September 28th, 2009 A day that will live on forever in many paintballers minds. Another epic paintball game and more specifically the 21st installment of the Phoenix Project Flag Raiders Paintball Games.
As people started to arrive there was fear in the air as dark clouds gathered overhead but the Gods of paintball showed mercy yet again bestowing some great paintball weather. The scenario was set in the war torn country of Tipponia, lead by the the ruthless Dictator “Zee”, the country was torn by war and greed. The US sent in their top forces lead by General Bill and the freedom fighters of the Tipponian people, to end the suffering and bring a peaceful democracy to the people.
As the game started, The US Embassy and a small bombed out Mission Building
was brutally attacked early on in the game by Zee’s forces. Their campaign of total field domination lasted almost until lunch where as luck would have it, the sky’s opened up and a small amount of rain fell. As the Rebels were running for shelter the American forces came back and took control of the field until the last mission of the day where Zee was successful in capturing a bus with an oil executive on board and managed to hold the US off to extract him for victory.
The day ended off with owner Joe Kimpson announcing the scores for the day and handing out thousands of dollars in prizes to a bunch of lucky paintballers.
SCORES:
FNN Breaking News final scores released, “Zee and the Tipponians were victorious”
Total Eliminations Per Side
US 731
Tipponians 632
VICTORY US
Total Territory Points
US 4600
Tipponians 5800
VICTORY TIPPONIA
Total Points Missions
US 1850
Tipponians 2500 (less 1000 point penalty, the total possible point value for mission 7. Players did not follow the instructions sent out by the general)
VICTORY U.S.
Interesting Statistics
Until 12:30 pm the U.S. team had only 7 of a possible 40 flags for territory, but caught up in the afternoon.
The Tipponians used RPG on at least three attempts with great success
1 miss
5 KIA
6 KIA
Mission 2B/2C expired points (no team was awarded prizes). Points went to Charity to help beautify Tipponia.
The Tipponians had a 50 percent success rate with artillery strikes.
The U.S. team had several airstrikes to clear pathways so they could move.
Don’t miss Flag Raiders next Big game when they present “Rogue Elf 2″ on November 28th, 2009. Where proceeds go to charity to help less fortunate children enjoy Christmas as well.
For more information on Flagraiders Paintball be sure to check out http://www.flagraiders.com/
Photos courtesy of Bill Barnes of Visual Echoes Photography
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