20 years ago...

[jincay]

[jincay]

Spring Castle 2004 there were more of us. I see a handsome Hacker in there

[jincay]

2004 Pump Pandemonium 1. I wish I could still fit into those trousers.

[Painthappy]

Spring Castle 2004 there were more of us. I see a handsome Hacker in there

Probably the most vectors ever in one place at one time... and working.

[Painthappy]

[Chappy]

Amazing weekend.

[Chuck E Ducky]

I see the corner of my car in the first picture I was definitely at this event with the 518th Brigade

[Painthappy]

[Painthappy]

[Painthappy]

Since these have the dicks sporting goods banners, I know they sponsored the April 24, 2004 Spring Castle event.

So that's my guess on the date for these

[wycke]

The pig was sooo clean then. I think that was only the second EMR event it saw since it was first pressed into service during Quest the previous year.

[coyote]

2004.. Sponsored by Dick's!

2024... Sponsored by Viagra?

[Chemical-x.....ahain]

I've got the gray shirt on, I've got no idea what I'm shooting in that pic but it looks kind of like a vector. (I forgot, I was working on my E-vector at that time)

[Painthappy]

This one is of me when I was playing with either a super nova or the dark star. I believe it was a dark star that I couldn't get up over 240 fps, but still stormed the castle.


This one is from Pump Pandemonium 2

[the_matrix_guy]

those pics are pretty good considering it was 20+ years ago. Much better than pics at Warpig which were shot with a potato, seemingly.

[nuclear zombie]

Top picture is proof that I actually went to an MCB event, it started to down pour as soon as the game started. I couldn’t see the castle 20 ft in front of me. Wasn’t a long game but I remember drinking a lot of yuengling beer.

[Painthappy]

[the_matrix_guy]

Such a cool photograph. Good group, you can tell

[Brimstone]

OMG the muffin gun! LOL. Funny thing is, I'm the same age now as most of you when I met you as a 18 year old kid.....HAHAHAHA

[Hp_lovecraft]

I already felt old 20 years ago.

[Axel]

....did we let the 20th nearly go by without commemoration?? Dang

[Cdn_Cuda]

If only we had a history section to keep track of such things…

[Pyrate Jim]

I was there at the all-pump defense. As I remember though, it was not the shortest castle game ever. There was a reason for that.
As the attackers came off the field with the final prop, there was a reporter referred to as "Hollywood" and rather well known at the time who intercepted those boys retuning with the prop.
He kept them occupied for 15 minutes asking questions before they realized the clock was still ticking until the prop was delivered.
True story, I watched it happen. I heard or read after that those 15 minutes cost them the record time.

[Drcemento]

Oh man - I remember reading "Hollywoods" articles in... it must have been APG back in the day. Haven't heard that reference in 20 + years. wonder what happened to him?

[Drcemento]

good old internet: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...55208971525042
he was inducted into the paintball hall of fame in 2021. interesting story. totally remember him from the magazines when I saw the pic.