This Just In....shatnerball

[PirateGent]

Hey, you wanna go pick him up, go ahead. I'm not in the mood to deal with all that whining all the way there and back...

Hey, he claimed to "twist his ankle" last year, in NEW boots and he complained about being at EMR. He's not a player.

-Tyger

You do know I was joking I hope.

In fact I saw him on the tail end of the Temple of Doom (?) field before the "twisted ankle gate". Unless he tripped over his own two feet - there was nothing going on in that corner of the field (outside him and his ego)

- Pirate Gent

[warthog2t0]

I notice no one wants to pick up ManCow?

i love him.... in a no-gay way. i'll pick his drunken *** up

[ICP]

Sorry guys. I'm devastated. When we get the archives up from the show I'll post the link so you can hear it straight from the horse's mouth.

Any luck with this yet. Just wondering, no hurry.

[Tina]

Any luck with this yet. Just wondering, no hurry.

I'll check today...it usually takes a week to get up.

[Tassel Mask]

All I can say is I'm totally in DENIAL! No way this just happened. OK...it is not the end of the world, but it might be the end of a paintball era. All I can say is the advertisement for 2004 was not very good.

Here's the paintball problem. Most people that play paintball do not own ten thousand to a hundred thousand dollar horse and ride English or Hunters; Jumpers if anything for those real horse finatics who just like the speed.

The money that follows around horses is always going to dwarf paintball; for now. It is just not fair to compare paintball to horses. Maybe the gross net worth in paintball may be larger than the horse community (if possible) but its widley dispersed. That is why the need to gain mass amount of players is the only way to earn a high dollar. Without good advertising, those large players will not be there. Word of mouth is a powerful tool, but not always enough. I know the radio adds and guest appearances were a good attempt, but obviously not enough.

Poor planning is definatley what killed this game, not lack of intrest in the sport or the charity.

PROBLEM WITH THE EVENT EARNINGS:

1. Relying too much only on the hard core paintball player community is too big a strain on the charity and the players. A wider range of players is needed.

2.Hyping the game in a few select cities isn't enough to get the word out. Many of my hard core VA / Tx players still don't even know what SPPLAT ATTACK is.

3. Most of all (Dad brought this up) when auctioning off goods for chairty, try not to sell so many expensive items. I'd guess they could have trippled their charity fund if they had more items for around 10, 20, 30 bucks. I mean I had about 60 to 80 bucks to burn after the BIG GAME, but couldn't afford anything to bid on. I just don't have 200 bucks to burn at the end of the day after all that shooting. A donation box would have been great also. I just don't think our community has horse show money to burn on one item to auction; sorry.

I still say the Shatball community should try to meet up somewhere this Labor Day to at least try to keep the teams together.

Hopefully plans are in the works for 2006. Lets stay positive and hope for the best. I mean this event was for a purpose and if that purpose isn't being met, I understand its termination. Thanks for the last 3 years; pure joy everyone.

Ideas anyone? EMR or CPX-T.M.

[ICP]

Thanx, tina. Just curious to hear how it was stated.

[Tina]

All I can say is I'm totally in DENIAL! No way this just happened. OK...it is not the end of the world, but it might be the end of a paintball era. All I can say is the advertisement for 2004 was not very good.

Here's the paintball problem. Most people that play paintball do not own ten thousand to a hundred thousand dollar horse and ride English or Hunters; Jumpers if anything for those real horse finatics who just like the speed.

The money that follows around horses is always going to dwarf paintball; for now. It is just not fair to compare paintball to horses. Maybe the gross net worth in paintball may be larger than the horse community (if possible) but its widley dispersed. That is why the need to gain mass amount of players is the only way to earn a high dollar. Without good advertising, those large players will not be there. Word of mouth is a powerful tool, but not always enough. I know the radio adds and guest appearances were a good attempt, but obviously not enough.

Poor planning is definatley what killed this game, not lack of intrest in the sport or the charity.

PROBLEM WITH THE EVENT EARNINGS:

1. Relying too much only on the hard core paintball player community is too big a strain on the charity and the players. A wider range of players is needed.

2.Hyping the game in a few select cities isn't enough to get the word out. Many of my hard core VA / Tx players still don't even know what SPPLAT ATTACK is.

3. Most of all (Dad brought this up) when auctioning off goods for chairty, try not to sell so many expensive items. I'd guess they could have trippled their charity fund if they had more items for around 10, 20, 30 bucks. I mean I had about 60 to 80 bucks to burn after the BIG GAME, but couldn't afford anything to bid on. I just don't have 200 bucks to burn at the end of the day after all that shooting. A donation box would have been great also. I just don't think our community has horse show money to burn on one item to auction; sorry.

I still say the Shatball community should try to meet up somewhere this Labor Day to at least try to keep the teams together.

Hopefully plans are in the works for 2006. Lets stay positive and hope for the best. I mean this event was for a purpose and if that purpose isn't being met, I understand its termination. Thanks for the last 3 years; pure joy everyone.

Ideas anyone? EMR or CPX-T.M.

I couldn't agree with you more. Advertizing was a major problem. We all knew it. The ones in charge of actual promotion either didn't listen or didn't care.

[MedicDVG]

Well crap...

After all the speculation, all the rumors, and all the whining... its all out the window.

I am just plain drained. I was really looking forward to this and everything...

Oh well...

Anyone know a good game over labor day weekend???

[*NRG*MIKE]

Yes... there is the "Labor Day Extravaganza" at EMR... Three days of Paintball excitement, Live band and fireworks to Boot! And don't forget, they are using RPS paint now. So we get Marbalizer Action !

[Glickman]

Yes... there is the "Labor Day Extravaganza" at EMR... Three days of Paintball excitement, Live band and fireworks to Boot! And don't forget, they are using RPS paint now. So we get Marbalizer Action !

well this might be a decent alternative. anyone feel like getting an ao group?

[kevdupuis]

I've already made my plans for EMR and should have 4-5 people coming with Shdow and I.

[*NRG*MIKE]

well this might be a decent alternative. anyone feel like getting an ao group?

Hey Glick! Remember taking the Animals with us 2 years ago? Yeah man, we are the "Rogue Element" We took down Glenn Palmer and liberated ALL of Tommy Boy's livestock(along with WeltMan, of course) right there at the EMR Bridge... How you doin' man?

[Glickman]

Hey Glick! Remember taking the Animals with us 2 years ago? Yeah man, we are the "Rogue Element" We took down Glenn Palmer and liberated ALL of Tommy Boy's livestock(along with WeltMan, of course) right there at the EMR Bridge... How you doin' man?

ah man, that was awsome im doing alright, you? be really awsome to meet up for another senario game

[*NRG*MIKE]

ah man, that was awsome im doing alright, you? be really awsome to meet up for another senario game

We are all well ... and we WILL be there for the "Extravaganza". We went last year and it was a great time... cheap too! Blue knows how to throw a party!

[MedicDVG]

Forgive my ignornace... but where is EMR? Anyone have a link (I am too lazy to google)