Castle Conquest / EMR's 10th Anniversary Celebration
BROUGHT TO YOU BY PMI APRIL 29th/30th
The GAME: CASTLE CONQUEST consists of an attack and defend game that defines the words “PURE PAINTBALL INSANITY” and is played on eight of EMR’s fields: CASTLE AAARRGH, TIPPMANN TOWN, AMBUSH ASSAULT, FORT RTD, BREW CREW BREWERY, IROQUOIS INVASION, and FERRYMEN’S AIRFIELD. The odds of Attackers versus Defenders are 4 to 1. The Attackers reinsert every 20 minutes and the Defenders reinsert every 10 Minutes.
BLUE and BLUE’S CREW will be leading the Defenders and will be joined by teams AMBUSH ALPHA, BONEHEADS, BREW CREW, CARTER’S COMMANDO, CHI TOWN HUSTLERS, FERRYMEN, HELLRAISERS, NJ TITANS, PUBCRAWLING, SYANIDE SYNDICATE, 13th LEGION, VOODOO, and many other brave and hardy souls.
Team JOINT FURY and friends including TEAM AWK, DELTA PB TEAM, FORTY OUNCE CASUALITIES, LIVE AMMO, MALTESE MILITIA, N.Y.D-STRUCTION, REGULATORS, STRATEGIC PAINTBALL TEAM,TOPGUN KNIGHTS, and WARREN UNDERGROUND will be leading the attackers in their attempt to take down BLUE and his forces. Defenders are always picked on a first to Pre-Reg for Defense, First Defend basis. The Defender’s guaranteed spots have already been filled since the second week of January. If you want a chance of joining BLUE in defending, then you should pre-register right away and indicate this and you will go on a standby list. For every 100 players over 800 players, an additional 20 defenders will be added in.
To celebrate EMR’s 10th Anniversary, there will be 10 objectives instead of the customary 6. The objectives are Princess Zeuss, Excaliber Sword, Royal Platter, Ale Keg, King’s Ransom, EMR Coat of Arms, Royal Key to the Front gate, Merlin’s Crystal Ball, BLUE’S Royal Stallion, and BLUE’S ROYAL CROWN. The Attackers must recover at least 4 objectives within the first three hours of the game or the Defenders will be declared the winners. If the Attackers do recover 4 objectives in the first three hours, then the game continues until all 10 objectives have been recovered. If the first CASTLE CONQUEST is over within 4 hours, there will be a one-hour break and then a second CASTLE CONQUEST will take place. For the second game, volunteers to defend will be taken at the Castle immediately following the first game. Any Players wishing to defend the second game should report to the CASTLE immediately at the end of the first game to be counted and taped up.
Game Timetable: The CASTLE CONQUEST will start promptly at 11:00 am on Saturday morning. Chronoing and issuing armbands for the DEFENDERS will start at 8:00 am inside CASTLE AAARRGHS Courtyard. Upon being chronoed, ID tags will be punched by a ref and both Arms will be marked with Colored Duct Tape. Only Defenders wear Colored Duct tape. Attackers will not be marked. Player’s will be randomly chronoed throughout the game at their dead zones and by roving Chrono Cops while playing. Any Defender that has not checked in and registered at the Rec. Center by 10:00 am will be dropped by the defenders list and replaced from the Standby list. All of the Defenders need to be in Castle Aaargh; taped, chronoed and ready to play by 10:00 am. The safety briefing for all defenders will begin at 10:15 am inside the Castle.
Chronoing for the ATTACKERS will be held at the chrono range located behind the Barn, starting at 8:00 am. You can adjust your markers at the chronos beside the Rec. Center, but you must be Chronoed by a referee, at the chrono stations, located at the barn. The Safety Briefing and Game Rules will be covered at 10:30 am beside the barn and the game will start at 11:00 am sharp.
Equipment: Only Semi-Auto and Pump Markers are allowed and no full-auto, turbo, or multi-round burst modes permitted. Mortars can be used that shoot only paintballs, but must be fired at a 45 degree angle or higher and with a ref present. No equipment is allowed that fires a projectile, grenade, or balloon. No LAWS or Hand Cannons allowed that can fire more than one paintball at a time directly at a player. Hand Thrown Paint Grenades are allowed but recommend using colors other than Blue as Splatter does not count from paintballs.
Special Rules: No Dead Man Walks are allowed in this game. No Barrel Tags are allowed in this game. No shooting through a crack or opening in the walls less than 4” wide. Splatter does not count by paintballs. Grenade hits must amount to more than an accumulation of a quarter coin size. All other EMR standard rules apply to the game.
