http://www.planeteclipse.com/site/eNews.asp?newsID=140
i think its a good idea so long as we keep 7 and 5 man events
i think its a good idea so long as we keep 7 and 5 man events
is this the future of paintball?
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It really does look like fun, changing paintball completly, but hey, we came out of the woods, why cant we change again?!?!
i dunno, teams would most likely split into two
i'd say it looks good but it hasn't got the staying power, with such a small field it may get repetetive for outsiders, being only so many ways that players could break out.
I say make it a bit longer and wider, and you'll be able to fit a snake in there. Angles might be quite difficult to deal with but then it is three man, and i think if they've tried it and it works then great!
also 1 on 1's would be fun with this
I'm liking the look of that
I hope people know what I mean, but that looks awesome, prodominantly because it looks exciting. Now don't get me wrong, but when you mention the word paintball to a randomer in the street, the first thing they think of is guys playing soldiers in some big woods.
But what that concept does, with the cage design, lighting, and perhaps most fundamentally the fact that it's indoors, is it brings our sport out of the woods and out of that stereotype. It's been said many times, one of the reasons paintball doesn't work as well as we would like it to on TV is because of a lack of central focus, and whilst we as paintballers know in reality that there is focus and where to look for these hotspots, your average Joe will just sees a bunch of guys shooting fast guns and that's that. But I think that concept of having a very small field, coupled with having fewer/smaller bunkers, and all-around camera rigs, means that the cameras can see everywhere at any one time, and therefore those hotspots of action are not only more intensely packed, they're more likely to happen and there's no chance of missing them. That cage becomes one big hive of activity.
We have to make paintball more showy, more intense, get rid of all that mud and rain, introduce the bling side, get all the action to one place. Why not some music to give it a bit of an atmosphere, get the strobes kicking; then you got yourself one fine looking arena. And a good atmosphere I'll bet too.
So now I'm thinking, you stick this in front of a randomer, and the first thing they'll think is 'hey, that looks pretty damn cool'.
We talk about TV alot, but what about spectators too? Who wants to spend a day in a wet field waiting for the best games, for the odd moment of action, when they could be sat indoors in an arena with it all happening for them - right in front of their eyes? Show style. You gotta make it feel special, like it's not just a load of hashed together playing fields on a football pitch. It's gotta be like that to attract the interest to be there.
Campaign Cup for example. Again, ask a randomer, 'wanna come to see a professional paintball tournament? It's at the NEC'
Sounds good, until you get to the part about it being on the spare car park.
But campaign is a brilliant tournament, and it does attract people who don't play paintball. So why can't we make it better?
There's alot of talk about unification. Great stuff. The united paintball federation is it that the millenium and psp just joined? ok, you get a load more event organisers together in this, doesn't it start to become feasible that with enough organisers, a purpose built venue could be built, grasping this concept of glam and showiness (don't think thats a real word) to be shared between these tournaments, so that we have something of a grandstand for the big events. Would it work? Would it work to have a few of these across europe?
Obviously not all of this will work, but I think thats where we have to head if we want this sport to reach people. What does evryone else think?
I hope people know what I mean, but that looks awesome, prodominantly because it looks exciting. Now don't get me wrong, but when you mention the word paintball to a randomer in the street, the first thing they think of is guys playing soldiers in some big woods.
But what that concept does, with the cage design, lighting, and perhaps most fundamentally the fact that it's indoors, is it brings our sport out of the woods and out of that stereotype. It's been said many times, one of the reasons paintball doesn't work as well as we would like it to on TV is because of a lack of central focus, and whilst we as paintballers know in reality that there is focus and where to look for these hotspots, your average Joe will just sees a bunch of guys shooting fast guns and that's that. But I think that concept of having a very small field, coupled with having fewer/smaller bunkers, and all-around camera rigs, means that the cameras can see everywhere at any one time, and therefore those hotspots of action are not only more intensely packed, they're more likely to happen and there's no chance of missing them. That cage becomes one big hive of activity.
We have to make paintball more showy, more intense, get rid of all that mud and rain, introduce the bling side, get all the action to one place. Why not some music to give it a bit of an atmosphere, get the strobes kicking; then you got yourself one fine looking arena. And a good atmosphere I'll bet too.
So now I'm thinking, you stick this in front of a randomer, and the first thing they'll think is 'hey, that looks pretty damn cool'.
We talk about TV alot, but what about spectators too? Who wants to spend a day in a wet field waiting for the best games, for the odd moment of action, when they could be sat indoors in an arena with it all happening for them - right in front of their eyes? Show style. You gotta make it feel special, like it's not just a load of hashed together playing fields on a football pitch. It's gotta be like that to attract the interest to be there.
Campaign Cup for example. Again, ask a randomer, 'wanna come to see a professional paintball tournament? It's at the NEC'
Sounds good, until you get to the part about it being on the spare car park.
But campaign is a brilliant tournament, and it does attract people who don't play paintball. So why can't we make it better?
There's alot of talk about unification. Great stuff. The united paintball federation is it that the millenium and psp just joined? ok, you get a load more event organisers together in this, doesn't it start to become feasible that with enough organisers, a purpose built venue could be built, grasping this concept of glam and showiness (don't think thats a real word) to be shared between these tournaments, so that we have something of a grandstand for the big events. Would it work? Would it work to have a few of these across europe?
Obviously not all of this will work, but I think thats where we have to head if we want this sport to reach people. What does evryone else think?
TPC in London is almost that, its really small and encourages faster moves and games.
TBH i dont think it will stay with the 3man, as Piggsy says there are only a few decent ways to breakout, make it up to a small 5 man field and it would be awsome.
TBH i dont think it will stay with the 3man, as Piggsy says there are only a few decent ways to breakout, make it up to a small 5 man field and it would be awsome.