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Ok now lets not get this one closed becuase of off-topic posts so everybody dont come to this thread and flame or hate.
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Originally posted by leprechaun8941 HK Army - The "AGG" Issue
Hostile Kids article written by Alex Fraige (team Dynasty):
"THE HOSTILE KIDS WERE THE PRODUCT OF THE SC VILLAGE ARENA. FROM STREET RATS TO WORLD CLASS PROS, ALEX FRAIGE CHARTS THE TEAM’S RISE AND FALL…
In 1999 SC Village Paintball Park decided to build a Paintball tournament complex to accommodate the rapidly growing demand for arena competition. We witnessed Paintball changing before our very eyes. Along with this field, which was the first of its kind, a new era of Paintball was born. The age of the average Paintball player began to drop and, by late 2000, SC Village was filled with 14 to 20 year olds – before, the major body of players consisted of grown men well into their twenties. This new movement brought on many young and aspiring teams. These kids were fearless and came to SC every weekend to have fun with their friends.
ANGRY YOUNG MEN
The Hostile Kids were the first sole product of SC Village and the new generation of Paintballers. Some were friends from school and others just met up with kids at the field who shared their interest and passions. As they grew, their Paintball careers became less of a joke and a chance for success became more tangible. With time came experience and some of their players began to be noticed by high profile teams based in the area.
I first spotted them in early 2002 wearing black mock turtle necks adorned with the Ironmen\Kids shield, except inside the shield it read “Hostile Kids.” This immediately started blood between us because we thought that image belonged to us, even though we did sort of bite it off the Ironmen. But that was different…. Us Iron Kids immediately confronted them and set-up a day where we would play them for the rights to wear the shield. The Iron Kids reunited for one afternoon and smashed the Hostile Kids into the ground. They wore their scars with pride and I felt they were humbled. In hindsight, I was more flattered than angry that they put the shield on their jerseys and to this day it remains there.
As time went on, the Hostile Kids became the poster boys of SC Village street ball. They became notorious for playing the grey – the reason, I believe that they never fully succeeded in the tournament platform – but that wasn’t the reason they were out there. They were there to have fun, and that’s what they did.
DANGEROUSLY GOOD
The Hostile Kids consist, or at least consisted, of teens from the Orange County area and throughout LA. You see, this started out as an article about the rise of a promising young team. But while I was writing, the team disbanded after most of their players were picked up by Pro teams. You didn’t need a magic eight ball to predict this outcome: SC Village is a farm where prize Paintballers are bred before being auctioned off to the highest bidder. If you look at the majority of the young talent entering into the NXL and NPPL Pro leagues at the moment, most of it has come out of So Cal, and more particularly, SC Village. It takes a lot of time and patience for teams like the Hostile Kids to rise to the top, despite their talent. And when players are offered the opportunity to become stars overnight, they don’t usually turn it down.
Originally I ended the article with this paragraph, but I thought I’d include it here as it now sounds prophetic: “The Hostile Kids are a potentially great team and, with the proper support, they could be among the best. Unfortunately good teams like this rarely find the means to stick together and they end up going their separate ways to exploit their individual paintball abilities. I see small reflections of the Iron Kids in the Hostile Kids; in the way they stick together and in their strong friendships. Keep an eye out for Alex and his crew in the future. They may be spread out over the NXL and NPPL but they are all Hostile Kids forever.”
POST MORTEM
Now this has happened and the HK army no longer exists, like the Ironkids, the players are likely to still consider themselves members of their former team. They’re still the first generation of laid back, scene kids, acutely in tune with what’s cool – or as they would say, “agg”. They’ll probably still be at the field every weekend without fail with the same good attitude, ready to play anyone.
Alex Cadalso was the captain and spokesperson for the Hostile Kids. He conveniently lives around the corner from the Dynasty Manor at San Diego State and is frequently seen hanging around with uncle Markus Nielson. I got a hold of Alex for a chat about the past and what the future holds for the now divided team….
Alex Fraige: When were the Hostile Kids conceived?
Alex Cadalso: Hostile Takeover was a Novice/Amateur team on the circuit a few years ago. A few members from our team entered a kids tournament thrown by Hostile Takeover at Tombstone Paintball field in Corona, CA. First prize at the tournament was a package from sponsors of Hostile Takeover including Scott goggles and team jerseys etc. Scott and Mark Kressin, along with Steve Nabi, took first place and became the Hostile Kid. Years later we would combine with the second place team, Dead On, and pick up Josh Myers, Bobby Aviles and Vinnie Palmieri to play Cal Jam 7-Man. Cassidy Sanders and myself were picked up from our team, Mutiny, to play the same tournament.
