Are we going about it the wrong way?

[L J]

cant be arsed to read all of the posts cos im bored with all this " how can we make paintball more popular crap"

but anyway, another thing, most people go paintballing, simply for the war factor, running around shooting each other, yelling war cries and making mad runs at people and getting lit up, iv watched punter play on woodland, and sup air, and their team work(ask bad as it may be sometimes) is alot better in the wwoods than on a sup air field, i would say half of the people that go to wood sites, are going for the executive games and team building within a working atmosphere

and as EVERYONE seems to be thinking that paintball coverage isnt good, why dont you all enter teams into the PAL then quit your whining because this is what is getting external sponsors in and media coverage.

and please dont respond saying im a twat for thinking we arent going to get very much farther in the world of media in the next few years, just my views which i believe are true, and im bored of the same old thread coming up every day....


Jon


edit: also, fishing gets no coverage??? are you plaincrazy? i see it all the feckin time on NORMAL tv, not even sky!

 

[Munkeh]

Wow... the ignorance. If you took the time and actually read the above posts you might see, that no-one is saying that PB exposure to the media is a bad thing. But THE ENTIRE point of the thread is that media exposure is not needed. Hence the fishing analogy which has just had the last fishing show axed from TV yet, fishing enjoys a MASSIVE following. So please... think before you post.

 

[IanC]

Originally posted by L J
cant be arsed to read all of the posts cos im bored with all this " how can we make paintball more popular crap"

but anyway, another thing, most people go paintballing, simply for the war factor, running around shooting each other, yelling war cries and making mad runs at people and getting lit up, iv watched punter play on woodland, and sup air, and their team work(ask bas as it may be sometimes) is alot better in the wwoods than on a sup air field, i would say half of the people that go to wood sites, are going for the executive games and team building within a working atmosphere

and as EVERYONE seems to be thinking that paintball coverage isnt good, why dont you all enter teams into the PAL then quit your whining because this is what is getting external sponsors in and media coverage.

and please dont respond saying im a twat for thinking we arent going to get very much farther in the world of media in the next few years, just my views which i believe are true, and im bored of the same old thread coming up every day....


Jon


edit: also, fishing gets no coverage??? are you plaincrazy? i see it all the feckin time on NORMAL tv, not even sky!

Well I've at least had the grace to read your post, and if you can't be bothered to read the body of the discussion then i would poiltley suggest that you $od off! We weren't whining, we were having a discussion, theres a slight difference. Feel free to join in if you can be ar$ed!

This how can we make paintball more popular crap is the future of our sport, and placing blind faith in one tournament series is a little short sighted, don't you think.

 

[L J]

ok, i worded it wrong, i read it up to rancids post, then stopped and posted, and realised it was the same as always post

edit: im not placing blind faith in one series, i for one, wont be playing PAL as far as i know, but it seems the only way forward of any of you guys want to get on tv

 

[Buddha 3]

Originally posted by L J
but anyway, another thing, most people go paintballing, simply for the war factor, running around shooting each other, yelling war cries and making mad runs at people and getting lit up, iv watched punter play on woodland, and sup air, and their team work(ask bad as it may be sometimes) is alot better in the wwoods than on a sup air field, i would say half of the people that go to wood sites, are going for the executive games and team building within a working atmosphere

Why do we always think that we need to convert people to Sup'Air or other forms of tourney ball? If we can get 5-10% of the people that play as a rental every year to get their own marker just to play the odd rec game, it's all gravy. That would mean a massive influx of players, a percantage of which will undoubtably make the step to tournament ball.

 

[IanC]

Getting on TV is unfortunately not the be all and end all of this.
We need to make the higher levels of the sport not only more public but also more accessable for all.

 

[Munkeh]

Originally posted by Buddha 3
Why do we always think that we need to convert people to Sup'Air or other forms of tourney ball? If we can get 5-10% of the people that play as a rental every year to get their own marker just to play the odd rec game, it's all gravy. That would mean a massive influx of players, a percantage of which will undoubtably make the step to tournament ball.

Woo-hoo... at least a few understand what I was trying to get at!

 

[IanC]

Originally posted by Munkeh
Woo-hoo... at least a few understand what I was trying to get at!

Of course I understand what you are trying to get at, you want to raise a team of Amazonian Pigmy paintball warriors armed with ultra small half block cockers to bring down capitalism and install a giant beetroot as the global head of state??? Right?

 

[duffistuta]

Originally posted by L J
cant be arsed to read all of the posts cos im bored with all this " how can we make paintball more popular crap"

Could you be more rude?

And if the answer is yes, the next question will be 'Could you be more banned?', to which the answer will be no.

 

[L J]

i did explain myself, i may have been slightly over the top there, guess i just got worked up, but i was just expressing my opinion... if we are allowed to...

the only way i could possibly be more rude, is to become TL and post the 'worst posts ever' he posts