Mr. Curious: On the Prowl

As the regular slackers gathered around the VFTD watercooler are well aware I am easily bored. And despite the rapidly approaching holiday--pick your preferred greeting--I'll stick with Merry Christmas--there has been damn little happening of note lately in the world of competitive paintball. Sure the kids at Paintball Access have been slaving away to keep fresh content up but frankly I was bored with voting for players before the VFTD player poll closed. It's just not been enough. So I sent out a weary Mr. Curious in search of worthy paintball news. (He had been working his favorite seasonal job as a Santa's helper at a Victoria's Secret in Vegas--or something like that.)
It worked out since the PSP was in Vegas last weekend. A disgruntled Mr. C soon had some juicy info in hand. Seems the NPPL guys are moving forward with plans to return an event to Tampa--rhough Mr. C says it isn't solid just yet. We both shared a laugh wondering if the MS is gonna return to last year's "St. Tropez" location while simply changing the name to Mediterranean Cup and hope nobody notices if they delay the announcement. And then things got good. Sorta.

Mr. C says the PSP is close to locking down all 5 events for next season with dates coming perhaps as soon as early January. He says it might have been done already except for a (nother) last minute hiccup. He says he knows where but then he wouldn't tell me. Perhaps it had something to do with this screen shot sent to me anonymously right after his phone cut out. (It looks like it might be a closed circuit security feed.)

He also reminded me of his post-World Cup rumor about teams coming outta the woodwork looking for a PSP pro spot. He reminded me because he says it's only gotten worse. There are Euro teams definitely making the push to be included as well as a NPPL name or two--perhaps besides Impact & XSV who are well known to want in--and even some real outside shots, a divisional team has tossed its hat in the ring and then there's a team that isn't a team quite yet. Then he said there's a possible plan for resolving everything that doesn't include any of the options VFTD has been concerned might happen as expressed in the pair of 'Pro Dilemma' posts in the last month. And then--just as he was about to name names and clue me in--his phone went dead. (Or he hung up.)

Okay so he was hanging out with lingerie models--this is paintball, man!