A couple of funny moments from todays practice. The rest of the video should be coming out the next couple days.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
New Video!
We got some great footage at practice today. The weather held up nicely. Look for a new vid in the next couple days!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Eight Goals for 2010
Salvatore Santamaria's Personal Goals for 2010
1. Win PSP Series, Take 1st in 1 PSP event and make it to Sunday (Top 4) in all PSP tournaments
2. Stay injury free. My ankles been messed up a bit for a good 8 months, and it's finally feeling ok. This means I have to keep it wrapped when I play so I don't re-injure it.
3. Maintain my Luxe entirely. This means never bringing it in for tech work (ie new orings) or to at least know the problem.
4. Win All local events entered
5. Play 2 Big Games, (KC Crusaders 24 hour and Supergame in Oregon!)
6. Take Gwen to play a few games
7. Increase readership of the blog to 100 unique visitors daily
8. Take my 13 year old cousin to a few weekend games
1. Win PSP Series, Take 1st in 1 PSP event and make it to Sunday (Top 4) in all PSP tournaments
2. Stay injury free. My ankles been messed up a bit for a good 8 months, and it's finally feeling ok. This means I have to keep it wrapped when I play so I don't re-injure it.
3. Maintain my Luxe entirely. This means never bringing it in for tech work (ie new orings) or to at least know the problem.
4. Win All local events entered
5. Play 2 Big Games, (KC Crusaders 24 hour and Supergame in Oregon!)
6. Take Gwen to play a few games
7. Increase readership of the blog to 100 unique visitors daily
8. Take my 13 year old cousin to a few weekend games
Thursday, January 28, 2010
New Poll: Rate of Fire
Pop Quiz, hope all you in internet land brought a sharp No. 2.
What rate of fire do you prefer?
What rate of fire do you prefer?
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Amusing Side note: From Do Not Reply.com
An amusing post from donotreply.com. The author (Mike, fake name) tries messing with people on purpose, the responses are real.
Horse Farm
Posted at: 2009-07-14 15:12:55
Original ad:
I am a 18 year old looking for a summer job. it is hard for me to find work and I just want a job so I can afford a car for college next summer. I can clean, babysit, answer phones, pretty much whatever as long as it pays!!
From Mike Anderson to ***********@***********.org
Hey,
I saw your ad looking for work and I think I have a job for you! I am looking for an assistant on my farm for the summer. It will involve working outdoors. Let me know if you are interested.
Mike
From Stephanie ******* to Me
Hi Mike! I am interested in your job! I love animals and used to ride horses so a farm would be great! what kind of work would I be doing, and where is your farm located? it needs to be close to ******** so my parents can drop me off and pick meup
From Mike Anderson to Stephanie *********
Stephanie,
It is very close to **********. I'm glad to hear you are familiar with horses, because you will be primarily working with horses.
My farm gets all the old horses that other farms don't need anymore, and they are starting to take up a lot of room in my stable, which I want to turn into a garage for my new truck. Therefore, the horses need to go. As my assistant, you will be in charge of killing the horses and dumping them in the lake behind my farm.
I used to have a captive bolt pistol (cattle gun) that I used to put them down, but it broke when I tried to use it to tap a keg. You'll probably have to use my 12-gauge shotgun to put them down. Sometimes they don't die right away when you shoot them, and will start freaking out. You just have to stay calm and keep shooting. Don't worry, I'll show you how to use the shotgun if you aren't familiar with one.
You then need to use my chainsaw to cut the horses into smaller parts that you can carry down to the lake. It can get a little messy, so I suggest wearing some clothes that you don't care about, or some clothes that the horse blood would compliment.
The lake isn't mine, it is my neighbor's. He gets kind of angry when he sees me dumping dead horses in his lake, so you have to make sure he isn't around when you do it. I have some cinderblocks you can use to weigh the horses down so he won't see them.
