Oklahoma DDAY Interviews.

We've done two interviews with key personnel who work at the world's largest and possibly most infamous scenario game, OK-DDAY.

The first is with Juan Parke, the Supreme Allied Commander. The second is with Eric Engler, commander of the 101st Airborne Division at the event.

Both videos are below.

Interview with Juan Parke, SAC, OKDDAY

Interview with Eric Engler, gunsmith and 101st Commander at OKDDAY

Euro Big Game & Living Legends V

Benny (left), the Swedes and some unfortunate Germans heading towards Valhalla at the Euro Big Game, Mahlwinkel. Pic by Nogshot. 

Euro Big Game was AMAZING!   We have lots of footage to edit through.

Benny's written an AAR for The Catshack Reports, it can be found HERE

Photos of the event were taken by Nogshot, who can be found HERE and on Facebook.

Info about the EBG series in Germany, upcoming games etc, can all be found HERE

Video will be available on the Youtube channel.

Living Legends V Final Battle, pic by Jaime Tucci

LLV

Meanwhile, Jaime and some other people stateside headed to Living Legends V!!!

She has taken over 600 photos of the event. They can all be viewed on our Facebook page in the Albums section. 

Benny’s Common-sense, No BS, Multi-Day Paintball Trip Packing List

Author's Note: I am not advocating a life-policy of 'don't be prepared,' but a weekend of paintball with a few hundred friends is different from soloing Everest or crossing the Antarctic or invading a country. Those guys need to be prepared. You are a hobbyist/athlete/enthusiast going to an event. Keep calm and pack light.


A simple, 1-page checklist is available in Google Docs format from HERE. Feel free to print and save it for future use. 

Benny’s Common-sense, No BS, Multi-Day Paintball Trip Packing List

There are a lot of things that can be forgotten or that can go wrong during a paintball weekend... It is important to be prepared. But also keep in mind that most of these things can be overcome with a little creativity or endured with a little testicular fortitude. I’ve borrowed guns, rented gear, bought things, man-cuddled on the freezing floor of a concrete WWII-era bunker in France in lieu of a sleeping bag (It's cool, I was the big spoon), and when necessary mooched, begged and borrowed my way through numerous event mishaps. 

Accidents happen. People forget stuff. Things get lost and misplaced and broken. But PB is a community that generally takes care of each other and there is ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ‘that guy’ who is super over-prepared. So if you forget something, go find him. He’ll have like 6 extra markers for you to borrow and probably won’t leave the parking lot anyway.  He will come in different shapes and sizes, but he'll always be there if you know where to look.

That said, even I am guilty of the occasional over-preparing. Bringing just way too much stuff to the game. Envisioning every possible scenario, creative need, or terrible disaster, and packing accordingly... for all of them. 99% of the time I have NEVER needed that extra stuff and when I did need it, there were always other solutions available.  So what did I learn? Overpacking is just as bad as underpacking. More stuff to carry around, more weight (= fewer mpg), less room in the car and all for nothing. . 


So if you don’t want to feel like an idiot and you want to be well-prepared BUT you want to avoid being OVER-prepared, over-packed etc, here is a useful, fairly minimalist packing list that should get you through any 2-4 day event. It is not exhaustive. It is not supposed to be! This is a quick, 2 page list of important items that you WILL need. Not stuff you might/could need. As such, some things are omitted. Like Food. You’re a big girl/boy. You can figure out how to eat. 


But for those of you paralyzed by the packing process, or consistently absent-minded, here! A quick list. In descending order of importance.  (That means the most important stuff is at the top!)  This is a "Bare Necessities" list, the minimum you need to have a decently comfortable time at a paintball event. So if you are in a hurry (you have 30 minutes or less to pack), you are short on space (flight or crowded carpool) or you want to always have a 'Go-bag' packed for paintball (just in case!), this list will suit you fine.   It can be consider a Core Item list, stuff you should always have at the ready to ensure you're prepared. 


You SHOULD be able to fit this all in  1 x 70L bag. At most, 1 large duffel/sports bag (50-70l) and one backpack. This will keep things reasonable if you are taking a car or train and also keep you within the limit of most airlines (one checked bag, one carry-on).  I can get all this stuff in that volume. You can too. 

Critical Items: 

(Forget these and you’re done before you started. You’re a moron and you deserve to stay home and think about what you did wrong.)

• Identification: Drivers License/ Passport/PARENTAL RELEASE.  (These let you move around and do stuff. Don’t forget them.)
• Cash (Money is the root of all evil... but it can solve just about any other problem/thing you may forget. Also, CASH saves you a trip to an ATM... which maybe 20 miles away from the field... if you’re lucky)
• Phone & emergency contacts/insurance card (Communicate, deal with emergencies etc)
• Any and ALL necessary medications, heart-pills, anti-allergy shots, stuff you need for Life. (Oh you forgot your epi and got killed by a bee... that sucks)
• A PLAN to get to the field. This could be Google map directions, plane/train tickets, a road map etc. In the age of smart phones, a lot of this is easily portable, but at the very least you should KNOW cardinal directions, nearby towns, important highway exits and transportation hubs in the area along the route to the field. You may get lost, you may not have service. Have a backup for your smartphone or get lost and drive around for hours. See if I care. 

SUPER F-ING Important Items: 

(Forget these and your life will suck/be quite expensive, and you won’t forget them again.)

