Originally posted by Robbo
Ben, your post would make quite a bit of sense if it weren’t for the Pro league but I have to say I agree the distinction you bring to the table of ‘national’ and ‘international’ isn’t one I had thought much about, but it has some merit.
Now Ben, I agree this creates a certain grey area but it’s a grey area that is so readily exploited by hatts and all his bull. He knows full well the PA League doesn’t produce the best team in the country, it merely produces a winner and the context of that win is what defines anything.
Everybody knows who the top three teams are and just because we play on the international circuit shouldn’t allow people like hatts to undervalue and disrespect teams like ours for his own ends, which believe me, he is doing.
I generally stay out of threads where he contributes because Duffy pulls rank on me and basically asks me to bite my lip and I will always respect what Duff asks of me but this time Ben, he tipped me over and I checked with Duff and asked him to read hatt’s post and he agreed with me that it was insulting and misleading.
Now, I know I can be a complete ******* sometimes, but I do not deviate from writing what I genuinely believe to be right and it’s the way I go about things rather than the substance of what I am saying that is a problem.
As for your take on the Sky TV deal, it’s the attendant misrepresentation that gets me with all his exploits, he implies that his PA league drew Sky to it as if by some entrepreneurial genius when in fact, anybody can get whatever they like (within reason) on Sky if they come across with a few grand.
As for the Manc union beating any of the top 3 teams in a best out of three: I will treat that little nugget with the disdain it certainly deserves and this is no way being disrespectful to Manc Union.
And FFS Ben, are you seriously suggesting the top 4 or 5 teams in the PA are better than the top 4 or 5 in the Pro league ??????
Are you really suggesting as much???
And how the hell you can say that with the advent of the PA league it has made things less disparate, bejeezus Ben, what on earth is your rationale for that?
That statement just makes no sense as the PA adds to the fracturing not lessens it.
And as for trying to classify the difference between me and hatts as one of differing emphases, well the emphasis isn’t confined to national / international considerations as you suggest, the difference is, I don’t bull****, he does.
I don’t suffer fools gladly and he is one if he thinks the PA is gonna produce the best team.
Nah, read my posts Ben, forget who it is who is writing them and read the content, there is no exaggeration, no lies, no bull****, just what is.
Ben you try to diffuse the situation by introducing the notion of parity and difference of opinion with your apples and oranges comment but in reality, the guy’s a fruitcake who imagines he is the St George of Paintball.
Ben you go play whatever you like and you believe whatever you like but when somebody like hatts turns round and tells me I don’t live in the real paintball world, then you have to take stock of the situation and take a valued guess as to who’s talking sense.
I think I know a tad more about what’s going on in the real world of paintball than hatts, but hey, I’m sure you’ll make your own decision.
