APG, newbies, and articles. Going downhill? >

[pito189]

Originally posted by Vegeta

If you played for 4 hours with a spyder, that thing has a 50% chance, or more, or breaking, mostlikely on the feild.

My Xtra has never broken down on the field. The spyders that break down on the field are the spyders that kids don't take care of because they are kids. The closet that my spyder has come to breaking down on the field is me being a genius, and running out of air on the field.

[Nitroduck]

Um, not to flame, but APG has gone WAYYYYYYYYYYY downhill in the past 1-2 years...

It's not recently that its gone downhill. I think this rule sums it up : look at the first 10 pages of a magazine and see what articles it has. 2 years ago, it was alllllllllll AGD, WGP, WDP and such. Now its kingman , kingman, and ACI and others.

I get very tired of the stupid newbies whining into professor PB about thier problems, heck, half of the answers ARE IN THEIR MANUALS. And since its well known APG is now a newbie magazine, what right do newbies have to write in and say they know more than verteran paintball players about what gun works? Last APG I bought had "I love to use my slinghsot against Angel owners". Yeah, try that against some SKILLED Angel owners and you'll find yourself on the recieving end of a 14bps bonanza. The formula good gun + good player = great still applies to paintball. Yeah, you could give Ryan Williams a M98 or Ray and he'd take out quite a few newbies before they could wise up. Give Ryan Williams his Cocker and he'll take out a few pros before they wise up

I highly sugguest reading the following magaizines if you want TOURNEY coverage

Paintball Sports International
Paintball Games International
Paintball 2 Xtremes

Of course Im biased for PGI, I write for them alot =)
Of course I also wrote for one APG article...And I'm betting their lil Co2 mail or whatever is gettin letters to attack me.

[raehl]

consignment...

Both APG and Paintball take articles on consignment. That means you write something and send it in and if they print it, they pay you. The reason you see so many of the newbieesque articles is that when the editors are sitting down to figure out what articles they're going to publish, they can only publish what they have. Both Dan and Jessica do double duty as writers, and they have some regulars, but when it comes down to filling that space, often times you get what they get: A pile of articles from newbie players about their "first experience". If you can honestly write well, and you go do something paintball related, and you submit coverage of it, it'll almost certainly get published.

Which, honestly, Idon't mind much. Really, every issue of APG should have one article about a newbie player's experience, because then someone who hasn't played paintball before who comes across the mag can read said article and have a pretty good idea what they're going to get into. It's like free advertising for paintball.

One thing I would like to see more of is tech articles - how to do this or that to your marker. What's the best sealant to use? Teflon? Locktite? Which locktite for what? Things like that Matrix Side Feed article on Warpig. And more college coverage, of course... But that's happening already.

- Chris

[Vegeta]

I read a PB2xtremes today.. i liked hte way it was layed out... but I got another year of APG coming so.. bah.

I haven't seen a Professor Paintball section lately.. but when they were in there, There were some very good questions.. but then.. there were the ones about leaks, seals and such that could easuily be fixed by reading the part/gun manual and using some loc-tite or teflon on you fittings.. which is common knowledge. I cant recall.. but I wonder if anyone ever mailed in askign how to put on an o-ring? lol

[FeelTheRT]

what do u expect? they r written by 13 yr olds... seriously... i know a 13 yr old that writes for them.

[Doobie]

I can't wait to get my grubbies on PGI each month. Robo is a good editor(plus he's gonna shoot an E-mag now . Tactics, reviews, tourney, and rec/big game in EVERY issue. Funny Brit humor too. (those guys are ruthless!) I also subscribe to APG and have noticed it's decline. The ads and reviews are a good point. (shiny new stuff...drool)

[StevoC]

I actually submitted an article to APG about 8 months ago about building an LP spyder. The editor said it was accepted and good to print, but I haven't seen it printed yet. Guess the newbie stuff is better material.

I think they are just trying to get new people into the sport...the newbie stories help.

[Wheelman]

They have been doing a lot of stuff on old school play latley too, yeah we all like to get nostalgic about stuff we never did, but you're overdoing the history lesson here.

Also you read one article thats not bad and then you flip a couple of pages ahead and someone more or less bashes the hell out of what the last article said. And Jim "roadrunner" Fox just need to slow down a bit or they're gonna have to name the magazine after him (seeing as latley it seems he writes most of the articles in it)


Originally posted by Vegeta

Then I read somethign about some new team and how they just came about. I didnt get through it. Dry as a bone. No information for me, really. Now, an article about team building I would have read.. but abour some guys personal experience with 5 friends in da woodz behind Jimmies shed? No.

I know those 5 guys and while there article was weak they are a good team and doing well in the local circuts