I am seeing lots of posts calling for integration, both domestically and internationally.
I would like to argue, or at least suggest that competition, when it comes to organisers, is actually good and should be embraced by the end users/paying customer, not feared.
Now, first of all I would like to point out that I will be paraphrasing a lot here as I don’t have time to find the specific quotes so apologies if I mis-quote and/or mis-represent – this is not done with any malice intent…
Let’s start at home; there was a thread about the Campaign promotion saying that there would be more TV/Radio presence if it wasn’t for the PA and their claims. Now, I can appreciate why that might piss on the Campaign bonfire, but for the end user, let’s read between the lines here. To me that sounds like some of the media that Campaign are speaking to (Campaign being an international event) have already been spoken to by the PA (a domestic).
From my point of view, as an end user – that can only be good? A domestic series has already upped the stakes sufficiently that an international has to do more – that’s good for the end user, not bad surely?
Pro tour – at least part of the incentive of creating the pro tour was other promoters were titsed off at what the PA was doing/trying to do. Surely this is good for us, the end user? After all, you pays your money, you takes your pick. The more organisers going after the same group of customers, the better value/event the end user gets. The model for this can be seen clearly on the corporate scale, why are we so ‘piss in our pants scared’ of it when it comes to paintball?
I am now reading how the NPPL is bad if they come to Europe – how so??? I mean seriously, does anyone believe that Campaign would be at the NEC (one of the finest and best known venues in the UK) this year if it wasn’t for the stakes probable next year? The threat of the NPPL coming to Euroland has obviously rattled the cages of the Millennium people, no? I mean, last year, generally, I heard lots of pissing and moaning about venues etc This year, Paris was, by most accounts, a resounding success, with CC05 set to follow that trend. You think this would happen if the Millennium was the only international tournament series?
I want organisers to battle for my custom, I want domestic and international series’ to slug it out for my stack of Charles Dickens’ – I think you (if an end user) should too. The moment competition is lot, the competitors loose their edge, in the arena of event organisers, the competitors loosing their edge means piss poor events for the end user.
Discuss…
I would like to argue, or at least suggest that competition, when it comes to organisers, is actually good and should be embraced by the end users/paying customer, not feared.
Now, first of all I would like to point out that I will be paraphrasing a lot here as I don’t have time to find the specific quotes so apologies if I mis-quote and/or mis-represent – this is not done with any malice intent…
Let’s start at home; there was a thread about the Campaign promotion saying that there would be more TV/Radio presence if it wasn’t for the PA and their claims. Now, I can appreciate why that might piss on the Campaign bonfire, but for the end user, let’s read between the lines here. To me that sounds like some of the media that Campaign are speaking to (Campaign being an international event) have already been spoken to by the PA (a domestic).
From my point of view, as an end user – that can only be good? A domestic series has already upped the stakes sufficiently that an international has to do more – that’s good for the end user, not bad surely?
Pro tour – at least part of the incentive of creating the pro tour was other promoters were titsed off at what the PA was doing/trying to do. Surely this is good for us, the end user? After all, you pays your money, you takes your pick. The more organisers going after the same group of customers, the better value/event the end user gets. The model for this can be seen clearly on the corporate scale, why are we so ‘piss in our pants scared’ of it when it comes to paintball?
I am now reading how the NPPL is bad if they come to Europe – how so??? I mean seriously, does anyone believe that Campaign would be at the NEC (one of the finest and best known venues in the UK) this year if it wasn’t for the stakes probable next year? The threat of the NPPL coming to Euroland has obviously rattled the cages of the Millennium people, no? I mean, last year, generally, I heard lots of pissing and moaning about venues etc This year, Paris was, by most accounts, a resounding success, with CC05 set to follow that trend. You think this would happen if the Millennium was the only international tournament series?
I want organisers to battle for my custom, I want domestic and international series’ to slug it out for my stack of Charles Dickens’ – I think you (if an end user) should too. The moment competition is lot, the competitors loose their edge, in the arena of event organisers, the competitors loosing their edge means piss poor events for the end user.
Discuss…
