Junkard Wars

[pbguy888]

holy shiat how did they get that hit....? well shoot! o well that was still cool.

[Reo5th]

GAME OVER. I'm not pleased.

[SeeK]

Yellow wins because they moved faster.

[agdemagman69]

that was ghetto-rific

[rpm07]

That was good, I liked blue teams cannon

[HoppysMag]

o ya the TIKI TANK!! im makin one of those!!! i am gunna make the vert feed air cannon...

[nospmas311]

TIKI TANK ALL THE WAY

Allthough it was interesting to see how the show went, it was still boring to watch. I personally would have wanted to watch a whole show of speedball like the clips they showed than watch that, allthough it was interesting. There was no accuracy at all, just luck and shot-gun effects.

[Spray Painter]

smart parts and jt had something to do with it. I also have to agree with law-it has gone down hill. the game was exiting for 5 minutes though

[Koosh]

I think it was funny watching the winners get out of the tank all drenched in blue paint, while the losers didn't have a drop on them.

The only bad thing I can see happening because of this, is when someone tries to make a pvc paintball gun, and (somehow) blows themselves up...

As for the quality of Junkyard wars, I believe it hit it's peak at the 3-country 2-hour event where they faced the russians, americans, and british against each other... While I still like the show, I think it has gotten a little worse as time has gone on. I really like the british hosts better, now the female british host (don't know her name) is going to be on some show with Henry Rollins? Hmm... I bet that doesnt do too good...

[Jacob]

Yeah, yellow won, I usually root for the underdog. I wasamazed at how hard fought the matches were, I kept thinging that the blue van was going to go tumbling over or that the yellow cart was going to crash through blues sides. The experts were pretty cool, when they were "trading" some parts they exhibited that same attitude I look forward to seeing every weekday at the field.

Overall it was pretty cool, definitely something I would like to see again. There were a couple of issues I think could be fixed (a couple breaches of proper safety, and the erronious history of the sport) but it really is the best coverage I have seen any mainstream media outlet give paintball. I would love to see Junkyard Wars or TLC involve paintball in future programing. Kudos to both.

Because I doubt that they will be reading this, I think that it might be a good idea to e-mail them if you would like to see paintball on TLC again. We are usually complaining about how the media handles our sport (who here remembers Greg the Bunny) but should definitely give credit where credit is due. Let them know where they flawed, but also, more importantly, what they did right, and there might be a chance that we could see this again in the future.

If I can find an e-mail address I'll post it here.
edit- couldn't find an e-mail address, but there is a comment form on discovery.com where you can leave comments at http://extweb.discovery.com/ViewerRelations
Also, on tlc.com there is a Junkyard Wars forum, though I don't know whether or not corporate people would read it or not.

[Koosh]

another thing I had never noticed until today: I never realized that Joe Tippmann was so short! hehe... makes him good at pball though...

[StuDawggie]

UMMMMM

I was jsut wondering if any of you saw the other post that was already started on this subject? It's in this forum titled "Paintball Tanks"...

[LittMag]

I love junkyard wars, this was a pretty good show. Yellow wouldn't have won if their expert didn't go and complain about not having parts. Yellow won becuase Blue gave them the parts for their cannons. But it really does go to show that you gotta keep moving in paintball =P

[Doc Nickel]

The only bad thing I can see happening because of this, is when someone tries to make a pvc paintball gun, and (somehow) blows themselves up...

-People have been making PVC "potato cannons" since long before you were born, son. One of the first "paintball guns" I ever saw in print was the old "Sabot Cannon", which was entirely PVC with a sprinkler valve... this would have been the early eighties. You could buy the finished gun for something like $250, or the plans for $50.

As for the JYW show, all in all I thought it quite good. Out of all the times I've seen piantball on TV, including Conan O'Brian, LA Law, King of the Hill and Just Shoot Me, JYW had by FAR the best safety.

Sure, maybe they could have required goggs for when they "tested" the so-called guns, but when it counted, during the game, everybody had 'em on and kept 'em on.

And pardon my ignorance, but who was the girl? A "world champion"? With what team?

Doc.

[SaS]

Bea Youngs... she works with Smart Parts