• MASK!
• Registration* (Not always necessary, but when it is, it REALLY is)
• Marker/Hopper
• Air Tank
• MASK!
• PB Pants
• PB Shirt/Jersey
• PB Socks
• PB Shoes/Boots
• Sleeping bag or blanket
• Hoody or Jacket/Hat
• Water & source (Camelback/Water bottle and several liters/day)
• Batteries (If you need them. Use a pump/mech/grav feed and save $$$)
• Packed your Mask yet? DO IT!
• Extra car keys kept somewhere secure but outside your vehicle
• Jumper cables (usually someone will have these... but if they don’t....)

Important Items: 

(Forget these and life will be smelly and uncomfortable, but you can (and WILL) man-up and survive, like a BOSS!)

• Extra shirts x 2 (DO NOT BRING MORE. Yea, they get smelly. Just Alternate!)
• Extra underwear (1 per day)
• Extra socks (1 per every other day, ALTERNATE)
• Pants for around camp/the car (Jeans, 1 pair!)
• Warm stuff to sleep in (1 set!)
• Shoes/Sneakers for camp (1 pair!)
• Other gear for PB (Gloves, micro fiber, squeegee, vest, pods, arm guards, cameras, radios, remote lines, repair kit, zip ties, tape, etc etc etc)
• Rain Gear (ie. a jacket. You're not crab fishing in the North Atlantic.)
• Toothbrush/paste (Feeling fresh and clean is healthy... and boosts morale)
• Flashlight (with working batteries... that you checked BEFORE you packed it)

Recommended Items:

(Forget these and you will just be inconvenienced.  If you are short on space, sacrifice this stuff. You don't need it.)

• 1 super clean Tshirt for the ride home (luxury, but nice to have, esp for you car-mates)
• 1 super clean pair of socks for the ride home
• 1 super clean pair of underwear for the ride home
• Deodorant for the ride home
• Shampoo & microfiber towel (luxury. Lot of places do not have running water. You can bird-bath in a sink at truck stop. You'll know you got the right towel if it is SUPER tiny)
• Cot/Air Mattress (optional. Soft ground also works)
• Tent (sleep in your car. √ or under your car. √)
• Flip flops (feel great after a game, not necessary)
• Multi-tool & wrenches (someone else will usually have these if you forget.)
• Chargers for electrical stuff (turn your stuff off when you aren’t using it)

COMPLETELY OPTIONAL ITEMS

(Clearly you are beginning to border on overpacking... check yourself)

• Backup marker (and backup 4 backup, and marker 4 friend, and backup 4 friend etc)
• Pillow (you can improvise this with a lot of the earlier stuff)
• Food (you can survive 3 weeks without this)
• Other random stuff you can think of. 

NOW.... obviously you can take this list and make it super long and think up every possible thing you MIGHT MAYBE need... but you shouldn’t do that. You’ll end up carting around a lot of extra stuff you never use, taking up car-space, screwing your carpool (you are carpooling, aren’t you?) out of their fair share of packing space, and in general wasting a lot of time and energy that could be better channeled into the game. 


If your list continues beyond this point you are in to the land of 'Excessive packing.' It's a great place. I've been there. We need people like you to cover for those who forget things. But you probably are not carpooling at this point. You might even be towing a trailer. Thank you, in advance, and if there is a flood, a zombie apocalypse, an earthquake, a 7 year famine, every single gun for my team stops working, my air tanks explode and my mask melts off... I'll come to you and throw myself at your mercy for some loaner gear. Until that day, my friend....

Two new vids!

This month's NEWZ video!

And some action from DocOnTheWay at the Road to No Ends event at Action Beach Paintball!

2012....Paintball with Chicks

Below is the Chicks With Guns team schedule for the rest of this year not including a few big games out of state that we are working towards. Now we can't stress this enough... if you are a chick, woman, lady, female, girl or gal and want to be part of a team in the Northeast or Upstate, NY area....Contact us, it's few and far between where we find ladies interested in committing to the sport and having a great time win or lose no matter what(hopefully with enough practice we'll be winning more than losing). Know a cool chick that loves to play in the area? Well what are you waiting for?... mention us and have her message. We can be contacted at: chicks_w_guns@yahoo.com

Quick Personal Sidenote:

For me personally, and it might be because I will never outgrow Halloween. I am really looking forward to the local Halloween game at Cooper's Cave this year. I can't wait to find the most messed up outfit and just get shot up and shoot the day away and enjoy the best holiday ever(yeah it is). I considered one of those super sexy outfits to distract players but ehh I am sure it's going to be a not so warm day in New York, so with a heavy heart I opted out of that real quick, lol.

Hope to see a good turnout at these local events. If you need info on any of them let us know.

Cece
https://www.facebook.com/ChicksWithGunsPaintball

May

May 26th- Practice



June

June 2nd

Battlefield RUSH presented by the 518 Ninja Squad

@ Hornets Nest Paintball

June 30-Practice



July

July 6th

007 Casino Royale Scenario Breast Cancer Charity Game- Hornets Nest 

July 14th- Practice

July 21st- Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World-ASC

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August

August 11th- Practice

August 18th-Vietnam 2012-PSI



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September



September 8th-Practice

September 15th-16th - ASC Event "The Infinity Gauntlet"







October

West Point Fall 2012 (date..TBD)

October 6th-Practice

October 28- Halloween Game-Cooper's Cave





November

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December

December 8th - ASC Event "2012 Grand Finale"