Exciting News!

It has been a pretty busy week for us here at Eagle Squad. First we received news that Steve was being considered for Yellow Team General which was the cause of the Meeting we had last week. This got us into gear adding forums to the blog and sending out feelers for possible teams to recruit. Since then we have found out that Steve IS the General of the Yellow Team and the recruitment process is now in full swing.

Steve, David, and I were also able to make it out to a pick-up game at a buddy's house. 14 people showed and we had a good time throwing paint for a few hours. Not a bad way to spend the morning!

Forums Up and Running

I just finished getting our Eagle Squad Forums up and running. I will flesh them out more and I get the time but for now there is a SuperGame forum, a Buy/Sell/Trade forum, and an Eagle Squad member forum.

Please everyone go and sign up. Lets get this thing started.

The link can be found to the right under the "About Us" section or right HERE.

Eagle Squad Meeting

Tonight at 7:00pm we will be having a meeting at Steve's house. Lots of things to discuss about Supergame 40 and beyond!

Eagle Cam

Chris spent part of the off season buying and learning to use a new head cam. He brought it out during Supergame 39 and was able to get some pretty good footage. I will get a link up to the video once we get it uploaded into youtube.

The camera went well for the most part but there was one problem: comfort. Once we got back Steve went to work to rig a setup that would be more user friendly.

This is what he came up with

The camera mount is bolted to the side of the helmet with padding on the inside to stop the screws from causing any pain when Chris is wearing it. It looks pretty sweet too!

Better Late Than Never

It is a little late in the making but I thought that I should get on here to talk a bit about Supergame 39. Eagle Squad was able to get 5 members out there although there were only 4 of us there at a time with 3 on the field. Chris was able to get three of his friends to come out and play with us for the weekend and with their help we were able to go out there and make quite a bit of a difference on the Yellow Team.

This year we were teamed up with Edge Zero and Crossfire again as members of the Yellow Team. We started out 200 point underdogs going into the Saturday game and were even down by 300 at one point. With some good strategic planning by Xaber and some hard work we were able to cut their lead to 50 points by the end of the day Saturday. Sunday was the Spoils of War game which is my personal favorite. Yellow Team was able to take the day and the weekend by the work we all put in capturing and recapturing bases.

Eagle Squad was fortunate enough to be on the winning side again and receive team recognition with the Best Defense plaque. Can't wait until next year.

Lastly, we were all very sad to hear that Bryce Hotckiss, the paintballer that was hurt on Saturday, died the following Monday. We were unable to attend the memorial game but were very glad that it went well and was able to raise more money for his family.

Spring Update

April is almost over which means less than a week until Supergame! Chris, David, and Steve have all been down to help out Dan fix the field and they say that it is looking great. More space, more bases, and more trails. I couldn't be more excited to get down there and play.

Looks like most of us will be there Friday night although I think only a few will take part in the game that night. I believe we will have a booth all weekend with a few hours set aside for a swap meet.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the field!

OHNOES!

Chris had some time to look over the footage from the Woodland paintball game and it turns out there is no footage to look over. I think there was a little glitch with the type of film he used. Anyways, he seems to know what the problem is and should have the details worked out so that he knows what he is doing come Supergame.

The bad news is that we obviously will have no footage of the Woodland game to post. The good news is that the Woodland game did what it was supposed to do: Let us work the kinks out of our equipment. Hopefully next time we are able to get some paintballing in the Maskcam will be working as intended.