I have a lot of horses, and each horse takes about an hour and a half to dispose of, so you should have plenty of work. The job will pay $15 an hour. When can you start?
Mike
From Stephanie ******* to Me
omg that is HORRIBLE! That is truely awful and sick!! Why cant you just give the poor horses away? sorry but I am not helping you slaughter horses!!!
From Mike Anderson to Stephanie *********
Stephanie,
I'm sorry if you are a bit surprised, but this is how farms work. You can't give away old horses, you have to kill them. I thought about it, and if you don't want to use the chainsaw to cut up the horses, you can just use my truck to drag them down to the lake. Do you have your license or permit? If not, this could be good driving practice for you. You don't want to pass up on this great job opportunity.
Mike
From Stephanie ******* to Me
No that is not how farms work you are just SICK! I am NOT interested
From Mike Anderson to Stephanie *********
Stephanie you are going to regret this some day when you try to get a real job. I think this would look great on your resume.
Horse Farm
Posted at: 2009-07-14 15:12:55
Original ad:
I am a 18 year old looking for a summer job. it is hard for me to find work and I just want a job so I can afford a car for college next summer. I can clean, babysit, answer phones, pretty much whatever as long as it pays!!
From Mike Anderson to ***********@***********.org
Hey,
I saw your ad looking for work and I think I have a job for you! I am looking for an assistant on my farm for the summer. It will involve working outdoors. Let me know if you are interested.
Mike
From Stephanie ******* to Me
Hi Mike! I am interested in your job! I love animals and used to ride horses so a farm would be great! what kind of work would I be doing, and where is your farm located? it needs to be close to ******** so my parents can drop me off and pick meup
From Mike Anderson to Stephanie *********
Stephanie,
It is very close to **********. I'm glad to hear you are familiar with horses, because you will be primarily working with horses.
My farm gets all the old horses that other farms don't need anymore, and they are starting to take up a lot of room in my stable, which I want to turn into a garage for my new truck. Therefore, the horses need to go. As my assistant, you will be in charge of killing the horses and dumping them in the lake behind my farm.
I used to have a captive bolt pistol (cattle gun) that I used to put them down, but it broke when I tried to use it to tap a keg. You'll probably have to use my 12-gauge shotgun to put them down. Sometimes they don't die right away when you shoot them, and will start freaking out. You just have to stay calm and keep shooting. Don't worry, I'll show you how to use the shotgun if you aren't familiar with one.
You then need to use my chainsaw to cut the horses into smaller parts that you can carry down to the lake. It can get a little messy, so I suggest wearing some clothes that you don't care about, or some clothes that the horse blood would compliment.
The lake isn't mine, it is my neighbor's. He gets kind of angry when he sees me dumping dead horses in his lake, so you have to make sure he isn't around when you do it. I have some cinderblocks you can use to weigh the horses down so he won't see them.
I have a lot of horses, and each horse takes about an hour and a half to dispose of, so you should have plenty of work. The job will pay $15 an hour. When can you start?
Mike
From Stephanie ******* to Me
omg that is HORRIBLE! That is truely awful and sick!! Why cant you just give the poor horses away? sorry but I am not helping you slaughter horses!!!
From Mike Anderson to Stephanie *********
Stephanie,
I'm sorry if you are a bit surprised, but this is how farms work. You can't give away old horses, you have to kill them. I thought about it, and if you don't want to use the chainsaw to cut up the horses, you can just use my truck to drag them down to the lake. Do you have your license or permit? If not, this could be good driving practice for you. You don't want to pass up on this great job opportunity.
Mike
From Stephanie ******* to Me
No that is not how farms work you are just SICK! I am NOT interested
From Mike Anderson to Stephanie *********
Stephanie you are going to regret this some day when you try to get a real job. I think this would look great on your resume.
The video seems to be a hit, Barry Bonds style. It was dumping rain and we didn't have a videographer to shoot, hopefully the next practice will be better. I used Quicktime to edit it, my brother Vince suggests using a program he has, so look for that in the future. Should be some neat-o spesh fx.
