2002 |
John Pennino, Scott Berlemont from ZAP, Rocky Cagnoni, Anthony Pennino, Al Pennino |
Pennino (and Opie) Bros with Jon Comprado and the gang from AUTOMAGS ONLINE |
Paintball Arena would like to thank everyone who participated in our Grand Opening Bash! Special thanks to the event sponsors: ZAP PAINTBALL, DYE PRECISION, AIGUN DESIGNS / AUTOMAGS ONLINE, and IPS for donating a gigantic prize list. Scott Berlemont from ZAP came all the way from Canada to lend a hand! Jon Comprado and the AutoMags Online crew flew in from Illinois to set up an awesome vendor booth, giving away some great prizes in the Airgun Designs raffle. On top of all this, Rocky Cagnoni from Warped Sportz and Team Avalanche rocked the Bash all weekend. Rocky is one of the best pro players in paintball, playing on one of the best pro teams in paintball. He chatted with and helped out players all weekend, and mixed it up with everybody in Saturday night's TOWER SIEGE. Rocky also provided invaluable assistance and insight to everyone with Angels. (Thanks for revitalizing my LED Angel, Rock! She's purring like a puppy... -Al) |
BASH KICK-OFF, OCTOBER 11 2002 The Bash got under way with the Xtreme Kick-Off games Friday night. The full L shaped play area was used as players shot it out from tower and camo-bunker defenses, into the no-man's-land of airball bunkers, and pushing into the opposing team's defenses. |
3 MAN TOURNAMENT, OCTOBER 12, 2002 Team gathered bright and early for Saturday's 3 man tournament: the first tournament held at Paintball Arena. 21 B-Division teams were divided into two brackets due to the high turnout, and 9 A-Division teams brought the count up to 30 teams total. Teams were scheduled for 8, 9, or 10 prelim games, with a time limit of 4 minutes and a center-flag game format. A few no-shows meant every team had 1 or two "by games." Registered teams: B DIVISION: Warped Out (no show) Undefined AO Kung Fu Platipi Infernos High Impact Resistance AO Hell Raisers Tantrik Raptors LI Aggression Far Syde Desert Storm Chaos (no show) Bull Dogs Bad Boyz Torque Stud Squad NY Slackers Last Man Standing Decimatorz Break Out |
A DIVISION No Limit Team Mike Lynch Mob Ricky Martin's Iron Men Kill Switch Dragons Hanta Force Impalerz N2 (no show) |
3 MAN FINALS The top two teams in each B Division Bracket, and the top four teams in the A Division, moved on to the finals. While both fields were used during the prelims, only Field 1was used for finals games. Congratulationas to the 3 Man Bash winners: A DIVISION: 1ST PLACE: RICKY MARTIN'S IRON MEN. 3 Airgun Designs RT Pro Mags, 3 Paintball Arena IPC memberships, 3 Zao paint cooler bags, 3 Zap jerseys, 3 IPS hats, 3 trophies. 2ND PLACE: NY IMPALERZ. 3 Dye Excel barrles, 3 Paintball Arena IPC memberships, 3 Dye jerseys, 3 Zap paint cooler bags, 3 trophies. 3RD PLACE: KILL SWITCH. 3 Zap paint cooler bags, 3 Dye Excel jerseys, 3 Paintball Arena free passes, 3 trophies. 4TH PLACE: DRAGONS. 3 Zap paint cooler bags, 3 Zap long sleeve shirts, 3 Paintball Arena passes, 3 trophies. |
B DIVISION 1ST PLACE: BAD BOYZ. 3 Airgun Designs Warp Feeds, 3 Paintball Arena IPC memberships, 3 IPS hats, 3 Zap jerseys, 3 trophies. 2ND PLACE: FARSYDE. 3 Dye Excel Jerseys, 3 Paintball Arena IPC memberships, 3 IPS hats, 3 trophies. 3RD PLACE: BREAKOUT. 3 Zap long sleeve shirts, 3 Paintball Arena free passes, 3 trophies. 4TH PLACE: HIGH IMPACT. 3 Paintball Arena free passes, 3 trophies. |
TOWER SIEGE Saturday night, players got the chance to shoot with or at Rocky in some great attack-defend format games. The entire combined field was in play: Defenders could work a series of connected camo bunkers punctuated by the Towers, play from more forward defensive positions, or could work the angles from the archways. Defenders were not allowed past the archways into the Ultimate Air bunkers. Attackers, meanwhile, had to push their way through the Ultimate air course, position themselves to push through the archways, and finally attack the main defenses and pull the defending team's flag. |
RICKY MARTIN'S IRON MEN: FIRST PLACE, A |
FARSYDE: SECOND PLACE, B |
BADBOYZ, FIRST PLACE, B |
By pushing the right tape to the corner, then up from there, attackers were usually victorious if they got enough cover from their left and center. But pulling that flag was never an easy task! |
GLADIATOR GAMES The final event of the Paintball Arena Grand Opening Bash was the 1 on 1 Gladiator Games. Players faced off in a two minute game, earning 100 points for tagging their opponent. Each gladiator played his rivals twice, and the total points were added at the end. no finals were played, but there was need for a few tie-breaker games. PARTICIAPNTS: Rocco Ventura: MAXIMUS VENTURIUS Bruce Ermolovich: MAXIMUS ERMOLOVIUS Kenneth Fay: MAXIMUS FAYVIUS Bryan Cook: COOKUS MAXIMUS Bryan Keker: MAXIMUS KEKERIUS Hans Haase: HAASIUS MAXIMUS William Reimer: MAXIMUS REIMERIUS Eric Kiesche: KIESCHIUS MAXIMUS Jacob Kerr: JACOBIUS MAXIMUS |
Most games were less than one minute, and there were several games that saw both players tagging each other and earning 100 points. When the dust settled, the victors were: FIRST PLACE, MAXIMUS TITLE: ERIC KIESCHE! Prizes: An Airgun Designs RT Pro Mag, Paintball Arena IPC membership, Paintball Arena hat, trophy. SECOND PLACE: ROCCO VENTURA Dye Invision mask, Paintball Arena IPC membership, Paintball Arena hat, trophy. THIRD PLACE: WILLIAM REIMER Dye jersey, Paintball Arena free pass, Paintball Arena hat, trophy. 4TH THRU 9TH PLACE: Players received Gladiator medals and free passes to Paintball Arena. |
JACOBIUS MAXIMUS, 4TH PLACE, PREPARES FOR HIS NEXT GAME |
MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS! |
MAXIMUS VENTURIUS, 2ND PLACE |
REIMERIUS MAXIMUS, 3RD PLACE |
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR MAKING THIS A LOT OF FUN AND A GREAT SUCCESS! SEE YOU AT THE PAINTBALL ARENA ONE YEAR BASH! |
CHECK OUT AUTOMAGS ONLINE FOR A LOT MORE BASH PICTURES AND DISCUSSION! |
SPECIAL THANKS FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE EVENT SPONSORS! |
This is a start... more pics on the way. Definately check out Automags.org by linking from bottom of this page... |
