Gents and ladies, if you're wanting to roll to DDay this year either
by yourself or with friends, the 82nd is looking for a few good
mud stompin, paint slingin, door kickin, no name takin, sit around
a camp fire eatin, gas producing, all around good people.
Whether you go allied or german, I absolutely guarantee you and
your buddies are going to have a blast down in Okie come June.
There is no other pball experience like this. Between the 4,000
players, 700 acres, good friends, a camp fire, and lots of delicious
frozen chimichangas, you're talking about pball heaven. When it
comes to deciding which unit to join and run with, I'm pretty partial
to the 82nd myself. It's tough to beat the brotherhood you find with
the AAs. Every year Muddy considers who we're going to play for
and every year (thus far) we have decided to come back to the
82nd. There are plenty of top notch units on both sides of the field,
but it is the people within the 82nd that keep bringing us back year
after year. To these guys, there are two simple reasons for coming
to DDay: have fun camping with friends, and have fun playing
paintball with friends. It doesn't get any better than the basics.
As for the action you'd see running 82nd: we are priviliged to
that wonderful "mis-drop". Airborne gets dropped in the boonies,
we have to make our way through enemy occupied territory,
pushing through ambushes and counter-attacks just to get to
our objectives in the first place (which then require a good
delivering of a mud stomping to the Germans currently holding
said property).
If you go airborne, in any unit, one thing is for certain: be in
shape. We're fast movers. Hit and Run. We have to cover a lot
of territory in a short amount of time. It requires some endurance,
a desire to play aggressive all out pball, and a hunger for engaging
some of the finest units the German army has to throw at us.
I have nothing but the utmost respect for our German counter
parts, but of course I love playing against them as well. Some
of the finest pballers I have seen in the woodsball community,
trying to break up the airborne advance before we can reach
our objectives and deliver the allied cavalry. One thing is for
certain though, once the airborne arrive, there's a thumpin
coming with it. We already have a solid group of core vets
returning to the AAs. We're currently looking for individuals
players and small teams who are new to the DDay experience.
Vets bring stability, new blood brings passion. If you and your
friends are hard chargin, fun lovin, and in decent shape, the
82nd would love to have you.
For those looking for a heavier challenge than your average
woodsballer receives at DDay, the 82nd's specialty unit (the
Pathfinders) offer such an experience. Pathfinders are dropped
as a small team inside enemy territory and are tasked with
engaging German units much larger in size. Last year, they
were sent in to hold the Valley of Death with the French against
the various German regiments and tank divisions. Small unit
tactics at its finest. The Pathfinders are the very essence of
fast moving and hard hitting. The airborne already requires
an age limit of 15 just so you can keep up, it is a demanding
journey through the German occupied woods...the Pathfinders
will ask even from you. This rag tag group of airborne brothers
and sisters is almost full, but there is still room for a handful
of individuals or a team who is looking for the ultimate challenge
at DDay.
If this sounds like your style of play, then let us know. We'd
love to have you and your friends running with us.
Whichever road you take, German or Allied, you will not regret
it. A chance to do some camping in the summer with some of
the finest people you will ever meet, grilling out brauts, sitting
around a campfire, and paint slinging with your buddies. Life is
good. Welcome to DDay.
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Hoot. Muddy Water Boys. Team Leader
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game; In
the deed the glory"
