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Welcome |
Welcome to Absolutepaintball.net
By paintballers, for paintballers, to provide you with paintball news to keep you updated, gear reviews to help you make informative gear choices, gear tutorials to help you maintain your gear, and tactics tutorials to help you use it. While our main website is being updated and filled, always feel free to sign up on our forums to ask any specific questions that aren't answered on the main site yet and get the answers you need for educated ballers.
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The Winner |
Congradulations Mike on winning the last giveaway by Absolutepaintball.net and SplatterEffectPaintball.com. Mike has won 100 rounds of GXG Zballs and a 140 round pod. Next giveaway, be sure to sign up. It'll take 5 minutes of time, it's free, it allows you to put your name into the drawing for great paintball equipment and it allows you to socialize with other paintballers.
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Another Giveaway!!! |
Absolute Paintball and Splatter Effect Paintball are having another giveaway! This time it's 50rd of the GXG Zballs with a 140 rd pod. All you have to do to enter is be a member of our forum. How simple is that? Supporting members, if they win, will receive 100 rds rather than 50. The drawing will take place May 1st. Link
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NPPL Update |
Top Changes for 2008
Published Today
The NPPL Steering Committee met in Las Vegas, NV February 8 - 10, 2008 to cover policies and rules for the 2008 season.
Below is a list of some of the key changes you will see in the 2008 NPPL Rulebook.
Field Layouts
The field layouts will be released for each event at least 3 weeks prior to the event. The league will be using 3 Field Layouts at each event in 2008, replicating the Center Court and Field 2 layouts on Fields 4 and 5 when there are 5 fields, and replicating the Field 3 layout on Field 6 when there are 6 fields. Two new bunkers have been added to the NPPL Field Layouts for 2008; the Cake and the Maya. To see these new bunkers, visit the Field Layout section of www.NPPL.com.
Game Clock
This year the league will be incorporating a game clock on Center Court. The clock will start at 07:10 with horns sounding at 07:00 and 00:00 to start and stop play. If the clock is well received, we may add clocks to other fields.
Team Draws
The League has placed a new rule and chart into the 2008 rulebook showing how the team draws will be handled for the 2008 season. The system has not changed, but the league is publishing this so that teams have a better understanding of the system.
Re-Hanging the Flag
The Steering Committee has voted on changing the re-hang rule from past years. Now, if a dirty hang occurs (the player hanging the flag is found to have a hit on him/her), the proper penalties will be assessed and if there are enough players remaining, the flag must be ran back by a live player and re-hung. The player will then pull the flag and brought back to his/her flag station for a clean hang.
Suspensions
After each event, the league will be updating "The Suspension List" on www.NPPL.com. This list will include the details surrounding any suspensions issued throughout the season including the name of the recipient, and how many games are left for the penalty to be served. In addition, the Steering Committee has issued a new rule stating the Head Referee on each field may issue a (1) game suspension instead of a larger suspension for infractions the he/she deems not as severe under the rules of the NPPL 08' Rulebook.
Penalty Flags
To better alert the audience of when a penalty has been called, Referees will now throw a flag up into the air when the penalty takes place.
Format Changes
The Steering Committee and NPPL Annual Meeting attendees requested for no changes to be made to the 7-man format used in the NPPL Super 7 World Series.
For more rule modifications/changes please review the 2008 NPPL Rulebook. The entire rulebook will be released on www.NPPL.com this week. Should you have any questions regarding the rules, please email Rules@nppl.com or call us toll free at (888) 834 - 4774.
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PSP Updates |
PSP Welcomes Planet Eclipse as a 2008 Sponsor
Paintball Sports Promotions is pleased to announce the return of Planet Eclipse as a 2008 Sponsor.
“Planet Eclipse is glad to be back supporting the PSP teams and players. Our technical support will be at every event as in previous years, giving you an unmatched level of commitment and service.” - Ian Parsons, President, US Division of Planet Eclipse
Planet Eclipse offers the products you need for your paintball lifestyle. With a full selection of playing gear including jerseys, pants, gloves, and headwear, Planet will get you suited for all your games. Their range of casual wear will keep you looking good around the event and long after.
Planet also has the products to advance your game on the field. Headed by the 08 Ego featuring increased performance and reliability, as well a smaller, sleeker look, Planet’s technology will keep you ahead of the pack.
Visit them on the web at www.planeteclipse.com
For more information about the 2008 PSP Season please visit www.pspevents.com. Stay tuned for frequent updates on the most prestigious league in paintball.
