Cheque is in the ......

[headrock6]

Originally posted by manike
I just recently returned froma trip to New Jersey and one thing which suprised me was the number of fields that cater 'soley' for the wannabe tournament player. Or that do a lot for them.

Fields that aren't even bothered about rentals.

I was at one field where they just have teams turn up and play each other all weekend. It was like a mini tournament but much more relaxed and cheaper.

See here in NY the smaller fields do alot for us,with us giving a little bit back in return..We played religiously at our local field for a year,made some friends and then approached the owner asking for just a small field sponsorship..Now with that included free entry,free air,and about $60 for a case of Diablo Blaze(it was $100 a case for feild paint..Now in return we ref some rec ball when they need some extra guys and wear a well placed patch showing where our allegiances are..

Also,most places around here offer BYOP 1 or 2 nights a week which makes it significantly cheaper if you can get a discount from your local store..If I head east from the city towards Long Island,theres about 6 different places I can play including 4 indoors during the winter,Survival NY which is about an hour heading upstate,and about 3 other places if I head to Jersey..With all the competition its not hard to see why local fields do plenty for the teams that play there..

Manike-You were just out at PBLI..How much were they charging you per case at the Big Game??And that field gives so much support for up and comers who ball every weekend at thier place even with only 1 small,****ty Hyperball feild and it shows in most cases..

Originally posted by QuackingPlums
so is paint SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper in the US than over here? Cos it's in danger of turning into one of those "only for the rich" sports here - I can't imagine many teams being able to afford that kind of thing several times a week!

I can go to my local store and with a slight discount pay $55-$60 for a case of RPS Evil...Not too tragic if you play once a week and play front or mid....How much do they charge out by you guys??

 

[Philip]

Roughly the same price as you are paying.

You pay $55 which is £34 and we pay 35-40.

 

[manike]

Originally posted by headrock6
Manike-You were just out at PBLI..How much were they charging you per case at the Big Game??And that field gives so much support for up and comers who ball every weekend at thier place even with only 1 small,****ty Hyperball feild and it shows in most cases..

Not a good place to talk about prices for several reasons. It's expensive as Paul S admits, it was a big game so paint is generally more expensive, the team I was with is sponsored to play that event, and I am personally sponsored so I was in a different position to most.

To be honest I'm not even sure what they were charging

We do pay similar prices for paint (our fields tend to charge more though in many cases) but I think the biggest difference is the cost of living.

£35-40 means much more to a Brit than $55 means to an American. If the rest of our lives wasn't so damn expensive we could play more.

The cost of living difference between the states and UK is extraordinary. You earn more for equivalent jobs and your cost of living is lower. For instance you pay almost 1/4 of what we do for petrol (gas)! Almost everything is more expensive here.

 

[headrock6]

Originally posted by manike
Not a good place to talk about prices for several reasons. It's expensive as Paul S admits, it was a big game so paint is generally more expensive, the team I was with is sponsored to play that event, and I am personally sponsored so I was in a different position to most.

To be honest I'm not even sure what they were charging

We do pay similar prices for paint (our fields tend to charge more though in many cases) but I think the biggest difference is the cost of living.

£35-40 means much more to a Brit than $55 means to an American. If the rest of our lives wasn't so damn expensive we could play more.

The cost of living difference between the states and UK is extraordinary. You earn more for equivalent jobs and your cost of living is lower. For instance you pay almost 1/4 of what we do for petrol (gas)! Almost everything is more expensive here.

I forgot that you magically turn Canadian for a few days ...How does that work with the accent though


Sure its nots cheap to live here in NY either but what im seeing alot more of is mommys and daddys supporting these little addicts paintball addictions every weekend or kids reffing 2 weekends a month or taking up a job at the local place to feed thier habits..The effort certainly isnt lacking when it comes to wanting to play over here and im sure that cost of living over there puts some serious strains to how much you can all spend on playing even if the efforts there..

And Paul admitted something to be expensive ..You figure charging $1300 for a Toxic Matrix could maybe cut down on paint prices but I guess not They charge $100 a case for as long as I can remember..Expensive might be the understatement of the year..How bout highway robbery!!

 

[rancid]

Originally posted by manike
I am personally sponsored so I was in a different position to most.

Fkin nora. There's hope for us all.

 

[Mikey D]

 

[manike]

Originally posted by rancid
Fkin nora. There's hope for us all.

I'll sponsor you

I figure 4 tubes and two gas for a particularly strenuous day in the woods ought to do it?

Heck I'd even throw in a set of DPM's once a year!

 

[rancid]

Where do I sign?

 

[neil mochan]

food for thought

Originally posted by Robbo
"The Cheque is in the post"

"I promise I won't c#m in yer mouth"

"The Americans are nowhere near Baghdad"

"I did not have sex with that woman"

"European Ams are as good as American Ams"

"There are the same number of European tournament teams as in America"


Ooops, sorry couldn't resist it

RoBo, you keep saying" the yanks are better than us" your right but..............
can we catch them????
i think yes.

Huntington beach, ton ton beat naughty dogs and dynasty!
And thier french... if the french can catch them surely we can.
a couple of years and we will be up there with the best of them.

 

[Robbo]

food for thought

Originally posted by neil mochan
RoBo, you keep saying" the yanks are better than us" your right but..............
can we catch them????
i think yes.

Huntington beach, ton ton beat naughty dogs and dynasty!
And thier french... if the french can catch them surely we can.
a couple of years and we will be up there with the best of them.

Well, Nexus wasn't started to play second fiddle to the Yanks.
In the recent past, other Brit teams have gotten occasional results against the top American teams but this in no way implies we are up with them, we ain't.

I hope Nexus will be there or thereabouts in about 12 to 18 months time, as for any other Brit teams, you might have to ask their captains for their hopes, plans and aspirations.

The Russkies are already there in my opinion with the Ton Tons not that far behind.
Don't expect no glut of Brit or Euro teams to start contesting for the top spots coz it ain't gonna happen in the near future.

Sad but true