Playing milenium

[Fisz]

The measure was originally introduced as a way to protect the sponsoring manufacturers back when they were showing the Paintball Show on Eurosport 2. The show's no more but the licence remains.

 

[PirateGuy]

Marker manufacturers like Planet Eclipse and Dye pay mega bucks to the millennium series to be diamond/platinum sponsors, correct ? They do this to support the league and in turn get advertising and brand recognition, correct ? After paying such a large amount of money, it seems the MS has decided to work with its sponsors and not allow Markers from other manufacturers that do not sponsor the series.


Unfortunately you are not looking at the big picture. The higher divisions of the series see teams with contracts and sponsorship deals. Without these deals i reassure you that many teams would not be playing right now. This means that the manufacturers support is invaluable to the teams and the MS. How does this help the manufacturers that sponsor the series ? quite simply, teams winning events that are getting recognition and thus have some value to the companies that sponsor them are more likely to be one of their OWN teams if you can find a way to exclude other markers being shot at the events. Otherwise how do you justify to marker manufacturers the high price of sponsoring the MS ??

sorry if im babbling, very little sleep and im on my way to paris

Well the protection is working really well each year teams get less and all its done for us is push us to go to the states and play threre it costs the same to go there and you can use any gun.
On another note i am not even sure if its even legal for manufactures to club together like this and keep outhers out. maybe somone should look into it.

 

[Exile]

If you're just planning on playing a couple of events and not commiting to a whole season in div 1, spl or CPL then you can use what ever gun you want.

so if you're playing div 2, 3 or m5 then you'll be fine.

If you can/want to play in a locked division then you should follow its rules.
And its really not stupid, as you say. They need to have a way to support the companies that support them with financial aid, no ? i understand it perfectly.

Wow The manufactures need protecting from who ? . Do you mean people like me who skrimp and save to play and can only afford secondhand guns. So they say protecting the manufactures when in reality they are saying give us money and we will stop people playing tournies and get reduced teams each year just like this year where they have cancelled the 5 man wow thats really doing a great deed to everyone stopping people playing. all its done for us is we wont play it then the manufactures loose potential customers further down the line while milenium line thier pockets.

You're obviously not listening to others - if you are buying struggling to buy 2nd hand guns, then you're highly unlikely to be playing the locked divisions and therefore this rule DOES NOT apply to you, so feel free to turn up with your Bob Long, Dangerous Power or any other marker that doesn't support the Millennium Series and play.

See you out there?

 

[Lovetone]

WDo you mean people like me who skrimp and save to play and can only afford secondhand guns. .

Please dont take this the wrong way but I dont think you really fit the model of a Millenium series player.
If you cant afford a gun, how are yoiu going to afford to play the event? Id be shocked if you saw much change from £500 to play an even these days...


Added to this, as a (generalising) casual player, you wont be playing in Div 1 or above, so the point regarding "banned" guns is entirely moot...