Editing Bob Long (section)

== Equipment career ==

Long became involved in equipment development while captaining the Ironmen. His early commercial work included custom [[Autococker]] markers and aftermarket components intended for tournament use.[2][3]

By the 1998 NPPL Chicago Open, Long was testing the final prototype of the electronic Delta Defiant. WARPIG subsequently documented the Defiant at Skyball 1999, describing it as a higher-end relative of the Indian Creek Designs Bushmaster 2000.[5][10]

Long's equipment business became known as Bob Long Technologies and BLAST. Its most prominent early electronic platform was the [[Bob Long Intimidator|Intimidator]]. A smaller and lighter version developed for Ground Zero was documented in professional competition by early 2002.[11]

The company subsequently marketed several further marker families, including the Marq, Victory, G6R, Insight, Onslaught and MVP. Detailed technical histories and individual variants belong in [[Bob Long Technologies]] and the relevant marker articles rather than this biography.

In late 2016, members of [[San Diego Dynasty]] and team manager [[Eric Crandall]] established [[Field One Paintball]]. The new company acquired assets and designs from Long's equipment business and continued supporting parts of the former Bob Long product range.[12]