ITV (British TV Broardcaster) Say NO Paintballer

[Sabot]

99% of regular joe bloggs who speak to me ask if the reason i am better is because i can aim better. they dont see the other skills involved

And what do you say

 

[Chris *MT*]

Dude,

Try channel 4 - They do extreme sports on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

It might be worth a shot - Excuse the pun

Peace
C

 

[mikey601]

Oh mate i agree with you there, unless im watching a game between 2 of the best teams, paintball is boring as hell to watch.

Dont think ive ever sat thru a whole dvd.

 

[Robeenio]

And what do you say

i say its one of many skills needed, and try any break down into lamens terms the various skill sets and abilities needed to be a good paintballer, as before i have explained in ways any other paintballer would understand and i just get a blank look!

and the topic quickly moves on to something else

 

[Fish]

ok, two minor points...

1. did you really sell the idea to itv? by the way you verbalise yourself, and the title you chose, you just dont come across as the kinda guy that'd put across a reasonable argument, backed up with facts figures, examples, and most importantly, pictures/videos of sup'air to attempt to get them interested. if you didn't, then that'll just be their stock response with the word 'paintballing' inserted...

2. really not the best company to approach, and im pretty sure they aren't the largest or most 'brittish' brittish broadcasting company (i do believe you'd find it would be the one and only brittish broadcasting company {bbc!})

 

[Big Mac]

Well i have an idea and it willl take not just a few of us But the WHOLE of this forum to make an effect, im sure we can all come together and make a point (over the internet) that this is what Television watchers want.

Im going to open up a petition that i will do online then print out and send to Channel 5. i hope the Mods will be for this experiment and see what response we have.

If a Moderator could PM letting me know the rules on this i would be very greatfull ?

dont just send it to channel five but send it to all the channels and see what the response is.

 

[jcressey]

Well thanks for your Kind response there mate, Yeah your right its is BBC my mistake, i dont really pay much attention to Teletubbies anymore mate..

you might enjoy your TV and get a kick out of picky sarcastic replys , but im just trying to make a effort to Promote our sport not just sit around moaning about someone trying to help the population of paintball

 

[jcressey]

dont just send it to channel five but send it to all the channels and see what the response is.

I will do mate.. well the links up anyway .. hope we can get a nice big list together..

http://www.petitiononline.com/jcressey/petition.html

 

[mikey601]

Well thanks for your Kind response there mate, Yeah your right its is BBC my mistake, i dont really pay much attention to Teletubbies anymore mate..

you might enjoy your TV and get a kick out of picky sarcastic replys , but im just trying to make a effort to Promote our sport not just sit around moaning about someone trying to help the population of paintball

sorry to say mate, but 2000 or so signatures aint gonna mean **** to the bbc chanel 4 or 5, for anything to kick off it will have to come from big ass companies,,,hmm i wonder

 

[jcressey]

Well, are you going to Try at least and sign up with us.. or just moan about it.

In my opinion .. its worth a try..