Yo, Brits are sucks when it comes to the weather. I once played in the aftermath of an ice storm in two feet of snow!
the standard of play
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Yeah, but you're a Canadian, that's regular modus operandi for you...
In the same way that us Dutch have to play in scuba gear.
In the same way that us Dutch have to play in scuba gear.
the solution to weather problems and paintball
Maybe this would stop the brit-ballers from whining about the weather!
Maybe this would stop the brit-ballers from whining about the weather!
Twisted train every weekend, and we had the same problem two weeks ago, it took us about an hour and a half to get the tape lines rolled out - we then inflated a bunker and within ten minutes it had ripped, and started to fly away.
So our training on that day consisted of snap shooting at piles of cowpat.
[back on topic]
What is here for top UK teams?
X-ball is far from being available unless sponsors are willing to fork out for the entry/paint, to find little / no rewards. Also X-ball in the states isn’t receiving anyway near the limelight as the Super 7's is.
The Millennium is the most accessible for UK teams and hopefully the Millennium crew will try and keep up with the going on's of the NPPL - but due to the changes in the States we are being drained of the "majority" of top yank teams.
For the Uk teams, to be able to fly too America they will need the same kind of backing that Nexus have, without that there is no foreseeable way Uk teams can train, and compete in the American leagues
yeah i couldnt agree more.
Sparklies M25 tourney could and should be the biggest thing to happen in the south, but it still is about 5 years behind the yanks!
the millenium is a great format to challenge the shermans, but because the majority of us do not get to see, let alone play against any of the top US teams, we take the first tourney (Portugal) to get used to their aggression and tactics, by which time they have already got one trophy on a plane over the sea back the U S of A!
we really need a platform to which we are already up to speed before our first top level encounter, and i sincerely hope that the M25 is the start of such a platform!
Sparklies M25 tourney could and should be the biggest thing to happen in the south, but it still is about 5 years behind the yanks!
the millenium is a great format to challenge the shermans, but because the majority of us do not get to see, let alone play against any of the top US teams, we take the first tourney (Portugal) to get used to their aggression and tactics, by which time they have already got one trophy on a plane over the sea back the U S of A!
we really need a platform to which we are already up to speed before our first top level encounter, and i sincerely hope that the M25 is the start of such a platform!
Top Teams
For us to move the sport forward we need more teams and more leagues. The reason the sport cant move forward is that it does not yet have a big enough user base for sponsers to feel it is worthwhile paying the best teams the money needed to compete at the top of our sport. It is pointless complaining that America is ahead of us, they are so live with it for like it or not we are a second division paintballing nation because it is still seen as a minority interest activity. Look at Wrexham. A great well run event with some top teams and yet there was almost zero spectators that were not already involved in the sport in someway or other already. I bet it did not get a mention in any papers, local or national, and I bet none of the winning teams had a mention in any of their local press either. In the local press you will see lots of local interest stories about all sorts of sports people but the area could have a fantastic top flight paintball team or player and they will never get a mention.
If the top teams are seen as being at the top of a bigger tree and we are seen to play a "sport" then it will all move forward. More players will be attracted to play, more teams and leagues will be formed, more money will be attracted into the sport and resourses and standards will rise.
If we all took the Nexus approach the sport in the UK would be dead, we need more tourneys like Series 2003, Midland Masters and the M25 league. We need those tourneys to constantly up their standards, we need then to get bigger and better and we need media profile and then, and only then will our sport start to produce the quality of players and teams to make them world class.
One suggestion I have heard is that teams should start to put their home town into their names, so for instance it would be Keltic Warriors Edinburgh. This gives a team a "home" and a local identity, something that spectators, fans and the media love. Now that would be a very positive and easy first step to making our sport more easily identifiable with the general public.
For us to move the sport forward we need more teams and more leagues. The reason the sport cant move forward is that it does not yet have a big enough user base for sponsers to feel it is worthwhile paying the best teams the money needed to compete at the top of our sport. It is pointless complaining that America is ahead of us, they are so live with it for like it or not we are a second division paintballing nation because it is still seen as a minority interest activity. Look at Wrexham. A great well run event with some top teams and yet there was almost zero spectators that were not already involved in the sport in someway or other already. I bet it did not get a mention in any papers, local or national, and I bet none of the winning teams had a mention in any of their local press either. In the local press you will see lots of local interest stories about all sorts of sports people but the area could have a fantastic top flight paintball team or player and they will never get a mention.
If the top teams are seen as being at the top of a bigger tree and we are seen to play a "sport" then it will all move forward. More players will be attracted to play, more teams and leagues will be formed, more money will be attracted into the sport and resourses and standards will rise.
If we all took the Nexus approach the sport in the UK would be dead, we need more tourneys like Series 2003, Midland Masters and the M25 league. We need those tourneys to constantly up their standards, we need then to get bigger and better and we need media profile and then, and only then will our sport start to produce the quality of players and teams to make them world class.
One suggestion I have heard is that teams should start to put their home town into their names, so for instance it would be Keltic Warriors Edinburgh. This gives a team a "home" and a local identity, something that spectators, fans and the media love. Now that would be a very positive and easy first step to making our sport more easily identifiable with the general public.
Might not work, it would be, "team Nexus", Surrey, Kent, Essex,Sussex,Devon,Cambridgeshire,Oxfordshire etc... ? might need to rethink, but like the idea?
I think the lass Sparklie is on the road we should follow, i reckon with outside promotion, her tournies, could set the trend for things to come.. and outside sponsership, paper advertisements etc.. she's trying!
I think the lass Sparklie is on the road we should follow, i reckon with outside promotion, her tournies, could set the trend for things to come.. and outside sponsership, paper advertisements etc.. she's trying!
Pick a home
Nexus could still pick a home town. Look at football teams, their players come from all over the world but they still are named after the town they train in. Will check out what sparklie is doing, anybody who is raising the games profile has to be encouraged so good luck to her.
Nexus could still pick a home town. Look at football teams, their players come from all over the world but they still are named after the town they train in. Will check out what sparklie is doing, anybody who is raising the games profile has to be encouraged so good luck to her.
Top Teams
Sorry to moan at your post directly Stee-vo - nothing personal - but I've seen a few posts like this recently. The SWPL deserves equal recognition along the other tournament series in the UK. By not recognising it, not only are the huge efforts of the tournament organisers being devalued, but so are the teams that play in it. So please, remember that the South West has a thriving community of paintball players equal to the rest of the nation... if you don't believe me, check out www.southwestpaintball.co.uk - I think you will be pleasently surprised.
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I wish you guys would stop forgetting the South West Paintball League. We've been around almost as long as Series and longer than the MM and M25. The SWPL plays a huge part in the UK paintball scene and has as much to contribute as any one else.
Sorry to moan at your post directly Stee-vo - nothing personal - but I've seen a few posts like this recently. The SWPL deserves equal recognition along the other tournament series in the UK. By not recognising it, not only are the huge efforts of the tournament organisers being devalued, but so are the teams that play in it. So please, remember that the South West has a thriving community of paintball players equal to the rest of the nation... if you don't believe me, check out www.southwestpaintball.co.uk - I think you will be pleasently surprised.
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yeah completely right! we need to support all leagues/tourneies throughout the land. maybe even standardise the points sytem and then hold national tournaments between leagues, so that we can eventually have a national ability table and ultimately the No1 UK team in Pro, AM and Nov.
might work? take some organising and also good relations between each organising party!
might work? take some organising and also good relations between each organising party!