Fear and respect the GPCD The annual Christmas celebration of GPCD paintball assault took place in Forney, Texas on the rainy and cold Saturday of 12/12/09 . The day began impressively with Chris Bridgham's Acura becoming stuck on the muddy road and having to be pushed 100 or so yards to pavement. New pledges were inducted and intiated through a tortuous hazing process. Team Even and Team Odd were re-formed, and the pledges were drafted. It was a muddy, nasty day that was perfect for paintball, and Team Even again put on a clinic and beat the hell out of Team Odd.
Final battle count was 7-2 in favor of Team Even, and the now famous "Delta Force" victory charge by Team Odd led by Lee Walsh is considered a controversial victory for Team Odd as Team Even contends they shot Walsh before he entered the Fort. But a little charity never hurt anybody.
TEAM EVEN
Ryan Sword
Thomas Seale (former MVP)
Chris Bridgham
Walter Weems (r)
Trent Hendrixson(r)
Robbie Wellman
Brett Tatsumi (r)
Chad Lemons(r)
Ben Cholik
Joe Berry(r)
TEAM ODD
Lee Walsh
Judson Crawford
David Sims
Stephen Pope
Mead Hardwick
Jason Timothy (r)
Joel Durbin
Eric Thompson
Kevin Conlon (r)
Ryan Burkhardt (r)
12/12/09 AWARDS
MVP: BRETT TATSUMI. A paintball rookie, Tatsumi seemingly was never eliminated and always seemed to be in the decisive action at the end of games. On the "old west" field, it appeared as though Tatsumi was out of luck, as Team Odd had a 2-1 advantage (actually, we would come to find out later it was 3-1). Conlon and Hardwick attempted to flank Tatsumi and he made quick work of both of them. While everyone was marveling at Team Even's victory as Tatsumi, Conlon, and Hardwick exited the field, we slowly noticed Stephen Pope emerge from a bunker about 50 yrds behind the action. We gave Tatsumi and Pope a ten count to get position and within 30 seconds Tatsumi has dispatched Pope like an assasin. He played consistently the best throughout the day, so the rookie earns MVP honors.
Most Deadly: RYAN SWORD, again. There appears to be a direct link between Team Even's domination and their having Sword on their team. Somehow he manages to get those beat up rental guns to fire a one inch pattern from 1000 yards in high winds and limited visibility.
Best Uniform: RYAN BURKHARDT. The Captain Morgan headgear and the candy apple red jacket showed that this was a player with confidence who was subconsciously giving his opponents a big red middle finger. Several games into the battle he decided to shed the red. When offered a back pullover from a teammate, he politely declined saying he had a sweatshirt that would be better. What did he replace the glowing red jacket with? A lovely sky blue pullover, equally noticeable to his enemies. This award will henceforth be known as the "Ryan Burkhardt Best Uniform Award". Honorable Mention...KEVIN CONLON for keeping it Fratty with a Fiji windbreaker.
The Pacifist Award: DAVID SIMS. Year One he is William Wallace. Year Two he might have ended the day with zero kills, thus earning the pacifist honor. He did try and redeem his honor by making a strained and desperate scream-laced charge at Team Even's fort, but ran into a doorless wall and was subsequently dropped into a fetal position from a rain of paintballs.
Paintball Magnet Award: DAVID SIMS. Poor bastard. He would be crouched in the back of a fort, or behind full cover at the back of a field...and within 120 seconds of the ref saying"Go" paint would be breaking somewhere on Sims' body. He would have been the first body bag home..
The William Wallace Award: LEE WALSH. His passionate speech to his fellow soldiers before storming Team Even's fort brought tears to his teammates eyes and caused us to paint our faces blue because we were so motivated. While the outcome of the game is still subject to some dispute, no one cany deny the mad genius in Walsh's leadership and that the charge took Team Even by surprise. The cry "Delta Force Go!" will ring in history much like "Remember the Alamo!
