True, true good point. Though those sports don't have the war-like image of ours. So what are the benefits of the above?
But why doesn't javelin have a war-like image?
The whole sport stemmed from the ability to kill food/enemies with big pointy sticks.
Once human nature took over, and people began competing to see who could throw their pointy killing stick the furthest, it becomes a sport, then gets recognised, and "officially" becomes a sport.
Now that it's a sport, people see it as thaat, not a "pointy killing stick throwing competition" to see who can kill the enemy at the furthest distance.
Once paintball is a recognised sport, there should be greater coverage of the tourney side of the game, which will educate the masses as to what we really are - or rather, what we are not (guerilla training camps
).
This in turn will get more people involved, first in rec-ball, with the inevitable section of those moving up into tourney ball.
And more players mean the companies will have relativley smaller overheads (will need to make less profit per item), so things should become cheaper.
The whole sport stemmed from the ability to kill food/enemies with big pointy sticks.
Once human nature took over, and people began competing to see who could throw their pointy killing stick the furthest, it becomes a sport, then gets recognised, and "officially" becomes a sport.
Now that it's a sport, people see it as thaat, not a "pointy killing stick throwing competition" to see who can kill the enemy at the furthest distance.
Once paintball is a recognised sport, there should be greater coverage of the tourney side of the game, which will educate the masses as to what we really are - or rather, what we are not (guerilla training camps
).This in turn will get more people involved, first in rec-ball, with the inevitable section of those moving up into tourney ball.
And more players mean the companies will have relativley smaller overheads (will need to make less profit per item), so things should become cheaper.
Ok, your Joe public, you watch TV and see war, what do you see generally? People shooting each other with guns, not chucking pointy sticks, unless of course your watching a Micheal Caine movie I should think its been millenia since the weapon of choice for war was a Javelin. Greek weapon wasn't it?
I should think its been millenia since the weapon of choice for war was a Javelin. Greek weapon wasn't it?
Zulus - faaaarsands of em!
But the modern portrayal of war on tv (news programmes) is a POV camera on the tip of a cruise missile/smart bomb.
Surely a good proportion of the reason that javelin is seen as a sport now is because the participants dress in brightly coloured uniforms, and use untra-high-tech versions of spears, they compete in stadia, infront of large crowds, against other teams....
Starting to sound familiar?
Whilst I agree that Mr J Public sees paintball as people shooting each other with guns, any person I've met with that attitude has said something along the lines of "But that's not paintball" when I've shown them a pic of last years Campaign Cup.
Once recognition comes, the level of awareness will increase, it will take time, but someday in the future we may be welcomed back into normal society......
But the modern portrayal of war on tv (news programmes) is a POV camera on the tip of a cruise missile/smart bomb.
Surely a good proportion of the reason that javelin is seen as a sport now is because the participants dress in brightly coloured uniforms, and use untra-high-tech versions of spears, they compete in stadia, infront of large crowds, against other teams....
Starting to sound familiar?
Whilst I agree that Mr J Public sees paintball as people shooting each other with guns, any person I've met with that attitude has said something along the lines of "But that's not paintball" when I've shown them a pic of last years Campaign Cup.
Once recognition comes, the level of awareness will increase, it will take time, but someday in the future we may be welcomed back into normal society......
2. An established sport is a lot harder to ban, and we woulddn't have to put up with all sort of places trying to ban paintball markers!
4. More interst in sport = more money in sport. You want to play for a salary? I do! It may happen in my lifetime, it may not, who cares, I want to watch paintball on TV I want to see it more mainstream, and the only way that's gonna happen is to have big competitions, like at the Olympics, commonwealth games etc, and the only way to get that is to have paintball made an official sport.
No, paintball wouldn't be banned, the player with the hot marker might be though (that would have to be pretty dam hot!)
Richard
we want recognisation of the game as a sport. other wise hotpoint will be showing off his report and arguments to me and flash.
though what happens when paintball becomes a sport - hotpoint loses his job.
also when paintball is a sport it makes making BUSA (british universities sports assc) accept that it is played easier therefore making inter-uni events easier to run.
go to http://inter-uni.netfirms.com
or email me at upsupball@yahoo.com
for inter uni information
though what happens when paintball becomes a sport - hotpoint loses his job.
also when paintball is a sport it makes making BUSA (british universities sports assc) accept that it is played easier therefore making inter-uni events easier to run.
go to http://inter-uni.netfirms.com
or email me at upsupball@yahoo.com
for inter uni information
Richard, your point 2 - shooting's an official olympic sport and the govt still banned that... and we had a world champion at the time. Our Olympic shooters have to go to france and belgium to practice. They can't even have their guns in the country.
One word
Dunblane. In particular the over reaction that resulted in the banning of pistol shooting in this country. But at least there was some discusion, if their hadn't been a sport, it would have been baned even quicker.
But short of someone using a marker to carry out mass murder (God fobid), it takes a lot to ban a world wide recognised sport.
Dunblane. In particular the over reaction that resulted in the banning of pistol shooting in this country. But at least there was some discusion, if their hadn't been a sport, it would have been baned even quicker.
But short of someone using a marker to carry out mass murder (God fobid), it takes a lot to ban a world wide recognised sport.
Ok, how about when the sport gains recognition, and it grows more popular. Kids suddenly don't want skateboarsds, they want Paintball markers. Next christmas the big toy to have will be the Mega Cyber-Angel 3000 with built in thingamies. You won't be a kool kid unless you have one of those!!
Very quickly kids start to shoot eachother in the streets and parks of our merry land, and paintball instantly gets it's recognition revoked due to it's vandalistically (??!!) inducive nature....
Perhaps some kind of licensing of Paintball markers needs to be sorted out to control and hopefully prevent the horrors of the above situation arising?? Thoughts anyone??
Not very well worded I know...please be aware I have a bad headache and a very loud, teething baby screaming in my ear!! NOT HAPPY!!!!
...besides, I'm sure you'e heard all this drivel before....
dunc.
Very quickly kids start to shoot eachother in the streets and parks of our merry land, and paintball instantly gets it's recognition revoked due to it's vandalistically (??!!) inducive nature....
Perhaps some kind of licensing of Paintball markers needs to be sorted out to control and hopefully prevent the horrors of the above situation arising?? Thoughts anyone??
Not very well worded I know...please be aware I have a bad headache and a very loud, teething baby screaming in my ear!! NOT HAPPY!!!!
...besides, I'm sure you'e heard all this drivel before....
dunc.
Duncster, you raise
a good, i terrifying point, but its already illegal to dischardge a paintball marker on public land, so its already under some kind of control.
As an alternative we could adopt Jersey's system (perhaps a voluntary one set up by some official body might be a good start). What-ever, no-one can stop kids going out and shooting peple with paintball markers if they want to (though they'll probably use something a bit cheeper than an IR3!
Hope things calm down in the parenting department Duncster,
Richard
a good, i terrifying point, but its already illegal to dischardge a paintball marker on public land, so its already under some kind of control.
As an alternative we could adopt Jersey's system (perhaps a voluntary one set up by some official body might be a good start). What-ever, no-one can stop kids going out and shooting peple with paintball markers if they want to (though they'll probably use something a bit cheeper than an IR3!
Hope things calm down in the parenting department Duncster,
Richard