball matches between 2007 to 2011

PSP 2011 Chicago Open Stats:

2007 – Largest Margin of Victory: Legion (23) vs. Ultimate (1)
2007 – Finals: X-Factor (7) vs. Ironmen (6)
2008 – Finals: Damage (5) vs. Aftermath (3)
2009 – Finals: Legion (7) vs. Aftermath (1)
2010 – Finals: Infamous (7) vs. Damage (5)

PSP Pro Paintball Team Facts and Win / Loss Records:

Chicago Aftershock:

31 Wins (36%) / 56 Losses (64%)
Looking for their first Pro win of the 2011 season, shut out 0-4 at the 2011 Texas Open.

Chattanooga CEP (PSP Pro since 2011):

0 Wins (0%) / 4 Losses (100%)
Looking for their first Pro win ever, also shut out 0-4 at the 2011 Texas Open.

Tampa Bay Damage (PSP Pro since 2008):

51 Wins (61%) / 32 Losses (39%)
Wins and 1 OT Loss during the Texas Open, they were knocked out by Legion (2-4) in the Semis.

San Diego Dynasty:

59 Wins (58%) / 43 Losses (42%)
3 Wins (7-0, 7-1, 7-1) and 1 Loss (Legion) during the Texas Prelims, beat Infamous in the Semis, and Legion (7-2) in the Finals.

Edmonton Impact (PSP Pro since 2008):

38 Wins (52%) / 35 Losses (48%)
2 Wins (both 5-4) and 2 Losses (both 1-7), looking to advance out of the Prelims in 2011.

LA Infamous:

49 Wins (51%) / 47 Losses (49%)
3 Wins (2OT) and 1 Loss during the Texas Prelims, they were knocked out by Dynasty (2-5) in the Semis.

Los Angeles Ironmen:

70 Wins (65%) / 38 Losses (35%)
2 Wins (1OT) and 2 Losses in Texas, looking to advance out of the Prelims in 2011.

Boston Red Legion:

82 Wins (75%) / 28 Losses (25%)
3 Wins and 1 Loss (OT Loss, Ironmen), beat Damage in the Semis and Lost to Dynasty (2-7) in the Finals.

Omaha Vicious (PSP Pro since 2010):

7 Wins (37%) / 12 Losses (63%)
2 Wins (1OT, both 6-5) and 2 Losses (1OT) in Texas, looking to advance out of the Prelims in 2011.

San Antonio X-Factor:

44 Wins (49%) / 46 Losses (51%)
2 Wins (7-3, 7-2) and 2 Losses in Texas, looking to advance out of the Prelims in 2011.

Does the Win and Loss record effect your loyalty to your favorite pro paintball team? Or, is there more to a pro team than winning? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

[RE-POST] Pro Update: Impact’s Tim Montressor on NPPL 2011 Chicago Open

Robert — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:43:54 +0000

ProPaintball caught up with Tim Montressor of Edmonton Impact. Tim reflects back on the NPPL Chicago event where they placed 4th. Below is what he had to say…

Losing sucks. I have nothing more poetic or elegant to say about the 2011 Chicago NPPL now that I’m home. I could write you a laundry list of excuses or reasons as to why we didn’t win. I could fill a small notebook with various ideas and insights that could hypothesize why we got fourth place in Chicago instead of first, but I’d be providing you with worthless drivel that will ultimately amount to nothing. In the end we lost and it’s unbelievably frustrating and annoying.

I would be remiss to not admit that I had planned on winning a tournament or two by now when I joined Edmonton Impact this offseason. The team had come off a great year in 2010 and with the addition of Chad George, I really felt like we were the most well rounded squad in both leagues. The results would say otherwise and are a constant reminder that our high hopes and expectations have yet to come to fruition. With the NPPL season already half over, the team really needs to perform much better in DC and Vegas to live up to the hype that we created amongst ourselves.

As for the event, I have to say that I really hope that they start to put all the pro games on Saturday instead of chopping up both divisions between two days. Personally, having class late Thursday night, catching 6 a.m. flights on Friday mornings and getting to the field with minimal or no sleep is not too much fun. With more and more guys in the league nearing the end of their college degrees or getting new jobs, getting time off isn’t quite as easy as it used to be. Nonetheless, the site itself was nice. Challenge Park has a great venue and even though there were only two fields set up for the NPPL, the facility was packed since the Living Legends scenario game was held at the same time about 1000 feet away from where the grandstands were located.

