Member of the Month      For special players who deserve some fame!

       Welcome to our new Member of the Month section. This new feature is aimed to provide some unrecognized players with the fame that so many deserve. This page will display a member of the Monthly Paintball Newsletter and tell why that member deserves to be recognized. To enter this contest you must email the MPN at the address at the bottom of the screen and explain in around 100 words why you should be put in the spotlight for a whole month. We will then choose the most deserving member and spotlight him/ her along with his/her story, pictures, and other profile information. The winners will also win a Monthly Paintball Newsletter T-shirt. The rules are regulations are as follows: you must be a member of the MPN, you must be an active paintball player, and you must respond to our email within 2 days.

Member of the Month of February is:

        I live in Burbank,California and am 32 years of age.  I've been playing paintball since June of 1989.  My first experience was at a renegade field in Yorba Linda, where I used my buddie's tricked out Sheridan Pmi 1.  It had a vertical feed which held 30 rounds and a constant air tank and a brass barrel.  The first time I played I was hooked!
        The next day I went to the local paintball shop and bought a Tippman Sl-68 then switched to a 68 special.  I then got hooked up with another renegade field at Whittier Narrows dam, where we played until it shut down 2 years later.  During this time I sold my Tippman and bought a Line SI Promaster, supposedly one of the hottest guns around.  I soon traded for a PMI 3 semi auto, then shortly after, a VM68.  I started playing walk on at Fields of Fire in Santa Clarita, where I found a new group of friends in the walk on games.
        As we kept playing every weekend our fire power decreased, and soon after, upgraded to Minimags or Automags.  With our newly found firepower, my new friends and I decided to play in the Field's Amateur tournament in 1993, where we played under the name Undecided, and took first!  That same year, we played in an indoor tourney and didn't fair so well.  In the summer of 1994 another Amateur tourney was held at Fields of Fire, where we came together under the same name and took first place by a single point.
        The next couple years I only played 6 or so times (from 95 to 97).  In 1998 the same group of guys got back together and went to our local field again, where we were totally outclassed by the new WDP Angels.  Our older Automags were no match for these heavenly English Markers.  In addition were were out of shape because all of our age and all that beer drinking.  After a couple of more investments into the Automag, to try to increase its life, it was time for a new gun.  I decided to go electronic, and bought a Bushmaster 2k.
        The Bushy has seen a lot of paint in the last 10 months.  I've been going almost every weekend.  The one thing I like about my paintball experience is that I have seen the progression of firepower throughout the life of the sport.  What next will the future bring to hi-tech paintball?  If I had one thing to say it would be: keep your cool on the field (you can yell all you want but you should never get into a fight)...remeber this is a game.  Keep your goggles on, your eyes are the only ones you will ever have.

        The Members of the Month of March ...?  This could be you!