Is Xball ever coming to the uk?
- Thread starter Ironkid
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Something you cant really say yes or no to. At the moment its quite quiet as the few leagues which are running now are doing well just as regular tournament set outs. So i think it will stay that way for now, but you never know! But hey, there are a couple about, Fightclub, cough cough
XBALL LITE @ D7's
Dartford held its 1st Xball lite tourney the other week and it seemed to be a hit!
The next Xball Lite tourney will be on the 30/07/06
5 minutre game time
2 minute turnaround
Best of 3 games for the win
Dartford held its 1st Xball lite tourney the other week and it seemed to be a hit!
The next Xball Lite tourney will be on the 30/07/06
5 minutre game time
2 minute turnaround
Best of 3 games for the win
Yea Fight Club, Dartford, and the PA have all had Xball variation events. I played the Dartford ones and it was great, not quite enough like the long games of Xball that i have seen on PSP that I would love to play but it is still good fun.
Everyone i have talked to loves Xball, it is paintball at its best for players, so it seems the most logical thing for it to come to the UK in full, however when and where is yet to be seen!
Everyone i have talked to loves Xball, it is paintball at its best for players, so it seems the most logical thing for it to come to the UK in full, however when and where is yet to be seen!
Unfortunately....the main dynamic for XBall (other than itself) is the NXL...and in my opinion, the signs are, there will be no NXL next year.
It could of course be argued that 'XBall should live on' but I'm afraid it only lives if leagues adopt it and if the major leagues do not adopt it, then it will wither away into indifference.
With the NXL / PSP guys posturing toward the NPPL, and the NPPL guys displaying more than a passing interest, then it seems there may be a less bumpy ride ahead on the road to full integration.
The ESPN show has been hugely successful and seems to have cemented in the minds of the NPPL guys that the 7 man format is the way to go but.....it's not so much the 7 man format that makes this work but the significant editing that is done to make this format attractive.
XBall is more exciting, there is no doubt but the very thing that makes it exciting also provides its Achilles heel..basiclaly, it's repetitive and therein lies its downfall, leastwise as far as the NPPL guys go.
The 7 man format, edited down to video-bites seems to provide the best of both worlds, exciting climactic finales coupled with a degree of complexity Xball can't provide .....well that's the theory anyway.
And thus, XBall dies if this integration goes ahead, and if all goes to plan, the Millennium series falls into line.
Hmmmmm.......
It could of course be argued that 'XBall should live on' but I'm afraid it only lives if leagues adopt it and if the major leagues do not adopt it, then it will wither away into indifference.
With the NXL / PSP guys posturing toward the NPPL, and the NPPL guys displaying more than a passing interest, then it seems there may be a less bumpy ride ahead on the road to full integration.
The ESPN show has been hugely successful and seems to have cemented in the minds of the NPPL guys that the 7 man format is the way to go but.....it's not so much the 7 man format that makes this work but the significant editing that is done to make this format attractive.
XBall is more exciting, there is no doubt but the very thing that makes it exciting also provides its Achilles heel..basiclaly, it's repetitive and therein lies its downfall, leastwise as far as the NPPL guys go.
The 7 man format, edited down to video-bites seems to provide the best of both worlds, exciting climactic finales coupled with a degree of complexity Xball can't provide .....well that's the theory anyway.
And thus, XBall dies if this integration goes ahead, and if all goes to plan, the Millennium series falls into line.
Hmmmmm.......