I'm going to keep putting these up every week. Comments? Suggestions? Let me know!
I'm going to keep putting these up every week. Comments? Suggestions? Let me know!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Video
I'm editing video footage from Sunday's practice. I had hoped to have it finished last night, but I had some trouble uploading it to YouTube. I should be able to get it up tonight.
Salvatore
Salvatore
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Friday Afternoon Random Thoughts
I fired up the Luxe today. We’ve got first practice coming up this Sunday at KC Crusaders, and I needed to make sure it’s working great. I had some O rings replaced a few weeks ago, but I haven’t shot it since. It shoots great. Gotta love that easy tech. I’ve gotta put some goggles together, mine are pretty trashed at the moment, or at least ear pieces and lenses are. With the indoor closed I feel a bit rusty. I’m missing Monday practices. Rumor has it we’ve got a special guest doing some video this weekend. I’m planning on bringing my camera as well to shoot some basic stuff, but it hinges on my brother Gino, and if he put together a protective case for it today at his work.
I need to pick some things up before practice. Namely water bottles and ankle tape. I hyper extended it about 8 months ago and I’ve been wearing a brace on it ever since. I’m going to try to switch from the brace to tape so my foot fits in my cleat like a glove. I don’t want to start this year out by reinjuring it, and I doubt I’ll be able to get back into martial arts if I continually hurt it.
If all goes well I’ll have some vids up middle of next week….
Salvatore Santamaria
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Breakout
By Graham Arnold
Part 1/3
Football and Soccer have the kickoff. Baseball has the first pitch. Basketball has the tip-off. In the preceding sports the start, whatever it may be, does not have a great influence on the rest of the game. The final seconds of these traditional sports can have a much greater impact than the start. On the contrary, a point in the popular RaceTo format of paintball is defined by the breakout. Games are changed by a single breakout, and tournaments are won mere seconds after the buzzer. In the sport of paintball eight seconds can change a game.
Why is The Breakout Important?
0-0, 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0. It was as simple as that and the chances of victory at paintball’s largest venue slipped through our clutches like sand through a sieve. The five points went by like a whirlwind leavening us stunned and speechless. With that Raiden won World Cup and the DBS Kidz were confined to second place. Some can say our minds were not in it, or we had a bad game. Maybe those excuses make up a fraction of the problem, but I will save you the sob story. The real source of our loss was the breakout. Raiden executed a perfect counter to our breakout, and we had no answer. They eliminated our outside players and gunned us down while simultaneously making their positions untouched. It boils down to this: they made their positions, and stopped us from making ours. With only five men on the field, it is hard to win against a formidable opponent when you lose two men off the break consistently. With a properly executed breakout then rest of the game is already won within the first eight seconds of the point. Design a breakout, practice the breakout, revise the breakout, practice the breakout more, and victory is only five points away.
Stay tuned for part 2, "Planning the Breakout"
Part 1/3
Football and Soccer have the kickoff. Baseball has the first pitch. Basketball has the tip-off. In the preceding sports the start, whatever it may be, does not have a great influence on the rest of the game. The final seconds of these traditional sports can have a much greater impact than the start. On the contrary, a point in the popular RaceTo format of paintball is defined by the breakout. Games are changed by a single breakout, and tournaments are won mere seconds after the buzzer. In the sport of paintball eight seconds can change a game.
Why is The Breakout Important?
0-0, 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0. It was as simple as that and the chances of victory at paintball’s largest venue slipped through our clutches like sand through a sieve. The five points went by like a whirlwind leavening us stunned and speechless. With that Raiden won World Cup and the DBS Kidz were confined to second place. Some can say our minds were not in it, or we had a bad game. Maybe those excuses make up a fraction of the problem, but I will save you the sob story. The real source of our loss was the breakout. Raiden executed a perfect counter to our breakout, and we had no answer. They eliminated our outside players and gunned us down while simultaneously making their positions untouched. It boils down to this: they made their positions, and stopped us from making ours. With only five men on the field, it is hard to win against a formidable opponent when you lose two men off the break consistently. With a properly executed breakout then rest of the game is already won within the first eight seconds of the point. Design a breakout, practice the breakout, revise the breakout, practice the breakout more, and victory is only five points away.