More Play: The DEUCE’S WILD Speedball Field will be open during the second CASTLE CONQUEST for those that do not wish to play another CONQUEST. If time permits, open play will be conducted on other fields after the CASTLE CONQUEST(s) are over and will run until 6:00 pm. Both Nighttime Speedball under lights on DEUCE’S WILD and Nighttime Play under the lights in CASTLE AAARRGH and TIPPMANN TOWN will run from 8:00 pm until 11:00 pm.
Vendors: PMI will have their EVIL BOOTH set-up displaying and selling all of their new products for 2006 and leading the way to the LARGEST TRADE SHOW in the East Coast at any Big Game or Scenario Game. There are a total of 22 EMR EVENT SERIES SPONSORS and an additional 15 CASTLE CONQUEST SPONSORS. The EMR EVENT SPONSORS include: ALLEN PAINTBALL PRODUCTS, AMBUSH ALPHA, BLUE’S CREW, DEAD GUY DEZIGNZ, ENGLER CUSTOM GUNS, EXTREME RAGE, EVIL, GUNSLINGERS, HOFFMAN APPARREL, PAINTBALL KINGDOM-MACDEV, PAINTBALL NEWS, PAINTBALL SPORTS, PALMER’S PURSUIT SHOP, PMI, PUBCRAWLING, PURE ENERGY, REAL ACTION PAINTBALL-RAP4, RPS, SPLAT MAGAZINE, TIPPMANN SPORTS, WORR GAME PRODUCTS, and WYLD GRAND FORMAT IMAGING. These sponsors are the backbone of EMR’s support for their events. Joining them for the CASTLE CONQUEST/EMR’s 10th ANNIVERSARY are: ALIEN PAINTBALL, BALLER VIDEOS.COM, BT PRODUCTS, COUNTRYPAINTBALL.COM, CUSTOM PRODUCTS, FACEFULL MAGAZINE, GAME FACE-SHERIDAN, J & J BARRELS, NATIONAL PAINTBALL SUPPLIES, NXE, PBVIDEO.COM, SONIC SAFETY PRODUCTS, UNITED STATES ARMY, UNITED STATES MARINES, and V-FORCE.
Prizes: All Pre-Registered Players by 4/14/06 will go into a pre-reg only drawing for a BLUE EVIL PIMP by PMI, the same marker that BLUE and BLUE’S CREW use. In addition, all Pre-Registered Players will receive a Special Edition Bottle of EMR’s 10th ANNIVERSARY PAINTBALL SAUCE, the best Barbecue Sauce east of the Mississippi. There will be prize drawings, every ½ hour starting at noon on Friday and through 11:00 pm Friday night, and then from 8:00 am on Saturday morning and continuing through 5:30 PM on Saturday Afternoon. The Prizes are from the CAslte Conquest and EMR sponsors. Winners will be posted on the White Boards on the wall beside the Registration Windows. Prizes may be picked up in the Store. Then at 6:00 pm on Saturday, $1000’s worth of prizes will be given away at the stage. All CASTLE CONQUEST ID TAGS will be numbered and winning numbers will be picked from those numbers.
Pricing: The cost per player for Entry is ONLY $35 if Pre-paid by 4/14/06 for Saturday Play Only and $50 if Pre-Paid by 4/14/06 for the entire weekend through Sunday Afternoon. The cost Per Player for Entry that pays at the event is $45 for Saturday Play Only and $60 for the entire weekend. ALL ENTRY FEES INCLUDE CHOICE OF UNLIMITED CO2 & COMPRESSED AIR or the Standard Rental Package consisting of a TIPPMANN Semi-Auto Marker, Goggles, CO2 Bottle, and CO2. The Weekend Fee includes: playing in the DEUCE’S WILD 3-Man Tournament on Sunday, playing in the Scheduled Field Open Play, and/or playing with the Pump-Only Group. For groups of 25 or more players that prepay by 4/14/06 at one time as one group, there is a $5 per player discount and the organizer or Team Captain gets free entry. For groups of 50 or more players that prepay by 4/14/06 at one time as one group, there is a $10 per player discount and two organizers or Team Captains get free entry.
Paintballs for the CASTLE CONQUEST will be RPS MARBALLIZER and will sell for $80 per case of 2000 plus 6% PA sales tax: Total $84.80 per case. If you pay cash for a case of paintballs at the event or by check by 4/14/06 with pre-registration, there is a cash discount of $4.50 a case making the price per case $75.50 plus 6% PA sales tax: Total $80 per case.
