tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.comments2017-09-05T16:57:15.198-07:00thepaintballagendaFIGHT LIFE SPORTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08834686405731051712noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-73265877274917768932010-03-24T11:30:37.921-07:002010-03-24T11:30:37.921-07:00To combine Brandon's idea, some past ideas and...To combine Brandon's idea, some past ideas and my current idea, try this on: I think we need to attack the new player approach at least at the High School level. Like I said in previous posts, the problem is pball is not mainstream. Parents tell their kids, you have to play a sport in High School or else... and none of those choices could ever include pball, because ping pong has a better Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966668640598465605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-40861118770016373392009-11-09T18:31:10.470-08:002009-11-09T18:31:10.470-08:00Yeah. Nobody likes being told you're the prob...Yeah. Nobody likes being told you're the problem when you are the one paying out of your pocket to play the sport. I think that was the main thrust of Brandon's post.Don Saavedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556414730946720412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-13040730278666046212009-11-09T16:50:11.188-08:002009-11-09T16:50:11.188-08:00To your first point about pros not being the best ...To your first point about pros not being the best tool to use....fair enough, but like I said in this post originally, this whole little idea was a quickly hashed thought I had after watching the savepaintball.org interview. It wasn't meant to be the end all say all in our paintball problem but rather a different way to look at it in general, taking the responsibility of rebuilding this sportBrandon Lambertson 909https://www.blogger.com/profile/09846737953455966814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-43488218532665483722009-11-09T15:16:29.895-08:002009-11-09T15:16:29.895-08:00I just think Pros are not the right tool to use on...I just think Pros are not the right tool to use on brand-new-players, at least not directly. They really don't provide any incentive - if someone doesn't play paintball, what do they care if a Pro player is there or not?<br /><br />Maybe a better idea is to create a special Pro benefit that a current player can go to ONLY if they bring 5 new players out to play with them (maybe the same raehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311405248370629057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-2748850983700741202009-11-09T11:15:38.984-08:002009-11-09T11:15:38.984-08:00Typo ...meant holier than thou...Typo ...meant holier than thou...Brandon Lambertson 909https://www.blogger.com/profile/09846737953455966814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-44442089205465198782009-11-09T11:12:15.221-08:002009-11-09T11:12:15.221-08:00Oh Chris, don't be so quick to dislike a good ...Oh Chris, don't be so quick to dislike a good idea. I never said the pros had to take them out to the speedball field and play against them at 100% full throttle. I had more of "a day in the woods" kind of thing in mind. Every pro I know still plays walk on now and then for the "FUN" in it and they will tell you that. Trust me, playing tournament all the time and dealing Brandon Lambertson 909https://www.blogger.com/profile/09846737953455966814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-10983301121347473432009-11-07T13:25:12.367-08:002009-11-07T13:25:12.367-08:00Wait, the idea is we have the best players in the ...Wait, the idea is we have the best players in the game have MORE interaction with new players? Yes, because we all know people who have no idea Pro paintball even exists have even MORE fun playing against the best players in the game.<br /><br />If we REALLY want to fix paintball, the sponsors should get together and refuse to sponsor any teams or leagues unless the Pro division is hopperball raehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311405248370629057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-35826399120024781712009-11-02T18:14:51.925-08:002009-11-02T18:14:51.925-08:00Baca,
Used to? What changed?Baca,<br /><br />Used to? What changed?Don Saavedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556414730946720412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-81032898577303287312009-10-31T20:26:32.489-07:002009-10-31T20:26:32.489-07:00Thanks Baca, it's always nice getting a compli...Thanks Baca, it's always nice getting a compliment from someone whom I respect the opiion of. =)Brandon Lambertson 909https://www.blogger.com/profile/09846737953455966814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-59396481444480114292009-10-31T16:30:43.740-07:002009-10-31T16:30:43.740-07:00Always a good read, Brandon. More rants!
Don,
We ...Always a good read, Brandon. More rants!<br /><br />Don,<br />We used to do some stuff like that to promote the team (which in turn promoted the sponsors.)Baca Locohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014510414015288907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-74335064616748332822009-10-31T15:57:19.963-07:002009-10-31T15:57:19.963-07:00Email sent Tom....
