Baseball as the #1 sport inthe US? That's funny.
Paintball is more popular in the US than baseball (by participation).
Paintball is more popular in the US than baseball (by participation).
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That's not what I wrote, compadre. I was referring to Japan where baseball is (or was) the number one participatory sport. They prefer hardball compared to America where softball is probably the number one participatory sport.
He means biggest/most watched/attended Chicago, ya dumb-ass, but then I suspect you knew that and were just being a twat.
So are we gonna slag 7-man WORLD Cup in the MS next? Who do those Euro*******s think they are, anyway?
Hold on a min here, lets just take a look at some nationalities represented at the 7 man 'World' Cup :-
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
France
Sweden
Israel
Austria
Holland
Finland
Denmark
Poland
Russia
Norway
Germany
US
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Cyprus
......And a few more besides that I can't think of...
The World Paintbal League has :-
US
Canada
Woo Hoo, way to go Milt.......I think that says it all........
PS Hope u feel better Mr Cow !
What happens when you only count the Pro division?
It's not really a fair comparison if you count all the divisions. Even in that list there there's only two countries outside of Europe.
WPL would look a lot better if you counted each state in the US as a country, which is basically what you're doing when you count all these little european states. You're still in a very small section of the planet.
And, Scotland isn't a country.
It's not really a fair comparison if you count all the divisions. Even in that list there there's only two countries outside of Europe.
WPL would look a lot better if you counted each state in the US as a country, which is basically what you're doing when you count all these little european states. You're still in a very small section of the planet.
And, Scotland isn't a country.
Originally posted by Chicago
What happens when you only count the Pro division?
It's not really a fair comparison if you count all the divisions. Even in that list there there's only two countries outside of Europe.
WPL would look a lot better if you counted each state in the US as a country, which is basically what you're doing when you count all these little european states. You're still in a very small section of the planet.
And, Scotland isn't a country.
Oh puurrlease Aaron, you can do a lot better than that mate, this has nothing do with absolute geographical areas and everytihng to do with nations represented.
States in the US can hardly be equated with differing nations within Europe and if you also fancy the idea of telling a Scotsman he isn't living in his own country then I would suggest you take along some body armour and a helmet as you try to tell them that....good luck on that one Jimmy !
Over to you Sid
1--C'mon, Pete, are you really arguing that mere representation is the qualifying factor? Somehow I don't think so 'cus if I recall correctly youse the dude what's been championing the NPPL Pro Division as the epitome of 7-man worldwide competition. Seems to me the world designation holds more validity if we're talking the best regardless as opposed to the most diverse.Originally posted by Robbo
1--Hold on a min here, lets just take a look at some nationalities represented at the 7 man 'World' Cup :-
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
France
Sweden
Israel
Austria
Holland
Finland
Denmark
Poland
Russia
Norway
Germany
US
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Cyprus
......And a few more besides that I can't think of...
The World Paintbal League has :-
US
Canada
Woo Hoo, way to go Milt.......I think that says it all........
2--PS Hope u feel better Mr Cow !
2--getting there, thanks, but here we are only five days into the New Year and I'm already behind.
Yes I am; is the olympic any less international just because most nations don't get as many medals as the Yanks or Russkies?Originally posted by Baca Loco
1--C'mon, Pete, are you really arguing that mere representation is the qualifying factor? Somehow I don't think so 'cus if I recall correctly youse the dude what's been championing the NPPL Pro Division as the epitome of 7-man worldwide competition. Seems to me the world designation holds more validity if we're talking the best regardless as opposed to the most diverse.
This debate is and should be focussed on the use of the word 'world' and exactly what it describes and as such, it has no reference point pitched in quality whatsoever.
'World' in this sense simply means representing the world and has no grounding in qualititive terms.
Is the world map made up of countries that are the richest?
Of course not, it describes exactly what it is.
In acknowledging the NPPL pro div (it was but isn't now with the advent of the expansion of the NXL) being the the epitome of world paintball, I actually said it had the best teams playing in it at that time which is not the same as what you are implying.
I don't think this can be reduced to semantics here, more it can be best understood by realisng promoters bull**** and calling it the WPL with only two nations is taking the piss mate.
I fully realise others have done it before but this in no way justifies the word's misuse.
I mean, any man who writes 'miss judged' for 'misjudged', I just can't bring myself to take serious.
And the WORLD Paintball League is in his hands?
God save us all
So, given there is no representation from Africa, Australia, South America, and token representation from Asia (Isreal), where does 7-man World Cup get off calling itself "World"? It's one continent.
WPL has a similar share of their continent covered. They both cover a geography of about 450-500 million people.
The only truly "World" event in paintball is World Cup, teams from Asia, Australia, North and South America and Europe. The olympics isn't international merely because of representation, it's international because of WORLD representation - every inhabited continent is represented.
The only difference between Europe and the US (and 7-man world cup and WPL) is the people are in bigger groups stateside. 7-man world cup doesn't "represent" any more of the world than the WPL does. Europeans just cut themselves up into smaller groups.