About Us
To start at the beginning, MN Mayhem began back 2002 when a few high school friends began playing paintball in their backyards. Their interest in the sport soon grew to a healthy addiction. Through a referral from a high school friend, they heard about a local field hosting a game consisting of over 400 players. Intrigued and very curious about the magnitude of this game, as their previous ‘big’ paintball games were 20 friends in a backyard. Needless to say, after experiencing their first giant game held at Splat Tag they were hooked. There is no way they were willing to settle for backyard ballin’ anymore. Those first guys were so impressed at organized paintball that they attempted to make as many of the open games they could. Playing the “End of the Month” games at Splat Tag and seeing the other teams playing were a huge influence. Watching Identity Crisis, MN Militia, Wild Bunch and Farmland were a huge influence on those first few. After a couple seasons of playing out there and getting more serious about the sport, they decided it was time to form an actual team. Those first five members became MN Mayhem at the end of 2004 (after a brief episode of playing under the name ‘Boondock Saints’). A few of the members met Darrin – owner of Splat Tag Inc. at a paintball convention, explained they were a newly formed scenario team that regularly plays at his field. Soon thereafter, Splat Tag Inc. picked up MN Mayhem as a sponsored team. At the beginning of 2005, MN Mayhem had three sponsors: Splat Tag, Northside Sports and Tomala Enterprises.
MN Mayhem has attended every end of the month game and the annual giant games that are held at Splat Tag Inc. since 2005. MN Mayhem also has devoted its free time to helping local fields open up for the season, setting up fields, prepare for big events, ref, recruit new players and any other service requested.
The playing style of Mn Mayhem
From the first few games we played together, we knew we were different from other teams. Our subtle blend of tactics and brute force combine to create one of the more efficient strategies in woodsball and scenario ball today. Over the course of six years of play at Splat Tag in Hudson, WI, we have tried to make a name for ourselves through our deterministic, intense and audacious “ram it down your throat” style of play. The self-sacrificing approach of the team has also contributed to our teams’ reputation in a positive way as well. We are not afraid to take a little paint in an attempt to break a stalemate or make progress. We believe in the motto “If we don’t get you first time, you’d better believe we’re coming back for you again.”
The members of MN Mayhem are dedicated to continual personal improvement, development of a respectable team and the growth of the sport itself. They began as a group of friends who became a family. Nothing will stop them from becoming one of the most valued scenario teams in the Midwest region.