Edmonton Impact’s weekend started out well. While I was chained down to a desk, sentenced to learn about Human Resources Development, the rest of the team flew in early and got a solid practice with some of the other pro teams on Thursday. The additional practice proved useful as the team finished 5-2 after the prelims and headed into Sunday 2^nd in our bracket. The league made a few changes since Huntington Beach and chose to use the old format of two eight team brackets for the prelims and using a round robin schedule. For Sunday, the top eight teams from the prelims were divided into two brackets of four and the same format from HB was used in which teams played the other three teams in a best out of three series. Because of our seeding we played Oakland Blast, Portland Uprising and Tampa Bay Damage. We were able to beat Tampa Bay in two straight games, we lost to Blast in two games and then beat Uprising in three games. After some long point counting and averaging, we ended up playing Dynasty to see which team would play in the finals. We were systematically beat in two long drawn out games. Nothing special to write about other than I’m not quite sure if I mentioned that losing sucks. Because the tournament went longer than expected and the American guys had flights that we had to catch so that Ryan didn’t miss his five hour Monday afternoon class, we chose to play one game for third/fourth placed instead of a best two out of three. This time around, Uprising got their revenge.

The award for biggest surprise of the event has to go to Portland Uprising. If XSV’s performance in HB came as a surprise, then Uprising’s performance in Chicago must have been viewed as a bombshell. The team looked good the whole weekend and my fellow Impact teammate, Cole “Please don’t call me Scott Cole” Scott showed some great moves and was one of the many players on the squad that helped to elevate Portland’s showing from last place to third place.

I can’ t believe that Dynasty has won four straight tournaments. They’ve been a good team for a long time, but adding Oliver, Dalton and Mouse has turned the team from average last year to this year’s best team…..so far. Personally, I hate seeing them win again because I’m a competitor and would much rather see myself win, but they have a good team and have proven that their hard work and plethora of talent can produce great results. I would comment on how their finals game went down against Avalanche and about how Frank beat up all the Dynasty players with one hand tied behind his back, but truthfully I was so disgusted after taking fourth place that I put my gear in my bag and was back in our team van so fast, that the finals hadn’t even started and I didn’t watch either of the games.

Right now Impact is switching gears and getting ready to head back to Chicago in a few weeks for the PSP event that will be held at Challenge Park again. We have some good practices lined up, including a grind session with Vicious in Omaha the weekend before the event. I feel that the dynamics of the team are improving and we’re starting to flow much better on and off the field, so I expect good results for the next event. Since these articles are supposed to provide some insight into “Pro” teams and the players, I’ll be completely honest and say that I always feel that we’re going to, or supposed to, win every tournament even if we played terrible in practice. It’s the competitive nature in me, my team, and most long time pro players that continuously drives us to live this silly lifestyle and chase the dream of winning paintball tournaments.

I hope that it never sounds repetitive because it’s said with honesty and adoration, but as always I would like to thank our fans that have cheered us at every event and followed our results online. Additionally, I would like to thank our amazing sponsors for providing us with the best equipment and assistance in the world: Planet Eclipse, Draxxus, Go Paintball, Mr. Paintball, Ninja Paintball, PB Action Games, Exalt and V-Force. Without everyone’s support, our achievements would not be possible.

Feature image by Jeff “Stince” Stinson
JeffyPhoto.com

San Diego Dynasty wins NPPL 2011 Chicago Open

Justin — Sun, 22 May 2011 23:41:05 +0000

San Diego Dynasty, an Empire Paintball team, has won the NPPL 2011 Chicago Open paintball tournament. This is the 4th event in a row that Dynasty has won since the start of the 2011 paintball season. Paintball players and fans across the world have been discussing the return of Dynasty and the possibilities of a 4th Triple Crown Championship. During the 2010 off season, Dynasty manager Eric Crandall and Coach Mike Hinman augmented one of the top rosters in paintball with Dalton Vanderbyl, Alex Goldman, and Oliver Lang. The result has been a seemingly unstoppable team and a Triple Crown Championship appears to be a distinct possibility.

The Chicago Open pro division’s final four was notable in that it was the first time we have seen St. Louis Avalanche and Portland Uprising on the podium. St. Louis Avalanche started the year off on a somber note, finishing 11th place. Between HB and Chicago, the team saw AJ Trillet leave to Chicago Legend and Justin Schwarz joined Avalanche from Arsenal. The new kids on the block, Portland Uprising, finished the event in 3rd place. Uprising started the season at NPPL 2011 Surf City Open and finished in dead last. During the break between events Uprising brushed off the paint and decided to step up their game. The team picked up Cole Scott from Vancouver Vendetta and practiced like mad men to improve their lackluster performance at Event 1. In forth place was Edmonton Impact. Impact has a championship roster and many paintball fans expected to watch the team unseat Dynasty in the finals. No strangers to the podium, Impact posted a 3rd place finish at Event 1 and ProPaintball expects the team will be bringing the heat in the events to come.

