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This is memories!!!! Started playing in 1988. These videos are incredible. Are you the Captain of the Turtles?

Billy, Billy, Billy I would say you were pretty worked up after that one. - Jim "Roadrunner" Fox Johnstown Highlanders

I Had One 😏 ... memories

That guy talking at 0:18 get arrested for something years later? Bc that question about how dudes make the Pro team has some foreshadowing.

Tom Cole's wife was a toddler when this was filmed.

So many games back then ended with people bitching why they should have won lol

I have to ask, anyone know who the guy is at the opening doing paintball marker Tai Chi like he's about to do battle with a group of Ronin to save his village. Now I love paintball too and know it's seen as a nerd sport, or just a rich kids game thanks to such publicly as being played by the big bang theory crowd, etc. I'm sure back then someone saw this and thought buddy looked cool. All I can think is don't do this in public like that and make this lame. Hard enough trying to convince friends n such to pay hard earned money to try this activity out.

Love these videos. Started paintball in 97, was pretty much like this. The way it should have stayed. Glad they are trying to bring back Mech tournaments in woods n mounds. The flashy minigun speedball didnt put paintball in the Olympics or beside the NHL, NFL, NBA, etc. and probably never will. Keep it on the woods. However, i really was disappointed they stopped televising it. I think there would have been enough of a following of viewers if even once a month, six months, maybe even yearly telecast to make an hour long highlights show with some commercials of Paintball sponsors or pro shops in there. Id have tuned in. Guess RUclips wins.

Looks really cool with the old autococker

As someone that only knows the modern game, this is insane. Paintball is back on ESPN!

Still useful in 2024!

Wow, the memories are real here. This was the Best site in the late 80’s for war games. We were all playing with adapted guns from tree marking. Gramps and Grizzly had basically created “constant air” and teams were a new concept.

Thank you. Don’t know why I was looking for this, but I would have been a Ref on this game. I miss Van, Gram, Steve and the rest of the crew.

i still rock my micromag

I remember watching this when i was in high school. I was hooked after watching for sure. Old school paintball is the best

I coukd 1v5 these noobs

I distroy these noobs from 200 feet awsy with 60bps firdt strike set up

What was the price? Anyone selling?

So much nostalgia…

This to me is tournament paintball. Best era of the sport

So ehow this was more entertaining than Vegas 2024

The veteran looks like general Shepherd from call of duty modern warfare 2

This is a ridiculous time capsule. So cool that someone still has these and takes the time to upload them. Thanks!

I know saint george thats cool!

That was a pretty badass Dead Man's Walk and the spark for the bounce ball in all future games. The only other really nice dead men walk I've ever watched was Corey field dead man walk against Dynasty in the 2001 Chicago open five man

Those facemasks, though, lol. Well, eye goggles... It's also wild this was on ESPN but we can't get the modern NXL games on ESPN. Honestly it's probably because the NXL & all of the pros want big chunks of money like it's the NFL but well see. If ESPN would show paintball again would honestly have to let it air for a season or so before any money can start being made by the the league or any players... The 2 police talking about it was funny af "Yea man got dang ol' more fun and better practice for shootin at each other. We do some dang hostage siteatuons too" 😂😂

😂 why do Ford was a member of the stone assassins? Let me to this son of a bitch for saying the N-word.

Lolz, I reffed at Mare during this era. I swear i can hear myself in the background on Field 2.

I just found this video, and channel. Thank you so much Dale. I bought a Bob Long Autococker from you in the mid nineties that you did some extra custom work on. Had a 5 man team out of Ogden, that used to play some GWS stuff in Utah, and a few tourneys at Showdown. It's been 30 years, but feels like yesterday at times.

Ironmen losing to Paraplegic Turtles...at the time the best team in the world

This was such an awful format lol

Really wish there were paintball tournaments with a very strict BPS and loadout. Been a paintball instructor for 15 years and a serious player for 6 but really dislike the "waterhose" style paintball has become.

Bob Long paintball is for me the most iconic name ever

Only goggles. When the best markers were automags and auto cockers. This is when I got into paintball.

Ahhh, back in the day lol. “For long range shooting.” Even though the velocity must be a set velocity huh lol

Second game is Hostile Takeover B. Gary shows of GBD played with the team. He's the guy doing all the talking. such a solid mid/back player. Came from Bad Karma with Little John who was a force.

Tournament paintball has always been a shit show.

Ahhh... Makes me miss the good old days of paintball.

Make another current version

As a kid who grew up in Huntington and started playing because of this tournament. This was HUGE! I’d give just about anything to see Madness make a return.

rip to steve “2e” barber

This is the event my brother bought his eBlade at! I still have it too! We lived 15 min from this event and were so excited to go.

I remember playing Vegas 1995 rec games and tournaments ...oo the fun in the sun, those were the days

For me this is when paintball was the most fun ...growing up in Nebraska playing paintball from day one .. love watching these guys

Didn't the AA team dissolve after being caught for bootlegging in Heavy paint to tournaments? And I wonder how many years they did that before getting busted (if that's the case)

I still have the Renegade jersey that the Ironmen were wearing. Good times!

Lots of pros in this video. I always loved playing against the Brass Eagle All-Stars. They were stand up guys.

the 80s were cool

Brownstone

Thank you Dale.