12-01-2008, 01:19 PM
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Child please.
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: 306
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Originally Posted by treeflip7
WHAT THE ****..............is anyone really grasping the magnitude of this. Our arguably biggest and most commercial league just went under. Hope for paintball is dwindling.
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12-01-2008, 01:19 PM
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Pay attention boy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Indiana
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How can anyone be surprised by this?
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12-01-2008, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Burlington NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by treeflip7
WHAT THE ****..............is anyone really grasping the magnitude of this. Our arguably biggest and most commercial league just went under. Hope for paintball is dwindling.
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yea i hear ya. but hope for paintball isnt dwindling. in europe its the biggest thing since people started kicking balls into goals. Asia just had a phenominal world cup and last i check canada and mexico stilll have their major Xball leagues
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12-01-2008, 01:20 PM
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Hai2u
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Connecticut
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wow this sucks. the paintball industruies are really hurting. ****in economy!
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12-01-2008, 01:20 PM
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Si vis pacem, para bellum
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by paintballer187
I was hoping for a merger of leagues, I guess that won't be happening. Now the PSP should drop 5 man and do x-ball and 7 man.
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Wouldn't be a bad idea, but how are they going to accommodate twice the number of teams in the same amount of space? More fields, more refs, more staff, etc. |
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12-01-2008, 01:20 PM
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9 Years in this thang'
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: S. Carolina
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within the next few hours you'll all get your answers from Raehl who will provide infinite insight into this developing story.
Even know anyone who knows how this sport really works could have seen this after the Texas outcome, the firings at PB2X, the Shawn thing and Scott sitting in the trailer all week at SD and not talking to any vendors about next year.
If one more person says "it's the economy" I'm going to ban them from paintball. If Kee goes under tomorrow it might be the economy. A league is a different situation. This almost happened last year and to the PSP 2 years ago. It's all about spending and both leagues do to much of it.
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12-01-2008, 01:21 PM
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Bryan
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I don't know why everyone keeps praying and hoping the PSP will accomodate for the NPPL players by incorporating the 7 man format when the company that had the 7 man format is now bankrupt!
Shouldn't the PSP keep chugging away with their current formats and keep doing what it is that has managed to keep them above water?
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12-01-2008, 01:21 PM
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STD Factory
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: indianapolis
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well i guess our only option is to see how far the rabbit hole goes.
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12-01-2008, 01:22 PM
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im jabba
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: san diego
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Originally Posted by MetalHead pb
well this really sucks for all ballers but if you look at it a different way this is actually good.
the 2 leagues have been taking money away from each other and have made it hard for one to thrive and for paintball to grow.
but now that its all one league this could open up many new doors for paintball to progress.
psp will get all the money now and we may get it back on tv.
and alot of other good things that could happen that i dont feel like listing also
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this is the exact mentality that killed the nppl, NO ONE CARES ABOUT PAINTBALL EXCEPT PLAYERS PERIOD END OF STORY,, THOSE IDIOTS BK'D THAT LEAGUE WASTING MONEY ON TV STADIUMS ETC, JUST PUT ON GOOD EVENTS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE MONEY SO IT WILL SURVIVE |
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12-01-2008, 01:22 PM
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fisticuffs will ensue
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: wouldnt you like to know
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dayummmmm
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12-01-2008, 01:23 PM
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Si vis pacem, para bellum
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Florida
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Above water are the key words.
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12-01-2008, 01:23 PM
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REGINA ROYALS FTMFW
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Canada, EH!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by treeflip7
WHAT THE ****..............is anyone really grasping the magnitude of this. Our arguably biggest and most commercial league just went under. Hope for paintball is dwindling.
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Finally someone with a brain, This is going to be disasterous on the entire industry, this a a HOLLY **** were screwed moment, peope we need to do something and fast.
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12-01-2008, 01:24 PM
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fisticuffs will ensue
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: wouldnt you like to know
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Originally Posted by Scootscr15
How can anyone be surprised by this?
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hes right. signs were everywhere.
a video game was kinda a sign IMO, also making 5 man to attract more teams which means more loot.
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12-01-2008, 01:24 PM
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< HAWTNESS
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: San Diego, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by treeflip7
WHAT THE ****..............is anyone really grasping the magnitude of this. Our arguably biggest and most commercial league just went under. Hope for paintball is dwindling.
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Yes, the most commercially known league just went under but the remaining league has a very easy format for people outside of paintball to follow. The format follows a more "traditional" sport format because it runs on a point scoring system and it also has an easy game clock to follow. And on top of that, it should be more exciting for fans to watch PSP on TV than it was watching NPPL on TV when it aired on ESPN 2 a few years ago.
O, and I'm not a PSP fanboy. I like the 7-man format a lot but with NPPL spending more money on advertising than they could actually make, you kinda had an idea that PSP was going to be the league that would eventually end up surviving.
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12-01-2008, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Burlington NJ
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They also had one of the best regional seiries as well, the xspl, and paintball.com
Damn.
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12-01-2008, 01:26 PM
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ACO Photo.
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: 5ive.0h.8.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by painter4life05
No more NPPL
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12-01-2008, 01:26 PM
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Al Gore Raped My Igloo
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: 306, Canada
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Terrible.
RIP Nppl.
Although not everybody enjoyed it NPPL helped alot of people make it big...and lots of teams will be missing this leage. Hopefully in the future Pacific Paintball can get things going again. For now, thank you for what you've done for the sport.
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12-01-2008, 01:27 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: NC/VA/??
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Wow, no more NPPL, that's crazy. I suppose there is a lot to consider and this may not mean a complete end to the NPPL, but that's an obvious possibility. It will be interesting to see how paintball as a how responds to this. Will other areas see increased activity, will the sport contract as a whole, etc.?
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12-01-2008, 01:28 PM
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9 Years in this thang'
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: S. Carolina
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lm66
a video game was kinda a sign IMO,
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Xbox 360 and paintball game = $300
7man registration, gear, paint and gun = over $4000
Greg had the right idea years ago.
and u can cheat in the game without having to bribe the refs. 
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12-01-2008, 01:29 PM
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fisticuffs will ensue
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: wouldnt you like to know
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PSPinformer
Xbox 360 and paintball game = $300
7man registration, gear, paint and gun = over $4000
Greg all though being a you know what in general had the right idea years ago.
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you don't like greg? 
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12-01-2008, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Burlington NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PSPinformer
Xbox 360 and paintball game = $300
and u can cheat in the game without having to bribe the refs. |
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