The Future! An idea to consider! Your views!

[Parksy]

Think people are maybe over complicating an already complicated situation

Even getting people together from the three different series may pose a problem never mind the rest of the stuff mentioned... walk before we can run springs to mind.

The idea of the top teams from the three different series playing a tournament at the end of the season may be a reasistic possibility though as Blakey mentioned

At the moment you have different leagues because not everyone can travel so far, or afford the time off work etc that is involved in playing some of the tournaments around the country. But I think for a 'final' tournament of sorts (which at the end of the day would only be once a year) would be welcome to the majority of teams.

Just my thoughts, don't shoot me (unlessI'm shooting back at you )

Dave

 

[Dark Warrior]

The idea is to place a certain amount of the top teams from each league into a Premier League.
The remaining teams remain in their respective leagues maybe with a little bit of shuffling about
The Premier league runs a fixed attend all fixtures structure.
The feeder leagues run pretty much as they do now except that the top two teams from each league will play off to get into the premier league.
Therefore things only really change for the top teams, but these are the teams where there is full commitment to the sport.
Teams wishing to aspire to that level will enter as many of their league tournies and rack up as many points as the can to get to the top and move into the "pro league"

The idea about the leagues getting together with UKPSF to sort out rules and reg which are consistent to every UK event again is essential to the future of the sport. These are the people who are so passionate about the sport that they spend all their spare time and money arranging events. These are the people who would like to bring paintball to the next level. Individually it can't be done as non of these leagues cover the whole country, so an amalgamation of minds is whats needed so that we have recognisable governing body with elected representative

Nobody says this is going to be easy, getting any new venture off the ground never is, but we have 3 established and 1 fledgeling league, plus a body representing paintball on behalf of players.
It's time for a series of meetings to see if something can develop.
If not, lets just play paintball for the fun and forget about competing on a global stage

 

[Roland]

It may happen sooner then you think (or something like it)!

 

[Richard Kirke (DUPS Rocket) UK]

Originally posted by L1f3
Think people are maybe over complicating an already complicated situation

Even getting people together from the three different series may pose a problem never mind the rest of the stuff mentioned... walk before we can run springs to mind.

This is why an X-Ball type format would be better than a tournament system, only one team need travel a long distace.

Can any X-Ball claim the license to any match type format? Maybe a 7-man type format?

Richard

 

[Si.]

X-ball may work for the Top teams, but not for teams like us.. the small fry teams, the expence will just be far too much..

The Idea of a Northern, midlands, and Southern league with a final at the end of the year is an excellent idea..

 

[Richard Kirke (DUPS Rocket) UK]

Not for us small fry

Do you consider us one of the top teams in the country? I don't!

We're talking Shockwave, K2, Clowns, Inferno, Campaign Power that sorta thing. (Nexus? I doubt it...)

Richard.

As an alternative to enter the leage win one of the first 8 tournaments in each region (SWL, MM, 2K3, M25) then you have 32 teams, have a tournament...

Richard

 

[Si.]

X-ball may work for the Top teams, but not for teams like us.. the small fry teams, the expence will just be far too much..

As in, we are small fry, not a top team.

 

[Richard Kirke (DUPS Rocket) UK]

Ah yes, you did say that...

Sorry, not reading very carefully.

I wasn proposing X-Ball type format for the top teams from each league (as decided from previous years standings) to travel to play otehr top teams form other places round the country.

We'd get to watch (maybe over lunch?) and chear on the home team...

Richard

 

[garycarrot]

The problem is always going to be the cost, and time for each player.
At the moment we play in 1 tourny and one practice a month, and this takes up 2 days of my life, and costs up to £100 per month.
If we go and have a overnighter its more.
I dont know about everyone else, but my domestic situation means i can not spare much more time or cash!!

The "local" events, can take us up to 3hrs to get there, then we play all day and have to return home.
How many teams that play in the Series2003 and M/M play in the Millenium events? And could anyone afford to play Xball?

I agree with a National Leauge, with north,midland and south legs. Feeding into a end of season final.

I dont see how you can make the "premier" leauge thing work, as that means more time and cost to each player.

 

[Recoil]

I wish I hadnt mentionted X-Ball now

Anyhoo, that aside....

The three leagues (or 4) would have to sit around the table and sort out rulings etc... as part of that as someone has mentioned, is 7 man the way to take it? That way we are taking the game to bring it in line with the millenium and NPPL thus allowing our home players to get used to the 'international' format

Whats involved in making in the leap from 5 to 7 man tourneys (apart from 2 extra players per team ) what would the players think of taking it to 7 man?

Would Nexus attend and play in a 'premier league'?