Shatnerball Trip 2004

Saturday Open Day

The most popular field was the Town of Bedlam which was completely paved.  Many structures, cars, the Bank (in the center of pic)  The netting was on 2 viewing sides.

Three mobsters in the parking lot.

The" Just Plain Mean" Tank.  Every wall was covered in clear pods, maybe 100 pods.. Looked more like an APC. It had a rocket launcher on the front and multiple gun holes.

George & Darryl next to the Dune Buggy.  It had twin A-5 crank triggered, on a rotating turret, attached to 2 scuba tanks, and driver gun ports too.  All tanks had netting and no windows.  This tank could "Off road", unlike most other tanks.

• Travelers included: George Lewko, Kathie Labossiere, Darryl & Colene Kuny
• We drove 2,100 km straight to Chicago, leaving Thursday Sept. 2, 2004, late evening until Friday Sept. 3 11 p.m., with only minor stops.  Darryl & I only slept about 1/2 hour.
• It was nice driving at night.  We only hit one skunk out of a possible 20 in Saskatchewan, then never saw one the rest of the trip in the USA.
• The field was Challenge Park Xtreme just outside Chicago.
• The Open Day on Saturday was nice to get to know some of the field.
  • Darryl had Airgun look at his X-mag, and they replaced his charger.  Worked like a charm after that.
  • I played a few fields Armageddon, Bedlam and Apocalypse (which wasn't on the main field for Sunday).
  • The field paint was of seconds grade, plus you couldn't use it on Sunday either.  Has to buy event paint which was top notch (choice of Zap, Tippmann and one other brand).  I used Zap Chronic.
  • They performed the mandatory safety inspection on the tanks.
  • Many players were in costume, as on Sunday you had to wear the event shirts or jerseys while playing.There were about 6-7 tanks total, maybe more.
  • Many players only play scenario ball and travel with their teams to many events across the U.S.A.  Quite a few local players were at their first game.
• Shatnerball had 660 players plus.

Saturday Open Day