Mario said:
1--baca people go to motor sports events because they have some idea of whats going on.
2--I took my parents to an event just to see if they got it. They didnt, because its not something they are familiar with. Even when i explained what was goin on they still didnt really get it and they left pretty much as soon as they could.
3--Motor sports mean something to people. they can latch onto one face and see it as the main factor in why they watch it. To cheer for their boy (schumacher, button etc)
4--Paintball, you have seven fairly unattractive guys shooting another seven fairly unattractive guys. Who do you cheer for? And dont someone say 'look at football' cause thats a f*cking sh*t analogy. their faces aren't covered up at the most crucial time.
5--Another reason i'd guess why people go and watch events like these is because its a "family" occasion. The sense of camaraderie with the 10,000 other people in the stadium, the chance to talk to like minded people. I also appeals across the board, to men of all ages and waist sizes and many women.
6--Paintball as an activity lends itself to a small percentage of the population (i.e. idiots)
I realize, Mario, you are enjoying wallowing in self-pity and pessimism at the mo but even so ...
you aren't really addressing Markie's original query except to vaguely say there ain't enough peeps interested in making anything much happen. (Which may be fair enough but doesn't give very good mileage.
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1--not so much while they are actually there. Yes, they understand the general idea and apparently they like horrendously loud cars and they may have decided to be fans of one brand or driver or another but in terms of enjoying motor sports on the basis of observable displays of skill, a coherent presentation or an unfolding drama that mostly doesn't exist. (One of the reasons I stopped attending F1--when they ran in this country--even though I do enjoy horrendously loud and fast cars.) And my point was all the things pball supposedly lacks that peeps can't do without in order to enjoy; well, apparently they can do and in reasonably large numbers, too.
2--which is a valid point but begs the question of motor sports or golf. Why them and not pball--at least at this particular time?
3--perhaps so but it isn't like they can "see" him except as a blink of the eye blur once every 5o seconds or so nor, without additional info can they put into context what his blazin' past means in terms of the ongoing race. It's one thing to say fans have attachments--d'oh--and another to explain how something like most motor sports can attract the interest it does given how little it offers in live performance.
4--The
real football analogy stands actually.
But even so you could as easily say the same about my reference point sports. Does the average racing fan know Schumacher or have they decided to like him cus he wins or drives Ferarri or saw a bit about him on TV once or read something in a magazine? (Hint: you're mixing apples and oranges and being intentionally perverse.
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5--and this happened how? With the first car off the assembly line?
6--more peeps play paintball in the US than play baseball so you're plainly missing something. (As is paintball but the question is what.)