I wana see what tom and other bigcheezes around here shoot

[puppycock]

Originally posted by shartley

You say that you were never an enthusiast but you have played right? More than once?

[Riotz]

shartley,

I was just wondering since I see your posts on almost every thread and never seen you mention anything about the type of marker you use. =]


And again, I thought you would fit under this category since your posts are everywhere.


And yep, you passed the interview. Expect a follow-up in a few weeks. hehe

[cphilip]

Problem solved...

[raehl]

Man, I sympathize....

I havn't actually played since last Memorial Day. There's a lot of reasons for it, like not having the field right by the University anymore, moving and not taking the time to find new fields in the area, but mostly because I just don't have time with all the OTHER paintball stuff I do. I have been to two tournaments (WPF Masters and NCPA MICT fall college tourny) since then, but talked to people/organized instead of played. I did bring my new emag (that's right, I havn't played since Memorial Day but just bought an emag) to CPX over Thanksgiving break, but ended up talking to Forest for three hours and wasn't feeling terribly motivated to go out in the rather cold, wet weather anyway. I was also set to go play the weekend before that, but woke up to find out all the fields were closed due to hunting season. Frustrating. I also do things like take a day to testify in front of Wisconsin legislative committees instead of playing as well.

But mostly, working a full-time job during the week, I need weekends to get NCPA stuff done as well as, you know, get groceries and the like, heh. That and I havn't given up on the concept of a social life just yet either. But paintball play does fall kinda low on the priority list.

I *AM*, however, planning on playing Skyball this year, and practicing for it as well. Thank goodness they added a year onto the Novice class because I'm going to be rusty as all hell.

So yeah, unfortunately, there gets to be a point where as you get more and more involved in promoting the sport from an organizational level, there's less and less time to just be a player. (Warning: A "I do more for paintball than you do" ego comment to follow ) While playing paintball a lot may show someone likes the sport, it's when they're willing to give up the time and money they used spend playing to promote the sport instead that you know they truly believe in it.


Really, I just need to figure out how people like Tom find a way to do both. Hrm... anyone want to give me a paintball company?

- Chris

[manike]

Re: Man, I sympathize....

A great post Raehl.

Originally posted by raehl
While playing paintball a lot may show someone likes the sport, it's when they're willing to give up the time and money they used spend playing to promote the sport instead that you know they truly believe in it.

This is soo true! And is one reason I have such huge respect for what Bill and Dawn Mills do with Warpig. They give up a huge amount of time and their own money to promote paintball. They don't make money from it but spend their money to promote what they love and believe in. They are working hard and making everything go right at many major events (the behind the scenes work they did at the World Cup was vital to it's running so smoothly!) and you can see them working hard at events where everyone else is relaxed and enjoying themselves (I'm sure they enjoy them also but it can get a little stressful for them occasionaly )

Another person who falls under this category is Laurent Hamet who runs the millenium series, the personal effort that he has put into paintball has been an inspiration not just for Europe but also for the USA now that he is involved with the NPPL.

These people inspire me, I have for some time been so commited to work that I have been unable to play with a regular team (I still play regularly just can't commit to practices or events). I miss it but instead play with lots of guest teams at events all around the world. Since not on a regular team that will always attend Millenium events I took to voluntarily writing articles for warpig on the Millenium series so that everyone could see what happens over here. It costs almost as much as playing and in many ways it is almost as satisfying. Seeing the sport grow and having people grateful for what you are doing is a great thing.

I just love being involved in this sport. Wether I am posting, playing, designing, marshalling or reporting I am always passionate about it

manike

[the JoKeR]

Originally posted by AGD
The other reason to wear the extra coverage is because people are out to get me when I play ball

Uh oh, sounds like paranoia! Don't listen to all those extra voices in your head! Except for the one telling you to send me a new E-Mag Extreem, that is!

[Miscue]

Like Chaotic said, I had a PF+Hyperframe which I sold to get my Blue EMag. RT Pro inbound hopefully... let my sister and friends use it. When I'm not shooting an AGD gun, I shoot my mouth.