Re: HoF Event Update

"HoF Blog" <hofpaintball.hasslehof@blogger.com>,

 

=)

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Joseph Foltz <jfoltz@sharoncoating.com> wrote:

Nope… I forgot the address…

 

From: Rick Girt [mailto:rickgirt@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 9:28 AM
To: Joseph Foltz
Subject: Re: HoF Event Update

 

did you copy the Hoffenblogger on that one?

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Joseph Foltz <jfoltz@sharoncoating.com> wrote:

Here is a listing of the games and events that Hand of Fate have been involved with as "mandatory attendance events" from July of 2009 to present. We have attended other events as individuals or as a team but they did not count toward "team attendance" and are not listed.

 

Just to let you know I have posted a picture of our EZ-up with the new HoF banner from our last game 8-21 on my Facebook page and it looks very nice. I will see about getting it posted on the HoF FB page and possibly our Team site. Thanks to all who helped by making donations toward the banner. We really appreciate it.

 

7/25-26/09      Hell Survivor Monster Game, Red Team, <Lost>

8/22/09           Battlefront Ia Drang, US Team, <Win>

9/12/09           Pentagon EPZ

10/9/09           Sloppy Joe's house Team Meeting

11/21/09         Synergy Kaylee Event, <Lost>

12-5-09            Battlefront Toys For Tots

2/6/2010         Pentagon Team Meeting

3/20/10           Battlefront Kelly's Heroes, German Team, <Win> 

4/17/10           Pentagon Team Practice 4/17/10

5/1-2/10          Sherwood Forest Search for Grail, English Knights, <Win>

6/19/10           D-Day game 5-30, <Win>      OR      Team Practice /BBQ

7/24/10           Pentagon EPZ Game (Practice run of Black Hawk Game), US, <Lost>

8/21/10           Three Rivers Mission Masters WWIII (3 team game), Middle East Coalition/Brown, <Lost>

 

Next Game

9/18/10           Battlefront Red Dawn…

10/2/10           Pentagon HoF Production of Black Hawk Down (Reffing and running the game)

11/?/10           …Team Practice/Team "MEATING"…

12/?/10           Battlefront Toys For Tots Game,…

 

 

Joe Foltz

 

October 2nd Event at Pentagon Paintball

To all...

 

I know it's a little less than two months away, but we are excited about this, and you'll be hearing about it a lot till the time comes.

 

Hand of Fate is producing our own scenario game at our beloved home field Pentagon Paintball. To my knowledge, this will be the first event of its kind at the fields current location. We've been gearing up for this for two years now with the Scenario Sundays and the EPZ games. The latest EPZ game was a test run of the game rules, and we think we'll have a quality game for you to play.

 

In order to publicise the event we have forum topics started at the following forums:

www.x7og.net

www.a5og.net

www.neosmut.com

And our very own www.clevelandpaintball.com

 

And if Facebook is your game, we have an event invitation going on there. So wherever you like to troll on the interwebs, do us a favor and throw in your two cents.

 

Check out the game details below.

See you on the field!

 

-Meaty

 

 

 

Oct 2nd Hand of Fate presents Black Hawk Down at Pentagon Paintball

This event starts as a simple extraction of civilians from the consulate. It quickly turns into anything but "simple". Using Black Hawk Helicopters for perimeter defense and recon during the extraction, one of the Black hawks is shot down… trapping Pilots, who are now taking heavy fire. Satellite communications are delayed making for inaccurate Intel… heavily armed Rebel forces among innocent civilians makes this into a much longer and more intense battle than initially expected. A captured pilot trying to be rescued and possible second Black Hawk being shot down are some of the other things to plan for... There are strategic objectives which could give each side advantages, so planning and communication are going to be key factors to the success and overall win for one side or the other.

Event Pricing:
Three package Prices for Pre-Registration…
Pre-Registration starts Sep 1st and Ends Sep 29th

#1 EL Cheapo - 1000 Rounds Spectrum, all day Refills on one tank, and event fees. $40.00
#2 Formula 13 - 2000 Rounds Formula 13, all day Refills on one tank, and event fees. $75.00
#3 Evil- 2000 Rounds Evil, all day Refills on one tank, and event fees. $100.00
…add $10 to each package the day of event if not Pre-Registered.
You may also purchase items separately at current store pricing (see store for details Pentagon Paintball Discount Pro Shop and Fields).
This is a Field Paint only event.

To Pre-Register please call Pentagon Paintball at 814-474-5580 or stop by the store.

Oct 2
Gates open at 8am
Game Starts at 10am sharp (Please be on time)

Check out the Hand of Fate website www.HoFPaintball.com for more team and game info.

HoF Update

Greetings all, it's been a while.

 

First and foremost:

I've been getting calls asking "Whens the next game, Meaty?" A quick glance at the teams website will tell you that the next game is at our home field Pentagon Paintball, where we'll be hosting the EPZ federation to come out and play.

