Geddon

Jan 18 2010, 11:55 AM

good news is that the field owners don't have to deal with each other on this one, just the organization. I'm tweaking the idea in my mind, more on paper as it develops.

Also, i need someone who is more experienced in organizing and running tournaments than I to help take this on if we can pull it off. I've only run a few small tournaments, nothing like this.

bizzarr1

Jan 18 2010, 08:24 PM

Maybe every team has to have a sponsor that is either a field or a store, and a field or store can only have one sponsored team.

In order to do this right, I think that someone should approach the fields and stores with a comprehensive and detailed plan of action.

bizzarr1

Jan 18 2010, 08:24 PM

Maybe every team has to have a sponsor that is either a field or a store, and a field or store can only have one sponsored team.

In order to do this right, I think that someone should approach the fields and stores with a comprehensive and detailed plan of action.

bizzarr1

Jan 18 2010, 08:24 PM

Maybe every team has to have a sponsor that is either a field or a store, and a field or store can only have one sponsored team.

In order to do this right, I think that someone should approach the fields and stores with a comprehensive and detailed plan of action.

bizzarr1

Jan 18 2010, 08:24 PM

Maybe every team has to have a sponsor that is either a field or a store, and a field or store can only have one sponsored team.

In order to do this right, I think that someone should approach the fields and stores with a comprehensive and detailed plan of action.

switchblade12

Jan 19 2010, 10:12 AM

I think this has already been tried in pretty much the same fashion by more than one person here I'm sorry to say.

As big daddy stated before, some of us have tried this before and talked to some of the field owners and got the response, if field A is in than ( I field B am out )

Here in the Dallas/Fort Worth/North Texas area we have 8 fields and a few more just outside of town, That gives you at the most and this is a stretch, 8 teams all Rookies with no money. They all want to play X-Ball but cant afford the paint $$$ that goes with it, kind of a catch 22.

The teams today are for the most part teenagers with no money. Not like a few years ago when you had adults with money and sportsman ship and the maturity to take a loss. Chalk it up to the modern game, it's style of play the guns speed,age what every you want.

Bizzarr1 has worked his ass off trying to resurrect the tournaments in North Texas with so far some good results, but a sad comparison to years past. Now no one so far is as organized and experienced as Bizzarr and the crew he has at putting on a tournament. What he has found to work so far is what has worked in the past years like pump, mech and one battery type tournaments with no prizes. We will see soon how well the 10man tournament goes as there has been good interest in it, but i think it's going to be some what of a long road trying to change the mentality of today's players, but Bizzarr has been successful so far, it's just going to take time and baby steps to get back to were we where 5 years ago.

Now ask your self, why do you get more players to attend a scenario than a local tournament? ( Multiple choice question )

A) because they are cheaper

B) because anyone can play ( age,size,skill level )

C) because you get more playing time on the field

D) because you get better prizes

E) because of the type of game you play

I don't think a new game or a different structure is going to fix the state of tournament ball in Texas.
It's more of an age and mentality thing that needs to change.

I'm not trying to be a downer here, but there is many like minded people on here, some with many years of experience and some new with fresh ideas that i think could make a big impact if they were to join forces and come up with a common goal, so til than we all have to swallow the shit soup that is Texas Paintball.

switchblade12

Jan 19 2010, 05:01 PM

Hell I see nothing wrong with $50. I'm old school, we paid $85 and up back in the day, but back than you could play a whole 10 man tournament on a case of paint, now the kids think if you don't shoot a case in a 5min game you don't have a chance at winning. This is just were the game is today, kids lac skill so they want to make up for it by having a high rate of fire and a small field so that they don't have far to go to get to cover.

What's going to have to happen is the game needs to come back to a point that all players of all Age's, Sizes and skill level can play.
Back in the day I played with players that were anywhere from 50 to 13 years of age and all where on the same skill level, we had Pro and Amateur that's it, at the local level you had Am that's it. Now you have Rookie,rookie1,2,3,4 and be fore long I'm sure 5,6 pussy divisions oops! I mean Rookie divisions. They will play this division there whole paintball career.

Sorry for the rant, but this is were we sit. A hand full of us have been around 15yrs or more so we have seen it come full circle to the state it is now, which is a very sad state that doesn't seem to have a quick and easy fix.

Our solution for now, is Pump paintball, we are trying to take players back to the roots of the game, and show them that there is more to this game than colorful jerseys and fast guns. So many skills like snap shooting, moving, communicating, team work just to name a few, have been lost over the past few years to fast guns, small fields and somebody trying to make a quick buck. I mean hell it takes years to be really good at something, you can't just buy it, all though you can't tell the new kids this. So we just go out and own them with pumps, there is nothing more humbling to a kid with a brand new state of the art marker than to get owned all day by a 30 or 40 something year old guy with a pump and a bag of paint.