The PA is different from other events in that it is striving to create a sport and because of that it has to do things that the other events don’t have to bother with.
If you are relatively new to the game I would not recommend the PA to you unless you are part of an established team, we tend to be more demanding of the teams and unless you can cope and in fact agree with what we are trying to achieve you won’t like it.
The Masters and the SWPL both offer recreational sup-air that most people who play like, so you should perhaps check them both out, the good thing about them is you can play a leg and miss one if you or your finances start to struggle.
The local leagues also tend to be a little bit easier going with the reffing.
I am not sure what format they are doing next year but it looks like the PA will be doing Xball and not the “light” version but the full on in your face 5 man on steroids version.
The cost to play the PA is dearer per team but probably less per player when you consider the number of players you can have in your team and the number of game you should get in a days paintball.
You also have to take account of travelling time, the Masters is based at various sites around the midlands and a similar thing happens with the NSPL but of course that’s based in the South West. The Paintball Association Eclipse national league is held at the same site (Ancaster) every month.
The PA is a fixed 6 event format and if you played (as a team) you would be required to attend every event and also be expected to pre pay for you last event as a rolling deposit.
Other events tend to require a deposit per event when you book into play and would have a lot more events per year for you to play or pick at.
I believe the NSPL have some dye guns and kit they can lend out to some teams so you can try them out to see if you like them.
Another way to consider playing the PA is to join your local team and see if you can make the squad (in your case I think it would be Milton Keynes Storm)
Links to try:
www.thepaintballassociation.biz
www.uk-masters.co.uk
www.southwestpaintball.co.uk
Good Luck
Russ
If you are relatively new to the game I would not recommend the PA to you unless you are part of an established team, we tend to be more demanding of the teams and unless you can cope and in fact agree with what we are trying to achieve you won’t like it.
The Masters and the SWPL both offer recreational sup-air that most people who play like, so you should perhaps check them both out, the good thing about them is you can play a leg and miss one if you or your finances start to struggle.
The local leagues also tend to be a little bit easier going with the reffing.
I am not sure what format they are doing next year but it looks like the PA will be doing Xball and not the “light” version but the full on in your face 5 man on steroids version.
The cost to play the PA is dearer per team but probably less per player when you consider the number of players you can have in your team and the number of game you should get in a days paintball.
You also have to take account of travelling time, the Masters is based at various sites around the midlands and a similar thing happens with the NSPL but of course that’s based in the South West. The Paintball Association Eclipse national league is held at the same site (Ancaster) every month.
The PA is a fixed 6 event format and if you played (as a team) you would be required to attend every event and also be expected to pre pay for you last event as a rolling deposit.
Other events tend to require a deposit per event when you book into play and would have a lot more events per year for you to play or pick at.
I believe the NSPL have some dye guns and kit they can lend out to some teams so you can try them out to see if you like them.
Another way to consider playing the PA is to join your local team and see if you can make the squad (in your case I think it would be Milton Keynes Storm)
Links to try:
www.thepaintballassociation.biz
www.uk-masters.co.uk
www.southwestpaintball.co.uk
Good Luck
Russ
