Night Paintball - What every player should know
originally published in the December 2005 issue of Paintball Sports Magazine
Night paintball has been around for over a decade, but only within
the past year or two has the popularity of the sport
experienced such dramatic change. Scenario paintballers are
swarming to evening games like second graders charging the
playground at recess. Big events such as Oklahoma D-Day and Nightmare
City dedicate at least one evening for night paintball, and
woodsball™ fields are increasingly giving players an
opportunity to showcase their nocturnal combat abilities.
Thursday, December 1, 2005
Friday, November 4, 2005
Tippinators Play in Open Tournament
The Tippinators stepped up the team's level of competition
on November 5th, 2005 by entering an Open Class 3-Man
tournament at Mersey Road Paintball for the fourth tournament in the
team's history. Some great teams showed up for the tournament
including; Overkill Hate Crew (tournament winners), Team
Overkill, Primal (mens and ladies), Spikes 5150 to name a few.
Even though the Tippinators are still a rookie team they felt
the experience of playing against better teams would help
with their long range development.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Tippinators Show Great Improvement at Overkill Tournament
The Tippinators took to the field for their third speedball
tournament at Overkill Sportz in Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia
on October 15, 2005. The team was excited to enter this tournament
as it was a real step up in the level of play and it gave them a
chance to meet an entire new group of paintballers.
The team played hard all day and ended up finishing 8th out of 16 teams, a huge improvement over their first two tournaments. The day was shortened due to heavy rain but nothing could dampen the team's spirits as the trademark handshakes and joking with competitors went on all day. Even after the tournament was stopped the Tippinators were still playing for fun against any team that would come onto the rain soaked field.
The points were tallied, the winners announced and much to the surprise of the team a special award was presented to the Tippinators for sportsmanship. The entire team was stunned and honoured by the award as the team had never even heard of a "Sportsmanship Award" let alone expect to receive one with so many other great players and teams in attendance.
The complete list of standings OKSportz - 3man Rookie/Novice Tourny - Oct 15th, 2005:
Supremacy - 1st place
Phoenix Gold - 2nd place
Unforgiven Red - 3rd place
Primal - 4th place
Spikes 5150 - 5th place
G-prime - 6th place
Phoenix Silver - 7th place
Tippinators - 8th place
Untouchables - 9th place
Triple Image Blue - 10th place
Magnitude - 11th place
Unforgiven Yellow - 12th place
Triple Image Black - 13th place
Mersey Road - 14th place
Triple Image Red - 15th place
Fire Storm - 16th place
Tippinators - Most Sportsmanship
And a special award was given out today, "most sportsmanship" we asked for input from all the refs and The Tippinators came out on top, these guys just ooze class, both on and off the field, I think their team motto pretty much sums it up: "Shake hands, play hard, have fun, make new friends, remember that it is just a game."
The team played hard all day and ended up finishing 8th out of 16 teams, a huge improvement over their first two tournaments. The day was shortened due to heavy rain but nothing could dampen the team's spirits as the trademark handshakes and joking with competitors went on all day. Even after the tournament was stopped the Tippinators were still playing for fun against any team that would come onto the rain soaked field.
The points were tallied, the winners announced and much to the surprise of the team a special award was presented to the Tippinators for sportsmanship. The entire team was stunned and honoured by the award as the team had never even heard of a "Sportsmanship Award" let alone expect to receive one with so many other great players and teams in attendance.
Tippinators Break Out |
The complete list of standings OKSportz - 3man Rookie/Novice Tourny - Oct 15th, 2005:
Supremacy - 1st place
Phoenix Gold - 2nd place
Unforgiven Red - 3rd place
Primal - 4th place
Spikes 5150 - 5th place
G-prime - 6th place
Phoenix Silver - 7th place
Tippinators - 8th place
Untouchables - 9th place
Triple Image Blue - 10th place
Magnitude - 11th place
Unforgiven Yellow - 12th place
Triple Image Black - 13th place
Mersey Road - 14th place
Triple Image Red - 15th place
Fire Storm - 16th place
Tippinators - Most Sportsmanship
And a special award was given out today, "most sportsmanship" we asked for input from all the refs and The Tippinators came out on top, these guys just ooze class, both on and off the field, I think their team motto pretty much sums it up: "Shake hands, play hard, have fun, make new friends, remember that it is just a game."
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Tippinators Volunteer to Bust Balls for Charity
The Tippinators volunteered to lend a hand and some of
their experience to help as referees with the M&M Meats /
Q104 Bustin' Balls for Charity.
Paintball players from all walks of life united on Sunday, September 11th, 2005 for what was one of largest outdoor paintball game on record in Nova Scotia. $4000 was raised during the event and all proceeds of the game were donated to the Q-104 Children’s Trust Fund.
Paintball players from all walks of life united on Sunday, September 11th, 2005 for what was one of largest outdoor paintball game on record in Nova Scotia. $4000 was raised during the event and all proceeds of the game were donated to the Q-104 Children’s Trust Fund.
Friday, September 2, 2005
Tippinators Take Field in Second Tournament
The TPPINATORS competed in their second speedball
tournament on September 3, 2005. They had initially entered the
tournament because it was billed as a 'Rookie Tournament'. Three days
before the tournament the qualifications changed due to a lack
of entrants, the Atlantic Canadian Championships were being
held the same day and a great number of players attended that
tournament.
So the word 'Rookie' was dropped and the tournament opened up. The competition was fierce and the caliber of play was much higher then in the previous tournament entered. Juno, Hired Gun and Charon armed with their trusty A-5's with milsim mods, semi auto triggers and remote lines headed into battle against 11 other speedball teams. The other teams were hard core speedballers and all of the teams had real skill. Never the less they took to the field.
So the word 'Rookie' was dropped and the tournament opened up. The competition was fierce and the caliber of play was much higher then in the previous tournament entered. Juno, Hired Gun and Charon armed with their trusty A-5's with milsim mods, semi auto triggers and remote lines headed into battle against 11 other speedball teams. The other teams were hard core speedballers and all of the teams had real skill. Never the less they took to the field.
Friday, July 29, 2005
Tippinators Formed - Play in First Tournament
July 2005 three woodsballer came together and started a three man
speedball team named the TIPPINATORS (this is not misspelled it is a
combination of the words Tippmann and Terminators).
The only requirement is that every member of the team can use only a
Tippmann A-5 in competition. The team were entered in a rookie airball
tournament on July 30th and were carrying the Tippmann A-5 banner into
battle against the $1000+ electro super markers.
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