Preseason Analysis: Houston Heat, Puzzling

Preseason Analysis: Houston Heat, Puzzling

Feb 10, 2014 | Analysis

In case you missed it each team analysis has a predominant theme. For XSV it was a glaring tactical deficiency in making the transition from a 7-man team focus to a Race To focus. For Infamous it was how ability on paper must translate into a cohesive unit in action...
Introducting the 2014 USA Olympic Paintball Team

Introducting the 2014 USA Olympic Paintball Team

Feb 8, 2014 | Daily Paint

The last few days, we’ve been completely consumed with the Olympics. From #sochifails to watching the opening ceremonies, and streaming every event possible, it’s completely taken over. This got us thinking, IF paintball were an Olympic sport, who would...
Preseason Analysis: Infamous & Inconsistencies

Preseason Analysis: Infamous & Inconsistencies

Feb 7, 2014 | Analysis

In analyzing Infamous we could pick-up where we left off with XSV; at the commonplace struggle of the inserts to balance offense and defense–but we won’t other than to say Infamous tends to answer the insert question by playing the corners very well. This...
Tippmann, GI, and 50 cal

Tippmann, GI, and 50 cal

Feb 3, 2014 | Daily Paint

In a series of recent interviews with John Amodea of PaintballX3, a few high powered people in paintball mentioned “50 cal”, or 50 caliber paintballs – opposed to the traditional .68caliber rounds currently used. Normally, we would find the comments...
Interview with Noel Tran, Coach of Upton 187 Crew

Interview with Noel Tran, Coach of Upton 187 Crew

Jan 21, 2014 | Interviews

A few weeks ago news broke that Nick Leival of the Upton 187 Crew would be joining Edmonton Impact for the 2013 season. Shortly afterward, we had a chance to catch up with team coach Noel Tran. Here’s what he had to say. Who will assume the role of Captain on...