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Friday, October 21, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Wasteland 3!
Wasteland 3
November 5-6, 2011
Waynes World of Paintball
Ocala, FL
$40 pre-registration / $50 day of the event
Register for the event here!
Download the Wasteland Survival Guide (Players Pack) here!
Welcome back to the Wasteland! The Wasteland 3 is the next installment of MGP’s successful Wasteland event series. The Wasteland is an alternate reality event based on the FallOut computer games. The setting is an area around the ruins of Washington DC, two hundred years after a devastating nuclear war.
The FallOut world is not quite our own. It is an alternate reality that diverged from ours at some point after the second World War. The base concept for the setting is the World of Tomorrow as imagined in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. This means that before the Great War, the FallOut world was more or less what the people of the 1940s and 1950s thought things would be like in 2077. The most important event in the FallOut setting was the Great War which happened on October 23, 2077.
Our game continues in the Capitol Wasteland of 2282. The Capital Wastes were abuzz with news that the dreaded Slavers of Paradise Falls had been crushed by a force from the West. The joy was short-lived, however when the true nature of The Legion was revealed. Originating from the deserts of the south-west, the Legion is a cruel, highly militarized slaver society based on the old Roman Empire. Other tribes and communities are forced to join the Legion and its way or life, or be destroyed and enslaved. The Legion’s westward expansion was halted at the Colorado River by the New California Republic. The God Mars spoke to Caesar in a dream and said that his path to domination would be assured if he could capture the seat of the Old American Republic and prove his right to rule. Caesar has assembled a sizable army, marching them for months across the ruined and hostile countryside, to seize the Capital Wasteland.
The self-proclaimed saviors of America, the Enclave, have mobilized their forces to deal with this direct threat to the old Capital region. Wastelanders and communities of survivors scramble to arm themselves as these two armies prepare to battle over the Capital Wastes while the Regulators and Reilly’s Rangers try to maintain order and protect those too weak to help themselves. Talon Company and groups of raiders watch the gathering clouds of war with an appreciative eye for contracts and loot. Supermutants hungrily watch the growing supply of human flesh for their gore-bags.
Fame, fortune and relics of pre-war technology await! Welcome to the Capitol Wasteland!
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Cost for advance, online registration is $40. Note that several factions have restricted registration and may be unavailable for walk-on players. Sign up in advance to lock in your team and save money! Onsite registration is $50. Pay attention to uniform requirements! They will be enforced! The Wasteland 3 is a MGP Legacy Game, open to players 16+. Players must be 16 years of age or older by November 5, 2011. Wasteland is a 24 hour game starting the morning of Saturday, Nov. 5 and concluding the morning of Sunday, Nov. 5.
November 5-6, 2011
Waynes World of Paintball
Ocala, FL
$40 pre-registration / $50 day of the event
Register for the event here!
Download the Wasteland Survival Guide (Players Pack) here!
Welcome back to the Wasteland! The Wasteland 3 is the next installment of MGP’s successful Wasteland event series. The Wasteland is an alternate reality event based on the FallOut computer games. The setting is an area around the ruins of Washington DC, two hundred years after a devastating nuclear war.
The FallOut world is not quite our own. It is an alternate reality that diverged from ours at some point after the second World War. The base concept for the setting is the World of Tomorrow as imagined in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. This means that before the Great War, the FallOut world was more or less what the people of the 1940s and 1950s thought things would be like in 2077. The most important event in the FallOut setting was the Great War which happened on October 23, 2077.
Our game continues in the Capitol Wasteland of 2282. The Capital Wastes were abuzz with news that the dreaded Slavers of Paradise Falls had been crushed by a force from the West. The joy was short-lived, however when the true nature of The Legion was revealed. Originating from the deserts of the south-west, the Legion is a cruel, highly militarized slaver society based on the old Roman Empire. Other tribes and communities are forced to join the Legion and its way or life, or be destroyed and enslaved. The Legion’s westward expansion was halted at the Colorado River by the New California Republic. The God Mars spoke to Caesar in a dream and said that his path to domination would be assured if he could capture the seat of the Old American Republic and prove his right to rule. Caesar has assembled a sizable army, marching them for months across the ruined and hostile countryside, to seize the Capital Wasteland.
