One of the older articles I wrote from the Rockin Machine Event held by the Glen Morris Mecenaries and Flagswipe Paintball.

The Rockin Machine event concept was a revolution in the world of paintball, Combining Heavy Metal Music and the sport of paintball to shoot a music video. It was a great day of paintball, to there was no losers, since the whole blue team was assimilated in to the red team. Members of the Glen Morris Mercenaries, Team CANTRU, Shadow Squad and the Task Force Raiders were on hand to help referee, general, take pictures, and play.

The event was sponsored by West49 and Flagswipe paintball with prize packages donated by both companies. Which were handed out to the muddiest players, as well as the best costume award. The bands “She Likes Cloth” and “Subliminal Hate Machine” rocked the makeshift stage all day long. I sat down with Subliminal Hate Machine after the event to get their thoughts, “Being the first outdoor gig for the band, and the first event of its kind, we weren’t sure what to expect. We were pleasantly surprised with the paintballer’s today and want to thank them all for helping us shoot our new video”. Be sure to check them out on facebook by searching up “Subliminal Hate Machine”, as there new CD is coming out in late 2009.

Lots of media was on hand including two of Ontario’s scenario paintball communities leading media companies, Visual Echoes Photography, and High Impact Imagery. As well as almost every Glen Morris Mercenary with a video camera to get footage for the video. This will be released on YouTube, as well as on the Glen Morris Mercenaries website (www.glenmorrismercenaries.com) soon.

Blue scored a lot of points early in the day out by lunch the score was even at 400 points. After lunch saw a long hard battle by both teams to extract the hostage. Both teams succeeded in an extraction keeping the score tied for the final battle. With smoke popping left and right, the red team pushed the blue back, slowly assimilating them into the red team. At the end of the game, every player was on the winning red team.