Subscribe to Social Paintball on YouTube Pin It
Breaking News, Videos, and Editorials


 
 

stopsign.jpg
11
comments
The Balls

Drive By Shootings

Posted February 17, 2012 by Steve Davidson

The other day I was talking to one of my old-time teammates (we were both members of a 15 player pump team known as the Werewolves of NJ/PA that was selected as one of PBX3’s Top 50 Teams of All Time – you may never have heard of that team, but the boys and girls [...]

Full Story »

APPA Event Score Equation
1
comments
The Balls

Big Changes for the APPA in 2012

Posted February 7, 2012 by David Hōgg

Again, a lot of this is my opinion and not that of any website and or any field or team I’m affiliated with…I feel like I’ve said that before… The APPA made some big changes for 2012, so I have contact and asked Chris Raehl for his feedback. He has been gracious enough to review [...]

Full Story »

Shock
2
comments
The Balls

What’s Next For Chicago Aftershock?

Posted February 3, 2012 by Byron Woodfork

The dust has settled, words have been exchanged, and friendships broken. Toward the end of the 2011 paintball season, a once dominant team – Chicago Aftershock, lost a total of five veteran players. The names amongst this team migration consisted of Brad McCurly, Drew Templeton, Damien Ryan, Chris Sosine & Zack Patient. All of which [...]

Full Story »

hkarmy
29
comments
The Balls

On Agglettes

Posted January 20, 2012 by Andrew Levick

Here is a topic I see all the time come up in the forums and chat rooms, as well as hear about at the field – HK Army, their fanboys, and agglettes. Before I go any further, I want to point out that anything I state in here is my personal view, the author, and [...]

Full Story »

21857_104357176256384_100000463077026_113664_2640137_n
17
comments
The Balls

The Many Faces of “That Guy”

Posted January 6, 2012 by Andrew Levick

Do any of you out there have that one guy at your field; maybe he is on your team or maybe a player or ref? It’s that one guy that can’t seem to switch between rec mode and tournament mode? Who, at every given chance lights up everyone he sees, be it new player, renter, [...]

Full Story »

rl
8
comments
The Balls

The Cost of Winning?

Posted January 5, 2012 by David Hōgg

This is just my opinion, not that of Social Paintball, or my teams, or any of our affiliates and or sponsors. It’s not uncommon in professional sports for a team to spend money, building an awesome roster, only to have it for a short time. I’ll give you an example of what I mean. The [...]

Full Story »

death of paintball
19
comments
The Balls

Why Paintball Is Dying

Posted January 3, 2012 by Andrew Levick

Before I delve into this issue, I would like to introduce myself. I have been playing paintball on and off since 2003, taking breaks for school and military deployments. Even in my absence from the sport, I have always been passionate about helping new players, as well as learning all I can about the ins [...]

Full Story »

d1
5
comments
The Balls

Fan Poll: Which is the higher level non-pro division?

Posted December 29, 2011 by David Hōgg

Okay paintball fans and players of all ages, here at the Social Paintball offices, we are having an intense argument/ discussion, that I feel we need your help to resolve? In the PSP we have Pro, D1, D2, D3, and D4 (there’s D5 for cup as well). In the NPPL we have Pro, D1, D2, [...]

Full Story »