What Paintball Guns Were Used?

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.pain4glory.com/images/B002BG1XHA/" /><td></tr><tr><td><td></tr></table>The paintball guns used on the show were brightly colored and almost toy-looking. It took a while for me to realize what they were, but behind the brightly colored paint were Tippmann TPX pistols.

These paintball pistols are normally black, and feature an 8 round magazine clip, integrated regulator, external velocity adjuster, removable barrel, and a very comfortable grip. The Tippmann TPX is powered by one 12 gram co2 cartridge that is inserted into the chamber directly underneath the barrel. You typically can get anywhere from 30 to 40 shots per 12 gram co2 cartridge. Lastly, how much do one of these fine pistols retail for? It can be had for about $219 at most online paintball stores.

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.pain4glory.com/images/B003FVY1CE/" /><td></tr><tr><td><td></tr></table>The other marker used on the show was a orange tiger-striped BT-TM-15. This paintball gun was sported by Community character "Senor Chang", who set out to stop the main characters from winning. This fast firing paintball marker is fully electronic, has multiple firing modes, and currently retails for $459. In this episode Senor Chang busts into a room rocking the TM-15 on full-auto to the sound of oriental music.  Indeed one of the funniest moments of the show.

While many avid paintball players may deem the use of paintball in this episode as unsafe and damaging, please first note that this show is a farce. Yeah they aren't wearing masks, and yes in all actuality getting shot in the forehead from 3 feet away would hurt like hell... but just remember, this isn't real paintball, it's just a wacky depiction of it. It's merely using paintball in a way that works best for the show - a way that allows you to read into the funny expressions/reactions of characters. With that said, below is the "Modern Warfare" Episode conveniently embedded for your viewing pleasure.  Below is also a collection of screen captures of the best moments of the episode.

Watch Paintball on Community - Episode 23, "Modern Warfare"

Screen Captured Highlights of This Episode

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"Sometimes we wonder how we can make a difference, how we can change a life. We want to give back but we either don’t know how or we aren’t sure it will make a difference. Well this is a good place to start. It's time to be thankful for what we have and share what we can with others not as fortunate."

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If you never read pb2x then you missed out on a quality paintball publication.  John Amodea is know for writing insightful articles, which you'll be able to see both online and in print in this new paintball magazine of a slightly woodsier kind.

That's right, paintball has gone back to the woods and the magazines have followed.

Just to give you a little taste of the quality writings John Amodea cranks out, check out his article series "What Have We Done To Our Game?"

From the article

I’m all about tournament paintball. It’s what I’ve been doing for years and it’s what I’m going to continue doing. I’m not going to talk about the changing direction that is leading us down the MilSim road. I don’t care about MilSim. I happen to think paintball needs national tournaments, but this isn’t really about that. Time will tell if we’re needed or if it’s just overhead.

The fact of the matter is paintball was born in the woods, and now its going back. There still is room for tournament speedball, but not at the scale industry leaders were once able to manipulate it to.

From the article

Once upon a time, Infamous had players on the east coast, west coast, north, south and middle America … all over the country. They would fly people in to practice and they’d have a skid of paint at each practice. Players were allowed to buy gear at special discount rates and, of course, some players were getting paid. And they weren’t the exception. XSV, Dynasty, Ironmen, Raiders and others were doing the same thing. Fast forward a few years and they are cutting players because they don’t want to fly them in. My team owner once presented a $175,000 budget to a sponsor and they agreed there was no fat on it. Now I show the same sponsor a $75,000 budget and we both shake our heads saying, “that’s simply too much.” My old captain asked me why I don’t fly people in. When I told him there’s no budget for it, he said, “just tell the sponsors you need it.” Can you imagine that these days?

It may pain many players to hear this, but tournament paintball has merely been a detour for the way paintball was supposed to go. Scenario paintball is larger than ever, and it is widely received among recballers and weekenders, which represents the largest part of paintball.

If you need proof just look at the turnout at Oklahoma D-Day. Despite current economic conditions 3,000 players attended Oklahoma D-Day in 2009. This cannot be said about tournament paintball, which is entirely elastic with the economy. When tournament players pockets go down so does the amount of teams heading off to tournaments.

Like the article says, If tournament paintball is to shine again, things do indeed need to change. However, I do not believe we can expect it to reach the level it once reached, when a more glimmering opportunity for a ubiquitous woodsball league is available.

Read more of this interesting article on BallersCafe.

With the NPPL's joint release with Activision for the paintball game NPPL Championship Paintball 2009, I can only wonder how something like this managed to come about.  Granted, the game does suck, but what about the success of PB2X?  You think that if you owned these two companies you could at least manage to cover expenses...

Hopefully the new owners at least try to save PB2X, it was a great magazine, one I'd hate to see it go.

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Here's a scenario for why bowling is more dangerous than paintball...

You are driving to the bowling alley with your bowling ball in the seat next to you and all of a sudden your car is rolling over(because you got in a wreck) and the bowling ball is mashing everyone to a pulp in the car.

Paintball players usually keep their gear in a bag, and it isn't that heavy, unless you are shooting a Tippmann A-5 or something(now if one of those hit someone in the head they'd be dead).

So there you have it, the only possible explanation for why paintball is safer than bowling... now if you have your own reason, let's hear it.

Despite what some of you may see as a weak explanation for why paintball is safer than bowling, or any other sport for that matter, I know this statistic cannot be true because I have personally hurt more than 1000 people while playing paintball.

So pretty much I alone make paintball the most dangerous sport in the world....

Go here for the article with the statistics.

This story was written by The Sun, a UK based magazine. Go here for more on this amazing story.

Even though this is happening on the other side of the world, it still makes me wonder what would happen to paintball if Firearms Legislation changed in the U.S. to require all paintballers to have permits to use a paintball marker. For one thing it would eliminate an entire age gap of paintballers, which would without doubt deal a huge blow to the paintball industry. Let's just hope that never happens, it truly would be the death of paintball.

Its these types of online partnerships that excite me, and I see them getting more and more popular as paintball companies realize the win-win potential behind them.

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