CPPS round 3
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The Chrono station issue has been identified and remedied and good news... There will be 2 stations for Round 4.
Gaz is spot on... We read every post and take on board every critism. It's fundamental to improving the series.
Gaz is spot on... We read every post and take on board every critism. It's fundamental to improving the series.
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shootinropez he was one of the dudes in my team! Collie ( we call him that anyway ) and then he emptied out his hopper over some dudes head...the guy looked up and opened his mouth, bad mistake!!!
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oh hi! cant tell who is who on the forums! im the little pod monkey, the one with the hat
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Fantastic job by the refs on the Celtic field, all were very approachable and friendly which allowed any decisions to be fully explained in retrospect. ****ty calls happen, but hey ho. I was under the impression that Ultimates have the power to overturn any decision made but perhaps this needs clarification?
Weather was great fun for snake players although somehow my washing machine isn't agreeing with me on this one. Some scheduling problems led to running an hour over on the field so maybe other fields should be utilised if needed as Liam said but then again, what if another field is subtly different to the one you've played on all day..? Smoothly done otherwise, the field manager was up looking for teams before their games giving us plenty notice. Hats off to him!
Does anyone know who the lady on the Celtic field toward the end of the day was photographing for?
Weather was great fun for snake players although somehow my washing machine isn't agreeing with me on this one. Some scheduling problems led to running an hour over on the field so maybe other fields should be utilised if needed as Liam said but then again, what if another field is subtly different to the one you've played on all day..? Smoothly done otherwise, the field manager was up looking for teams before their games giving us plenty notice. Hats off to him!
Does anyone know who the lady on the Celtic field toward the end of the day was photographing for?
Hello all!!
Big big big THANK YOU Ansley and his crew for nice round!! Perfect job!! Thanks to my team, to "LIPS"+ "G. I. Sportz" for the paint, for all the teams( except one- bunch of freaky cheaters ), special thanks to teams who kicked our a*** and showed the weak spots. It is always nice to see You and play against You!!
The fields, the layout, the air, the live scoring- good!!
Had issues with the chrono: set fps to 277-285 at the station, on the field referee was reading 295-303 fps;
The refereeing- the worst I have ever seen!!( talking just about refs on the field I played). All of the looked like first time seeing paintball live. Had never red the rules. All they been through- short 5- 10min. briefing before games. If not, how can You explain:
- allow to start the game with the clearly visible hit and doing nothing during the game? (for two games in a row );
- allow to play with the hit, run down to the buzzer, pushing it and doing nothing?
- seeing player getting hits ( 5- 10 of them ) straight in front of You doing nothing?
- calling 1- 4- 1 and pulling the player out of the field. After asking to explain "Why?" START checking for hits and do this for few minutes.
- calling 1- 4- 1 and pulling the player out of the field. After asking to explain "Why?" START checking for hits and do this for few minutes, and finding no hits, say: "You where hit to the harness".
For some of You it will sound and look like "something impossible" to happen but it was like that. After first round I was happy to see improvement in reffing. Had to passed the second- can say nothing. After third round- looks like it is impossible to force( cant find another expression ) referees to do their job good, correct me if I am wrong:
- he will not be sacked, if he does his job wrong;
- he will be payed, doesn't matter how he does his job;
- he has no responsibility to do his job good.
At the end of the day, I am the customer, I am paying the money and buying the product- CPPS and I want to receive a product of good quality and worth of the money I payed and what I get now?
Would like to end with bright and cheerful temper, but cant. Because few individuals, who think that they are the most important figures on the field, are destroying what others are building with heart and passion. Sad.
Big big big THANK YOU Ansley and his crew for nice round!! Perfect job!! Thanks to my team, to "LIPS"+ "G. I. Sportz" for the paint, for all the teams( except one- bunch of freaky cheaters ), special thanks to teams who kicked our a*** and showed the weak spots. It is always nice to see You and play against You!!
The fields, the layout, the air, the live scoring- good!!
Had issues with the chrono: set fps to 277-285 at the station, on the field referee was reading 295-303 fps;
The refereeing- the worst I have ever seen!!( talking just about refs on the field I played). All of the looked like first time seeing paintball live. Had never red the rules. All they been through- short 5- 10min. briefing before games. If not, how can You explain:
- allow to start the game with the clearly visible hit and doing nothing during the game? (for two games in a row );
- allow to play with the hit, run down to the buzzer, pushing it and doing nothing?
- seeing player getting hits ( 5- 10 of them ) straight in front of You doing nothing?
- calling 1- 4- 1 and pulling the player out of the field. After asking to explain "Why?" START checking for hits and do this for few minutes.
- calling 1- 4- 1 and pulling the player out of the field. After asking to explain "Why?" START checking for hits and do this for few minutes, and finding no hits, say: "You where hit to the harness".
For some of You it will sound and look like "something impossible" to happen but it was like that. After first round I was happy to see improvement in reffing. Had to passed the second- can say nothing. After third round- looks like it is impossible to force( cant find another expression ) referees to do their job good, correct me if I am wrong:
- he will not be sacked, if he does his job wrong;
- he will be payed, doesn't matter how he does his job;
- he has no responsibility to do his job good.
