X-Fire TV Show (Pronounced Cross-Fire) Epic Paintball Mayhem - General

[b]What was it?[/b] X-Fire was one of my favourite shows in 2001 and was broadcasted on Channel 4 in the UK. The idea was a group of 6 members of the public (The Strike Team) would be put in a team and given paintball gear. They then had objectives to do on huge areas like hospitals and warehouses, for example, rescue hostages or stop toxic waste being dumped in the ocean. They would fight against 50 or more enemies who would patrol the area and try and gun them down, who if shot, would act is if they had died. These average enemies were called The Grunts. With The Grunts there were 6 Special Forces characters who recurred throughout the series (copy-paste): [QUOTE=Wikipedia]6 individuals (with made-up character names and bios; however, their skill was real) with exceptional skills. These Special Forces were named Hellmet (named Helmet Strebi)(ranked Oberleutnant), Morgan (Morgan Johnson) (ranked Sergeant), Clawz (Vanessa Upton) (Private), Dalia (Dalia Miknaviciuta) (Sergeant), AJ (Andrew J Dickens) (Commander) and Little Yin (Anna Luong) (Private).[/QUOTE] The whole thing was communicated through building cameras and headset cameras and the occasional cameraman. It was absolutely superb. [b]Where is it now?[/b] It got axed after only one year in 2002. There were 13 episodes in total but 1 of them (Star Wars) was never transmitted. [b]Features[/b] It was different to normal paintball as the Grunts, The Special Forces and The Strike Team would employ various military tactics making it a lot more fun to watch. The Grunts and The Special Forces also occasionally used ambushes, pressure mines, cameras, laser tripwires and even a tank to eliminate The Strike Team. For each enemy killed, The Strike Team would earn credits as follows: 50 for a Grunt 500 for a Special Forces member 1000 for completing a Primary Objective 250 for every surviving team member back to HQ The Strike Team could then use these credits to buy things like, more ammo, riot shields, grenades and even buying back fallen team members. [b]Media[/b] Action starts at 1:30. 10 minutes of the episode where the team are infiltrating a hospital. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqeUEGu9pQ[/media] There are other sections of full episodes on youtube but most of them are low-quality, yet still watchable, to me at least anyway. I hope you enjoyed the thread, as I miss this and programmes like it dearly. The only copy-paste I used was with the Special Forces names. The rest was written from the heart!

:argh: Son a bitch I thought this was coming back.

I remember this show, was hardcore.

i used to watch this with my dad like every saturday when we were eating lunch, never quite understood it i just like them shooting stuff

you left out they could also use credits to buy special weapons. and yeah i loved this show .. i wish more painball sites (hell..even ONE paintball site) had arena's like that. Im so bored of playing in woodland

I remember watching this. It would be great to play some arenas and missions like that me thinks, but I think that it doesn't incorporate larger numbers so paintball sites won't do it. The epsiode I remember is when they went into the hospital and got the work done, except there was someone with the equivilent of a paintball minigun waiting outside and just 'killed' them all in two seconds flat.

They should make a new series on this in HD and with new concepts.

Holy shit I remember this. Man it was good. Didn't they have a flamethrower that just spewed out paint? Damn that was awesome.

The closest you could get to making a kids show about war I saw it fleetingly, by that point I was engrossed in Nickelodeon's glare

Hah I remember this. EMULSIFIED!

This TV show was hella awesome! They should bring it back

Good times, good times.

if only the video recorder didn't suck [B]DOHOHO XFIRE GEDDIT[/B] [sp]it's sarcasm i'm not a fag[/sp]

Holy crap, that's pretty great, why did they take it off the air?

I remember this, wow I used too love this show. Now I want it back :(

[QUOTE=scout1;16118971]Holy crap, that's pretty great, why did they take it off the air?[/QUOTE] No idea ..guess there weren't enough viewers?

AWWW DAMN, this makes me want to go and play some scenario balls. I can't wait to hit up that D-Day thing in Oklahoma this summer.

Now if only CO-OP FPS games were as good as this...

they should make a tv show called facepunch where people just sling their shit at each other

Holy shit that's awesome. I wish the states could have something like this. Hell I wouldn't mind taking this idea straight to someone for a TV opportunity :smug:

Oh I found out why it got axed. Some fags from Al-Quida flew planes into the World Trade Centers.

There was a Cross Fire here in the US, but it got PWNED by John Steward. (It was a debate show, not paintball) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE[/media]

I hate when the special forces just throw themselves down. Like they bunker them and kill one guy and just let themselves die. [editline]01:37AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Ivebo;16128453]There was a Cross Fire here in the US, but it got PWNED by John Steward. (It was a debate show, not paintball) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE[/media][/QUOTE] That.. was amazing. Jon Stewert just became like 50 times cooler in my book. "The show that leads into me is a puppets making crank phone calls... What is wrong with you?"

That looks like the most amazing thing ever. It gives me memories about what I did in paintball... Ah, good times.

Why don't they just call it Cross-Fire?

I used to love this show but it would make me so angry when one of the strike team got hit really easily because they were just being careless or when they spent lots of points on good equipment, only to lose it within a few minutes of the game starting.

[QUOTE=mugofdoom;16133252]Why don't they just call it Cross-Fire?[/QUOTE] X makes everything cooler. [img]http://www.thescifiworld.net/img/personal/print/wormhole.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=mugofdoom;16133252]Why don't they just call it Cross-Fire?[/QUOTE] Probably copyright issues.

I laughed at the fake gun sounds.

Neat concept, seems like it could have been done a little better though.