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[Robbo]

Originally posted by Chicago
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.

Ya know there comes a point in a lot of threads when I just depsair because it ends up having nothing to do with homing in on what is a correct conclusion but everything to do with people 'wanting' to be right but not having the ammo and thus the debate widens and deepens to facilatate this need.
All I am suggesting is the multi-international field of the World 7man in Toulouse that has over 20 nations in attendance gives it more of a right to use the word 'World' in its name than the WPL that has only two,.
That's all I am saying, and if you, or anybody else for that matter can't see that and wants to argue this point any more then you are a bigot and I certainly will have no more to do with it.
I'm outa here, have fun !

Chicago, i thought u were quite a bright guy but I find that last post of yours an insult to my intelligence

 

[ChuckC]

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[Robbo]

Originally posted by ChuckC
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You wanna say something dumbass or you afraid to write something in case your spellcheck won't work?

 

[ChuckC]

LOL.

Why would you say anything about someone's spelling?

Here's two reasons why you shouldn't:
1) Your own spelling is disastrous.
2) When you point it out, it's an obvious effort to deter from the fact that you have run out of anything useful to say.

 

[Robbo]

Originally posted by ChuckC
LOL.

Why would you say anything about someone's spelling?

Here's two reasons why you shouldn't:
1) Your own spelling is disastrous.
2) When you point it out, it's an obvious effort to deter from the fact that you have run out of anything useful to say.

My own spelling is cool thanks, I write for a living so it comes as second nature to spell correctly.

The only thing I pointed out was that you are a dumbass and you have done nothing thus far to deter me from thinking anything different.
The only other observation I made regarding you was that when Milt had run out of tissue paper you could continue wiping his ass with your tongue.
Now, if you plan on getting smart with me in what you might think is a game of intellectual volleyball, it won't be, you just haven't got what it takes and you will end up making yourself look fooolish and ignorant, now i don't mind helping you out in this quest but I would strongly advise against it.

 

[Chicago]

Originally posted by Robbo
Chicago, i thought u were quite a bright guy but I find that last post of yours an insult to my intelligence

Maybe it was just an insult ot my intelligence...

I agree 7-man World Cup has a better claim to the title World than WPL. Just not by much.

 

[Nick Brockdorff]

Actually - with the absence of SO many top US teams, the 7-man World Cup has never really been anywhere close to a real world cup - at best, 4-6 top US teams have taken part, which have left anywhere from 4 to 10 of the best teams in the world (depending on the year and how you rated teams at the time) out of the competition

Ofcourse, one may say that it is not the quality of the field, but how many nations are represented, that makes it a "world" cup.... personally I subscribe to it being a world cup if the best in the world take part, irrespective of nationality.

Have the best in the world been invited to play in the WPL? - hmm - tough call... because it's 3-man... and probably many Euro teams could easily be competitive in that format.

Anyway - what's in a name? - don't really care personally

Nick

 

[nada]

A 3-man league? Whatever.

Originally posted by Nick Brockdorff
Have the best in the world been invited to play in the WPL? - hmm - tough call... because it's 3-man... and probably many Euro teams could easily be competitive in that format.

Nick

I second that.

n

 

[Robbo]

Originally posted by Chicago
Maybe it was just an insult ot my intelligence...

I agree 7-man World Cup has a better claim to the title World than WPL. Just not by much.

Not by much?????
You frikkin jokin????
What scale are you using here when you remark, 'not by much', a logarithimic one?????

At the very least, the Toulouse 7 man is 1000% (yes one thousand %) better qualified on a traditional linear scale of comparison.
That's the difference in percentage terms betwen two nations representing the wpl and and twenty two nations representing the Toulouse 7 man.
Now unless somebody just replaced the laws of reason and commonsense with a bunch of horse-**** as I slept in my bed last night, the fact remains, you sir, are a frikkin idiot if you claim a 1000% increase in attendance base as 'not much'.

And Chicago, if you want to come back on me on this one, make you get that nice gentleman in the clean, white suit standing next to you to unbuckle your arms, and extract your head from your anal passage gently so as not to injur you....god forbid.

 

[Chicago]

On the scale of "entitlement to the title 'world'".

WPL and 7-man World Cup draw from about the same population size and geographic area - one continent and 450-500 million each.

Even just looking in paintball, 7-man World Cup is much closer to WPL than regular World Cup, which draws teams from 5 continents and many more countries.

On the sporting scale, it's much, much closer to WPL than the Olympics, or Football World Cup, which draws teams from almost all countries and 6 continents.

The only thing 7-man world cup has going for it over WPL is number of countries. If WPL went and got teams from mexico, belize, costa rica, el salvador, panama, honduras, guatamala and nicaragua, would they be able to call themselves "World" then in your estimation? What's the number of countries you need? How about north and south america, that would be more than 7-man World Cup.