Thanks Mick and thanks for rea...Email sent Tom....<br /><br />Thanks Mick and thanks for reading!!Brandon Lambertson 909https://www.blogger.com/profile/09846737953455966814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-92034537500965949282009-10-31T15:33:52.647-07:002009-10-31T15:33:52.647-07:00Good stuff...real ideas!Good stuff...real ideas!mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433758099685255544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-6746453841418842902009-10-31T13:43:04.268-07:002009-10-31T13:43:04.268-07:00Brandon you mind dropping me a line to catshackrep...Brandon you mind dropping me a line to catshackreports@gmail.com if you wouldn't mind please....got a few ideas to run by you.Tom Tomcat Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132073016472198174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-3780477873210042722009-10-31T13:38:43.084-07:002009-10-31T13:38:43.084-07:00Thanks TomCat, now we focus on finding the new pla...Thanks TomCat, now we focus on finding the new players....hmmmm.<br /><br />Don, <br /><br /> Man, did someone tell you about my good idea with pros and scenario games? It's in the works so to speak. Not exactly what you laid out, but a round about way to cross promote the two and try and feed some scenario players into the tourny side.Brandon Lambertson 909https://www.blogger.com/profile/09846737953455966814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-87145968644603206362009-10-31T13:27:35.400-07:002009-10-31T13:27:35.400-07:00I have always been jealous of those stories when t...I have always been jealous of those stories when the Ironmen used to go play walk-on after practice was over and get out amongst the "normal guys" and have some fun.<br /><br />As a follow up idea... how about the pro team's sponsors "pay" their way in to some scenario/big games in the off season? I say "off season" as a starter because the first thing the pros Don Saavedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556414730946720412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-23584185649443276272009-10-31T13:25:48.469-07:002009-10-31T13:25:48.469-07:00Great article Brandon... an interesting idea, I lo...Great article Brandon... an interesting idea, I love it!<br /><br />Tom Tomcat Cunningham<br />The Catshack ReportsTom Tomcat Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132073016472198174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-86971922944511965532009-10-02T21:10:00.489-07:002009-10-02T21:10:00.489-07:00It seems that we're having a "What came f...It seems that we're having a "What came first, the chicken or the egg?" argument. So we might have to agree to disagree. During my last year in Little League, my team won the City Championships, and during that entire season, I don't recall one conversation about who was winning, or who won the World Series. Most of us were just lerpy kids where our parents were making us Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966668640598465605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-89466033311991698532009-10-02T10:54:31.054-07:002009-10-02T10:54:31.054-07:00Why do the kids want to run around on a baseball f...Why do the kids want to run around on a baseball field? Because they dream of doing that for a living. Key words: FOR A LIVING. That's the key. Everything else comes after. TV shows, mainstream attention, etc. just serves to increase the paychecks, it doesn't create them to begin with. It seems counter intuitive, but the only reason kids everywhere clamber for little league, pop Don Saavedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556414730946720412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-24952890031342897532009-10-01T22:16:08.907-07:002009-10-01T22:16:08.907-07:00The Pro Paintballer is not worth that much...yet. ...The Pro Paintballer is not worth that much...yet. The general public still doesn't care enough about paintball, so we are a limited audience, let a lone a paying one.<br /><br />The problem is much more fundamental and a true "grass roots" effort must be achieved!<br /><br />The best example I can give is: I personally live next to a really nice Little League baseball field that isJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966668640598465605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-32565188339954994062009-09-28T17:37:36.235-07:002009-09-28T17:37:36.235-07:00Enough to live like a human being?Enough to live like a human being?Don Saavedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556414730946720412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-75226127122553761162009-09-28T13:48:35.618-07:002009-09-28T13:48:35.618-07:00Pro skateboarders, BMX riders, basketball player, ...Pro skateboarders, BMX riders, basketball player, etc get paid because there is return on investment. The companies don't do it for the love of the game, they do it for the almighty dollar. <br /><br />The companies offer endorsement deals for players and the players can make money selling themselves as well. <br /><br />The ironmen's players don't pose in dye clothing for free. They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-51405543333719160842009-09-25T17:51:38.128-07:002009-09-25T17:51:38.128-07:00I made a comment on Pro Paintball about this almos...I made a comment on Pro Paintball about this almost exact subject under "The Pro Designation" article. Yes, we should pay Pro Paintball Players, but where are the Pro Ballers that are purchased by which Team Owners, that own stadiums that attract the FANS that are willing to PAY for a seat for 2 or 3 hours to watch Mutiny battle against Infamous, and then during the second half, the Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966668640598465605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-31391389232409423672009-09-25T17:48:10.182-07:002009-09-25T17:48:10.182-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966668640598465605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-21587902158364024942009-09-24T12:52:30.180-07:002009-09-24T12:52:30.180-07:00If you are dealing with children, that might work,...If you are dealing with children, that might work, but I have a feeling most teens and grwn-ups are looking for a different kind of fun.<br /><br />Notice I said "or any other kind of paintball" in brackets. There is a reason I did that. That's because the root of tournament paintball problems are deeper than tournament paintball itself (not that it doesn't have problems unto Reiner Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735297279972068471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412339618575000495.post-37612596221098044382009-09-24T10:43:55.041-07:002009-09-24T10:43:55.041-07:00If you want to save tournament paintball by making...If you want to save tournament paintball by making it fun, remove first place through last place, give everybody a trophy, and take the teams out for ice cream afterwards.Don Saavedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556414730946720412noreply@blogger.com