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Team Demonic

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Nov 14, 2001
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I've been thinking about this subject for along time now and no doubt you all have too. Now there are several opinions on ths debate and some have hints of truth others, can be complete bull****.

The Yanks are blatantly better than the Brits and the Europeans.

I believe this down to the USA's economy. This i believe because it recently came to my attention that Britain currently has the longest working hours in Europe. Which means less time to paintball and more time earning money.

This i think is down to the fact that the British get taxed, so we have to work longer to make the same money. We also have to pay VAT on products and our petrol / gas is about three times as expensive as the USA's.

Now average price for a 5 bedroom house with pool 2 garages and huge garden in Hollywood is $414, 890 which works out to be £272, 721. In the south of England my house is a 4 bedroom house with a average garden and 1 garage is valued at £312, 000.

So aswell as having to pay tax, VAT increased gas charges and more money to buy a property the Brtis are left pretty skint and knackerd after work all day for money to have the govemant take a percentage of it away.

What im trying to say if I have completely baffled you all is that the Yanks are better than us Brits or Europeans because they have the cash and time advantage over us. Now Im not saying that is the only reason why they are better but i think it is a contributing factor to take into account.
 
Certainly a contributary factor but

While you Brits get a lot lessholiday and longer hours than tha Euros, you don't come close to a lot of Americans. In most businesses, especially for young, upcoming professionals (i.e. people with money and inclination to play 'ball in a lot of cases) taking more than a week off work a year in your first few years in a company is really frowned upon.

Anyway, can't we just do a really seimple equation: US - nigh-on 2 million regular players, in tha UK, what, 5,000.

Think that solves it right there...that and tha fact that we are just Goddamn better than y'all. And most of us grow up around guns. And we have better weather so can go out and play me. And we have good teeth...
 

Glorykid

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No the real reason is we drink far too much beer the night before we play!!!!!!!
While you guys are tucked up in bed!!!!

Peace
 

Team Demonic

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i can see your reasoning. But I'm 19 and own 3 rifles and two shotguns as i have a firearms license and i aint pro yet. Also you can Fit the whole of the uk into texas 23 times so you are gonna have more people to pick from than us aswell .
 

Mark Toye-Nexus

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Phil

Owning guns is no measure of your ability to be pro - hell most Americans would be pro otherwise!!

And there's the key - the USA has a very predominant gun culture and understand shooting as a sport and owning and using guns.

They therefore understand, accept and want to play paintball in their masses!!

Over here I have been playing 13 years and still get people who have either just about heard of paintball or young guys who havent even tried it (if I hear do you have grenades/bazookas/knives once more grrrr).

The sheer numbers and attitude to guns and therefore paintball mean that they are going to have a massive edge over us - the cream will rise to the top everywhere - but they just have gallons of it!!

Mark
 

Mark Toye-Nexus

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Oh

You also forget that as they have so many playing regularly there is a whole lot more sponsorship knocking around over there too.

Cheap ball = lots of ball = great play/players

Mark
 
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Johan

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OK NOW!!!!!

The UK is europ to you no!!! :eek:

Cheap ball = lots of ball = great play/players

laterzz :eek:
 

D6

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Extra trigger fingers

I reckon, due to decades of inbreeding in closed communities, some Americans have a sixth finger on their trigger hand, which helps them put more paint down and therfore whooping our five fingered Brit teams. And the money thing too...:D :D :D