Stay tuned for part 2, "Planning the Breakout"
How I got here: Part 1- In the Beginning
By Salvatore Santamaria
My first paintball memory isn’t of paintball at all. I was in 8th grade and a friend of mine was having a birthday party. I was saving money up for it, so I wasn’t getting any fries at school for awhile. (Fries were the only thing I bought at school.) I don’t actually remember the paintball party, but I do remember convincing my Dad to take me and my two brothers out the next summer. It was 1998 and I was scarred skinny kid hiding behind a log the whole day, because I remembered getting shot from the birthday party earlier that year. I think I wore three sweatshirts. I’m not sure if I shot anyone that day. I had a serious pair of rental foggles, and in retrospect whatever rental rust chucker I was firing made a nerf gun look like a sniper rifle.
I had a great time though! It took year before I begged a Spyder Compact 2000 out of my dad. Well, I begged him enough to buy it with my allowance money. My brothers got GT-2000’s. We spent a summer pacing 20 steps from a stick in a the backyard, loading our guns with 10 paintballs, and running full speed to “Capture the Flag.” If only more paintball fields offered this game!
At 16 I managed to get hired at a local, but now defunct, field called Hole in the Wall, in Black Diamond, Washington. After a few months I got my license and the ability to drive to work. (Side note: Promptly, I crashed my truck, a 79 Chevy Pickup, while blasting “Enter Sandman” through the tape deck.) While working at Hole, I got to really delve into paintball. I played almost every weekend, and added a 16 inch All American and a remote to the Spyder. It was all woods and no sticker vines. Lots of old growth 4 ft logs and fern cover. Back then, most people played with mechanical guns. Anyone with an Automag or a Autococker would be divided onto separate teams so one team didn’t get dominated. Angels and Shocker Turbo’s/4x4’s (aka the Brick) weren’t too common in the woods, but were around too. Heck, I even remember the Brass Eagle Rainmaker, and that funky t-shirt gun some company modded to shoot paintballs.
It was truly the golden age of paintball memories for me. 200 people at the field on Saturdays between the private parties and the 40 on 40 walk-on games I got to ref. I soon started to hear about speedball…
Next week: Part 2- Addiction
My first paintball memory isn’t of paintball at all. I was in 8th grade and a friend of mine was having a birthday party. I was saving money up for it, so I wasn’t getting any fries at school for awhile. (Fries were the only thing I bought at school.) I don’t actually remember the paintball party, but I do remember convincing my Dad to take me and my two brothers out the next summer. It was 1998 and I was scarred skinny kid hiding behind a log the whole day, because I remembered getting shot from the birthday party earlier that year. I think I wore three sweatshirts. I’m not sure if I shot anyone that day. I had a serious pair of rental foggles, and in retrospect whatever rental rust chucker I was firing made a nerf gun look like a sniper rifle.
I had a great time though! It took year before I begged a Spyder Compact 2000 out of my dad. Well, I begged him enough to buy it with my allowance money. My brothers got GT-2000’s. We spent a summer pacing 20 steps from a stick in a the backyard, loading our guns with 10 paintballs, and running full speed to “Capture the Flag.” If only more paintball fields offered this game!
