The Paintball Association is considering the request of some of the PA teams to form a Xball league next season, this is inline with our own endeavour in utilising a game format that we can show to the general public to help stimulate growth in the paintball market.
It would be a major change from the seven man format but to be honest I have always wanted a Xball type league ever since I saw it in the States, so I guess you won’t be surprised to find this has my full support and if there is any way we can achieve this we should attempt to do it.
As many of you will be aware we ran some Xball events last season to test the water with UK teams, because as it has been stated on here many times the gap in playing abilities between ourselves and those across the pond is considerable, however the teams who played grasped the concept more or less immediately and the increase of general abilities was apparent from an early stage.
We also did some research into the cost to the players and we are advised from the teams who played that cost would not be a prohibitive factor if run along the same lines as the events we tested the format with; in fact some teams paid less.
This format would also give us the opportunity to give teams game time slots (so if your first game is not until 11am why arrive at 6:30)
If you are a team owner/captain and think you may be interested in playing that format please get in touch with me either on here by pm or email with contact details and I will send you full details.
We also have to address the potential problem that paintball in the UK (and Europe) has with high pressure air (4500psi not 3000psi) it looks at this point 4500psi air fill will not be available unless extra safety measures are put in place to stop the possibility of overfilling a 3000psi (200bar) bottle. We have started consultations with companies in the field who believe the insurance companies will accept a new fill nipple for the 4500psi bottles. This has yet to be verified but if accepted would be the lowest cost to the player who wants to continue to use 4500psi.
Russ
It would be a major change from the seven man format but to be honest I have always wanted a Xball type league ever since I saw it in the States, so I guess you won’t be surprised to find this has my full support and if there is any way we can achieve this we should attempt to do it.
As many of you will be aware we ran some Xball events last season to test the water with UK teams, because as it has been stated on here many times the gap in playing abilities between ourselves and those across the pond is considerable, however the teams who played grasped the concept more or less immediately and the increase of general abilities was apparent from an early stage.
We also did some research into the cost to the players and we are advised from the teams who played that cost would not be a prohibitive factor if run along the same lines as the events we tested the format with; in fact some teams paid less.
This format would also give us the opportunity to give teams game time slots (so if your first game is not until 11am why arrive at 6:30)
If you are a team owner/captain and think you may be interested in playing that format please get in touch with me either on here by pm or email with contact details and I will send you full details.
We also have to address the potential problem that paintball in the UK (and Europe) has with high pressure air (4500psi not 3000psi) it looks at this point 4500psi air fill will not be available unless extra safety measures are put in place to stop the possibility of overfilling a 3000psi (200bar) bottle. We have started consultations with companies in the field who believe the insurance companies will accept a new fill nipple for the 4500psi bottles. This has yet to be verified but if accepted would be the lowest cost to the player who wants to continue to use 4500psi.
Russ
