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Wadidiz

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Longer season, better weather, American football...

More disposable income, more familiarity with guns, etc. I'm not sure which of these is the most influencing factor. I believe that American football might have some influence because it is a game where plays are predecided and followed. There are blocking actions that open the way for a runner to get through with the ball. All towards the objective of gaining the needed 10 yards to keep the ball so that finally the goal line can be crossed. It is this kind of team work that works so well for the top teams in paintball.

I do think that the long playing season for a great deal of the U.S. is a major advantage, especially compared to the northern parts of Europe. When I lived in Atlanta, I played paintball every single Sunday with few exceptions.

I'm not sure if it is all that cheaper to play paintball in America compared to Sweden. I was amazed to see that the cost of playing paintball as a rental/recreational customer was a little cheaper here in Stockholm compared to Atlanta. Maybe that is due to the market competition here in Stockholm. However the quality of the paintball parks I visited and worked with are far superior to the ones I've seen here (sorry about that!).

I'm not sure about sponsorship. I played with an amateur team in America and we had a pretty decent sponsorship package. We had free tournament paintballs and about 50% of what we needed for practice. We got free barrels, masks and a few free markers, among other things. No entry fees paid that I knew about. But we had to perform to get and keep the sponsorships: we became the amateur champions of NPPL in 1996. We also had to do some work for some of our sponsors: we had to travel around and judge some local tournaments.

Probably the biggest advantage we have is the number of tough teams that are easily available to practice and play against.

The Millennium series has already surpassed the NPPL in quality of events and judging (in my opinion). The level of play has gone up dramatically too in the past few years. I think that the recent X-ball event showed that, while the Americans still have the edge, it may not be for long. Also, Joy Masters has shown that the U.S. teams can't take winning for granted, since Shockwave won last year and the Brits made a very good showing this year. Not to mention how well Russian Legion has done without all the good teams at home to practice against. The world is continuing to get smaller.

Check it!

Steve
 

Matski

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Guys just face the COLD HARD facts...

Our lil Island has ****ty weather for 90% of the year, there are always going to be less pballers in the UK than in the states. If you want the most from pball you have to go over the pond, its as simple as that.
Robbo's dream of winning x-ball and whatever....never gonna happen, in south cal they can train a hell of allot more than us and training is the key to winning at the top level, next June im gone baby :cool:
 

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Originally posted by Team Demonic
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 .
Whoa what are planning to do? Form your own army? Not being funny but why do you have so many guns? Ok 5 its not a huge amount but even so!
 

Glorykid

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No its definatley booze related........
come on yer yank players drinking contest, we ave to beat you at something.
 

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All good things come to an end (Americas dominance in pball to Americans).
Maybe today the yanks are kickin sum butt today but it aint the future.

As pball grows the american style of play will come more familiar to the rest of the world....aggressive , fast un-controllable unpredictable and some other things i may have missed.
How long can us euros, etc go on without noticing that we can implement this into our own playing styles.
If you see americans play a lot of the time you will see patterns, rhythms and ways of play that they stick to most of the time but can change occasionally but is quite dominating compated to euro styles.

What we euros have to do is learn how they play, get in their heads, (im not saying literally drill into their heads :) ) and most importantly their phychology of playing their style.

You may see america as the (Big) king of balling but kings can be over-thrown if you just fight them hard enough.
Im sick of hearing america is "big n bad" coz their economy is bigger or they have got more guns etc, who cares.
What only counts is that euros can, have, and will beat the yanks in balling but on a larger scale.

Champions cant always remain champs

Im changing the way i play to make me more of a threat on the field, rather than a sitting duck waiting to be lit up.
 

Tyger

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the REAL reason US players are good

I was sworn to secrecy, but I'm allowed to tell you now.

We have ultra secret paintball labs that churn out pro players. It's one part deprogramming, two parts re-educating, and one part beer drinking.

:p :D ;)

Ok, serioulsy, It's mostly about demographics. There are SO many people here playing that there's more to choose from. It's really that simple.

Well, that and it's all that american cuisine. A fine slab of .Carson's Ribs makes a good paintballer better! Really! Thats' my story and I'm stcking to it!

-Tyger
 

Tyger

Old School, New Tricks
Naw, it's just my hometown cuisine. I mean, I could talk about Little Louies too, but it wouldn't serve to tell you about THEM if I can't show you the place. :)

That and I'm 6'4" tall, 250 pounds, and I LOVE DEM ribs!

**FLEX**

-Tyger