At the end of the day, I am the customer, I am paying the money and buying the product- CPPS and I want to receive a product of good quality and worth of the money I payed and what I get now?
Would like to end with bright and cheerful temper, but cant. Because few individuals, who think that they are the most important figures on the field, are destroying what others are building with heart and passion. Sad.
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Brilliant question! Who is the lady with the massive lens?Fantastic job by the refs on the Celtic field, all were very approachable and friendly which allowed any decisions to be fully explained in retrospect. ****ty calls happen, but hey ho. I was under the impression that Ultimates have the power to overturn any decision made but perhaps this needs clarification?
Weather was great fun for snake players although somehow my washing machine isn't agreeing with me on this one. Some scheduling problems led to running an hour over on the field so maybe other fields should be utilised if needed as Liam said but then again, what if another field is subtly different to the one you've played on all day..? Smoothly done otherwise, the field manager was up looking for teams before their games giving us plenty notice. Hats off to him!
Does anyone know who the lady on the Celtic field toward the end of the day was photographing for?
We have a private ref page and after every event, we review the comments and discuss all "issues" thoroughly,
I've said this before and I'll say it again, we're the first UK series to use dedicated refs to do the job and not mixing players in on the day to fill the gaps. We're investing in training them and working on how to improve reffing as a whole which is an ongoing process. This isn't going to be a quick repair, it's going to take probably this season whereby the majority of the refs are at a "standard" level of experience and knowledge. Referees are being rotated between fields to gain experience across the board and learn new things from each of our senior referees. Refs were rotated on the day even to help bolster certain divisions and they are constantly monitored by our Ultimates, whom give me feedback on their performance. We take you comments very seriously and all my reffing crew will be reading them and taking them on board.
Chronographs.......we've highlighted the issue (they were about 4cm too low so the radar was hitting the back board), so this being rectified this week.
Staging area at the bottom.....basically, that is where one of our main drains is, but appears that compaction from foot traffic there sealed the tarmac planings, so we'll be digging out a section and replacing with pea gravel to ensure constant drainage and no more puddles at that end. We've also marked out where other puddles occurred and will be adding more to raise the level overall.
Quick question re start sounds. We are basing ours on the Millennium start beeps to ensure a crossover for those teams playing Millenniums. Are teams happy with the 10 beeps then the start sound or would you prefer 5 then the start sound? We're also going to increase the volume of the final start sound for the next round to make it more audible. The wind didn't help with the sound carry, but should be even clearer for next time.
Personally, while the catering was to a high standard, I'd like to see them speed up a little and will be discussing with them on how best to do this. Staggering the fields was done, but the problem is with 600 people, no matter what time you break for lunch, everyone wants to eat at around 12/1pm, so if game break allows it, they will!
Liam, we didn't want to move you guys back over again to the Eclipse field, and it was only a 20min difference, so by the time you would have moved your bags etc, it wouldn't have been worth it
Gonzo, you comments are being assessed on our ref page currently. Thank you for this as without this kind of feedback we can not look to improve things!
I've said this before and I'll say it again, we're the first UK series to use dedicated refs to do the job and not mixing players in on the day to fill the gaps. We're investing in training them and working on how to improve reffing as a whole which is an ongoing process. This isn't going to be a quick repair, it's going to take probably this season whereby the majority of the refs are at a "standard" level of experience and knowledge. Referees are being rotated between fields to gain experience across the board and learn new things from each of our senior referees. Refs were rotated on the day even to help bolster certain divisions and they are constantly monitored by our Ultimates, whom give me feedback on their performance. We take you comments very seriously and all my reffing crew will be reading them and taking them on board.
Chronographs.......we've highlighted the issue (they were about 4cm too low so the radar was hitting the back board), so this being rectified this week.
Staging area at the bottom.....basically, that is where one of our main drains is, but appears that compaction from foot traffic there sealed the tarmac planings, so we'll be digging out a section and replacing with pea gravel to ensure constant drainage and no more puddles at that end. We've also marked out where other puddles occurred and will be adding more to raise the level overall.
Quick question re start sounds. We are basing ours on the Millennium start beeps to ensure a crossover for those teams playing Millenniums. Are teams happy with the 10 beeps then the start sound or would you prefer 5 then the start sound? We're also going to increase the volume of the final start sound for the next round to make it more audible. The wind didn't help with the sound carry, but should be even clearer for next time.
Personally, while the catering was to a high standard, I'd like to see them speed up a little and will be discussing with them on how best to do this. Staggering the fields was done, but the problem is with 600 people, no matter what time you break for lunch, everyone wants to eat at around 12/1pm, so if game break allows it, they will!
Liam, we didn't want to move you guys back over again to the Eclipse field, and it was only a 20min difference, so by the time you would have moved your bags etc, it wouldn't have been worth it
Gonzo, you comments are being assessed on our ref page currently. Thank you for this as without this kind of feedback we can not look to improve things!