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WPL DEBUT SETS NEW BENCHMARK FOR PAINTBALL TELEVISION PRODUCTION

LAS VEGAS, November 15, 2005 - Last Saturday night, the Las Vegas Sports Center housed the inaugural World Paintball League competition. Eight great teams participated in a single elimination paintball tournament like no other. Some of the best players in the world were captivated by the intelligent lighting system, huge 50x100 foot cage, and the sheer speed of game play. Teams San Diego Dynasty, Sacramento XSV, Portland Naughty Dogs, Stoned Assassins of Southern California, Phoenix LTZ, Oakland Empire, LA Hitmen and the Las Vegas Paintball Gladiators competed for a second day of intense action on Sunday.

The exciting paintball action will continue at the LV Sports Center this coming weekend November 19th at 7pm PDST and November 20th at 1pm PDST. The general public is encouraged to come out and be a part of the live audience. The event will be captured by high-definition cameras for Superstation WGN. This weekend will showcase 8 different teams coming from the Central Conference. The teams will include the St. Louis Entourage, Chicago Resistance, Detroit Muscle, Toronto Mavericks, Houston Rage, Dallas Drive, Memphis Blues, and the all female team, the Milwaukee Rapture. This will mark the first time in televised professional sports history that an all Women’s team will compete in an all male league for an entire season.

This new Professional level of the Ultimate Arena Paintball Leagues will make its television premiere on January 7th at 3pm PDST and again on Sunday, January 8th at 10pm PDST on Superstation WGN. DirecTV viewers can catch the action on Ch. 307 and Dish Network can see it on Ch. 239. Check your cable grid to find out where Superstation WGN is for you. If you can’t find WGN on your cable system, call and insist they get with the program. 20 Million paintball players, worldwide, can’t be wrong!

For more info on the World Paintball League, Top Gun, or the Ultimate Arena Paintball League, go to www.uapl.tv. Or contact duke@uapl.tv, milt@uapl.tv - or by phone at (847) 903-7868
 
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What a huge dollop of irony it would be if this format made it big on TV.... an irony that I personally wouldn't welcome because of its potential consequences......
 
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It was a really cool event! In fact I have never seen a crowd absoultly go crazy like that...... The arena itself must of cost at least 500k with all the lights camera's ect.......



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Then let's hope it becomes a catalyst instead of an industry standard.....
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I agree with that. :)

So, Rocky, it was cool but was it competitive paintball or more of a spectacle? Any real officiating or was it run and gun and blow up everyone before a ref can grab ya and pull ya out?
Any gun rules in the wpl? :rolleyes: Or was it like the NPPL?:eek: :)
 
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The reffing was excellent! There was a min of 1.25 refs per person. They had Phil D, Heading everything up and he hand picked the reffing crew.

As far as being the standard of playing. The format is fun, but it does not replace 7man or xball from a pure "SPORT" point of view. A pefect analogy would be this format is like "AND1 basketball exibition" and 7man or Xball is like NBA.

The competition was fierce.... Its a very successfull format FOR TV. IMHO! The crowd went nuts. The games didnt last longer than 45 seconds. And it was non stop running and gunning!


Gun Rules: Very strict. Semi only. In fact there where tons of gun penalties pulled. (NOT ON US). But some pro teams had to play short the next point or they got pulled on the spot for "bouncing guns".

Below is the stage that we came out on! It had smoke and a light show.
 
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I think this is the WWF of paintball. Maybe it'll be the paintball for the fans while the real paintballers have to wait around for a not-so-exciting olympics every 4 years.

I think it's funny that the press release says "Huge" 100x50 cage. Isn't the whole point that it's close-in?
 
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