The top results for each division are as follows:

Pro Paintball

San Diego Dynasty
St. Louis Avalanche
Portland Uprising
Edmonton Impact

Division 1 Paintball

Dynasty 2
Texas Storm
Impact Echo
Critical Wrecking Crew

Division 2 Paintball

3CT
LSD Savage
Marine Team One
Top Gun Evolution

Division 3 Paintball

DBS Kidz 2
TKO Blackout
Boom II
Raiders

Division 4 Paintball

Cetermass Hawaii
Asylum Ballerz
Toxic
University of Michigan

Pump Paintball Division

Total Grief
Zero
Milwaukee Throwback
CPX Pro Stars

New Paintball Gun & Jersey for Edmonton Impact

Justin — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:54:21 +0000

Pro paintball team Edmonton Impact, Planet Eclipse, and GoPaintball.ca are proud to unveil the new paintball jersey for Impact’s 2011 season. Edmonton’s 2011 sponsors include Planet Eclipse, Draxxus paintballs, Exalt, GoPaintball.ca, MRPaintball, Vforce goggles, Paintball Action Games, PBNation, PaintballPhotography, and ProPaintball.com. During the 2010 off season, Impact picked up Tim Montressor from Aftershock and Chad George from Dynasty to augment the teams already all-star roster. Below is a first look at the new Impact 2011 paintball jersey and a revisiting of the Impact GEO2. Both of these products are available from the teams store on GoPaintball.ca.

ProPaintball caught up with Impact’s Josh Davey for a few words on the Impact GEO2;

“The new eclipse geo paintball gun is sick as f**k! One of my favorite Impact Guns.”

Pro Update: Edmonton Impact’s Tim Montressor on NPPL HB 2011

Justin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:42:17 +0000

“The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.” -Bear Bryant

Sometime during the last 9 years of playing professional paintball, some of the fun was taken away from traveling for me. At the top level, we have become so focused on winning and losing that we forgot why we started to travel and pursue the sport. We’ve been constantly corralled into horse pastures, mud pits and locations far off the beaten path only to still be entranced and emotionally enveloped by the competition and notion of winning. But, personally, I remember a time when going to national tournaments was a venture all in itself. When watching games, hanging out at the field and causing ruckus with your teammates was the primary purpose for getting on an airplane or making a long trek in your car. I’m not saying that one primary motivator is better than the other, but it would be nice to have both. I didn’t think that such an abomination still existed, where playing to win also encompassed other facets of fun. Nonetheless, my opinions have been recently changed with the latest Huntington Beach NPPL event.

Personally, this offseason was great, as I was provided the opportunity to play alongside some of the old Philly Americans and close friends, Chad George, Ryan Moorhead and Jason Trosen once again on Edmonton Impact. It also turns out that Canadians aren’t so bad after all and it feels like I’ve been a part of the team for more than just a few months. So maybe it was this dynamic or being a part of a great production that was broadcast on ESPN3 or the amazing venue that the NPPL always secures at Huntington Beach, but regardless the event was one of the best tournaments that I have been to in a few years. The league is slowly rebuilding since its collapse almost three years ago, but there is an abundant amount of hope and ambition amongst the organizers. The format is not X-ball, instead it’s something much different. But different isn’t bad, in fact I’m a firm believer that having both leagues is good for the sport and good for all the players. Variety is the spice of life, right?

We didn’t win the tournament and instead got third place. But, we’re not hanging our heads low and offering any apologies, rather we’re looking forward to the future and the possibilities that the newly revamped Edmonton Impact squad has in the near future. However, we would like to thank everyone that cheered for us at the event and those who watched at home along with our multitude of amazing sponsors, Planet Eclipse, Draxxus, Go Paintball, Mr. Paintball, Ninja Paintball, PB Action Games, Exalt and V-Force. Without everyone’s support, our achievements would not be possible.

Photography credit: Top photo-Andrew Holtegaard, Side photo-Robert Abitia

Pro Paintball Rumor Report

Justin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:51:37 +0000

This weeks pro paintball rumor report features the latest paintball news and gossip from San Antonio X Factor, San Diego Dynasty, Edmonton Impact, Newport Entourage and Sacramento XSV.