At 16 I managed to get hired at a local, but now defunct, field called Hole in the Wall, in Black Diamond, Washington. After a few months I got my license and the ability to drive to work. (Side note: Promptly, I crashed my truck, a 79 Chevy Pickup, while blasting “Enter Sandman” through the tape deck.) While working at Hole, I got to really delve into paintball. I played almost every weekend, and added a 16 inch All American and a remote to the Spyder. It was all woods and no sticker vines. Lots of old growth 4 ft logs and fern cover. Back then, most people played with mechanical guns. Anyone with an Automag or a Autococker would be divided onto separate teams so one team didn’t get dominated. Angels and Shocker Turbo’s/4x4’s (aka the Brick) weren’t too common in the woods, but were around too. Heck, I even remember the Brass Eagle Rainmaker, and that funky t-shirt gun some company modded to shoot paintballs.
It was truly the golden age of paintball memories for me. 200 people at the field on Saturdays between the private parties and the 40 on 40 walk-on games I got to ref. I soon started to hear about speedball…
Next week: Part 2- Addiction
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
The Mental-list
Just like every other sport, paintball has a large mental element. Good paintball players use this to their advantage, and win games off the field as well as on. It's easiest to let a team beat itself, a critical component of pulling off an upset or making any competition easy. Some great tips on psyching out the enemy:
Be confidant- Know you're going to win. Yoda's got it right, there is no try, do or do not. Pep in your step and thinking clearly allows you to grasp a win, and to play correctly, on time, every time.
Show up in clean matching jerseys- Looking like a team is important. Not only does it solitify your teammates, it makes you look organized (more on that below). It can even make a team look sponsored- and sponsored players are good, right? Pro teams have clean matching jerseys.
Be Organized- Being organized lets you concentrate on winning.
Have a Chant- Chants are unnerving to the other team. It also gets you hyped for the game and brings a focus. Chant just before the game starts, and watch the other team let doubt creep in. Just like banging swords on shields.
Have extra players at the event wearing your team stuff- Good players have fans! The cooler looking people the better.
Just like every other sport, paintball has a large mental element. Good paintball players use this to their advantage, and win games off the field as well as on. It's easiest to let a team beat itself, a critical component of pulling off an upset or making any competition easy. Some great tips on psyching out the enemy:
Be confidant- Know you're going to win. Yoda's got it right, there is no try, do or do not. Pep in your step and thinking clearly allows you to grasp a win, and to play correctly, on time, every time.
Show up in clean matching jerseys- Looking like a team is important. Not only does it solitify your teammates, it makes you look organized (more on that below). It can even make a team look sponsored- and sponsored players are good, right? Pro teams have clean matching jerseys.
Be Organized- Being organized lets you concentrate on winning.
Have a Chant- Chants are unnerving to the other team. It also gets you hyped for the game and brings a focus. Chant just before the game starts, and watch the other team let doubt creep in. Just like banging swords on shields.
Have extra players at the event wearing your team stuff- Good players have fans! The cooler looking people the better.
California Practice Pics
Check out the link:
http://splatphotos.com/images/PaintballPics/CEPP12-20-09-DBS/index.html
Max, Joel, Alex, Graham, Nate, and Brandon and dbspaintball.com's Ty went down to CEPP (Dave Baines field in San Diego area)
Pics inside!
http://splatphotos.com/images/PaintballPics/CEPP12-20-09-DBS/index.html
Max, Joel, Alex, Graham, Nate, and Brandon and dbspaintball.com's Ty went down to CEPP (Dave Baines field in San Diego area)
Pics inside!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
So you want to be a DBS Kid?
My story
I want to tell you a little bit about my story of becoming a Kid so hopefully, the aspiring DBS Kid in you may learn from it. I was a mere local rookie player in 2005, scrounging out an existence in the NW paintball community by getting my head blown off at local 3 man tournaments. My 2 years of paintball experience had not been enough to earn me a spot on top of the podium and I ended 2005, winless and sad….so sad. I practiced hard at DBS indoor, regularly playing in the walk-on Wednesday/Thursday session with some of the DBS Kidz and I got to know them a little bit. The calendar was rolling through to 2006 and to my delight, DBS’s sister team, Apollo, was having tryouts, woot! Anyways, I showed up, shot some cones and maybe a few actual people and I had a spot on the team, I now played on a local open team and things were looking good for me.
