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The real story of Robbo and Raehl

Grendel-Khan

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THis is kind of pointless, but inquiring minds want to know. Anybody who's been on smacktalk lately will have seen a very ferocious exchange between Chris Raehl and Robbo. The rumour mill down here is cranking at a million miles an hour and I was wondering if anybody knows what really happened? Ive heard about twenty different versions of the story, all by people who heard about it from somebody else, you know how that goes. Anyway, I've heard two in particular that I like the most. The first is that after Raehl, under the username of "sucks" started an anti-Nexus thread on Smacktalk, was tracked down by Robbo in Denver(?) and made to post an apology on the same thread. Apparantly Robbo made him cry like a school girl in front of a crowd of people. Of course, nobody who's heard this version was in said crowd....The other version I like is that there is a huge Chris Raehl hating conspiracy out there that resents his NCPA. THey say the thread was started by someone wanting to get him banned from everything to do with paintball. I love the conspiracy teory, but just out of beef headed curiousity, I would like to know the truth. Can anybody help me out?
 

Baca Loco

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Despite Pete's apearance in your post I don't think the general topic merits MLT status so it's new home is SYB. ;)

Sorry, G-K, but what little I know debunks at least version 1. A) original post appeared after Denver, and B) Pete was unable to attend NPPL Denver so there was no Old West showdown though I'd pay a buck or two to see the real deal.

As to the anti-raehl conspiracy trying to besmirch his good name, I like it! In my experience Chris has often managed quite well without any help though.

What else is making the rounds?
 

Grendel-Khan

I Love The Fun Police
Hey CBL don't cast any thought to debunking these theories. Like I said they are all heresay and gossip. Most of it has come down the line through college players I know, and I must say that Mr. Raehl is not very popular amongst the TX college crew. Most of them think that somebody is trying to take over the NCPA and make it a full partner of either the NPPL or the PSP, and the first step to achieving that is getting ol chris out of the way. True? Complete fiction? Who knows, better yet who cares. I'm just speaking my brains (what little of them I have left after years of paintball and Jaeger)
 

Robbo

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The raehl story :)

On Smacktalk, he posts under a pseudonym and attacks myself, Nexus and PGI.
Comes back on the same thread and posts under his real name in a quasi-defence of myself believing this will throw me off the scent.....(he must think I have 'idiot' tattooed on me head).

He then accuses me of physically threatening him, which by the way I have never done as he has all the physical presence of an anorexic weasel.

I didn't go to Denver so I think that part of the rumour may well have been exaggerated but that part did sound mighty exciting :)

As for the conspiracy theory?
I couldn't even be bothered with him and Paul (Baca) answers that well enough in his post with his final observation.

All in all, rahel is one of life's scrotes and I think his days representing whatever collegiate body he does, are numbered :)