What's next? PBall future.

[nastymag]

magmanlee ..... do you like video games ?
i think you do .

[ShooterJM]

Originally posted by Vegeta

Any kid in a garage can put paintball comp[anies today out of business with one idea. I have had many of the years of my own. Some worked, some didn't. Many are just sitting in my desk or on my hard drive. There are thousands of unfinished paintball marker / ideas laying around all over the paintball community. Before long something new and big will come out of it.

I heartily agree. And I can only hope it's me! Seriously though, someone, somewhere has an idea that will revolutionize the game. Again.

[topekoms]

[Stargazer54]

Future of the sport

Hi!

Couldn't agree more when someone said that paintball was really more about teamwork than spraying pellets. When the game was still using oil based paint, you only had one, or maybe two shots per confrontation. You either won or walked. The difference from the start was in how well you worked with your team, plus of course your ability to hit the target that first time you pulled the trigger.

I predict that the next revolution in the sport will be a return to its' roots, to the same sort of team building games we used to play. We already see the start of that movement with the growing number of sceanrios being played, as well as with the mega sceanrios such as DeWayne's D-Day game. Imagine playing on the same side, year after year, perfecting your side's team playing skills with the idea of turning the tables on the opposition. Does that come from being able to toss more paint, more quickly and accurately? Sure, but it also calls for teamwork, communications, planning, etc. That sort of thing is already happening, but what if we took that one step further and presented players with a challenge? A challenge determine who could put this whole package of speed, skill, accuracy and teamwork together better than anyone else? What if there was a way of bringing together a group of teams and players who had already passed a preliminary test, only to find themselves facing others who also passed that same test in another part of country. Now it's just the best of the best, one side against another in a final, large scale test of all those skills. Who wins, isn't then just a matter of the faster rate of fire, but who worked best as a team to achieve their objectives. That's where I see the sport headed and it's only a matter of time before someone puts that idea into play. I hope that someone is me, but if not, it's still going to happen, just watch and see.

Andy Van Der Plaats
aka 'Dorsai'
c/o [email protected]
941/997-2221

[topekoms]

hey stargazar.

that was a good idea having somesort of test that would pry on the teams ability to work with eachother and communicate. if they fail the test then its better luck next time but the ones that pass and that have shown that they understand the concepts of tactics and teamwork then paintball would become a much more intellectual sport.

one day i hope to be able to experience playing on a team with people who where trained, at least by themselves, with skills similar to those taught in the military. then beyond that would be playing on this team while playing against another team that has similar skills and knowledge. and beyond that being the one incharge of creating the plan and reacting to the events that are taking place.

wow. that would be fun!!!

[einhander619]

I have compared paintball to golf time and time again. If you think about it, it's really similar! Same train of thought behind equipment, regulations, rec vs. tourney, etc. Even the prices of the games are comparable. So what is it separates us from the mob's opinion of paintball? (Besides the RUSH!:) )
Well, the last time I played, a bunch of drunken rednecks broke into the course, and thought it would be great to just cause a little havoc. Well, that was a media fiasco, the cops got involved, and pretty soon my little sister's friends won't play with her because their parents saw me chrony my gun in the back yard.(safely, I might add)
What seperates us from the image of golf, a sport held in the highest esteem? The integrity of the player. It is a shame that our sport attracts gun crazed white trash simply because it appears to approximate killing something. Our integrity is also the thing that holds us back. I recently read the article on WARPIG about the Beyond 2002 tournament. What a great idea! Like the Warped Tour but with paintball! Unfortunately, my spirits took a dive when the article turned to the player's behavior. Fist fights between players? How many people saw it? More importantly, how many parents will buy their kid a marker and turn them loose at the field after that display?
If soemone has aggression they need to get out of their system, do it behind a pair of boxing gloves, not a marker. That's a sports that makes no pretense as to what it is.

[einhander619]

One more thing, all the technological advances in the world are useless if paintball is made illegal. Just my $.02. Peace.