The Story

It has been more than 70 years since the fall of capitalism, and the age of the internet is reaching a critical boiling point. Social networking conglomerates now wield vast political and economic power, as their ability to influence and trade resources with over half of the planets internet users have made them a world power. The UNA (United Nations of America), victorious in their last world conflict against the combined forces of the sinister oil barons from the EKRON corporation and the United Asian Front, have aligned themselves with the largest social networking site, TELECOM , and turned their territories into police states which are ruled with an iron fist.

Global dependency on fossil fuels has been all but completely removed, and reliance on traditional natural resources such as water and minerals has become widespread, placing a strain on humanities sensibilities. All surviving nations from the last global war, starving for resources, have been locked in a pitched battle over control of key internet elements including social connectivity, economic safeholds, worldwide telecommunications, and resource trading.

EKRON, humiliated in their latest disastrous attempt to wrest power from the UNA, has been forced underground. As a last ditch effort, the Middle Eastern oil barons of EKRON have merged with the United Asian Front military to form a single nation, the EKRON Asia Empire. They have since used what remaining oil assets exist to stockpile chemical and nuclear weapons as well as form new alliances in a bid to undergo a new military campaign that will finally shift the balance of power in their favor. Little do they know, the UNA has similar interests, and the lives of millions hangs in the balance as a result.

Through extensive research and development, scientists from both the UNA and EKRON Asia Empire have discovered the existence of seven "Keys to the Internet", which possess the power to completely reboot the World Wide Web as we know it. Only five of the seven keys are needed to access the global server, and an initiative from both nations has now been launched, with each side desperate to gain control of the keys. The battle for the Internet has begun.

The UNA has started to amass their armies, including the reformation of alliances with past allies from the Old Americas and United Mexico militias, to start their global campaign towards finding the keys. UNA President Jonas Soloman Smith has issued Executive Order 211 and assumed full military control of all UNA forces as a response of his paranoia to the corruption and assignation plots within his own government, as well as his personal hatred towards TELECOM, who he fears is interested in more than just social updates. For reasons known only to himself, the President released an emergency distress call containing a single cryptic phrase, "Is there no help for the widow's son". Immediately afterwards, he reached out to the leading global religious leader, Supreme Spiritual Chancellor Fernando Benedicto, who claims to have knowledge of the whereabouts of the keys and has allied with the UNA forces.

Unbeknownst to the UNA however, the EKRON Asia Empire have taken the lead in the key quest by enlisting the help of Vinton Cerf the Third, the great grandson of the legendary Vinton Cerf, the founder of the Internet. With his help, the EKRON Asia Empire has already been able to locate one of the keys, which they plan to use to remove TELECOMs presence from the internet, discover the location of the UNA's secret natural resource deposits, and crush their enemies in total, absolute victory.

The UNA, confident in their chances of repeat success over their defeated opponent, are planning on using the keys to corrupt EKRON Asia Empire missile launch codes to and establish further social networking influence and dominance along with TELECOM. What neither nation is prepared for though, is that agents from a worldwide shadow government have infiltrated the highest levels of power in both the UNA and EKRON Asian Empire forces, an organization rumored to be headed by someone within the UNA. They too know of the existence of the seven keys and have launched their own plot to acquire the fabled items so that the status quo is maintained, as their plans fr global domination, a cataclysmic event 1,500 years in the making, requires for the balance of power to remain unchanged for the time being.

The search for the six remaining keys will take all nations across every continent on the planet. Whoever controls the keys controls the internet. Whoever controls the internet, controls the world.


Venue Information:
SC Village
8900 McCarty Rd
Chino, CA 91710
(562)867-9600
lmarshall@hollywoodsports.com

First post updated with pricing and pre-reg website.

Recently added to the UNA Command staff:



Recently added to the Ekron Command staff:

*sigh* Wish I could come. Maybe next year.

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There were some questions on another forum that I will try to answer here. I have managed to talk to Gio, the co-owner of Giant Paintball Parks, and ask him a few questions for clarification.

1. For the past couple of years, they have had a volunteer program. Unfortunately, I don't know any specifics about the program but, this year Jon Asperin, General Manager, is in charge of the volunteer program. ]For questions and information, please email him at jon@hollywoodsports.com. I'm sure it has been the same as years before in which you volunteer your time on day one and you play for free on day two.

2. In regards to groups of players going in as a team (not in an actual team), I have been told for every 6th player, the 7th plays for free. I would suggest calling Giant and I'm sure that for teams with players of 7 or more, they will do something to accommodate your group.

3. In regards to teams, if you are on an organized team, there is a scenario team meeting on Saturday, June 25, 10 am at HSP. If you would like a team representative present for this meeting, please reserve your spot by emailing Chris IQ at chris@hollywoodsports.com and please CC: Gio at gio@hollywoodsports.com.

4. In past years there has been an issue about players re-spawning at the red archway (yes, you have to have played SC Village to understand what I'm talking about). Gio has made the decision that only respawn that will take place at the red archway are for any tanks that will be present for this event. There will be designated respawn points for each army and no player will be respawning at the red archway.

5. For those that pre-register online, those players will get a free dinner on Saturday evening, between the Final Battle of the day and the Night Conflict. Those players that register on the day can pay $5 for the dinner.

6. This year they will be splitting up the raffle to be held on Saturday and Sunday. I was told that they want to do it that way so players won't be out in the hot sun for 3 hours on Sunday. Plus, I believe the raffle on Saturday will take place during dinner.

I know this is crude but bear with me.



Both sections A and B have been assigned to the UNA army.

However, Section A are tents only! NO vehicles are allowed (the ground is too soft according to Gio). Section B, vehicle and tent camping are allowed.

Section C is reserved for the Erkon Army. Yes, players can camp with tents and/or their vehicles in and out of the speedball area. I've been told that the area will be marked off.

Section D is for VIP and RV parking. This section can also be reserved for paintball teams to camp together.

Section E is parking for those that are not staying over night, playing for one day. The standard parking located near the walk-on registration (not shown) are for the walk-on and private groups.

wait, I thought you said that last year! lol

Did I? Darn it! I need to plan ahead. LOL

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I'll tell you this, I know that every event out there has the good and the bad and even tho this event will be 5 years old, it has gotten better since the owners have listened to the players. Now granted, they can't please all the players all the time, but hey it's getting better.

I'm hoping that this year will be as fun, if not better than, last year and if it is, I will encourage you to plan to come out next year!

The latest addition to the UNA command staff:

Introducing Pickle of the Knuckle Draggerz


The latest addition to the Ekron command staff:

Introducing Tazz of Bandit Splat Paintball