Apollo was closely associated with the DBS Kidz, we practiced together every Tuesday night at the indoor arena in Everett (R.I.P.) along with another local open team: Fallout. After almost a year of going to tournaments with Apollo, Fallout (also very closely associated with the DBS Kidz) asked me to join their team and I played my first national event in Division 4 5 man at 2006 PSP World Cup with them.
During the off-season between 2006 and 2007, the DBS Kidz decided to make the jump from D4 5-man to D3 Xball and needed to add at least 5 players to their roster. I was lucky enough to be with in arms reach of the Kidz while they were making this expansion, and I was picked up along with two other members of Fallout.
Just to summarize what I had to do to make it onto the DBS Kidz:
- 1 year of playing as a regular at a DBS owned field at least once a week which shows a commitment to DBS prior to ever joining a team.
- Then 1 year of practicing with the DBS Kidz and playing on a team closely associated with Doodlebug Sportz.
Conclusion
I know for a fact, that during our D3, D2 and D1 years of PSP, no one has even “guested” on a DBS Kidz roster. There is no easy way to be a Kid and in fact, some players on our roster dedicated 2 or even 3 years to the DBS organization before getting a spot with the Kidz. I don’t want to say this to discourage anyone from working hard to become a Kid because it can happen! The most common way that we have picked up players in the past is from the lower division teams that we practice with. Right now, that team is DBSpaintball.com. If you want to play on the DBS Kidz here is the number one rule: play paintball with us! It is that simple.
Tips for playing us:
The Outdoor field in Snohomish has been open for select dates and the new DBS Indoor Arena will be opening up in the coming months. DBS Kidz are sure to frequent the walk on sessions of both. A helpful hint though would be to check our thread on PBnation.com (OTC, Washington Forum), normally we post up when we are going to go out to a walk-on session so check that out and come join us.
Snake Sense: Play the snake like a pro!
Aggressive Play on the Phoenix 2010 layout
In this, my first column, I'd like to focus on everyone's favorite topic: aggressive play. I'm talking about they type of play where you're on the other side of the snake and shooting people in the back in the first minute of the game. We have all seen this phenomenon at our local field occasionally, but to be able to pull it off consistently requires a formulaic approach. You really need to know the mechanics of the snake: it's weaknesses and strengths, and how to play to them to achieve a result. That's what this column is about.
Myth: This type of play is dangerous and isn't worth the risk.
While pushing a snake player hard is more dangerous than having him sit back, there are ways of mitigating that danger into something that is tiny when compared to the benefits of having a player all the way down the field. When properly played, this method will win you many, many games.
Why do we want to be on their side?
This may seem obvious to you, but it's important to know what the advantages of being far up in the snake are. Beyond the obvious ability to get a good angle on your opponent, being far up in the snake freaks people out. They either focus on you and tuck in or they try to bunker you and run to their deaths. Just by lying there you are freeing up the field for your teammates and making the other team worry about you. Your presence in the opponent's side of the snake is huge, even if you're not actively shooting your gun.
The Method
Get your snake guy in the snake quick!
This means in the first 10-20 seconds of the game. The easiest way to do this is to have your snake player just run there. Another possibility is to have your snake corner player shoot in the back center laner either on his way out or after getting to his bunker. This is where the majority of the risk is taken, so run fast and shoot straight.
Have as many guns shooting tape as possible.
Have your snake and corner players shoot tape immediately. Possibly one of the coolest and unique things about linked snakes like the Phoenix 2010 snake is that there are only two positions that can shoot you as you crawl up: the snake corner and the snake. So shoot at them. If possible, put a third guy close to the tape and shooting at the corner (*cough* the brick by the snake).
Make sure you have a player watching for the run through on the inside.
