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Video: Randy Bocelli Accident

Chase — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:30:01 +0000

Randy Bocelli of the Adrenaline Force Tournament Series and Bring It On Paintball was involved in a serious accident on Wednesday 5/6/09. This past Monday morning, Randy had an ACI Carbon Fiber 110ci tank successfully hydro tested at 5000psi. These older ACI tanks have required an adapter to fit the current regulators on the market, which are a bit smaller in size. The adaptor had been fastened onto the bottle, and the original regulator was then locktighted into place upon Randy’s receipt. After letting the tank sit over night, Randy proceeded to slowly fill the bottle with utmost caution early Wednesday morning. As the bottle reached approximately 27-2900psi, the fixed adaptor stripped out from the bottle. The regulator still attached to the hose, snapped around and hit Randy in the stomace, while the bottle bounced off of his chest and proceeded to fly across the room and take out the wire shelving you see in the left side of the screen.

We’re thankful that Randy is alright after such a serious accident. This accident serves as an excellent opportunity to remind everyone to insure your tanks are regularly hydro tested and your regulators and valve systems are properly secured to your bottles.

Adrenaline Force Spring Update

Chase — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:00:16 +0000

Giving Players what they want!

VICTORVILLE, CA (April 22nd, 2009) – After hearing overwhelmingly positive responses from players after the last event, the AFTS has just made some series changes to make it even better.

Spring is here—the weather is warmer and players are gearing up for another long summer of paintball in the California sun. To help your pocketbook through this season, the AFTS has released a stimulus package of its own! With the new changes to the AFTS, your team could win a season sponsorship or even free entry and paint to a USPL of your choice!

Through a collaboration of the USPL and Bring it On Paintball, the AFTS is now offering winners of Division 3 (at any event) a FREE ENTRY to a USPL event of their choice. Bring it On Paintball has also stepped up as a Platinum level sponsor, sweetening the USPL entry prize with 10 cases of tournament-grade paint—Bring It On’s custom Diablo “SuperBall”, a metallic bluered shell with its famous “Kryptonite” fill.

Also meeting the players demands, the AFTS is moving to a semi-automatic, unlimited rate-of-fire format—no more programming boards or worrying about your gun being too fast. Furthermore, the AFTS is now accepting APPA ID cards from any Southern California paintball series as valid identification—no more costly ID charges.

D3 1st – USPL 5 man entry, 10 cases of paint, trophy & medals and prizes

D4 1st – entry to next AFTS event and 15 cases of paint, trophy & Medals and prizes

3man/beginner 1st place – entry to next AFTS event and 6 cs of paint, medals and prizes

Pump 1st Place entry to AFTS next event and 6 cases of paint, medals and prizes

*All the paint that is won for the teams will be used/available for them at AFTS event #3.
* The USPL entry is valid for any one of the USPL events

Visit www.Afts.tv for more information.

AFTS Letter to players, going to 10.5 BPS cap

Bill G. — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:54:59 +0000

Below we have an update on the Adrenaline Force Tournament Series who recently held the season opener last weekend at Giant Paintball Park in Victorville, CA. Read on for winners and an update on rate of fire changes.

The staff here at the Adrenaline Force Tournament Series would like to congratulate the winners and participants of the first stop of the AFTS, the Victorville Open. Placing 1^st in their divisions, the AFTS would like to officially congratulate Psychotron and Death Stroke, who won the Division 3 and Beginner events (respectively). In the beginner division 2^nd place winners are Sin City Punishers, 3^rd Epic Knights and 4^th Unshackled.

For Division 3, Epidemic came in 2^nd, 3^rd Half Baked by Krome and 4^th place HD Drama.

We would also like to thank our sponsors of the event which enabled us to give out great prizes to the players – Azodin, Spyder, Sly, Khrome, Bring It On! Paintball, Empire, Dye, Trinity, Hundredth Monkey, KM, Gen X Global, and Custom Products

Our Media sponsors did a great job as well – Thanks to Chrono 300, Make it to Sunday, Katspix and to PBnation our official web forum.

With a first successful event under its belt, the AFTS is proud to announce the strong beginning of its series and news about upcoming events. The AFTS will continue to utilize the APPA system for the series, in aims of maintaining a competitive environment that is free of cheating and sandbagging—enforced by industry professionals and the APPA database. New for the next event, a 10.5 bps cap (ramping or semi-automatic) will be enforced, so be sure to send your boards and guns in for the newest PSP-compliant software.

Stay in touch with the AFTS series via the website (www.afts.tv) or via email, (randy@afts.tv), or check out the official AFTS web forum.

Warm Regards,

Adrenaline Force Tournament Staff

Adrenaline Force Series [Socal Region Update]

Chase — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:49:29 +0000

Randy dropped us an email to let us know that his Adrenaline Force Tournament Series will be back in action for 2009. The series runs with a goal of introducing new players into competitive paintball. Rather than try to squeeze by on reffing, the league has done a great job recruiting experienced officials to provide a fair playing field, ultimately insuring a great tournament experience. Beginner leagues, such as the AFTS, have really helped to raise awareness of competitive paintball and provide players interested in stepping it up to the “big leagues” an opportunity to get their feet wet. We’ve heard that Dan Perez (NPPL) will be the ultimate judge, master tech Don Besancon will be the official scrutineer and Kat Thompson (Kats Pix!) will be heading up promotions/media for the league. The series has had a great run over the last couple of years introducing players into competitive paintball with divisions ranging from beginner 3-man and D3/D4 5-man.

Players in the Socal region can find more info available @ AFTS.tv website.