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jcressey

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Cheap...;) s'pecially coming from a brighton boy:p

-ChEf
I lock my bum up with Gaffa tape when Im around town, Dont you worry about that...

One advantage of living in brighton, Only half the girls get pulled because most the boys and looking for boys not girls..

So theres sh!t Loads of girls to choose from :)
 

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But the point is that the premier european legue should present paintball to sponsors, media and new players. In a way that local events cant. Thats the millennium series role in my view and thats why players pay much more in fees, flights, hotels etc to attend.
I don't think most players pay money to market to new players. Sponsors might (and should) but attracting new players does nothing for the current players.

Players pay for good quality fields, reffing, air, pits, and the organization behind that. Their willingness to pay more for those things is probably helped by the presence of the trade show.

Yes, it's nice if the premiere paintball league presents paintball to sponsors, media and new players, but that ain't what the players are paying for, and if you think that's not the case, imagine how long the league would last if the events were held in very public locations, on pavement, with no refs. No teams are going to pay for that. But there are plenty of teams who will pay for well-run events with good reffing on grass in the middle of nowhere.
 

jcressey

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And why would he want to start up something that takes massive amounts of time to do and doesn't make any money?
Well, Ask Rob that, He was the one saying they should consider weather or not to carry on the event, Something needs to run in its place if it was to end.. Its a pretty major event.:eek:
 

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Why on earth would I wanna bother with running a series, it's just a headache from start to finish?
There's no real money in it, no real thanks from anyone, no real overall sport development achieved..the list goes on.

There is a massive disparity with what the players want / expect and what the promoters can give on a consistent basis for the money they take in at the front end.

Yes it is possible to run a European series that makes an OK profit and keeps the customer base generally happy but....who the hell is gonna risk that degree of investment and resource allocation - and for what???

Nah, it's a gamble too far for me and to be honest, I just can't be arsed to get involved in anything like that.
It's more than enough for my little ole brain to do what I do for PGi let alone anythign like that.
 

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Jcressey, Chris (Mario) is highlighting the fact you were wrong in stating the Millennium numbers were inxcreasing...they are not, so I don't know where you get your information from.