 

Pentagon Paintball

10am - 2pm

$35 for entry, air, and half case

$60 for entry, air and full case

 

This is an important game for the team as we will be doing a trial run of a Black Hawk Down type scenario, which the team will produce. As you can see, the prices for this are sweet, and Sean is waiving the $15 ins fee for this event. So if you haven't been up to check out the field yet, this would be the perfect chance. The EPZ crew is a stand up group of guys to play with. They are honorable, and have a mature sportsmanship values. We've all played the games where the high number of less honorable players ruin the fun for all, but you won't see that happen at this game.

 

Next:

We have some date changes on our calendar. We are planning on playing the following as a team:

 

Saturday August 21st - Three Rivers Paintball

Saturday Sept 18th - Battlefront Paintball

Saturday Oct 2nd - Pentagon Paintball (produced by HoF)

 

These are games where team attendance will get counted. The Oct. game will be one where the team will produce (Referee) the game. As always, there are also many EPZ games listed on the calendar. If any of you are interested in attending one of these, let me (or Sloppy) know so that we can coordinate a decent showing.

  

Also:

If you haven't noticed, we've added two more sponsors to our team. We'd like to thank Gateway Farm Freezer Meats for thier support, along with Babyface BBQ. As you know Dan "Gimly" Girt is a founding team member, who has gone on to start up a business after his passion: Smoked meat cooked to perfection (and sometimes shot out of a Havoc launcher). Dan does most of the cooking at our events, and is opening up his own BBQ stand this Saturday in Meadville.

 

In Addition:

"Sloppy" Joe Foltz will be participating in a Relay for life this Saturday, and is looking for any team members that are willing to participate by walking and wearing the team shirt. If anyone is interested, please contact Joe directly. The Relay for Life, and some other charitable causes is something that we are going to be looking into participating as a team. If you have any ideas or preferences, offer 'em up!

 

Lastly:

Check the teams Website, Forum, Twitter, and Facebook pages for updates. You can check Myspace too, but Myspace is mostly pedo's and skanks these days =)

 

-Meaty

 

 

Last chance

Do these shoes belon to anyone you know? Been in my trunk since
Sherwood game I think.

Fwd: Invitation to view a photo from hofpaintball's Picasa Web Album - First Annual HOF-B-Q

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: hofpaintball <hofpaintball@gmail.com>
Date: June 20, 2010 7:44:47 PM EDT
To: rickgirt@gmail.com
Subject: Invitation to view a photo from hofpaintball's Picasa Web Album -  First Annual HOF-B-Q
Reply-To: hofpaintball <hofpaintball@gmail.com>

You are invited to view a photo from hofpaintball's photo album: First Annual HOF-B-Q View Photo Message from hofpaintball: Hello all - this is Gina, Rick's wife. We had a blast at the First Annual HOF-B-Q! I like to thank our awesome hosts John and Christy for having us all together. I am personally grateful to meet all the wives/girlfriends, one day we all need to team up and take on the men in a paintball game of our own! Unfortunately I don't have enough space in this message to individually thank everyone for their contribution, but I must say you all display team work on and off the field. Hope to see more of you next year If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=hofpaintball&target=PHOTO&id=5484997292318990306&aid=5484993872640319009&authkey=Gv1sRgCPP6x9Sj27bpswE&feat=email To share your photos or receive notification when your friends share photos, get your own free Picasa Web Albums account.

Synergy D-Day 2010: Impressions from the Axis General

This is my third year playing Synergy's own D-Day game, the second year as Axis General. This year's event may not have gone as smoothly as previous years have, but I can't really complain. Synergy has consistently offered fair prices, a great field to play on, and friendly staff for all their events. Yet again Synergy has provided us with the opportunity for which to not only play our favorite sport, but to honor those who fought and died for the freedom of our country. Thus, recreating possibly one of the most infamous battles that our country had been involved is our way of paying respect to the soldiers who died that day. To put yourself in the shoes of those men and experience a small fraction of the fear and uncertainty they dealt with on that day is a fitting way to remember them. For this I am grateful.

The day began for me at 5am Monday morning. I didn't have the best planned logistics for getting 5 guys with all their gear crammed into a midsized sedan for a 2 hour trip. But I have to say we did get there, just not on time, and for this I apologize. Once we arrived to the field I surmised that I wasn't the only general of an army showing up late, and for this I will thank Tangus999 (the Allied general) for taking some of the blame for the lateness of the game.

After the morning briefing, we took the field and prepared for the game to start. I stopped to encourage my guys stationed at the forward position and headed back to the German headquarters. By the time I got there, the siren blew and the game was on. The eruption of hundreds of paintball markers firing was loud and heavy, even at my position at the back of the field. One of these years I'll actually get to witness it, but it sounded impressive!

