In a recent interview, Vaughn Smith announced to Tango Alpha2 that he was selling Red Fox Games (www.redfoxgames.com) near Greenville, SC. I have played at this field and it is a very cool place to  play paintball.

“I am rapidly approaching 70 and for the last 20 years PB has been my life and I want nothing more than to see the sport continue and grow. I have made so many friends over 20 years and I am now seeing the sons and daughtors of people who played here in the 90’s,” said Vaughn. “There always comes a time when we all will have to give it up and that time is almost here for me. I have resolved that 2009 will be my last year and if a buyer or lessor cannot be found then RFG will just have to close.”

So if you ever wanted your paintball field, now is the time to check it out! Attached are some data about the fields attendance, inventory etc. you may find interesting. Read more

Occasionally you get surprised in paintball. Usually, they are nasty ones like the bush you just stepped around has more bad guys in it than a Quentin Tarrantino movie. Paintball Kingdom in Marshville, NC provided us with plenty of surprises and almost all of them were pleasant and welcomed. When you pull up to the site, the first thing you notice is that it’s someone’s driveway. You overlook the building to the left and focus on the rickety, long (huge) Chicken Coop in the back, thinking “What the hell have I gotten myself into?” Read more

 BR Sports (formerly Black River Sports) presents G.I. Joe vs. Cobra in a paintball match dubbed “Valor Vs. Venom”  The event will be this Saturday, August 16th. The unique angle to this scenario is that everyone on the winning side will win a FREE US5 paintball marker by PCS! This marker is similar to the A5 and was originally designed by Tippman. But wait! there’s more! Along with the winning army winning a free marker, everyone that pre-registered will receive a FREE set of camos!

In one of the most original marketing ideas to come to paintball in a long time, Allen  “Buddha” Faircloth is producing the game and has arranged with his vendors to provide free markers to go to the winning sides. So if there are 180 players playing for the G.I. Joe side and they win the event, 180 Joe players will each receive a free PCS paintball marker! Read more

The Clemmons, NC (near Winston-Salem) paintball field is closed permanently. I was updating our field links and went to NC Tactical’s web site and saw the following notice:

“Something fell through with the new ownership and we have no other choice. We would like to say thanks to all that supported the field and thanks for all the fun, See everyone at the next big game. Chad and Willy will no longer have anything to do with running the field, website or have any responsibilities or liabilities for the paintball field. We will leave the forum and website up for now. See you at the next big game.”

Almost all of the links are disconnected so that directions and almost everything else doesn’t work on the site. I tried to call Willy for more information, but he was not in at the time. Besides our condolences to NC Tactical, this is equally sad for scenario players in the Carolinas as this is one more great field we won’t be able to play and enjoy our favorite sport. Good luck to Willy and his crew in whatever they do in the future. Email us at paul@tangoalpha2.com if you have any more information or leave a comment below. 

Clyde Hartsell didn’t set out to make one of the best paintball fields in the Charlotte area, he wanted to sell the land to property developers. The way property values have grown, he would have made a fortune. He purchased the 75 acres that now includes the Boss Paintball field (http://bossproshops.com/golddiggers/index.htm) as a quick land investment. That was eight years ago. Lucky for us, it didn’t work out that way. Today, Boss Paintball, formerly known as GoldDiggers (very close to the historical Reed Gold Mine) is one of the best wooded scenario fields in the area.  There may come a time at some point in the far distant future where a land developer will offer Clyde the right number of zeroes for the land, but until then, Carolina paintballers have struck gold again in Locust, NC, about 20 miles of east of Charlotte.

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One of the owners of Command Decisons Paintball, Lee Ann Ferguson, was kind enough to grant me an interview recently about the upcoming April 26th scenario, “Viet Nam Patrol 2008: Siege of Khen Sahn“. The Taylorsville event promises to be one of the best paintball scenarios this Spring in the NC area. Click Read More for details…
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 We played at Children of Men at Wolf Creek  (located 1 mile east of I-73/US Hwy 220, in Star, NC) last year and then again at Clear and Present Danger this year and it’s one of the best fields I have seen.. It’s 80 some acres, heavily wooded, has one of the best forts I’ve ever seen, a house to clear and a village. But it’s the woods that make it. When the leaves are out, the camouflage is killer.

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Saturday, April 26 2008

 Command Decisions
A Historical Paintball Scenario Game

The Battle of Khe Sanh was conducted in northwestern Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), between 21 January and 8 April 1968 during the Vietnam War. The combatants were elements of the United States (U.S.) III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) and two to three division-size elements of the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN).

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• April 26, 2008 - Command Decisions, Taylorsville, NC  ”Vietnam Patrol - Siege of Khe Sahn,”  web site link  See details on our blog. Metheney Consulting, Inc. would like to field a (temporary) small, organized squad of at least moderately experienced players for this scenario. Contact me ASAP if you are interested at paulm@metheney.com. 

• March 22nd, Wolf Creek in Star, NC hosts scenario “Clear and Present Danger“

• March 15th, Boss Paintball - Mini Scenario Games run from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Regular field fees apply.  Field opens at 9am.

• March 1st - NC Tactical Paintball, Clemmons, NC “Battle for the Gold”. See our events page. 10am - 5pm.

 We have updated the Field Directions page to help you find your way to battle much easier. We have added a NC-SC state map of sorts with fields plotted on it. If your field is not on the map or we don’t have the directions to it, please let us know.