Midland Masters / KOTH

[le-pig]

Originally posted by Phil
Can anybody explain why the midland masters is a five man in the woods and the king of the hill is a five man in the woods we are using the same marshals/fields/stageing area/ in fact no difference from where i standing except one division pays an extra £25.000 per team.
If it's because the "A teams" get something for winning thats fine but it would have to be a pretty good prize when you think about it. 16x25 = £400 extra at this event alone.
£35 is the dearest entry fee for a standard tournament and when its in the dam woods as well i feel like they are taking the p***.

And i am not even sure they give out any prize's.

I have not posted this to get flamed but like it says just speaking my brains

And i know i'm not the only one who thinks the Midland Masters are getting greedy.
And before anyone says vote with your feet - the team have commited to play the series so do i just leave the team when all i want is fairness across the board.

phil
bit late in reading this,but wtf is your point .the mm try there best to keep us happy and do a good job,we travel enough to get there,sounds like your team should ditch YOUR sorry ass

 

[Russell Smith]

I think everyone is missing the point he is making and i agree with it.
And before anyone starts giving me **** remember i've been in this game since before some of you were born and I do play the Midland Masters events.
But Phils point is quite valid and i do not want to start any this series is better than that series bollocks but why should somebody else decide that i will support the newer teams with my cash - I will, would, and am very happy to offer advice and loan kit to anyone new or not but if i want to support them with MY CASH please let me decide.

See you all sunday

As for the woods I love em.

 

[D6]

Russell- I agree with you in principle that it should be your decision if you spend extra money, but to be realistic, is £5 a player for the UK Masters teams gonna set you back that much? If it helps new teams out, then I think I'd pay it, but maybe that's just me.

We may be missing that point, but I still stand by what I said that Phil has an alterior motive- it's not the first time he's come on these boards trynig to rubbish the tournaments that SPC run. How do you address that point Russell?

See you sunday- and I can't stand the woods

 

[JoseDominguez]

yup, he didn't just make the point, he was having a go......... I can see what Russel means, but surely, the very fact that he feels that way but still plays means it's worth the extra £5?
If it was more expensive and crap...... I'm sure he wouldn't bother. But look at the difference in the posts, Russell makes a point and explains it, he doesn't just go off on one.
And unless Dicky and Mario are coming to Phils house on Sunday dragging him to the tourney and making him play, then I believe it's a team issue......... if your team are playing a tourney you don't like, then that's who you need to start arguing with.
I don't play it....... not because of expense or distance..... but because I promised the human resources department at work I wouldn't pay anymore woodsball (long history of injury due to lack of sense). If my team elected to play it, I'd have a problem...... but not with Blakey. Who are you angry at Phil?
And I spend £5 on 9v batteries every tourney, so it's not an issue.... Anyway, it's Blakey's tourney, he can run it how he sees fit..... and why is the £5 reduction a bad thing? most organisations cut prices to get customers they wouldn't get otherwise....... students, under 18 discounts, pensioners, why should paintball be different..... I provide my team with 5 markers so our newbies can play, nice to see a tourney organiser doing something to get the new blood in too.

 

[Phil]

I will come and introduce myself on sunday and i am glad you have a recipt from hope hospice regarding OUR donation please bring it with you because i believe i have more info than you want me to have and thats the only reason i brought it up.
But let me honest I DO hope for your sake i am wrong.
I am led to believe that the profit for the welsh open and the auction should have been sent to Hope hospice if i am wrong let me know and i will shut the f*** up.
If that did not happen i want my money back.
I will see you in the morning

 

[Mario]

phil, blakey will have the info with him. Will you do us the courtesy of bringing your info with you as well?

 

[D6]

Haven't we been over this before? Is there something wrong with your ability to inwardly digest information? Our are you out to deliberatly ruin our good name?

You were mistaken into believing that the whole of the Welsh Open was run as a charity event. We cleared that up. The auction was for charity. We never billed the event as all proceeds going to charity. Have you got any idea how much it costs to run a tournament?

I don't know and I don't care who your source is- but I can tell you now- it's bull$hit. Somebody's telling you nonsense then getting you to come on here making nobody else but yourself look stooopid.

If you prize your source so much- why don't you tell us who it is? Or even better, why don't they come on here and tell us for themselves?

 

[John C]

Really if your bothered that novice players are given a £5 discount then you should take up snakes and ladders or something.


In my opinion tournament paintball is only as good as it is now in the UK because of the Midlands Masters.

Before the MM youy were told where the tourney would be and told what fields and format you were playing. If you were lucky you had one supair field to go with 3 woods fields.

Then Blakey and Co came along and they ASKED what format you wanted, ASKED what type of fleilds etc.
All supair tourneys are common now but this is due on no small part to the Midlands Masters setting the standard and asking the paying customers what they want.

 

[McD]

Mario you have p/m

 

[Mario]

aye and one back at ya...