Editing Jon Richardson (section)

== Playing career ==

=== Early career and Avalanche ===

Historical accounts identify [[Image (paintball team)|Image]] among Richardson's professional teams, although the dates of his earliest involvement have not been conclusively established.[1]

By 2001, Richardson was playing for Avalanche, one of the leading professional tournament teams of the period.

The team's published 2001 NPPL professional roster identified him alongside [[Chris LaSoya]], [[Steve Rabackoff]], [[Rocky Cagnoni]], [[Travis Lemanski]], [[Todd Martinez]] and [[Ed Poorman]].[5]

Richardson remained with Avalanche during the 2002 season, appearing on the team's official NPPL professional roster.[6]

He also competed internationally with Avalanche.

At the 2002 [[Millennium Series]] tournament in Portugal, contemporary WARPIG coverage documented Richardson playing in the front positions during a match in which he and Cagnoni were temporarily left without paintball markers following an equipment problem.[7]

=== Miami Effect ===

In 2003, Richardson joined Miami Effect, a professional franchise competing in the inaugural National Xball League.

The team's roster at the 2003 Mardi Gras Open in New Orleans listed him as player number 3, alongside Chris LaSoya, [[Brian Fow]], Travis Lemanski, [[Rusty Glaze]] and other established players.[8]

Miami Effect competed in the newly established professional X-Ball format during the 2003 and early 2004 seasons.

=== Infamous ===

Following the 2004 PSP Orlando Open, Richardson and several Miami Effect teammates left the NXL franchise to compete independently under the Infamous name.

The decision followed disagreements over restrictions on participation in rival professional tournament leagues.[9]

Infamous entered the NPPL Super 7 competition at Tampa in May 2004.

The team defeated [[San Diego Dynasty]] in consecutive final-round games to win the professional championship.[10]

Infamous subsequently won the 2004 NPPL Denver Open, establishing itself as a leading professional seven-player team.[11]

A 2008 account by paintball writer SEBURO attributed the Infamous team name to Richardson, based on a conversation with teammate Rusty Glaze.[12]

=== XSV ===

Richardson subsequently played for XSV, an American professional organisation competing in both seven-player and X-Ball tournaments.

At the 2006 Smart Parts Paintball World Championships, held in May, Richardson was officially registered as XSV's player-coach.

The published roster identified him as jersey number 111, with San Diego, California, listed as his hometown.

His teammates included [[Nicky Cuba]], [[Davey Williamson]], [[Thomas Taylor]], Scott Kemp, Carl Markowski and Rusty Glaze.[3]

During the 2006 PSP season, XSV won the professional X-Ball division at the Chicago Open.[13]

=== Later professional competition ===

By 2008, Richardson had returned to Infamous.

He appeared alongside Rusty Glaze in a 2008 ''Splat Magazine'' PROfiles interview conducted by [[Matty Marshall]]. The interview was subsequently republished by Social Paintball in 2011.[14]

Richardson was also selected for the North Conference squad at the 2008 NPPL All-Star competition, alongside Infamous teammates Glaze and Brian Fow.[15]

In 2009, Richardson joined the Los Angeles Ironmen.

A contemporary report identified his move from Infamous following an employment arrangement with [[DYE Precision]].[16]

He appeared on the Ironmen's published 2009 professional roster alongside [[Oliver Lang]], Mike Paxson, Billy Wing and Nicky Cuba.[17]

In February 2010, contemporary reporting identified Richardson as returning to Infamous following his departure from the Ironmen.[18]