News Updates: September 18, 2011
What a great way to end the last day of the 2011 season; thank you all for being a part of it. We added 3 new club members for our 15th Annual BIG GAME, thanks for joining us today… hope you had a great time.
For our final chapter of the Aftermath Scenario, there was some switching around that needed to be done. Due to sporadic top five members for each team all season, we opted to only have three tunic-wearers for the BIG GAME. The morning of the game, Captain Brien of the Gray team had prior commitments and was unsure if he’d make the game on time. Because of this, an executive decision was made to promote his Co-Captain Stephanie to Captain and allow her to choose her Co-Captain and Tunic-wearer for the day. She chose Tyler as her Co-Captain, and husband Josh as her Tunic-Wearer.
For our two-hour game, since the Aftermath is all about survival, all supplies that had been gathered all season long (food, water, medical supplies, ammo, etc.) were perishable resources and had been used up, so they would not be carried over into the game.
Each team was allowed one player to act as a Medic, and was given 10 bandages with which to heal their teammates - minus the three Tunic-wearers who could not be healed as they had points available for eliminations. Both Captains had (5) life chips at 10 points each, for a total of 50 points possible, the Co-Captains each had (3) life chips at 10 points each, for a total of 30 points possible, and the Tunic-Wearers each had (2) life chips at 10 points each, for a total of 20 points possible. If eliminated, a chip was presented to Amy the Neutral Zone Referee and the points would be awarded to the opposing team. Any life chips in the players’ possession at the conclusion of the game counted for team score.
There were five flag stations (City, Pasture, Mine Field, Hornet’s Nest and Painted Forest) with single minute readings - totaling 120 points possible per flag station. There were (20) Food canisters hidden across the field worth 10 points each which needed to be returned to the team’s home base to count for team score -for a total of 200 points possible.
Every three minutes Amy would waive a white flag that said “WATER” - when this flag was flying, one member from each team was allowed to shoot at a target in the range. The first player to hit the target was awarded one of (10) available water bottles. These bottles needed to be filled from the water source (same location as June’s Scenario) and returned to the team’s home base to count for team score. A full water bottle was worth 20 points, for a total of 200 points possible. It was reported by Amy that the Gray team’s marksmen were successful in getting 8 of the 10 water bottles to take onto the field.
There was only one Winner-take-all mission - a Generator worth 200 points, if successfully returned to the team’s home base. It was reported that Bruce of the Gray team located the hidden Generator on the ridgeline of the Mine Field, but did not get it back to the home base before the horn sounded, so no points were awarded.
This year we also had a Teamwork Mission, but this time it was a little different. Every five minutes, Joe and Crystal, the Teamwork Mission Referees, would hand out a numbered envelope to a Blue and Gray player simultaneously. The first player to make it back to the Mission board located outside the Hornet’s Nest and successfully affix their line from the Aftermath Story would earn their team 10 points, total of 200 points possible. The Gray team got more of the teamwork mission, earning 160 points to the Blue’s 40 points.
Both teams put up an amazing fight for the entire two hour game. The battles were mainly concentrated to the Hornet’s Nest and surrounding road territories. Both teams held their lines for most the game. The Gray team held the City, Pasture, Mine Field and Hornet’s Nest flag stations for most of the game. They were able to secure a total of 334 points in flag stations alone. The Blue team held the Painted Forest flag station the longest, as well as broke up total domination of the other flag stations, earning a total of 178 flag station points.
The Reds forces drew random flag station numbers out of a can, and would neutralize the associated flag station accordingly. They kept 88 points from either team.
A little over half way through the game, the Blue team pushed past the Gray forces at Fangorn and raided the City, stealing the accumulated food and water canisters from the Gray team’s home base at the Armory to return to their own home base, after a quick stop off at the water supply to fill the water bottles. This proved to be the determining factor in the game, as when the horn sounded, Gray had no items at their base while the Blue team earned 130 points in food, and 120 points in water. 150 points were still left on the field, having not been recovered.
The Life Chips turned into Amy were as follows:
Captain (Gray) - 50 points for Blue, retained Zero points
Co-Captain (Gray) - 10 points for Blue, retained 20 points for Gray
Tunic-Wearer (Gray) - 20 points for Blue, retained Zero points
Captain (Blue) - 40 points for Gray, retained 10 points for Blue
Co-Captain (Blue) - 30 points for Gray, retained Zero points
Tunic-Wearer (Blue) - 10 points for Gray, retained 10 points for Blue
In the closest BIG GAME in fifteen years (34 point difference) …
Team totals for BIG GAME XV:
The New Manhattan Alliance (Blue): 598
Reformed American Allegiance (Gray): 564
We were so proud of gamesmanshipin each and every player on the field today. Thank you thank you! We had NO PENALTY DEDUCTIONS this year so thank you for that too!
