Hpnotiq07
08-29-2008, 02:08 PM
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"Sam Caldwell of Lively Productions
Sam Caldwell passed away yesterday,after a long illness, at his home in Nashville Tn.Sam was the man who handled the logistics for Lively Productions.Where Jim was the front man that everyone remembers, Sam was the man who made sure that everything was in order and flowed smoothly.
Sam was one of the people who brought paintball out of the back of pickup trucks and into the sport that we know today.Sam was a longtime partner and friend of Jim Lively they opened the Nashville Survival Games in 1983 in Williamson county Tn.
Sam was one of the founding team members of the Nashville Ridgerunners that formed in 1983.Sam was one of the fastest shots with a 007 that I have ever seen and he shot left hand which was no small feat with a 007.
The industry has lost one of its founding fathers a will be hard pressed to fill the spot left vacant by this man.
It is with pride that I can say that I was a teammate of Sam's and he will be long remembered as one who would always hold his ground in a game.
RJ
Ridgerunners"
"Sam Caldwell, Paintball Icon has Lung Cancer
For those of you that have been around more than a decade, you will know the name Sam Caldwell. Sam was Jim Lively’s partner in the tournament business throughout the 80’s and 90’s. I was greatly disturbed today to find out he has inoperable lung cancer ( and he doesn’t even smoke). Sam never sought the spotlight and was not one to force his opinion on others. The thing he was incredible at was taking an idea and making it HAPPEN. He brought computer integration to paintball tournaments, was the first to figure scheduling so teams would not be playing back to back. He and Jim brought us out of the patch-o-woods without porta-johns into real venues with pavement and lights. All that tournament paintball is today started with Jim and Sam and a ton of that was Sam typing on the keyboard and making sure things worked out.
Through it all Sam was super dedicated to the sport. We would take walks at night from our hotel at tournaments just to spend an hour talking about how to solve tournament problems and make them better. After a long day of listening to players complain and myriad other issues, he WANTED to keep talking about paintball's future. A finer man in paintball would be hard to find. Unfortunately the players had other ideas and formed the NPPL which turned into just another company dominated organization and moved away from the Lively series.
Sam never married and has no family besides relatives. I know he probably doesn’t think that any of the players around today remember or care about him. I think that the people here on AO are special enough to care if you did know him or appreciate his contribution if you didn’t. It would be really nice if you would all post some nice comments and I can point him here to read them. He has become reclusive with this illness and doesn’t even answer the phone.
Thanks from the old guard,
Tom Kaye"
"Sam Caldwell of Lively Productions
Sam Caldwell passed away yesterday,after a long illness, at his home in Nashville Tn.Sam was the man who handled the logistics for Lively Productions.Where Jim was the front man that everyone remembers, Sam was the man who made sure that everything was in order and flowed smoothly.
Sam was one of the people who brought paintball out of the back of pickup trucks and into the sport that we know today.Sam was a longtime partner and friend of Jim Lively they opened the Nashville Survival Games in 1983 in Williamson county Tn.
Sam was one of the founding team members of the Nashville Ridgerunners that formed in 1983.Sam was one of the fastest shots with a 007 that I have ever seen and he shot left hand which was no small feat with a 007.
The industry has lost one of its founding fathers a will be hard pressed to fill the spot left vacant by this man.
It is with pride that I can say that I was a teammate of Sam's and he will be long remembered as one who would always hold his ground in a game.
RJ
Ridgerunners"
"Sam Caldwell, Paintball Icon has Lung Cancer
For those of you that have been around more than a decade, you will know the name Sam Caldwell. Sam was Jim Lively’s partner in the tournament business throughout the 80’s and 90’s. I was greatly disturbed today to find out he has inoperable lung cancer ( and he doesn’t even smoke). Sam never sought the spotlight and was not one to force his opinion on others. The thing he was incredible at was taking an idea and making it HAPPEN. He brought computer integration to paintball tournaments, was the first to figure scheduling so teams would not be playing back to back. He and Jim brought us out of the patch-o-woods without porta-johns into real venues with pavement and lights. All that tournament paintball is today started with Jim and Sam and a ton of that was Sam typing on the keyboard and making sure things worked out.
Through it all Sam was super dedicated to the sport. We would take walks at night from our hotel at tournaments just to spend an hour talking about how to solve tournament problems and make them better. After a long day of listening to players complain and myriad other issues, he WANTED to keep talking about paintball's future. A finer man in paintball would be hard to find. Unfortunately the players had other ideas and formed the NPPL which turned into just another company dominated organization and moved away from the Lively series.
Sam never married and has no family besides relatives. I know he probably doesn’t think that any of the players around today remember or care about him. I think that the people here on AO are special enough to care if you did know him or appreciate his contribution if you didn’t. It would be really nice if you would all post some nice comments and I can point him here to read them. He has become reclusive with this illness and doesn’t even answer the phone.
Thanks from the old guard,
Tom Kaye"