The Inglorious Basterds Cruelty Award: CHAD LEMONS. Lemons, who fought very well all day, had a slight moment of paintball sorriness during the day's final game on the speed ball course when he blasted poor Mead from about 5 feet away without giving the surrender call. While such a move could be perceived as sorriness, it further solidifies the mental edge and psychological advantage Team Even has over Team Odd. So, while this is a cruelty award...cruelty actually kind of kicks ass...cuz those guys in that movie were the sh*t
Final battle count was 7-2 in favor of Team Even, and the now famous "Delta Force" victory charge by Team Odd led by Lee Walsh is considered a controversial victory for Team Odd as Team Even contends they shot Walsh before he entered the Fort. But a little charity never hurt anybody.
TEAM EVEN
Ryan Sword
Thomas Seale (former MVP)
Chris Bridgham
Walter Weems (r)
Trent Hendrixson(r)
Robbie Wellman
Brett Tatsumi (r)
Chad Lemons(r)
Ben Cholik
Joe Berry(r)
TEAM ODD
Lee Walsh
Judson Crawford
David Sims
Stephen Pope
Mead Hardwick
Jason Timothy (r)
Joel Durbin
Eric Thompson
Kevin Conlon (r)
Ryan Burkhardt (r)
12/12/09 AWARDS
MVP: BRETT TATSUMI. A paintball rookie, Tatsumi seemingly was never eliminated and always seemed to be in the decisive action at the end of games. On the "old west" field, it appeared as though Tatsumi was out of luck, as Team Odd had a 2-1 advantage (actually, we would come to find out later it was 3-1). Conlon and Hardwick attempted to flank Tatsumi and he made quick work of both of them. While everyone was marveling at Team Even's victory as Tatsumi, Conlon, and Hardwick exited the field, we slowly noticed Stephen Pope emerge from a bunker about 50 yrds behind the action. We gave Tatsumi and Pope a ten count to get position and within 30 seconds Tatsumi has dispatched Pope like an assasin. He played consistently the best throughout the day, so the rookie earns MVP honors.
Most Deadly: RYAN SWORD, again. There appears to be a direct link between Team Even's domination and their having Sword on their team. Somehow he manages to get those beat up rental guns to fire a one inch pattern from 1000 yards in high winds and limited visibility.
Best Uniform: RYAN BURKHARDT. The Captain Morgan headgear and the candy apple red jacket showed that this was a player with confidence who was subconsciously giving his opponents a big red middle finger. Several games into the battle he decided to shed the red. When offered a back pullover from a teammate, he politely declined saying he had a sweatshirt that would be better. What did he replace the glowing red jacket with? A lovely sky blue pullover, equally noticeable to his enemies. This award will henceforth be known as the "Ryan Burkhardt Best Uniform Award". Honorable Mention...KEVIN CONLON for keeping it Fratty with a Fiji windbreaker.
The Pacifist Award: DAVID SIMS. Year One he is William Wallace. Year Two he might have ended the day with zero kills, thus earning the pacifist honor. He did try and redeem his honor by making a strained and desperate scream-laced charge at Team Even's fort, but ran into a doorless wall and was subsequently dropped into a fetal position from a rain of paintballs.
Paintball Magnet Award: DAVID SIMS. Poor bastard. He would be crouched in the back of a fort, or behind full cover at the back of a field...and within 120 seconds of the ref saying"Go" paint would be breaking somewhere on Sims' body. He would have been the first body bag home..
The William Wallace Award: LEE WALSH. His passionate speech to his fellow soldiers before storming Team Even's fort brought tears to his teammates eyes and caused us to paint our faces blue because we were so motivated. While the outcome of the game is still subject to some dispute, no one cany deny the mad genius in Walsh's leadership and that the charge took Team Even by surprise. The cry "Delta Force Go!" will ring in history much like "Remember the Alamo!
The Inglorious Basterds Cruelty Award: CHAD LEMONS. Lemons, who fought very well all day, had a slight moment of paintball sorriness during the day's final game on the speed ball course when he blasted poor Mead from about 5 feet away without giving the surrender call. While such a move could be perceived as sorriness, it further solidifies the mental edge and psychological advantage Team Even has over Team Odd. So, while this is a cruelty award...cruelty actually kind of kicks ass...cuz those guys in that movie were the sh*t
It was a kick ass day despite the mud and stuck Acuras. Hopefully GPCD will reconvene before a year goes by, but no matter what we will storm the fields of Forney again next December.
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