The wait is finally over. After two painstaking months of filming, designing and revamping, the digital paintball media revolution has finally arrived, SPLAT XD Issue 1 is ready.
Here's a breakdown of the digital madness that awaits, which includes 118 pages and more video footage than your favorite paintball DVD's.
Pro-School: Brandon Short - The Ironmen front player sits down for a in-depth interview, custom photo-shoot, and on-field video shoot where he covers the secrets and training behind one of the best teams in history. Teammate Scott Kemp also stops by to demonstrate the Ironmen's patented "Gauntlet" drill system. (5 total paintball video segements!)
Attakk Gear: SPLAT Girl Shay Lyn hosts the all new SPLATXD Attakk Gear section, where every issue the all-star blonde bomber talks about the hottest new gear on the market that you need to get your hands on. (6 total paintball video reviews!)
Firepower: The Spyder RSX - The new paintball gun review video show developed by SPLATXD, "Firepower" host Dave Araki writes up an in-depth review of the newest arachnid from the Spyder lair, and then heads to the field for some of the most complete video testing ever seen (2 total video segments, SHOT IN HD!)
Bonus Balls - Episode 1: The largest addition to the SPLATXD lineup, Bonus Balls is the new "Sportscenter" type paintball show where hosts Evan Money and our very own Chris IQ let loose the inside news, event recaps, and in-studio pro interviews. Over 17min in length, this episode of Bonus Balls features:
- Chris Lasoya's Move to Aftermath
- The NPPL buys Paintball.com
- Event Coverage:
NPPL HB and Jacksonville (Includes discussions on who's poised to win it all, and possibly who's going to have to make the move down to semi-pro.) - In-Studio:
Dalton Vanderbyl: The Aftermath gunner and SPLAT Magazine 2007 Semi-Pro Player of the Year sits down with Evan Money to talk about their NPPL Jacksonville win, and what it takes to turn pro, and win.
PROTraits: A new paintball team profile section built using custom flash animation, PROTraits features one new pro team each month and gives you the background info on the members of your favorite pro-teams, complete with flash images of each member. This months PROtraits: The Ironmen.
Ask The Experts: Need professional help? The SPLATXD panel of experts, which includes Oliver Lang, Shawn Walker, and Michael "Blue" Hanse" are here to answer your need-to-know paintball questions. Read the experts answers to past questions and then submit your own, plus visit the "SPLAT Answers" archive and satisfy your need for paintball knowledge.
Water World: Can't play when the sun goes away? Think again. We produce the world's only indoor tsunami and show you the secrets to overcoming bad weather. (5 total paintball video segments)
Win A Infinity Legend: The title says it all!
Also In This Issue (Wait, you mean there's more?)
- Quick Guide To Free Stuff
- EXCLUSIVE FIRST COVERAGE: NPPL JACKSONVILLE
- Ninja 101: Mastering the art of paintball stealth (Includes 5 total paintball video segments)
- Physical Training For Ballers.
- Double SPLAT Girl: Two SPLAT Girls, One Cup. (Includes Behind the Scenes Video)
SPECIAL PAINTBALL TOOLS: As you flip through SPLATXD, you'll notice a ton of little yellow buttons with different icons on them. These icons are meant to further the amount of paintball resources at your disposal, as each button takes you where you need to go to find more information on whatever topic your reading about. Here's a breakdown of the buttons and what they all mean.
Dollar Sign: Click here to go directly to the "Buy Now" page for this item.
Camera: Takes you to special photo galleries so you can see more photos on the subject.
Fist: Takes you to a related PBNation thread.
Question Mark: Links you directly to the host website of the company your reading about.
Letter: Send an email to a company/player/SPLAT Girl.
Myspace Logo: Visit the myspace pages of pro players and SPLAT Girls alike.
Eyeball: "See" additional info on this topic
Video Camera: "Watch" additional info on this topic.
RR: It's a secret, there's only one of this button in this issue.
SPLATXD Ads: All the ads in SPLATXD click-through directly back to the manufactures website. This way you don't have to wait to buy the hottest new goggles from JT, or find more info on the latest Stiffi barrel.
Maximizing Your SPLATXD Experience: Since SPLATXD features more paintball video than just about any other digital magazine in existence (Let alone paintball), load times may vary depending on your computer/internet speed. To help you out with this, we have set the smaller size videos to "Auto-play" meaning they'll start to play the second you turn to the page their on, while you'll need to hit play on the larger videos. This prevents too much content trying to buffer and load at once, which could drastically slow your experience. So if you come across a video and it doesn't automatically start to play, just click play on the toolbar.
Coming Soon: Coming next week, SPLATXD is changing host companies, which will result in double the loading speed and 25% larger pages, meaning the content will appear even bigger and better than it does now. We just want you to know that were constantly striving to have the pages load faster, look better, and just kick butt that much more.
Also, the biggest news to mention is that very soon, all SPLATXD content will be shot 100% in High-Def (HD) video, allowing for crystal clear pro-training, gun and product reviews, and other instructional video content. As soon as I know what issue this is going to start with I'll let you guys know.
Well, now that I've written the longest PBN News-Up ad in history, with no further ado, enjoy the first issue of SPLATXD.
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