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PSP Updates |
2008 Rulebooks Now Available
The 2008 PSP Rulebooks are now available at www.pspevents.com. Check out the site for all the latest updates to General Rules, Divisional XBall and 5-man XBall Rules.
In addition to online, a copy of the rulebooks will be available at the score table of each field at every PSP event throughout the season. Should any rule be changed or updated prior to an event, the information will be discussed at the captains’ meetings.
For questions regarding rules, please contact Tim Schroepfer at tim@pspevents.com.
PSP Welcomes Custom Products as a 2008 Sponsor
Paintball Sports Promotions is pleased to announce that Custom Products will be returning as a major sponsor for the 2008 Season.
Custom Products is the #1 aftermarket resource for paintball products. Offering everything from barrels to air systems to apparel and so much more, CP has been providing top quality products to the paintball community for over 10 years. Stop by the CP booth at any of this season’s PSP events to check out all of their latest gear. Can’t wait for the first event? Check them out on the web at www.customproducts.us
Stay tuned to www.pspevents.com for frequent updates on the most prestigious league in paintball and the 2008 Season.
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New Tutorial |
A "How To Hold Your Marker" tutorial has been added to the tutorials page, be sure to check it out. Hopefully we will be adding quite a few more tutorials in the near future, so be sure to keep checking back. There wont be an update on the front page for each one!
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New Products |
Hello everyone. I just want to
first apoligize about the lack of updates. It won't
happen again. We have 2 hot new products. The first
is the brand new Absolute Paintball/Splatter Effect
Paintball barrel condom. These come in black, with red
and white lettering. On 1 side, they say "We Run
Game At" with www.AbsolutePaintball.net written
at the bottom. On the other side, they say "Ball
Till Ya Fall" with www.SplatterEffectPaintball.com
written at the bottom. I personally have one and love
it. They really do turn heads and look awesome.
Second, we [finally] have
our second runs of the Absolute Paintball stickers.
These are black with white lettering, and look a lot
better than the first runs. Barrel covers are $7 shipped,
and the stickers are free, just send a SASE. For more
info, check out the forums, or send a PM to NoelyDeezNutz.
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Universal
T-Board |
Whether you have heard of them
or not, T-Boards are well respected among the other
boards and in the paintball industry. The manufactuer
has announced a new, extremely small version of the
T-Board, that is meant to be "universal" meaning
that it will work in any electronic marker.
"The Universal T-Board is a substitute control
board any electronic Marker. Some soldering skills are
needed for install. But for those of you that don't
have soldering skills, we will provide an install service."
This product is scheduled for release in mid September
of this year. Price has not yet been announced. For
specs and more information, Click
Here.
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NPPL Updates |
The Boston event is over. In
the Professional division, Dynasty took the 1st place
win, with Infamous, Joy Division and the All Americans
close behind. The event was a lot better than most people
expected, and it was a great weekend for everyone that
was out there. For the full list of results, Click
Here.
Event #4 will be in Kansas City, Missouri on Sept. 21
- 23. If you're in the area, I would highly suggest
taking a ride up to the event to check it out. They
really are a lot of fun.
Event #5, the Commanders Cup, has been confirmed, and
will be held in San Diego, California, at Qualcomm Stadium.
The date on this is Nov. 29 - Dec 2.
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Lucky Returns
to US |
As you might know, a while back,
Lucky Products closed their US branches and moved to
Europe. They are finally returning to the US to create
and sell products. Here is an e-mail from their Distribution
Manager...
"The
guys that brought you the technology behind the lucky
brands "Spitfire" have taking control of the
company and will be resuming all sales to the US starting
at the end of this month. The Spitfire brand will include
markers. clothing, gun accessories and electronic boards.
Thank you Very
Much,
Russell Kiesche
United States Regional Sales and Distribution Mgr."
Special thanks to
Mrspaceman16 of PbNation for this e-mail. Apparently,
they plan on selling more than accessories. Boards,
upgrades, and even markers? Thats right. We'll see what
they come up with starting in June. For more info, check
out this
thread on PbNation.
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Custom APB
Softears |
AbsolutePaintball.net
is proud to introduce its first line of custom softears
for your mask! These custom softears will perfectly fit
your Proflex or Profiler mask, making them more comfortable
to wear, and easier to customize! We have a variety of
different colors and patterns available. Colors and patterns
include black, white, red, blue, orange, yellow, green,
gray, purple, pink, cow-print, leapard, and many more!
Softears will look somewhat like this. Again, there are
many different colors and patterns to choose from, so
don't worry about them not matching your mask. These are
made of a high quality foam matarial. Softears will start
at $9.95 for a pair, plus shipping costs. For more info,
check out this
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