You don't want to shoot your way to the end of the snake only to get cornholed by some jerkoff. This means putting someone up the middle with a dedicated job of watching your snake player's back, either in the center dorito or in the snake side tall aztec.
Get down the snake!
Your snake player should now have it easy to crawl down the snake, staying on tape the whole way. He should take it one knuckle at a time, pausing to make sure the tape is shot in well before he scurries around. Remember, he doesn't have to focus on the inside shots until he is far up the snake.
How far should I go up the snake?
Good question. As a general rule, you should go as far as you can go without being exposed to an immediate bunker opportunity. An immediate bunker opportunity is when an opponent can bunker you by moving to the next bunker down field, sticking his gun around it and pulling the trigger. For example, if there is another snake player, you want to be one knuckle away from him (unless you're trying to bunker him yourself). If there is a player in the brick by the snake, you want to be in the second to last knuckle. Otherwise you want to be at the end of the snake to achieve maximum thorn-in-sideocity.
There you have it.
Simple but effective. Put guns on the tape, crawl down the snake and protect your snake player with the corner and a guy in the middle. Again, the real risk comes with getting in the snake. When you're there, you will have a gunfight with odds that will either be in your favor 2:1 (against only the corner) or in the worst case equal. Enjoy and happy hunting.
Next Week: Crossing the Gaps: Moving up quickly and efficiently!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
My Favorite Video
DBSpaintball.com is featured in Lousy Heroes video of BGP x-ball event #1 last spring, this video is titled 'Not Epic'
DBS Kidz Nate Schroeder and Graham Arnold guested for .com at this tournament
DBS Kidz Nate Schroeder and Graham Arnold guested for .com at this tournament
Monday, January 11, 2010
The "Silent Kid"
Ill just start out by saying that the title is partly true because i really don't talk that much but not that I'm shy or am not social, but because usually i don't say anything unless there is a good point or meaning to it when it comes to paintball. Mostly i just sit back and listen to what needs to be done, where to go, and who to shoot and that's what I do.
But enough with that ill introduce myself. My name is Brandon Olsen I'm 17 years old soon to be 18. I'm a senior at Ballard High school and was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. I have been playing with the "DBS Kidz" for 6 years now. You could say im one of the "Original" Kidz and proud to say that i have legitimately played my way through the PSP ranks in order starting with my Young guns season > Div 4 5man > Div 3 Xball > Div 2 Xball > Div 1 Xball and now hopefully this year play Semi-pro.
If you see me out on the field u will most likely see me crawling around and getting dirty in the snake. I have been playing snake most of my career with DBS but once in a while i find an excuse to send Alex to snake so i could play on my feet for once ha, but there is no better feeling then crawling down the end of the snake and shooting the whole team in the back :).
This is just a brief description of myself and life playing with the DBS kidz but there will be more to come. I'm really excited for this new year of paintball, BIG things are happening this year for DBS!
Brandon Olsen #88
But enough with that ill introduce myself. My name is Brandon Olsen I'm 17 years old soon to be 18. I'm a senior at Ballard High school and was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. I have been playing with the "DBS Kidz" for 6 years now. You could say im one of the "Original" Kidz and proud to say that i have legitimately played my way through the PSP ranks in order starting with my Young guns season > Div 4 5man > Div 3 Xball > Div 2 Xball > Div 1 Xball and now hopefully this year play Semi-pro.
If you see me out on the field u will most likely see me crawling around and getting dirty in the snake. I have been playing snake most of my career with DBS but once in a while i find an excuse to send Alex to snake so i could play on my feet for once ha, but there is no better feeling then crawling down the end of the snake and shooting the whole team in the back :).
This is just a brief description of myself and life playing with the DBS kidz but there will be more to come. I'm really excited for this new year of paintball, BIG things are happening this year for DBS!
Brandon Olsen #88
New Luxe Boards
DBS Luxe Replacement Board Kit
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For some time, DBS has been working with a board manufacture and is pleased to announce the release of the DBS Luxe board.
