[NimmoSC]

Lol, this is long, but bear with it, I think its good.

My name is Alex Nimmo, I can guarantee that none of you know who I am, I've been on Shadow Company for the better part of 6 years now.. And I participated in Red Mars in Agate.. and I had a blast. However I can see why Cpt. Godzilla isnt the Happiest Camper in the forest. But in all honesty, I'm sorry.. what do you expect. I have never heard of the intimidators.... which is why i dont read much into rumors.. The bunker placement was done by Red team.. Im sorry that they didnt have the foresight to set the field up evenly enough for even their own team. I am however somewhat dissapointed with the uneveness of teams, although alot of that might of had to do with the amount of people that showed. but that is how life goes, and there is nothing to do about it now except make sure it doesnt happen again.

I didnt see a dead cow..Or cactus for that matter but of course I was in the middle of the field... playing paintball... where the action should have been. However I did see a cow pie... wow... cow crap in a cow pasture is personally a revulutionary Idea to me... I mean if it really was a cow pasture all other days of the year...i dunno if it is...ill get back to you when I make sure since it hasnt been stated a hundred times..... be a man its only crap.. mostly dried up crap. and as far as the cactus.. if you are so worried about cactus in colorado.. dont playpaintball outdoors. I still have cacti with me from 3 weeks ago, all you need to do is watch where u kneel. The dead cow, was not fledgling scenarios fault, that is a matter for the farmer to take care of


You also stated. "The game was pointless; it was overly complex but ended up terribly simplified
with an every men for himself situation"
Personally I worked as a team with people I had never met, And i know Shadow Company and Black light worked well as a team (as always) I saw, for the most part, no individualism on the green side and when I did, it was amazing efforts and changed the game.... which is one of the reasons to our success.
And I'm sorry, to rag on your general like that is just un professional, and is something that losses respect in my book. From what I saw Mother is a capable General, and more than a capable scenario player. Not many women play paintball as it is and for a woman to be, well legendary is something else.. I have tremendous respect for her and can not wait for a chance to fight beside her.

You also stated that: "the game play was awful; because it was blue pushing forward and then red pushing blue back and wash, rinse, repeat. There were no objectives, for instance in a game like "hold the fort"

I loved the fighting for position you just stated.. thats some of the funnest game play there is, and it was, more times than not, over an objective. Which by the way i saw a diverse amount of... From capture and hold the land bridge to take a picture of the cofee shop ( which I was unable to do, great job in holding that red team)

"The reason for a game like that is to draw both teams in full force to a single point" I'm not sure what you meant by this... if this is what scenario games are supposed to be, or if this is what fledgling was trying to do.... But my personal opinion of it is that two full forces at a single point is a massively epic, but very paint ineffeciant battle... Which is why its the final battle, which was amazing by the way...

You thought there would be fireworks.... did you not see the wicked awsome fireball that nearly made me S*#t myself? There could have been more flares, but I understand there where complications with the fire department there.... which I was unaware that there was one within 75 miles of Agate.
Im sorry but if you think that Night games are a waste of paint.... dont play in them. I used less that 150 rounds, shot 10 people and had one of the funnest night games of my life. And I did see the glow sticks.. they where red... and the yellow caution tape...

you stated: "There is a reason why that field is no longer used for paintball and its because it is too filthy and dangerous and it failed."
Do you know this for sure?, are there facts? how are you to know that the farmer, didnt buy it from the paintball company, and it ceased to be a paintball field? Most fields are filthy as they consist of dirt, dust, and pretty goopy paint....

Which brings me to another point, I thanked the farmer for allowing us to use his land... did anyone else?

as far as the camping situation..... it was camping... there was no Hilton or Holiday Inn with bathrooms and showers, is that what you expected?... I think thats part of the Glory of it... I was able to pack for the most part, the exact same stuff I packed when I went backpacking and capmed at the top of storm mountain the two prior weekends to Red Mars. Guess what I brought with me... Hand sanitizer... Its something i like to do, prepare. You know whatelse I brought? food. and I really had no Idea that you had to buy water because I was prepared and packed enough water to suffice whatever thirst arose. I do agree with you though Godzilla that there should be seperate areas for parking and camping, but under the circumstances, that may not have been an option, we dont know for sure. The idea of a lights out is a decent Idea..... but frankly wont happen. A suggestion I have is to possibly bring ear plugs or head phones.

Showers.. seriously? Soldiers in viet nam may have had showers, but they where there for months... not a fun filled weekend of paintball. While I was at Basic Training in FT Sill Oklahoma, Showers where not provided for field excersises, and we would be out there for a week. once again, something you have to just suck up and deal with.Or you could bring your own shower, Badger from Shadow Company did it.


I also agree that it was a drag that they couldnt fill above2500 psi, and that we couldnt bring our own compressors , but im not 100% sure but that may have to do with insurance. I also believe that the booster was broke and thats why fills were only to 2500, so thats a mechanical failure... but at least you could fill up to the 2500 as many times as you pleased, I know I did.

IT did say on the site very clearly, 250.00 for a 5 man team,. for pre- registration only. so a sugestion, is to sign up five people on your team at a time.

So I have agreed and disagreed, But for the problems, I have provided solutions....

But the one problem I cannot tolerate, is what was said at the end...
"I will not go back to any of their games and I would suggest that no one else does either, they are just a bunch of hayseeds who have no idea what they are doing. RED MARS is a rip off and if you want a good scenerio game look for ones at the AIR FORCE ACADEMY or somewhere else but DO NOT GO TO ANY FLEDGLING SCENARIOS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE PLAYERS OR THEIR SAFETY AND THEY ONLY SEEK TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK!
Fledgling could be the death of good gaming because so many people will never try a scenario again because of this first experience!"

It doesnt matter if you had a bad time..... This statement was messed up. What other Fledgling Games have you been to? and who are these so many people that will never play another game again? I do however believe you are entitled to your professional opinion...


As am I and here it is:


It was a good weekend of paintball, people got along for the most part and sportsmanship was good, and i saw alot of people having fun, which is what paintball should be about. Win or lose.. I have been on the losing side of the game many times, and was still abl;e to have fun. I got to see and play with many teams i had never haf the privilage of playing with before, such as the badger battalion, dead muppets, and its been maybe three years since i played with 10th mountain, and I loved the opportunity.

Jim did the best he could given the situation, and I dont think he did half bad, alot of the problems were uncontrollable and due to an amazing amount of people showing up, which is awsome. It shows how scenario paintball is growing in colorado, and win or lose we should be happy about.