A fantasy panel discussion, who would you want to hear from?

[Doc Nickel]

#5 should be an old school player who's been in the tourney scene since the pump days, but isn't running his own company or so deeply sponsored that they can't speak their mind. Good luck finding one, I sure can't think of any.

-I may be running my own business, but I doubt you'd find anyone that'll say I'm afraid to speak my own mind.

Yes, I hold some strong opinions, but I'm also very anti-hype, I want the Truth instead of marketing buzzwords, and I'm not afraid to change my mind when I learn something new.

One of these days I'm gonna sneak down Tom's way and pick his brain. I spent a couple of hours talking to Bud back in '98, and he really wasn't "answering" my questions, he was just repeating the same answer he's given for similar questions a hundred times before.

Doc.

AGD edit: Come on down Doc love to have ya!

[Burphel]

Heh. That's why there's no qualifier next to the first four names. You, Tom, Glenn and Mike all strongly believe in the stuff you put out, but realize and don't hide the limitations. Haven't had much discourse with Bob Long or Dave Youngblood, but based on the marketing hype they produce, I somehow doubt they'd be frank about their own product's limitations, which is unfortunate, because I don't doubt that either knows their paintball and paintball gear.

I don't follow the tourney circuit enough to know who'd be a better choice, though. I know several scenario gamers that'd fit the bill, but most of them aren't very well known outside that mileu, and since it wasn't specified, I'm assuming this panel is geared toward all of paintball (I'd have an entirely different list for scenario only). I'd want someone on the panel who can look at innovations in tech from the player's perspective, preferably somebody who's tried nearly every bit of gear out there and can comment intelligently on it. Also someone to make sure the other four don't go making anything that might set the apocalypse clock back to say, 11:59.

[BE4life182]

tom kaye, charles gaines, hayes noel, bud orr, and bob gurnsey. in no particular order. that would be interesting. the creators of the game with some of the biggest marker manufactuers. the back ups if people couldnt make it- bob long, bill mills, JJ brokshire, and i think thats about it.

[teufelhunden]

LaSoya, Lang, Bob Long, Youngblood, and.. um, Sergey whatever his name is from Legion

[Fred]

Send Bud and Glenn into the same room through different doors... tell each of them the other wanted to apologize to the them for the whole auto-cocking thing... lock the doors, turn on the cameras....


I dunno though, seeing Have Blue, Punisher, Big Matt, and a bunch of others at EMR last fall was really cool... if Manike and Doc coulda been there, who knows what kind of antics would have gone on around the bonfire...

---Fred

[dynastyfan]

tom kaye, bud orr, doc nickle, glen palmer,

if i could just get those four i would be set

[Burphel]

Shame on me for not thinking of the big 'Pig...

Tom Kaye
Glenn Palmer
Mike Cassidy
Doc Nickel
Bill Mills

[Mango]

1.)Jessica Simpson
2.)George W. Bush
3.)Starbase SGI
4.)Adam West
5.)Shepard Smith from Fox News

[tasker89]

I like Tom's list....

I've got a feeling that a vast number of younger players in this game (i.e. 98% of those under the age of 25 or so) have no idea who Lively and Caldwell were, or that the NPPL originally formed in response to the "tyranny" of promoters.

If you are looking for an "old school" player that wouldn't be afraid to speak his mind...I would maybe point you towards Ron Kilbourne of the 'Wackers. He might be partial to WorrGames products and ZAP paint...but he isn't afraid to tell it like it is...and he has been playing tourney ball for A LONG TIME.

[than205]

My perspective is different:

Jessica Sparks
Jerry Braun
Debbie Dion
Gino's Lawyer John Campo
Jim Lively


AGD

Tom,
Why Gino's Lawyer? (just curious)