As most know Don at DBS has a long history with DLX, representing and working with them at major events around the US and Europe. With this history, DBS has seen a few of the issues that Luxe owners have encountered and started working on a few things to help solve them. DBS did not feel that there was any need to try and change the board, just upgrade the small things to make a more durable product at a great price.
A couple things about the new DBS Luxe Board:
DBS Luxe Board will come with a 1-year warranty and come a lifetime reprogram. Eye ribbons will come with a 30 day warranty.
The DBS Luxe board will still use 1.16a programming.
Switches and connectors have adhesive at critical locations so it does not simply rely on the solder to hold it to the board.
The DBS Luxe board will be covered with conformal coating at all important location to help with moisture related issues,
Minor modifications to board components in critical areas.
DBS Luxe Boards will come with a replacement Eye Ribbon Strip.
All DBS Luxe boards will be serialized so that DBS can service our customers the way that Luxe owners have become accustomed to.
More information and pricing can be found on the DBS website at www.dbspaintball.com
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For some time, DBS has been working with a board manufacture and is pleased to announce the release of the DBS Luxe board.
As most know Don at DBS has a long history with DLX, representing and working with them at major events around the US and Europe. With this history, DBS has seen a few of the issues that Luxe owners have encountered and started working on a few things to help solve them. DBS did not feel that there was any need to try and change the board, just upgrade the small things to make a more durable product at a great price.
A couple things about the new DBS Luxe Board:
DBS Luxe Board will come with a 1-year warranty and come a lifetime reprogram. Eye ribbons will come with a 30 day warranty.
The DBS Luxe board will still use 1.16a programming.
Switches and connectors have adhesive at critical locations so it does not simply rely on the solder to hold it to the board.
The DBS Luxe board will be covered with conformal coating at all important location to help with moisture related issues,
Minor modifications to board components in critical areas.
DBS Luxe Boards will come with a replacement Eye Ribbon Strip.
All DBS Luxe boards will be serialized so that DBS can service our customers the way that Luxe owners have become accustomed to.
More information and pricing can be found on the DBS website at www.dbspaintball.com
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Dream Begins
Its seems like just yesterday I was casually hanging out at STP watching my older brother compete in the the 3 man Survivor Series. My average Saturday was spent keeping scores for finals, watching my dad tech guns and just being you average 12 year old kid. This is how the dream Begins.
Now 7 years and a lot of welts later the DBS kidz are gearing up to play the Semi-Pro division of the PSP paintball Leauge. We have givin this dream our blood, sweat and tears. It has taken us to the top of the mountain, it has left us in the ditch wanting more. We are closer to the top than ever before but just when the peak of the mountain seem so close it feels like the hard work has just begun. No excuses, no complains, just hard work and commitment.
More to come,
Dusty Cort
Now 7 years and a lot of welts later the DBS kidz are gearing up to play the Semi-Pro division of the PSP paintball Leauge. We have givin this dream our blood, sweat and tears. It has taken us to the top of the mountain, it has left us in the ditch wanting more. We are closer to the top than ever before but just when the peak of the mountain seem so close it feels like the hard work has just begun. No excuses, no complains, just hard work and commitment.
More to come,
Dusty Cort
Thursday, January 7, 2010
From the cutting room floor
Hey guys. Here goes. I'm new at this so bear with me as I work out the bugs...
Bigs things are happening this season with the Kidz. We're all excited for the Phoenix layout. Questions are to be answered in the next weeks, like where will the cake be? Will the field be defensive or offensive? Will the snake be fun?
DBS.com 5 man is playing D3 Xball this season. Gonna be great!
Bigs things are happening this season with the Kidz. We're all excited for the Phoenix layout. Questions are to be answered in the next weeks, like where will the cake be? Will the field be defensive or offensive? Will the snake be fun?
DBS.com 5 man is playing D3 Xball this season. Gonna be great!
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