For Synergy's version of this scenario, heavy emphasis has been placed on a point value for capture of the generals. For this reason, I made every effort to stay in play. With the exception of some time spent in the German HQ respawn area to take my mask off and recoup, I spent a lot of time in play fielding questions, giving orders, and waiting for missions to be handed down. For the most part I was either defending our headquarters (which sadly didn't see much action) or at Fort Synergy witnessing Kry0 launch rockets at the Allies with a joyous glee borderline on insanity. After our first mission was handed down, to locate and recover ammo crates, I designated a couple teams to go on a search mission and head to the fort to get some action.

I'd have to say that this next part was probably the most exciting part of the game for me. When I got to Fort Synergy there were probably 40 of us inside and about the perimeter. At approximately noon, about an hour before lunch break, the Allied were able to take ground and make their way back to the fort. We were taking fire from all angles. In a testament to the fort's design, there weren't a whole lot of positions one could take up and not have at least one firing lane to guard from. In the course of the hour we took a heavy beating, and the dead players were rerouted from the respawn inside the fort to the one further back at headquarters because there were so many of us eliminated. We went from about 40 to less than 10 players defending the fort, with the Allied still hot and heavy about our perimeter. I had put in several calls to Total Resistance and NEOSMUT for support and was anxiously awaiting retrieval. My main concern at this point was for an extraction so that I could make my way back to base and receive the next set of mission objectives. When it looked as if we were about to lose our position to Allied, we got the call that NEOSMUT was on hand and ready for an extraction. With perfect form and execution, I was guarded from enemy fire, led through the thick underbrush towards the German HQ with no casualties in the squad. A lone Allied player wandering through the woods was eliminated rather unceremoniously for having the misfortune of being along our path and I was deposited at my base within minutes of the game breaking horn.

After all the dust settled, it turned out that the Axis Army had bested the Allies in this, an alternate universe version of the events at Normandy. But there's always next year…

I want to thank NEOSMUT, Total Resistance, the Pentagon Crew, Funnyman and his crew for all coming out and providing excellent support for the Axis army. I'd also like to thank Cleveland Hybrid, Odyssey for putting up a fight. Lastly I'd like  to thank Tangus999 and the Devils Lot for stepping up and leading the Allied Army. After all, you can't have a game without an opponent.  Hand of Fate salutes you all!

There are so many other highlights to the game, and players that really brought the scenario to life that it'd be a shame to try to list them all and miss a few. If you're interested in finding out more, please register for and visit the www.clevelandpaintball.com forums to read the highlights. If you participated in the game then help us relive the day with your own version of what happened.

Update from the Fate!

Greetings all. Another event has passed on our 2010 calendar, and we're gearing up for the next. Here's the latest from the HoF!

 

1. Synergy D-Day Event

Yes, we won =)

But not without plenty of help from the other teams. A special thanks to NEOSMUT, Total Resistance, and the Pentagon crew for being at my beck and call when it came time to handle bidness. I hope you all took an opportunity to thank an Allied player, for without opponents, there would not be a game!

For not being on the team calendar, we had a great turnout to this event. I'm pleased to say that we were able to field 8 team members, which is an excellent number considering a handfull of us had just dropped a considerable chunk of change to play the Sherwood game a little less than a month prior.

We have no photos of the event from team members, so if you happen to know where any are located, please pass 'em along!

I will be posting a full impression of the days event on our blog and forum soon.

 

2. New Member

I would like to welcome Joe "Death Dealer" Laster as our newest team member. He played his first event with us this past Monday, and proved to be a great addition. Joe is a recent transplant from North Carolina, to the Masury area. He's no stranger to paintball and fits in rather nicely with our rascally group of rapscallions. Another big plus is that he came into the team already rockin the marpat, and the teams unofficial marker, the Phenom. Next time you see him, give him a high five.

We have a few other new prospects. If you are considering joining the team, or know someone who is, let us know. Next year we will be enstating a more formal member enlistment process so now is the time to get in good.

 

3. Team Social

We are having our first official team BBQ on June 19th. Thats in two weeks. The event is open to team members and families and/or significant others, along with a couple of other special invites. I have sent out an invitation via email, and will do so again. If you are coming, please respond so that we can get an accurate count of who will be there. This will be a pot luck style dinner, with our very own Gimly Girt doin' the BBQin'. Food, drink, games, and mebbe a little back yard ball will rule the day. If you have any questions, contact myself or Beefy.

 

4. EPZ Games

I've added the EPZ games to our team calendar, which is found on our website. As you know, the EPZ crew is a network of woodsballers that play on private properties from Jamestown NY all the way to Grove city and further. These games are well run, well attended, and very affordable as there are no field fees and paint requirements (no walmart paint please!). If you are interested in playing a specific game, let me know and we can organize a showing.

 

See you on the field!