Publicity: BECOME A STAR as this event is going to be one of the most heavily covered Events this year by the Media. RENE and RJ of PAINTBALL NEWS will be playing on the CREW and covering the event. DAWN and TJ from PAINTBALL SPORTS will also be playing and covering the event. MIKE and CHRIS of SPLAT MAGAZINE are coming from California to help the CREW defend and cover the event. FABRICE and friends are flying across the big pond all the way from France for FACEFULL MAGAZINE to also defend with the CREW and cover this event. JOSH SILVERMAN will be playing also with the CREW and covering things for PAINTBALL 2 XTREMES. DAVE NORMAN will be writing a story and shooting photos for APG and also PAINTBALL GAMES INTERNATIONAL. Along with all the people coming directly from the different magazines, BLUE’S CREW own publicists AMY THE GIRL, G, MUNKY, PORTER, and REPHY will be defending with the CREW and writing about it.
CHANNEL 40 out of BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK will have their Sunday Anchorman DOUG KOLK joining the action and filming for the Sunday Show. CHANNEL 56 from SCRANTON, PA is sending their OUTDOOR LIFE host BOB IDES to cover this event for showing the following weekend. In addition to all of this coverage, BRIAN POTTS of MEDIA BLACKOUT PRODUCTIONS will have his full crew with 8 Different Cameras covering the action and producing a FIRST RATE DVD on the event for all to buy and cherish.
DVD: BRIAN POTTS of MEDIA BLACKOUT PRODUCTIONS will be filming and editing a excellent DVD of
CASTLE CONQUEST XXI/EMR’s 10th ANNIVERSARY celebration. He will have 6 cameras roving the
action as well as a Helmet Cam on both BLUE leading the Defenders and BALLZ leading the Attackers.
Besides extreme action and good interviews, BRIAN and BLUE are cooking up some really cool things for the DVD that will set it apart from all other Big Game DVDs. This will include a short segment of PURE PAINTBALL INSANITY put to music that will continuously loop to show your friends what this game is all about or just enjoy yourself. Just one of many special additions on this DVD. Cost for this DVD will be $20 if paid for before or at the event including shipping within the continental US. After the event, the price will increase to $25 if picked up at EMR or $28 if you want it shipped to you within the continental US.
Overnight Stay: Lodging is FREE in our BUNKHOUSES and on our CAMPSITES, but should be reserved in advance with Pre-registration. Walk-on players are not guaranteed spots in bunkhouses or campsites. To reserve your own BUNKHOUSE, you need to pre-register at least 15 players and pre-pay a $50 refundable deposit. If you have less than 15 players, you will be assigned to a bunkhouse and share it with other players but do not need to make a deposit. We recommend bringing sleeping bags, pillows, and air mattresses for your stay.
Campsites for tents and campers are 20’ x 20’ for up to three campers and 20’ x 40’ for 4 or more campers and require a refundable $20 deposit. RV sites are 20’ x 40’, however there is no water or electric hook-ups for the RVs. There is running water and a sink to clean up in and Porta-Johns for toilets. For showers there is a campground 4 miles away that charges $4 to use their bathroom and shower facility and there is a Flying J Truck Stop one exit below our exit on Rt. 81 that offers Shower Facilities and Dinner Buffets. Deposits for Bunkhouses and Campsites will be returned after an EMR employee checks the bunkhouse or campsite to make sure that it is clean and all garbage has been sorted and no damage has been done as according to the Bunkhouse and Campsite Rules listed on the webpage and signed for when checking in.
Players are welcome to arrive anytime after Thursday, 4/27/06 and stay through Monday, 5/1/06. ANY TEAMS or GROUPS of PLAYERS that would like to RENT THEIR OWN PORTA-JOHN for the WEEKEND, the cost is $75 and must be paid with pre-registration by 4/14/06. You should bring your own padlock if you wish to lock it.
Food: TASTYTYME CATERERS (Rich Barchock of Team Damage Inc.) will be serving Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Saturday and Breakfast and Lunch on Sunday. You may also bring your own food and grills to prepare food or go to one of the many restaurants and fast food places within 10 miles of EMR. There will be snacks and beverages available in the store during all open hours.
Tournament: There will be a DEUCE’S WILD 3-Man Tournament held on Sunday for the First 20 Teams that Pre-register. The Entry fee for the Tournament is included in the Weekend Entry Fee for the CASTLE CONQUEST Event. There will be Prizes and Trophies for First place. The Captains meeting will be held at 9:30 behind the Rec. Center on the DEUCE’S WILD Field. The Tournament starts at 10:00 am.
