Can the Survival Game Survive?

Aug 22, 2014 | Analysis, The Balls

I remember exactly where I was when Lehman Brothers went up in smoke. I was eating my complimentary continental breakfast at a Super 8 motel in Bowman, North Dakota. The lobby, like the rest of the motel, smelled like mildew and hunting dogs. It was June, 2008, and a...

Top 5 Stories from the 2014 PSP Chicago Open

Jul 8, 2014 | Analysis

Watching the matches of the Chicago PSP Open honestly made me fall in love with paintball again. Unlike the Mid-Atlantic Open, there were no ridiculously long low scoring matches due to an unbelievably boring layout. Instead, there was in-your-face aggression, with...

PSP Chicago: The Right Questions

Jul 3, 2014 | Analysis

For the best answers, sometimes you have to ask the right questions. While we now know the outcome, this should highlight what we learned on our crossing into the second half of the season. Open your Socratic mind and make sure your divisional cortex is clicked on....

2014 PSP Mid Atlantic Open Brackets Released

Apr 29, 2014 | Analysis

Yesterday afternoon the PSP released the 2014 Mid Atlantic Open tournament brackets! The tournament, which starts this weekend in Maryland, is almost completely sold out with 182 registered and only one unpaid. Social Paintball will be at the event providing you with...

5 Players Looking to Bounce Back at MAO

Apr 27, 2014 | Analysis, Players & Teams

After taking a look at the statistical breakdown from the first event of the season, we were pretty surprised at who didn’t “show up at” the first event of the season in Dallas. Sure, even Lebron James has a few off games a year, and it’s...

LA Ironmen’s Pestana: “MAO is huge for us.”

Apr 19, 2014 | Analysis

The Los Angeles Ironmen are a storied organization with a long history of top level paintball performance, but the last few years the team has been in a rebuilding mode. This revamping began with the departure of head coach Kevin Bredthauer in 2012 who left to coach...