After the game, the BIG GAME picnic was a huge success. Thank you again to Ted’s family (Randy, Tommy and Bob) for grilling up the delicious burgers so that Ted could referee the game. You guys sure can grill! Thank you for making the trip to visit every year! We all love you!
We’d also like to thank our wonderful referees: Jon and Amy Baker, Joe and Crystal Neal, Natalie Rowan, Amanda, Jerry’s Girlfriend (I am sorry I don’t remember your name as I am typing…), Ted, Kathy, Shannon and Jen. It’s not always the most glamorous job, but someone’s got to do it, and we thank you for it! After everyone was fed, the awards ceremony went as follows:
BIG GAME XV winners - The New Manhattan Alliance (Blue):
Captain Rendell Stiles and Co-Captain Jerry Collom
Above and Beyond Award - Rod Stiles
Sportsmanship - Bruce Lego (only 2-time winner in Splatmandu History!)
Shot of the Year - Jerry Collom, Rendell and Radley Stiles ”Blue’s Brothers”
Golden Crutch - HEREAFTER NAMED “THE JACKSON”
James Jackson - and he can never win it again 
Funniest Moment - Tony Reigle “H2OH NO!”
Du Dog Award - The Adam Learn Family
The delivery of canned food goods to the Domestic Assault Shelter on behalf of the club will be this up-coming Saturday. THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of your efforts both throughout the season as well as the final outpouring of canned goods on BIG GAME. It was truly amazing the amount of donations received. Big thanks to The Weenie Kings - they donated a combined $60.00 for the Shelter as well.
UPDATE: Shannon and Kathy delivered the canned goods to the Shelter and, thereafter, spent the $717.00 cash donations (getting them about $800 worth of merchandise because of sale items). The cash breakdown was $100.00 from the Airsoft, $50.00 from Papa Shay and $100.00 from Ted’s Uncle Pete. The remainder being paintball sales and the donation jar. It is believed that the paintball sales generated about $315.00 - so the rest would be the donation jar. (Please remember that we converted the donation jar to a BOO fundraiser jar sometime in July or August - so Amy really raised much more than $152.00 that appeared in the jug at the season’s end - Actually, without the donation jar, we would not have had enough cash on hand to pull off the bare minimum BOO expenses).
This year’s total donation to the Shelter after the 2011 paintball season was complete is: $2,800.00. The running total that our club has now given to the Shelter to date….drum roll please…….
$37,934.35 !!!
The total is SOOOOOOOO CLOSE to $38,000! It is VERY POSSIBLE that this year’s BOO will put us past the $40,000 total donation! This doesn’t count fundraisers for Cyrus or The United Way - just to the Domestic Assault Shelter.
From Kathy:
This year’s cash donation was very, very specific to the ladies and children that were actually in the safe house when we arrived. After we dropped off the non-perishable items collected through the season and asked what the greatest need was, there were two ladies with their children (both who left their homes with nothing, not even socks, underwear, bras, etc. - just the clothes on their backs and flip flops on their feet). Nearly half of the club’s cash donation ended up being very specific to the immediate needs of these two families. I cannot express how grateful these ladies were (it’s too bad everyone cannot be there to get the “good feelings” of knowing right where your donation goes). One of the kids was celebrating her birthday this week, so Shannon and I decided to get her a birthday gift card as well.
As the ladies were getting the requested items out of the bags, one lady said to the other “This is just like Christmas!” - and the other lady replied “No way - I’ve never gotten this much for Christmas in my life!”. Before we left, everyone was hugging us….and I felt really good and very proud of what our club did and does.
Thank you all - we sure couldn’t do it without you!!!!!
This is truly a gift to these women, and it’s all possible because of the generosity of our members. Be proud of yourselves, we are! Thank you so much for your generosity this year. We know the economy has hit many of us close to home, so any donation is greatly appreciated.
Now that the Paintball Field has closed for the season, there is still much going on at Splatmandu. Starting the weekend of September 24th, we will begin preparations for our October 29th event. We will be busy for the month of October, preparing the fields for SplatmanBOO Haunted Forest. If you are interested in helping out, we work on the fields every weekend, as well as the event is Saturday, October 29, 2011 - starting at 8:00pm. We can always use workers both in preparation/tear-down, as well as actors for the event! Anyone interested, please stop out to build or let Kathy know if you want to be an actor!
Thank you all for an amazing 17th season. If we get pre-season (Groundhog) workers, we may even be around for a Season 18! Field work for Season 18 kicks off the first Saturday in February, 2012. See you there!
