G.I. Milsim
May 22, 2009 in Industry News
Following on the heels of yesterdays announcement that Richmond Italia was getting back into paintball, we received several comments and emails suggesting that he would not be acting alone in revolutionizing the sport.
We have just learned that Richmond’s new paintball enterprise will be known as “G.I. Milsim”. Based off that juicy nugget of information we went ahead and did a bit of research. The companies official website appears to be located @ www.GIMilsim.com and contains a major piece to the puzzle. Go ahead and check it out for yourselves..
Richmond’s re-entry into paintball is one thing. Rumors that he is going to revolutionize paintball are another. Learning that Richmond has teamed up with the Gardner brothers? Wow.
Rico said on May 22, 2009
Mil Sim ? Military Simulation? Wasn’t there something being promoted a few years back where there was a Military Jeep in display? Just fishing here. Who knows.
Rico said on May 22, 2009
GI = Soldier? So it would be Soldier Military Simulation? Humm. Sounds like scenario stuff.
ummm... said on May 23, 2009
i’d say with the Smart Corp Scenario PB team competing in the SPPL’s….that it is definitely a woodsball format,..which is where those guys came from. Should be interesting.
shoe said on May 23, 2009
dissapointing, i thought it’d be a Xball style tournament revolution.
well the money is more in milsim stuff anyways
smartparts786 said on May 23, 2009
GI im going guess stands for “Gardner-Italia”
Rico said on May 24, 2009
Good one. No secrets with you and me figuring this name out LOL
papa said on May 25, 2009
well, good news for tournament players anyway. Hopefully it will pump money into the sport. we all shoot the same paint.
Humbolt said on May 26, 2009
@papa – lets hope on that one! keep up on the paper. 50cal anyone?
Steven Smith said on June 3, 2009
I must have missed the point where the weekend / d4, etc. level player complained about the size of the paintball. Pro-level players will have their equipment provided so it shouldn’t really matter about the caliber of the ball to them. To the average, serious weekend player who owns over $2000 worth of guns and backup guns, this change to a .50 caliber will seriously limit their ability to play.
I just don’t see enough of an upside to change the caliber of the ball.
Ex-paintball player said on October 24, 2009
Why is everyone touting Richmond’s return as the second coming? I have to say 8 years ago, Richmond KILLED paintball as i love it with his X-ball nonsense. Saying paintball is getting back to it’s roots? Please it is just another opportunity for Richmond to stuff his pockets.