What are you looking for in future advancements...

[Jack & Coke]

-Mechanical
-Easy to walk (15+ bps)
-Durable
-Light
-Can be fit with a 12gram adapater and a pump arm
-Efficient
-Runs on co2

with the exception of "easy to walk", you have just described a Blazer.

maybe one of these days someone will experiment and make a pneumatic grip frame conversion for the blazer...

mechanical and fast:

http://www.palmer-pursuit.com/animation/blazer-test-.MPG

normal version:


pump version:


electro version:


CO2? Normal single stab is fine, but for the ultimate in CO2 regulation, go dual stabs:

[RogueFactor]

with the exception of "easy to walk", you have just described a Blazer.

[sarcasm]Yeah, but its old technology. PPS hasnt made anything new for their markers since forever[/sarcasm]

[Pneumagger]

maybe one of these days someone will experiment and make a pneumatic grip frame conversion for the blazer...

I'll take a blazer on... I ain't afraid!

/busts out dremmel
//thinks twice (how does a blazer work )
///Gives a sinister laugh out loud and picks up 2nd dremmel

[RogueFactor]

Investing in newer and better fields would require a field owner to see a greater return on that investment.

If fields are closing down, they dont have enough to stay open let alone invest in new or better.

The new/better fields open up, and need to charge a higher price for admission because its new and better.

Guess what?....players go to the cheaper crappier fields cuz its cheaper. When it closes the reason was "nice fields, but it was too expensive".

I know it would be nice to have newer, better fields...I just dont know how that is possible.

[Lohman446]

Investing in newer and better fields would require a field owner to see a greater return on that investment.

If fields are closing down, they dont have enough to stay open let alone invest in new or better.

The new/better fields open up, and need to charge a higher price for admission because its new and better.

Guess what?....players go to the cheaper crappier fields cuz its cheaper. When it closes the reason was "nice fields, but it was too expensive".

I know it would be nice to have newer, better fields...I just dont know how that is possible.

Ready for this one. The reason most fields close is because those starting them up have no clue of standard business returns when they are starting, are (generally) unprepared for the amount of work that goes into a business and the less than spectacular return on investment. I hear too many people who think its some get rich scheme. Most fields fail because of a lack of a decent and reasonable business plan.

[the mag guy]

I don't know the laws on paintball fields and such, and though it is against some kind of city ordinance, I'd like to see indoor fields that are in city. I think if paintball were easier to access or was more in the public view, more people would come or atleast come to watch. Where I am currently living, the closest field is over an hour away. Hunstville, though not a big town, has plenty of places to make a field, whether it be indoor or out. I dont think an in city place would be successful here b/c of the towns size. But......

Clear across the US there are old walmarts and targets that are just sitting there abandoned. I've always wondered what if I went in with a group and we bought one. Make a couple indoor fields mayber an AIR field or two and a clever drain system to wash it all down at the end of the day. I think it would be pretty sweet to wash down the filed each day with the fire sprinkler system.

I know there are a lot of obstacles that I would have to overcome (money, law and so on) before I could make a field, but, if possible, I really think having a close field would be successfull.

[p8ntball72]

Do you think if walmart and target couldn't make a profit and had to close a store that a paintball field would?

[rmg]

Being fairly new to paintball, I think the most improvement can be made with better accuracy. In other words, a better paintball. I have tried the more expensive brands but still find them lacking. Yes, I understand barrel to paint matching, but I don't find a great improvement from the cheap stuff. The paint needs to be more consistant and round, cheaper would be nice, but you can't have everything.

I would also echo some of the others about "better" fields. Easier and cheaper for the field owners to build and maintain, allowing the owners to maintain the fields better. Sorry, no real ideas on how to do this.

Only my opinions of course.

[wjr]

"I don't know the laws on paintball fields and such, and though it is against some kind of city ordinance, I'd like to see indoor fields that are in city. I think if paintball were easier to access or was more in the public view, more people would come or atleast come to watch.'


Some fields are like that. I played at one up in Ohio that was in the middle of a suburb right next to an apartment complex and it wasnt even an indoor field.

[SlartyBartFast]

I know it would be nice to have newer, better fields...I just dont know how that is possible.

Franchising. Reduced risk for the franchisee, with prepared plans and procedures, and the power of bulk buying of supplies and advertising, in return for guaranteed revenues for the franchiser. I beleive Pev's for one offers franchises.

The reason most fields close is because those starting them up have no clue of standard business returns when they are starting, are (generally) unprepared for the amount of work that goes into a business and the less than spectacular return on investment. I hear too many people who think its some get rich scheme. Most fields fail because of a lack of a decent and reasonable business plan.

Solved by franchising. A good franchise prepares the investor for what to expect and ultimately offer franchises only to those investors that are a good match for their business plan.

[spwz99]

Do you think if walmart and target couldn't make a profit and had to close a store that a paintball field would?

What about instances like my home town where they closed the smaller Wal-Mart to open a Supercenter? They were making enough of a profit that they outgrew their old building.

I would like to see the sport get cheaper. I can understand a field with an admission fee OR field paint only rules. But not both. If the "admission fee" is just another name for all day air, then fine. But dont charge me to get in and then screw me when I buy a case of paint. I personally believe that if paintball prices would drop significantly, either due to increased efficency in production or some other break through, then we would have fewer people quitting the sport because its too expensive and they can only play until they have to buy a car or pay for college. The increase in the number of players who stay with the sport alone would probably be enough to cover any losses in immediate profits, let alone the number of new players the sport would gain if prices went down. I know several people who don't play any more or never did because it's too expensive.

Personally I can't stand the punk, bad*** image that so many players cling to today. GROW UP. The NBA is an excellent example of what paintball could look like if people don't change. Of course it is harder to vandalize something with a basketball, than a paintball marker, but that is something we just have to deal with. I'm really talking about the number of snot nosed punks with an attitude so invasive I don't even want to play on the same field with them. Here is where self regulation needs to happen in the sport. If people like that understood that no one likes to play with them or thought what they were doing was 'cool' then maybe they would change, or, maybe they would leave the sport. Either way, no big loss for me.

In short, I would love to see a drop in the price of paint, and the sport lose its punk, outlaw image and gain a legitimate face to those who don't play.

[Lohman446]

Solved by franchising. A good franchise prepares the investor for what to expect and ultimately offer franchises only to those investors that are a good match for their business plan.

There are problems involving the atmosphere around many fields here. You add a new hurdle. Do you honestly think fields that offer trade of field fees / paint / proshop discounts are complying with labor and pay laws, including taxing, social security withholdings, worker's compensation insurance, etc. ? There is no way this is going to be tolerated in a corporate style system.

[G Squat]

I'd like to see a roller bearing trigger for a mag, or maybe a newer lighter rail with a newly designed sear axle pin... Oh, wait. Rogue already did that. Awesome work. I will have one very soon. They'll work on my ultimate mag frame, correct?

[spwz99]

Do you honestly think fields that offer trade of field fees / paint / proshop discounts are complying with labor and pay laws, including taxing, social security withholdings, worker's compensation insurance, etc. ? There is no way this is going to be tolerated in a corporate style system.

What about companies that offer employee discounts? how is that any different?

[MoeMag]