Why are we so scared?

[JTD1993]

Not the best retort, try again

Even cheekier. Anyway let's get back on topic.

I'd say that Revolt has spoken for many people. A lot of people may just be insecure .

 

[Cusack]

One set of rules?
Reduced BPS, to ease costs?
National championships?
and any other suggestion that's ever been posted?

National championships - i wouldn't say this would make a difference cus there aren't enough people who would bother to compete

more people a little promotion (maybe of these national championships but it doesn't have to be an event) and you would get more people who love the sport for what it is, like 7man AND Xball and will pay for the 15 bps smile



oh and by the way - what changes are 'on the horizon' ?

 

[Revolt]

my 2p is that xball is the only way to go

and ive only played xball light, it was that good...

problem is a lot of people cant be arsed with it... they like there 40 mins rest between 2 mins of running around .... ;/

 

[Cusack]

Are we talking millennium series here?


full xball FTW, Xlite just doesn't go the extra mile.

Although, in my opinon, 7man shouldn't die, just be like more of a sidekick kinda thing

 

[Revolt]

i find watching the nppl and the nxl worlds apart... with the nxl being far far better, rather than people going to a bunker and shooting a lane for 7 mins you get situations where you have to go out and grab point after point and it makes for the most intense play in paintball (imo obviously)

also... i can hear squeeking withing my walls.... mice ?

 

[Bolter]

Xball without coaching would be the best. Crowd participation yes, coach no.

 

[Magic_8ball]

Xball without coaching would be the best. Crowd participation yes, coach no.

I think you've got a good point there bolter. Having a good coach basically turns xball players into robots and can make the games boring to watch. I remember in Toulouse this year, watching a 1 on 1 between (i think BC) and a Joy Division player. There was a stalemate for what seemed like hours as BC basically just stood behind his bunker half heartedly gun battling whilst the Joy Player tired himself out trying to gunfight his way to victory when there was nothing to shoot. In a situation where these two guys had no one coaching them, either player could have changed bunkers, or even tried to run the other guy down; in the coaching situation, as soon as either player set up to snap out one side of the bunker, the coach told his man what to do.

Just an example, but I think perhaps it would be more interesting without coaches, but then again, surely the main reason coaching is allowed at all is because spectators are only going to shout out anyway, so its just easier to allow it completely than try and stop it?

 

[Revolt]

Xball without coaching would be the best. Crowd participation yes, coach no.

amen.

eliminates most of the need for good communication and team bonding, which is a big part of the game me thinky

 

[jim]

oops.

 

[jim]

Very good point Jay, if you look at the people who express the concerns they are usually the ones who are not effected directly.
Change is something that takes us out of our comfort zone and automatically causes - or so it seems - a adverse reaction.

What if some of the pro's lose their industry sponsorship, 80% of them don't deserve what they receive anyhow and this may get these teams who want to get support organising themselves correctly to find the same amount (or even more) of the money they are losing from inside the industry.

The support is being reduced because the companies themselves are losing income and that is self inflicted because part of the problem is caused be the influx of cheap guns a trend started by Smart Parts with the Ion and the price of paint.

I have been saying for ages that prices must go up, now don't get your knickers in a twist I am not saying a hike that will cause a an uncomfortable pain in your wallet however instead of the ION (and all the similar priced markers) having a trade price of about £80 it should be £150 and paint should rise another couple of quid a box across the board, Why?
If we do not allow the manufacturing companies to make a healthy profit they can not nurture the growth of the market, growth is not driven by retail shops.
I have no sympathy for the teams who may lose sponsorship likewise I have no sympathy for the manufactures who think cheap prices will work for them and are now suffering.
Profit is not an necessary evil, it is a positive requirement.


Russ

Do you not believe that Smart Parts, Planet, DYE etc make a healthy profit already ?
Surely if paint went up in price that would be bad for everyone, from the first timer to the tournament player.
Cost is a factor in everything we do, generally the more it costs the less we do it.
Why not do the reverse, sell for less of a profit, opening the market up to more people, which would then mean more profit