The self-proclaimed saviors of America, the Enclave, have mobilized their forces to deal with this direct threat to the old Capital region. Wastelanders and communities of survivors scramble to arm themselves as these two armies prepare to battle over the Capital Wastes while the Regulators and Reilly’s Rangers try to maintain order and protect those too weak to help themselves. Talon Company and groups of raiders watch the gathering clouds of war with an appreciative eye for contracts and loot. Supermutants hungrily watch the growing supply of human flesh for their gore-bags.
Fame, fortune and relics of pre-war technology await! Welcome to the Capitol Wasteland!
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Cost for advance, online registration is $40. Note that several factions have restricted registration and may be unavailable for walk-on players. Sign up in advance to lock in your team and save money! Onsite registration is $50. Pay attention to uniform requirements! They will be enforced! The Wasteland 3 is a MGP Legacy Game, open to players 16+. Players must be 16 years of age or older by November 5, 2011. Wasteland is a 24 hour game starting the morning of Saturday, Nov. 5 and concluding the morning of Sunday, Nov. 5.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Featured Item: Wiley X Lacey Sunglasses for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
We are proud to support Wiley X and National Breast Cancer Awareness month by offering these very stylish sunglasses for women, and as usual, shipping is free on all purchases of Wiley X eyewear from darkthreads.com.
WILEY X® EYEWEAR SUPPORTING NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
Part of Year-Round Effort That Includes Donating Money From Sales of Wiley X Lacey™ Sunglasses
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM), and once again leading protective eyewear manufacturer Wiley X® is doing its part to raise awareness and help fund ongoing research and prevention efforts.
This year marks the 26th October where The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF) — working with the support of corporate and individual partners around the world — has shined a much-needed spotlight on this health issue. The BCRFʼs goal is to find a cure in our lifetime for this disease that impacts so many women and families around the world. This month-long awareness and education effort is known for its “Pink” creative elements and a global proliferation of the eye-catching color. This is particularly true of BCRFʼs trademark Pink Ribbon, a globally recognized icon symbolizing the fight against breast cancer.
“Weʼre proud to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as well as the ongoing efforts of an organization such as The Breast Cancer Research Foundation,” said Wiley X Co-Owner Myles Freeman, Jr. “Awareness, education and research will be the keys to fighting this disease and eventually finding a cure. This is so important, we had to find a way to support this vital effort throughout the year. We found it with the development of our stylish Lacey sunglasses for women,” added Freeman.
This model has quickly become a top-seller, with Wiley X donating $3 for each pair sold to BCRF. This program has helped raise thousands of dollars to advance life-saving breast cancer research, while helping to promote breast cancer awareness. With their unique Cotton Candy colored frames (with lenses available in Coral Pink or Polarized Bronze), these glasses definitely make a bold fashion statement. Each pair of Wiley X Lacey sunglasses also comes with a signature BCRF Pink Ribbon cling sticker; another reminder of the need for women to remain vigilant against this disease.
As feminine and stylish as these glasses are, they provide the same superior level of protection as all Wiley X models. In fact, Wiley X is the only premium performance sunglass manufacturer whose entire line meets ANSI Z87.1-2003 high velocity and high mass impact and optical performance standards. Which means, women wearing the Wiley X Lacey can rest assured their vision has optimum protection during every outdoor activity.
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® was founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder as an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding innovative clinical and translational research. In October 2011, BCRF will award $36.5 million to 186 scientists across the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and China. Currently, more than 90 cents of every dollar donated is directed to breast cancer research and awareness programs. With exceptionally low administrative costs, BCRF continues to be one of the most efficient organizations in the country and is designated an “A+” charity by The American Institute of Philanthropy, the only cancer organization to achieve this. For more information about BCRF, visit www.bcrfcure.org.
