One of Markus's close friends, Ryan Freeman, had these made in memory of one of paintball's wildest creations, Markus Nielsen. Markus is a legend in every way and we love that his legend lives on through stories, videos, and through all of us who remember him.
I personally played with Markus and we won our first national tournament together way back in 1999 on Farside. Here's an excerpt from Iconic's article about Markus.
"Markus started to dedicate more time to the game and by the time he turned 18, he earned a spot with Chicago Farside, a team that would develop some of the best players in the Midwest in the late 1990s. Markus first played with Farside in 1999 in the Amateur A division, and by the time the Skyball 1999 event rolled around mid-season, he was playing pro with Farside and starting to make a name for himself."
"John Dresser recalled Markus and his time with Farside at a young age, where even then, his unique style was evident “Markus was a force of nature, on and off the field. Needless to say, that often produced random and unpredictable results. He was the original paintball, high-powered mutant that made up the rules as he went. He was part of the new young punk generation that redefined how to play paintball at the pro level. But, his level of aggression was next level, even compared to his few peers. Markus was never afraid to go, never afraid to push into guns, well past the gray area, and was unabashedly himself all the time."
It was with these early flashes of brilliance on the field with Farside that Markus would begin to put the league on notice, and develop the style that would go on to change the game forever."
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