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Created article on the 1996 Earon Carter Invitational Stock Tournament, correcting the organiser’s name and documenting the event’s format, equipment rules, participating teams, complete top-12 results, awards and later editions using contemporary APG and WARPIG coverage.
 
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'''The 1996 Earon Carter Invitational Stock Tournament''' was a five-player [[stock-class paintball]] tournament held on 16–17 March 1996 at [[SC Village]] in Corona, California, United States. Organised by paintball marker designer [[Earon Carter]], the event brought together 16 teams from the western United States, Hawaii and Canada. Combat Crew of Hawaii won the tournament, defeating the Dragoons by six points.[1][2]
The '''1996 Earon Carter Invitational Stock Tournament''' was a [[Stock-class paintball|stock-class paintball]] tournament held on 16–17 March 1996 at [[SC Village]] in Corona, California. Sixteen teams competed, with Combat Crew of Hawaii winning the event.[1]
 
The tournament was also known as the '''Earon Carter Stock Class Invitational''' and the '''Carter Stock Invitational'''.


== Format ==
== Format ==
Teams competed in two preliminary divisions on Saturday, playing every other team in their division. The six highest-scoring teams advanced to Sunday's finals.[1]


The competition was restricted to stock-class pump markers. The event rules generally required markers to use a single 12-gram CO2 cartridge, manual pump action and a tube-style magazine holding no more than 20 paintballs parallel to the barrel. Some equipment that departed slightly from the strict technical definition was permitted when it remained consistent with the intended stock-class format.[1][2]
The tournament used pump-action stock-class markers, although some equipment variations were accepted within the intended format. Common markers included Phantoms and Carter Machine Buzzards.[1]
 
Common markers included [[Carter Machine]] Buzzards and [[Component Concepts]] Phantoms, alongside Sheridan-based markers and a smaller number of Brass Eagle Nightmares.[2]
 
The 16 five-player teams were divided into two groups on Saturday. Each team played every other team in its group, ensuring that all entrants received a full first day of competition. The six highest-scoring teams advanced to the Sunday finals.[1][2]
 
Teams travelled from across the western United States, with one team attending from Hawaii and two from Edmonton, Canada. Most of the remaining entrants were from Southern California.[1]
 
== Tournament ==
 
Combat Crew finished first with 371 points, six points ahead of the second-placed Dragoons. Grizwald I placed third. The finals were closely contested, with any of the six finalists still capable of winning during the final stages of play.[1]
 
Combat Crew was awarded five customised blue Carter Machine [[Carter Buzzard|Buzzard]] stock markers. Prizes were provided through Carter Machine, TASO, Worr Game Products, Component Concepts and other tournament sponsors, with awards extending to twelfth place.[1][2]
 
Head referee Joe Ecklund received a Carter stock marker in recognition of his work at the tournament. The Pink Fluffy Bunnies, competing in their first tournament, received the event's sportsmanship award.[1]


== Results ==
== Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Place !! Team
! Team
|-
| 1st
| Combat Crew
|-
| 2nd
| Dragoons
|-
| 3rd
| Grizwald I
|-
| 4th
| Kamikazee Shooters
|-
| 5th
| [[TASO]]
|-
| 6th
| Corporate
|-
|-
| 7th
| 1 || Combat Crew
| Full Blown
|-
|-
| 8th
| 2 || Dragoons
| Canada I
|-
|-
| 9th
| 3 || Grizwald I
| Generic
|-
|-
| 10th
| 4 || Kamikaze Shooters
| Shockwave
|-
|-
| 11th
| 5 || TASO
| Grizwald II
|-
|-
| 12th
| 6 || Corporate
| Pink Fluffy Bunnies
|}
|}
Source: [[WARPIG]].[1]


== Later editions ==
== Prizes ==
 
Prizes extended to twelfth place. Combat Crew received trophies and blue Carter Machine Buzzard markers. Its players also received paintballs, which they gave to other teams rather than transport home to Hawaii.[1]
The Earon Carter stock-class tournament continued after the 1996 event. It was held in San Diego in 1997 and alongside the [[National Professional Paintball League]] tournament in Las Vegas in 1998. The 1998 competition was produced by [[DYE Precision]] and promoted as the Earon Carter Stock Gun Championship.[3]


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Earon Carter]]
* [[Earon Carter]]
* [[Carter Machine]]
* [[Carter Machine]]
* [[Carter Buzzard]]
* [[Stock-class paintball]]
* [[Stock-class paintball]]
* [[SC Village]]
* [[SC Village]]
* [[Pump paintball]]


== References ==
== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/stock/index.shtml Bill Mills, “The Earon Carter 1996 Stock Class Invitational”], [[WARPIG]], contemporary report covering 16–17 March 1996.


# Doug Devin, “Inside Stockgun Play: The 1996 Earon Carter Invitational Stock Tournament”, ''[[Action Pursuit Games]]'', August 1996, pp. 44–47.
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/stock/index.shtml The Earon Carter 1996 Stock Class Invitational], Bill Mills, [[WARPIG]], 16–17 March 1996. Contemporary event report and results.
[[Category:Paintball in California]]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/vegas98/index.shtml 1998 DYE Precision Las Vegas NPPL Tournament and Earon Carter Stock Gun Championship], WARPIG, 1998.
[[Category:1990s in American paintball]]
 
[[Category:1996 in paintball]]
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[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments]]
[[Category:Stock-class paintball]]
[[Category:Stock-class paintball]]
[[Category:1996 in paintball]]
[[Category:Paintball in California]]

Latest revision as of 08:04, 31 October 2026

The 1996 Earon Carter Invitational Stock Tournament was a stock-class paintball tournament held on 16–17 March 1996 at SC Village in Corona, California. Sixteen teams competed, with Combat Crew of Hawaii winning the event.[1]

Format

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Teams competed in two preliminary divisions on Saturday, playing every other team in their division. The six highest-scoring teams advanced to Sunday's finals.[1]

The tournament used pump-action stock-class markers, although some equipment variations were accepted within the intended format. Common markers included Phantoms and Carter Machine Buzzards.[1]

Results

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Place Team
1 Combat Crew
2 Dragoons
3 Grizwald I
4 Kamikaze Shooters
5 TASO
6 Corporate

Source: WARPIG.[1]

Prizes

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Prizes extended to twelfth place. Combat Crew received trophies and blue Carter Machine Buzzard markers. Its players also received paintballs, which they gave to other teams rather than transport home to Hawaii.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. Bill Mills, “The Earon Carter 1996 Stock Class Invitational”, WARPIG, contemporary report covering 16–17 March 1996.
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