AF: What were the Hostile Kids’ biggest accomplishments?
AC: Not long ago we took second place in the Amateur division at Cal Jam. Last year we played two events as a team under the name Check It Factory – the Huntington Beach and Vegas NPPLs – where we finished 6th and 5th respectively. We couldn’t finish the season because of our financial problems. The core of our team played the PSP Pomona 10-Man event and finished 4th in the Amateur division.
AF: How do you feel about the way you were treated by the Pros around SC Village?
AC: We developed notoriety around SC Village for beating teams in our division and making decent targets for the Pros, but we never had the money or leadership to win – or even enter – larger tournaments. We didn’t legitimize what we were proving Sunday after Sunday at the field, grinding out victories against much more experienced teams. We didn’t get respect because we were young, loud and somewhat arrogant because we were coming up fast in a sport that respects its elders. Now we have made friends with all the prominent players in the scene and are getting some respect from the locals. Paintball is cliquey; people don’t naturally want to befriend their rivals, but as the sport grows I think we are all getting closer.
AF: Who do you consider to be influential in y our career and in the success of HK?
AC: Personally, Todd Martinez has had the greatest influence on my career. He helped me out when I was just starting and took me under his wing, always giving me the freshest gear and trying to help further me in the sport. In our early days he helped set up practices between our team and Avalanche, which gave us some respect. When old school Avalanche were still in their prime they were practicing rag tag kids team in a practice that members had flown down for; that says something about how quickly we were developing as a team. Markus Nielson has been a loyal supporter of the army and a close personal friend. Steve Quan has been around to offer advice and bend over backwards for the team. Without Steve many of us wouldn’t be the players we are today, we looked up to him and he helped show us how to succeed and build yourself in this sport, though sometimes we were too young to listen."
(btw, the Hostile Kids never disbanded, they're just too strong of a team. They've played in ever PSP and NPPL event this year and they haven't missed a single beat!)
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In which PGI proves to all tha fats out there that the HK Army doesn't just exist in the minds of chemically-addled forum posters...Dynasty's Alex Fraige charts the rise and fall of SC Village's legendary gang of streetkids.
............................. FINALLY, PGI + HK = AGG Issue. Paintball Games International I guess finally got their minds pointed in the right direction to the OG california streetballers. Theres a few other good lookin articles but who needs them when you have an in depth history on one of the largest, skillfull, and most innovative teams out there?
Everyone pick up issue 182 and enjoy the aggness of the HK fats.
Originally posted by Raptorz922 We're not all as big of HK lovers as PBN... Sorry...
So stay out of the thread, nobody is forcing you to read it.
It's really simple, there's an OT forum that most of you post in, which I think is very very useless, but I don't post in that forum saying how worthless it is. So don't post in this thread if you don't have anything informative to say. Some people would like the thread to stay open for it's rightful discussion.
Nice man. There need to be rules for this thread, we should try to get a mod to keep it in line.
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Thanks for posting this, bos. I PMed UTLadiesMan asking him to re-open the other thread, but he said it got too off topic. Please keep this thread on topic and civil. If you have something to say, please be pleasant about it.
oh yea i need some future ano advice. eventually ima re-ano but i cant figure out the color scheme
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b) like a but with the empire logo also pink
c) basically reverse my current colors. Red body and black ram tube/ front block
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I wouldn't go with that, it would make your gun illegal in NPPL, and therefore might make it harder to sell.
I'd get it done white with red accents. I think it looks really good. If you haven't seen the Texas Storm that Sain photoshopped white with red accents, PM him and ask him to show you. It looks amazing.
Originally posted by slushii No one is really obsessed. We are just supporting a good cause.
not to sound like im flaming or anything, im geniunely interested, what is the "cause" that hk stands for? i might buy one of their headbands but i dont know yet.
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The "cause" that he is talking about is going out and playing ballz out and making friends and helping eachother out. The Hostile Kidz are a extreamly nice group of ppl who just like to have fun. Some people misconstrue this to being "bad Kidz" but this isnt true. They are a great group of ballers and help out the paintball community more than any other team i can think of off hand.
The HK/Army/Affiliates like myself are greatfull for all the support the Hostile Kidz recive and notice that and help the community back by either giving away free stuff at events or myself running contest and giving away great free gear or just helping out a friend i need. I am just trying to show ppl the good side of the Kidz and what all the other affiliates like myself are doing and trying to help the paintball community as much as we can.
I should have pics this weekend of me and Sotex Killa playing, hopefully our lady friend(s) will come out and take pics of us like they said they would.
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