POLL: Should paintball be in the X-Games?

[Chamba]

Im doing a paper for school and was wondering how many people think paintball should be in the X-Games.

[FooTemps]

NO! I don't want super spoiled rich kids playing paintball!!! ::looks at self in mirror:: wait, I don't want MORE spoiled rich kids playing paintball!!!

j/k, It'll bring too much popularity to paintball and it will crowd fields and shops...

[mrhooie]

If it should be anywhere - it should be in the X Games

[Potatoboy]

Now this i don't have any beef about. The X-Games are a perfect place for paintball.

[Rynoboy06]

I hope that was a joke.

How can you say that it would put too much pressure on the stores and fields? Obviously, if the X-games brought thousands of newbies into the sport, it could only benefit the fields and stores. There could be more and bigger of both, more competition for best prices and best venues between them. Everybody wins. The level of competition might dip in rec ball, but after they got their act together you could have lots of really big recball games, and no waiting to get enough people to play. More is better. If I missed some sarcasm, I apologize for my verbal assault.
I think an X-games tourney would work best as a large, single, tourney, at a time of year far, far from the World Cup and Mardi Gras. They would need to get all the pro teams to show up, and the venue might present problems for TV coverage, what with netting and all, but I'm all in favor of working through the problems for the boost to the sport. Plus, we can influence their untained minds into buying mags, when they become worthy. Or just shoot them with our mags until they see the light.

[PigSweat]

The real question is will there be paintball in the X-Games, paintball isn't the most thrilling spectator sport.

[manike]

Originally posted by PigSweat
paintball isn't the most thrilling spectator sport.

Excellent point. Paintball is ONLY interesting to watch if you play and/or understand what is going on.

Watching it from scratch doesn't make much sense to many people and games can be very boring. I don't think you could ever show it live. You would need lots of cameras to get the action and then cut it together well.

manike

[dorksquad55]

no way

i also skateboard i addition to paintball, and i have seen the way it has messed skateboarding up. lets keep paintball good and fun and not an extreme sport. it would just be to much publicity.

ken
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[shartley]

If my memory serves me... I think we had an outstanding Thread about this in the old Fight Club. I wish we still had it.

We discussed the potential of Paintball as a spectator sport, various ways to improve it as such, the whole camera thing, and more. It was a GREAT thread.

Anyone remember that one?

[cphilip]

Yep I do...(sigh)....

[kenshinkandon]

Well prior to the X-games skateboarding and all the other sports they now host were often looked down upon becasue a stigma was attached to the sports as being dangerous and people often thought that the people who participated in those sports were part of a subculture.

Paintball is different in many ways from the sports on the X-games, due to the fact that most if not all of the sports are not team sports like paintball, I think that is a major part of why it is not on the X-games but most of the top competitors in the X-Games have played paintball and play regularly. I think it would help paintball if were to be shown with the X-games due to fact that it is a national competition that would greatly help people understand paintball better.

[Doobie]

I said no. I don't think we as a sport are ready for TV. Too often players professionalism is called into question. When we have this whittled down to an acceptable level, we will be ready. Some of you will say there is unprofessional acts in other sports that are on TV. I agree, and those players are fined, sat out,etc... It is rare that something like this happens in paintball. Sponsors need to start holding their players accountable. (me thinks I just opened a can-O-worms!)

[edweird]

Yes But;

Yes but with constraints... I thhink this is what the big industry needs but I think it will need require alot of control. Anyhow on the subject on the addition of this sport to the X-games, I feel that it would be a great addition but I feel that it ought to be controled by at least the NPPL or someother governing body that is willing to step up and be accountable for ensuring all goes well. In the end remember that this is the X-Games, and leave it to a bunch of preppy stoner rich kids ruining this all for us. Damn hippies

[gmag]

Well, paintball is the 4th most popular extreme sport in the world. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think thats proof enough to be in the X-Games.

[shartley]

gmag
Sorry to be a pain again... But I think you might want to review HOW those "Most Popular" figures are gathered and what criteria they used. We have had THAT discussion here on AO as well, and we determined that the numbers meant nothing at all when you looked at the criterias used.

I will try to find that thread for you.... I think you will find it interesting.

(ADDED: Here you go... http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...&threadid=5710)