Well done Pipes, good work mate, and just to add to Andy's sleuthing skills, this guy called me and we had an 'interesting' conversation to say the least.
As most of you guys know, I'm a grumpy old man and a concerted cynic, these dispositions have served me well, especially on these boards.
I spoke to this guy Ian, for about 20 minutes, and when I try to reconcile what he said on the phone with what I know he has claimed, then I'm afraid I cannot under any circumstances believe him.
At one point during the conversation, I bought up the fact he had said Ollie Lang was going to his event, I asked him if this was true (I obviously knew it wasn't because I know Ollie well enough to know he wouldn't come to an event like this) he protested it was true, backing his claim up with an alleged email from Ollie saying he was going.
I told him to 'hang on', and 'I'd call Ollie', I dialed Ollie's mobile and it was ringing, this guy then proclaimed, 'well it might not have been Ollie' ......I knew it was all bollocks and so I nailed him to the cross on this lie and ended my call.
I then got a bit angry because I thought he was taking me for a mug by bullsh!tting me and so he got it both barrels as I recounted lie after lie after lie .........I was frikkin pissed off !
I am not a bad judge of character and I can pretty much work out quite quickly what people about and I think this guy got 'carried away' shall we say.
He compromised the truth on many occasions and blatantly lied -I think his intentions were good inasmuch as he wanted to bells and whistles event but I'm afraid he forgot one of the most basic of all things when trying to get people to part with hard earned money to attend his event, and that was, to be truthful and don't ever try to bullsh!t us.
Now, if and when he resurfaces with this event, then you guys must factor in what's happened and you gotta make a valued judgment as to what he may proclaim in the future.
If his event doesn't get off the ground then I'm afraid he has only himself to blame.
In conclusion, he's a pretty sad character really and probably best not suited to paintball, and so If you read this Ian, I think it best you maybe look for another way to earn money because believe me mate, every single baller in this country comes to this site and will have read what you've done....that alone will mean you've got a huge problem in getting any event off the ground.