Wild Bunch Paintball Team

Wild Bunch is an American scenario paintball team.
Team History
The team was founded in 2002, by call signs LoudThunder, Delta Echo, Squishy, and Brutis, who formed the inaugural team. Over the next 14 seasons, Wild Bunch grew to a team of 27 players, 22 on the active traveling roster, and five on the reserve.
Team Schedule
Wild Bunch plays a normal season schedule, which consists of nine scenario games at its home field. In addition, the team has a traveling schedule that varies annually, and team members play in tournaments across the country, attend Oklahoma D-Day, and host an annual charity game, Battle For The Cure.
Notable Milestones
In 2013, Wild Bunch was selected as one of only two scenario teams in the world to participate in The Valken Cup, an invite-only international mixed venue tournament. In preparation for the event, Wild Bunch team members attended a clinic with Justin Rabackoff, one of the top-ranked Professional Paintball players in the world.
The team then flew out to San Diego, California to compete against the best paintball teams in the world, including San Diego Dynasty and Edmonton Impact. The tournament was hosted at Camp Pendleton and featured three events: Woodsball, Urban, and Pump. The competition was fierce and Wild Bunch drew both Dynasty and Impact over the course of the tournament, getting the chance to face off against Rabackoff and the opportunity to compete in one of the worldwide live broadcasts from the event. The team was featured in the February 2008 issue, again with one of its players featured for the issue’s cover. The team made another appearance in the March 2008 issue.
The team was twice featured in the paintball magazine Action Pursuit Games, in both the December 2007 and August 2009 issues. In addition, the team was profiled in the April 2007 issue of Facefull Magazine and team's charity efforts were featured in the May 2008 issue of Jungle magazine. The team and players were even spotlighted in the European paintball magazine Paintball Games International. Wild Bunch was also selected for the "Team Feature" segment of the international paintball show, Behind the Bunker, for the October 6, 2014 episode.
Charity Work
Over the past 14 years, the Wild Bunch team has been involved with raising money for charities. One of the most important chapters in the team’s fundraising history was The Hunt for the Cure. The charity series ran from 2003 until 2010. The team donated 100% of the proceeds to the Huntington's Disease Society of America. The Hunt for the Cure was produced by paintball players, for paintball players, with outstanding results. The game was the pinnacle of the team's season, despite the fact that Wild Bunch members did not play in the game. Wild Bunch teammates constructed the scenarios, worked the registration booth and refreshment stations, served as referees, and coordinated the game. Wild Bunch received strong support from many volunteers who gave graciously of their time and energy to promote this worthy cause. To help raise funds, Wild Bunch raffled off some of the highest-end markers in the world of scenario paintball, and held special donation drives; through their combined efforts, they raised nearly $100,000 for the Huntington’s disease Society of America.

In 2015, the team announced a return to the charity game world with a brand-new series, “Battle for the Cure.”
Sponsors
The main team sponsor for Wild Bunch is their home field of Splat Tag, based out of Hudson, Wisconsin.
As the Wild Bunch team grew and expanded its focus on national destinations, it benefited from the support and numerous sponsor organizations over the years. From 2002 until 2007, team sponsors included Northern Command Paintball, Fast Signs, Family Friendly Chiropractic, Sierra Ink, and Atomic Ordinance. Then, on June 10, 2007, Ian Duthie from WDP agreed to terms with then captain Burt Peterson (call sign “Brutis”), to have team Wild Bunch become the first Angel sponsored scenario team in the nation.
In 2012, the team added, ANS Gear and Country Wide Financial as sponsors. In 2014, the team added Buffalo Wild Wings as a sponsor and, at the end of the season, Wild Bunch was selected as only the fifth scenario team in the nation to be sponsored by international paintball giant Planet Eclipse. Securing sponsorship from the single-biggest name in paintball and becoming part of the Planet Eclipse Emortal Army was an enormous step and it revitalized the team.
Wild Bunch Edition Planet Eclipse Markers
Over the course of the 2015 season, Wild Bunch partnered with Planet Eclipse to design a completely custom team edition paintball gun. Planet Eclipse placed the team in contact with artist Sean Jones, of Total Field Domination (T.F.D.). The team relayed their vision for the markers and Sean realized that vision in art. The artwork was featured on the paintball website PbNation and several art websites.

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