To learn more about Wiley X Lacey sunglasses, the partnership with BCRF, or the companyʼs full line of high-performance protective eyewear — visit Wiley X Eyewear at 7800 Patterson Pass Road, Livermore, CA 94550 • Telephone: (800) 776-7842 • Or visit online at www.wileyx.com
Also feel free to contact us at sales@darkthreads.com if you have any questions about this offer.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
A Big, Fat Update!
You know if you haven't seen a post here in a while, it's because we're hella busy! We've been travelling, attending various events, and vending - all part of our plan to take over the world, MWAHAHA...
Seriously, we have been busy, and we seem to add new products to our stock faster than I can add them to the web site, so don't hesitate to contact us if you would like to find out what's new. It's like Christmas everyday here with all the shipments we receive. (Don't you love it when big boxes show up on your front porch?) Some of our more recent acquisitions include ATACS uniforms and other new stuff from Propper, lots of goodies from Columbia River Knife & Tool (CRKT), the latest in ballistic eyewear from Wiley X, some fine tactical nylon products from S.O.Tech, and much more.
As always, shipping is free on eyewear, and you can use the following coupon code in the shopping cart to get free shipping on orders of $100+:
FREESHIP100
Stay tuned here for more news and updates.
- We are gearing up now for the next Monroeville gun show, Oct. 22-23.
- We will be travelling to Ocala, FL for the Mindgame Productions event - Wasteland 3, on Nov. 5.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Vietnam Legacy Airsoft Game, Aug. 20 @Wayne's World
Operation: ConstrictorAugust 20, 2011
Wayne's World of Paintball, Ocala, FL
$35 pre-reg / $40 at door
Wayne's World of Paintball, Ocala, FL
$35 pre-reg / $40 at door
Register Here!
Download the Players Pack Here!
Late Summer, 1966
Kontum Province, Vietnam
In an effort to disrupt movement of supplies along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the 12th Inf. Reg. 4th Id. & Delta Co. 1st Bn. 5th SFG are deployed to the tri-border area of the Kon Tum Province. A large, NVA run training camp has been established in the province and the city of Dak To has fallen to communist control. US Forces are to regain control of Dak To and begin a systematic search and destroy campaign to eliminate NVA/VC supply caches and restore control to government and Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
Units:
US Forces
Tiger Stripe - Delta Co. 1st Bn. 5th SFG
Olive Drab - 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Woodland - 26th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
NVA/VC Forces
Tan - 28 Inf Regt NVA
Black - K37 NVA Sapper Bn (VC)
Friday, July 22, 2011
Travelog: Winchester Historic Firearms Museum
Sorry I've been away for a while. Besides being really busy with DarkThreadsy stuff, I was away on a business trip to the San Francisco Bay Area. However, I did find some time to indulge in a personal interest. I went to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA, which also happens to be home to the largest collection of Winchester rifles on the west coast.
(Photo: Theodore Roosevelt with his engraved Henry model)
Oliver Winchester started the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. in 1857, famous for the Henry Repeating Rifle, known as "the gun that won the west."
The Winchester Historic Firearms Museum displays many historical firearms, including several that are hundreds of years old, and the famous limited edition Winchester rifles.
Close up of the matchlock - the oldest firearm in the collection (15th c.). The matchlock was the first weapon to use a mechanism for firing.
Close up of the wheellock (16th c.) - the next step in the evolution of firearms.
Next comes the flintlock...well you get the idea. My father actually built one of these himself. Shoutout to my blackpowder reenactor friends! Fun times!
Limited edition Winchester rifles:
Another thing I learned is that Winchester made pistols, also on display in the museum.
Of course, I also took a tour of the "mystery house" - built by Sarah Winchester, widow of William Winchester and heiress to the Winchester fortune. The house truly is a mystery, with 160 rooms, miles of labyrinthine hallways, secret passageways, and inexplicably placed doors and windows. It is said that Mrs. Winchester never got over the untimely deaths of her child and her husband, and having $20 million (=unlimited budget) and lots of time on her hands, what else is a girl to do?
It was well worth the ticket price (which obviously goes to the maintenance of the property), and I would definitely visit again, if I'm in the neighborhood.
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