Player’s Party: PMI is Sponsoring the PLAYER’S PARTY starting at 8:00 pm on Saturday by providing Fireworks, Music by MR. MIX, and snacks and beverages in the Rec. Center. The Professional Fireworks Display will be presented by MESS.S FIREWORKS and you can check them out at www.pa-fireworks.com . Greg Hastings of R7 Gear will also be set up for the players to join in playing GREG HASTINGS TOURNAMENT PAINTBALL MAX’D with competition on the X-BOXES upstairs in the Rec. Center.
Pump-Only: There will be a group of Pump Only Players playing on a variety of Different Fields on Sunday that will meet at the Picnic Pavilion and leave to start play at 10:00 am. All Pump Players should be chronoed and ready to go at 10:00 am.
Sun Open Play: Scheduled Open Play will start at 10:00 am and continue until 5:00 pm on Sunday and play will be at the assigned Fields as scheduled below. This Open play is open for all Semi-Auto and Pump players.
FIELD OWNER’S PMI is sponsoring an Industry Conference for FIELD OWNERS only on Friday. It will cover a
CONFERENCE multitude of issues facing the Paintball Field Owner this year starting with PMI’s own Michael Lukas giving a talk on the State of the Industry”. This will be followed up with Thomas Ghee of Omega Enterprises covering the Paintball Buyer’s Group, Michael “BLUE” Hanse of EMR discussing Field Management, Rene Boucher from Paintball News talking about Effective Advertisjng, Kerry “VIPER” Rosenberry of Viper Scenarios speaking about running Scenario Games, and a number of round table discussions. Price is only $20 and covers Coffee, Doughnuts, Soda, Lunch, and a wealth of information.
GUN TECH PMI and other manufacturers will be hosting Gun Tech Classes in the newly built Classroom in the
CLASSES upper field at EMR. Manufacturers, times, and details to be announced.
EVENT SCHEDULE
FRIDAY:
10:00 AM to PMI FIELD OWNERS CONFERNECE: Being held in the upstairs of the Rec. Center
5:00 PM for Field Owners only. Must prepay for Conference.
12:00 Noon Store Opens for Registration and Paint Sales: Chrono put out for Self Chrono
Prize Drawings Start and Continue every Half Hour until 11:00 PM
3:00 PM Compressed Air & CO2 Stations Open
Chrono starts for Speedball behind Rec. Center
Speedball Pick-Up Games Start at DEUCE’S WILD Field behind Rec. Center
11:00 PM Speedball Games End
Store Closes
Compressed Air & CO2 Stations Close
SATURDAY:
8:00 AM Store, Pre-Registration and Registration Windows, Attacker’s Chronos, Compressed Air Stations, CO2 Stations, Paint Sales, OPEN FOR BUSINESS
8:05 AM Chrono and Arm Banding for Defenders starts in Castle Courtyard
10:25 AM Chrono Closes for Safety Orientation and Game Rules
10:15 AM Safety Orientation and Game Rules Given for Defenders inside Castle Courtyard
10:30 AM Safety Orientaion and Game Rules Given for Attackers beside Barn
11:00 AM CASTLE CONQUEST BEGINS
3:00 PM Speedball Pick-Up Games Begin at Deuce’s Wild when CASTLE CONQUEST ends
5:50 PM Chrono Closes, Speedball Stops
6:00 PM Prize Drawing begins at Stage
7:30 PM Chrono opens for Nighttime Open Play and Speedball
Paintball Museum Opens
8:00 PM Open Play in CASTLE AAARRGH and TIPPMANN TOWN Begins
Speedball Pick-Up Games begin at Deuce’s Wild Field behind Rec. Center
Player’s Party and Music starts-Outside if Nice Weather, in Rec. Center if not.
11:00 PM Speedball Games End
Open Play Games End
Store Closes
SUNDAY:
8:00 AM Store, Chronos, Compressed Air Stations, CO2 Stations, Paint Sales, OPEN
9:25 AM Chronos close for Safety Orientation
9:30 AM Safety Orientation
DEUCE’S WILD Tournament Captain’s Meeting Behind Rec. Center
10:00 AM Open Play-HANSE HOLLOW
Pump Only Play
DEUCE’S WILD 3-Man Tournament Starts
11:10 AM Open Play-FIREBASE VOODOO
12:00 AM Museum Opens
12:20 PM Open Play-TIPPMANN TOWN
1:20 PM Paint and Air Break
1:40 PM Open play-SGT. SPLATTERS
2:00 PM Museum Closes
2:50 PM Open Play-FORT WORR
4:00 PM Open Play-BONEHEADS CASTLE NUMBSKULL-Attack and Defend
5:30 PM Tournament Over
Open Play Over
Pump Play Over
Store Closes
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