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World Cup

If there is one tournament that could be considered the "Holy Grail" of paintball these days, it would be the National Professional Paintball League World Cup, held each October at Paintball World in Kissimmee Florida. This event, produced by Jerry Braun, the editor of

Paintball Sports International, and producer of the ESPN World Championships of Paintball currently airing on ESPN and ESPN 2 brings many of the best professional and amateur 5 and 10 man teams together from around the world. It's not unusual while strolling the grounds here to see Jerseys in French, Spanish and Russian, or to hear Australian and British accents. The mixture of Pro and Amateur teams in the preliminary rounds is a good proving ground for amateurs working their way up into the pro ranks, and occasionally a lesson in humility for the professionals.

Be sure to check back in here daily for score updates, and the latest programs on PigTV.

Current Weather report for the tournament location - Kissimmee, FL, courtesy USA Today.
The Fields of World Cup 1997.
PigTV Coverage
- Episode 1
  - Intro and field views starting with highlights of The Family on field 3
  - Hi Viz Sights - Interview with Todd Reynolds
  - Atomic Eyeball T-Shirts
  - Focus International
  - Length - 5:09. If you have a slow network connection, you can download this file to your hard-drive by shift-clicking here
- Episode 2
  - Game Action Highlights throughout
  - DYE products including the new DYE mousepads!
  - JT products
  - Unique Pro Gear
  - WDP
  - Brass Eagle - Interview with JJ Brookshire about the Rainmaker, and Extreme Vision Goggles.
  - Length - 15:36. If you have a slow network connection, you can download this file to your hard-drive by shift-clicking here
- Episode 3
  - Game Highlights throughout
  - TNT Reffing core interview
  - Warrior Sports Gear
  - Benchmark Products including their new twist-lock barrel plug
  - The Men In Black talk about Area 51
  - KAPP - Interview with Eric Crandle about new products for this year
  - Scott Goggles - Interview with Marty Tripes - The new Bad Ass Goggles and jerseys
  - Length - 9:49. If you have a slow network connection, you can download this file to your hard-drive by shift-clicking here
- Episode 4
  - Game Highlights throughout
  - Pneu Ventures - Interview with Mary Ellen Mest, about the new Cyber 9000.
  - Interview with Jerry Braun, promoter of the World Cup
  - Mac Developments - Interview with Warrick MacMullan about the Mac compressed air systems.
  - Palmer's Pursuit Shop - Interview with Craig Palmer about the Blazer.
  - Traumahead Sports - Interview with Jeff. Traumahead produces video tapes of NPPL events and has been sharing highlights via PigTV.
  - Mustang Paintball - Interview with Jeff Manger about the 1998 Mustang scenario game series
  - Smart Parts - Interview with Bill Gardner Jr. about the new shocker Sport 4x4, including shooting it at full auto.
  - Viewloader - Interview with "Tex" - the new Revolution agitating loader
  - Length - 32:13. If you have a slow network connection, you can download this file to your hard-drive by shift-clicking here
  - Episode 5
    - The Closing Ceremonies
    - Thanks to tournament and series sponsors.
    - Awards for 3-1st place in each division.
    - Length - 39:56. If you have a slow network connection, you can download this file to your hard-drive by shift-clicking here
Note: For information on how to watch PigTV videos check the PigTV Page.
SCORES
- 5 man Pro/Am Preliminaries Scores from October 21-22.
- 5 man Pro/Am/Novice Semi-Finals and Final Scores from October 23, 1997.
- 10 man Pro/Am Preliminaries complete scores and semi-final rankings from October 25, 1997.
- 10 man Pro/Am finals - complete scores and semi-final rankings from October 26, 1997.
Thank you!
We'd like to say thank you to a number of people who helped make this coverage possible and enjoyable to produce:
- Jason Holloway for letting us crash on his sofas the first night we got to town.
- USA Performance Products, for helping out with some of the travel expenses.
- Jerry Braun for giving us invitations to the Industry Coctail party, and the crew from Mac Design, and Rene and Juvy Boucher of Paintball News for an entertaining evening that didn't focus on paintball.
- Alisson and Emilly from Paintball Sports International - they ran the scoreboard and had to put up with players who weren't happy with the scores they saw, but were always helpfull in getting score info to us.
- Wes Wong and Steve Rabakoff from DYE for keeping an eye on our gear while we were running around with our cameras.
- Haley Penny for giving us a lift in the parking patrol cart.
- JJ Brookshire and Mark Griffin of Brass Eagle for letting us use their man-lift for airial video of the Hyperball field - and Nathan Greenman for putting the Rainmaker back together after tearing it apart for us to get pictures of the inside.
- Charlie Holton of Intense Marketing for always giving us a good laugh.
- Focus paintball for the cool Focus shorts.
- All the vendors who took the time out from selling their new gear to talk with us about it.
- The teams who were kind enough to allow us out on the fields with them to shoot video and pictures.
- All the folks who introduced themselves and thanked us for running WARPIG... It's our pleasure!

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