Today's the Day

[Johan]

no i dont work for the millennium
i just post my opinion as a player

i am very supportive of the millennium, because i know they try hard...seen it close up myself

the thing on the web said dates would be annonced jan 10, so its 1 day late boohoo



if u want serious answering, mail Karlijn

 

[Just Curious]

the thing on the web said dates would be annonced jan 10, so its 1 day late boohoo

The 'thing' on the Web did not say dates will be announced Jan 10th.......it 'proclaimed' that New Dates, New Format, New Venues would be announced and that the MS where going to usher in a new era of paintball in Europe.......Bulls***!!

All we have been served up is 'last years meals recooked'!! I'm not saying that these Events are not quality but to have the 'nads' to proclaim all of the above and then not even be able to answer the simpliest of questions about what is happening smacks of incompetence IMH!

Johan, I don't think anybody doubts the hard work that goes into staging these Events or the effort put into them by the Staff concerned but we, the players, need some kind of structure to the season so that decisions on which event to attend and time of work can be organised. Maybe you don't have these problems but the majority of us do!

if u want serious answering, mail Karlijn

I have and the answer is the same, 'I cannot answer your questions at the moment'.

 

[Wadidiz]

Personally I have no idea what's goin' on behind the scenes and I understand the frustration of the teams who need to plan, but this between-season, like the last, has been filled with intrigues and serious maneuvering. This has obviously been precipitated by major happenings in major league tournament PB in the past couple of years: the morphing of NPPL S7, the arrival of X Ball and the subsequent ambitions of Dick Clark Productions to make it a continually televised series plus the phenomenal growth of the sport.

The apparent success of both NPPL S7 and X Ball threw Millennium into a scramble to at least keep up with the status quo, that after being the innovators and the avant garde. Obviously Millennium wanted to be in a position to cash in on major successes in either camps (NPPL or X Ball) or at least not miss the train and that meant difficult fence-straddling.

We all know the issues that have come up recently: the question of NXL's TV success, the defection of many NXL teams contrasted with the growth of PSP's Division X Ball, the rapid growth of NPPL as a quality series that is intelligently promoted and had all the top teams in the world scrambling to qualify for their pro league. And then the possibility of NPPL moving into the European market under their own name.

All of this, and more, have meant that the business people of the Millennium--who have invested so much of their time, money and energy--have been forced into some very hard decisions which could well make a lot of difference to their futures and whether or not all they have done will come to nought or not.

So my guess is that they are still scrambling to work out the final details of exactly what the program will be. Under these circumstances (if I'm right) it could be dangerous and/or counter-productive for them to make public speculation about what might happen.

This is extremely frustrating for me because I have no idea if I will be involved or not and, of course, I want to be. I feel like we were just beginning to get the kinks worked out in our judging program and our X Ball.

So, if I'm right about this, please have patience a few more days. Things will have to be worked out and must come to light soon.

 

[mark5evo]

See, thats all we needed, maybe you should put yourself up for the PR role At least we have some communication even though not "official"

I have some sympathy with their situation but if the MS want the players support it needs to support the players.

 

[Nick Brockdorff]

Matski

The contract guaranteed the teams a place in the series in 2005....... so it can't get much clearer than that.

Why teams don't do anything about it?

Because we all know it costs too much, takes to long, and may well end up winning a case over a company that has no apparent means to pay with..... and then there is the whole "don't bite the hand that feeds you" thing



Doesn't mean you can't be pissed off though..... not so much about the way of the world changing (that happens) - more about the MS not even bothering to explain or inform.

Nick

 

[penfold]

all we are asking is to be kept informed. cheers wadidiz your opinion is exactly the sort of thing we want to hear, as i've kept saying i'm not having a go at any one person but patience is a virture. my team is made up of kids who are at uni , in low paid jobs etc. for us to plan an effective strategy for the coming season we need to know whats happening with the MS as we want to be involved in the premier circuit in europe, as i said all we need is to be kept informed, if they are not sure what is going on then come clean and tell us. i fully understand how difficult it arranging something this big but i also know how easy it is in the long run to tell people the truth.

 

[Red_Merkin]

there's a good possibiltiy that the promoters themselves do not even know what is happening yet. Sometimes it is hard to get everyone to agree on what they want to do collectivly. There's a lot of opinions, egos chucking around, and nothing ever gets done the easy (or cheap) way...

I do not believe it is a case of information being withheld, but rather that decisions have not yet been made.

but i agree, it's pretty crap that no one knows what is going to happen yet.

 

[gaff]

Originally posted by Red_Merkin
1. I do not believe it is a case of information being withheld, but rather that decisions have not yet been made.

2. but i agree, it's pretty crap that no one knows what is going to happen yet.

1. wish i could run my business like that! big shame the NPPL are not coming as now teams still dont have any other choices, and will again have to just wait and see! monopoly is the word that i think best describes this!

2. yep!

 

[Matski]

I guess we should 'hope' that the decisions made reflect the time taken to reach them...

 

[Nick Brockdorff]

I think

The MS will go out of its way to please the teams this year - if they do not, they'll be put out of business in 2006, when the NPPL hits Europe.

With the failure to make a collaboration this year, the inception of the MS Champions League the similar NPPL Pro already running... and both Series also planning to lock down their Division 1 - it will be impossible for the two Series to merge in 2006.

What this means is, that the MS has this one season to make the teams believe that we should stay loyal to the MS in 2006.... and that SHOULD make them pull out all the stops in this season.

If they do not, they are really just going through the motions this year, full well knowing that it will be their last season of any notoriety.

Nick