Dynasty tells their players they won’t be flying people in. Archie Montemayor, Billy Bernacchia, Chad George, and Devin Odell are rumored to no longer be playing with the team.

Archie Montemayor and Devin Odell are rumored to be reuniting with their friends and former teammates on San Antonio X-Factor. Between Dixon Yang, Grayson Goff, Dusty Odell, Devin Odell, Archie Montemayor, Ryan Cohen and Cody Bayless, X-Factor will once again be a top contender in 2011.

Chad George will be joining former teammates Ryan Moorhead and Tim Montressor from the Philadelphia All Americans.

Johnny Thompson is rumored to be retiring from professional paintball. Johnny competed with pro paintball team Edmonton Impact. Sources indicate his departure opened the door for Chad to join the team.

Pro Paintball insiders indicate that pro team Newport Entourage will not be competing in the 2011 pro paintball season. Several of the players are said to be looking for a team.

Ryan Martin of Newport Entourage is rumored to have signed with Sacramento XSV.

Sacramento XSV is rumored to be signing with Empire Paintball to shoot the new Empire AXE . Sources indicate a Sacramento XSV private label AXE is in the works. In case you missed it, be sure to check ProPaintball’s review of the Empire AXE.

Edmonton Impact changes it up

Justin — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:14:28 +0000

Edmonton Impact has signed with Procaps for the 2011 paintball season. The Canadian pro paintball team will be shooting DXS Gold Hellfire paintballs and wearing Vforce Grillz / Profiler paintball goggle systems. Fans will recall that Impact had an incredible run during the 2010 paintball season. Impact won the Millenium Series Championship and placed on the podium all season long in both the NPPL & PSP paintball circuits. Impact made a major move during the 2010 off season and picked up All-Star player Tim Montressor from Chicago Aftershock. Edmonton Impact is expected to continue to dominate the Pro circuit in the PSP, NPPL and Millennium Series events.

According to the official release on Procaps website:

“Edmonton Impact is very excited to announce that they will be joining Draxxus for the 2011 NPPL and PSP seasons. Along with shooting the Gold Hellfire brand of paint, Impact will be wearing the Vforce Grills to represent Draxxus on the field. Draxxus was one of the original sponsors of Edmonton Impact in their early climb through divisional paintball, and is one of the reasons the team has become what it is today. Looking forward to the 2011 season, Impact is hoping to capture their first overall championship while representing one of the most legendary paintball companies in the history of the sport. 2011 will be an all new year for Edmonton Impact who look to dominate the competition with Draxxus as their newest sponsor!”, says Bart Yachimec, of Edmonton Impact.

Josh Davey, Impact’s Captain said, “I’m happy to be working again with the first company that sponsored me as a pro player. I wore Profilers playing on Oakland Assasins and it’s good to be back with DXS and VForce, feels like being reunited with family.”

“Impact’s achievements on and off the field makes them an ideal candidate to represent our brands. With Edmonton Impact on board and more announcements coming shortly, 2011 will be a great year for Procaps & its family.” said Eric Stork, Procaps Director of Sales.

Edmont Impact picks up Tim Montressor

Brad Johnson — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:54:18 +0000

Tim Montressor is one the strongest, and most experienced players in the pro division. He has plenty experience winning with the Philadelphia Americans, and it looking to bring that edge to Impact. Impact is the 2nd best team in the world right now right behind Tampa Bay Damage. Picking up Tim is definitely a good move, so they can start there run for the top.

This move may also help but some of the rumors that the American will be making a come back. Montressor was a huge part of Philly for four years, so if there was a comeback one would think that he would be a part of the homebuilding.

Dynasty Impact Wins 2010 Overall Millennium Title

Brad Johnson — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:22:31 +0000

October 1st-3rd in Paris was the final weekend for the 2010 Millennium season. Dynasty/Impact dominated the first two tournaments taking home two first places. London the 3rd event didn’t go as well and the team ended up going home in 5th. Paris went a little better with the team taking 3rd which was good enough to secure the series title for the Super Team. SK Moscow took home first in the series finale. Winning in Europe is nothing new for the boys from Dynasty. 2o10 is the 3rd time that Dynasty or a Dynasty combo team has played a complete Millennium series. Dynasty played the 2004 season and won the overall title with two wins, and in 2009 DC Arsenal Dynasty took home 2nd overall with two wins.