I Have a Dream

[HellBlaze]

I have a dream. that paintball will be played at the xgames, and the olimpics, and will be shown regularly on tv. Paintballers will get all the ladies. Skateboarding, non existant. There will be a field in every city, a shop on every corner. There will be an X League, with an XBowl. Tournements such as the World Cup and IAO will draw thousands of spectators. Paint prices will drop to $25 a case. I have a dream.

[Ocelot213]

preach on brother Martin! preach on!

[Flanders]

ok rev.

we all know this will happen

[HellBlaze]

amen is right. any other brothers or sisters of the Paintball Religion have a dream?

[|xTx|]

I dream I could get an "Angel"

[AK47]

I have a dream, to bang a hot chick to pump me up before a game:D

[TheBeardedFrog]

Im an athiest but I am willing to convert to this mans dream of paintball! :D

[mork321]

I'm christian, and I support all the claims this brotha has made

[thebluenu]

hmmmm we know its gonna happen, dont :eyes: we? well, the question is rather "when" :eyes: whooooooaaaaaaaa :freak: ....

and WHAT!?!?!? $25 per case?!?! thats insane?!?!?!? it MUST BE $10 per case with fpo prices "abolished" :nod: !!!!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

i have AMENDED the dream!!!!! :wave:

[Flanders]

is this gonna be like the last religon i joined..i miss one meating and every one hung themselves...man some thing like the apocolypse or something was written on the walls, and there was a rocket pointed at d.c. man i hope that doesn't ahppen here


and my dream, that there all children buying pb guns buy the proper equipment..ie no more lawsuites

[PbAllWiZZ]

AMEN!!!

[HellBlaze]

I have a dream. That airsoft will be made illegal. Amen

[elTwitcho]

No doubt paintball is going to blow up in popularity, and steps are being made in the right direction to commercialization of the sport, but ask what you have to give up to get that, and ask if it is worth it.

Paintball guns will be sold at a discount at local sports chains, not just BE, but all guns. And they will be cheaper than they are now, alot cheaper. Paintball pro shops will not be able to compete and they will suffer badly, alot will go out of business. Just look at snowboarding and you can see how this happened to a large extent. What happens now is that you lose stores with technical staff who can sell a gun to you to cater your needs, and you replace them with "Gee, I don't know, this one costs more so I guess it's probably better". Ask the gunsmith at Wal mart the advantages of a blow back design vs a blow forward and you'll see what I mean

Fields will become overpopulated, and field owners will want to make the most money for their acreage. So why would anyone want to have a woodsfield take up the space 8 speedball fields could take up? Say goodbye to the woods game ladies and gentlemen

With paintball, when you go to a field, there is some competition, but there is also a strong sense of fellowship amongst the players. Paintball is still small, and everyone can connect with one another in the knowledge that they've found something special that not alot of people know about. Look at how many times someone loans you their 2000 dollar gun at a tournament when you don't even know them, it doesn't happen in mainstream sports

I have a dream too, and in this dream, things will stay the same because they are just perfect as they are, though I could really go for those cheap cases of paint ;)

[HellBlaze]

that is interesting, it could possibly happen. but look at skateboarding. that hit maintstream a few years ago and walmart and such started sellin skateboards at their stores, but many shops are still open and get major buisness. i think people will realize that walmarts and targets arnt good places to buy their stuff and will start to go to the shops for their supplies and maintenince and good professional addvice. but that's what i think. and of course, paint will be cheap. amen

[Incube]

I like paintabll being small..its better and if tomany peple get into it it will make ithard for players to get regonized..and it wont be as fun if evryone plas.....and there will be so many noobs it will suck...

[Dynasty_PB]

Originally posted by elTwitcho
No doubt paintball is going to blow up in popularity, and steps are being made in the right direction to commercialization of the sport, but ask what you have to give up to get that, and ask if it is worth it.

Paintball guns will be sold at a discount at local sports chains, not just BE, but all guns. And they will be cheaper than they are now, alot cheaper. Paintball pro shops will not be able to compete and they will suffer badly, alot will go out of business. Just look at snowboarding and you can see how this happened to a large extent. What happens now is that you lose stores with technical staff who can sell a gun to you to cater your needs, and you replace them with "Gee, I don't know, this one costs more so I guess it's probably better". Ask the gunsmith at Wal mart the advantages of a blow back design vs a blow forward and you'll see what I mean

Fields will become overpopulated, and field owners will want to make the most money for their acreage. So why would anyone want to have a woodsfield take up the space 8 speedball fields could take up? Say goodbye to the woods game ladies and gentlemen

With paintball, when you go to a field, there is some competition, but there is also a strong sense of fellowship amongst the players. Paintball is still small, and everyone can connect with one another in the knowledge that they've found something special that not alot of people know about. Look at how many times someone loans you their 2000 dollar gun at a tournament when you don't even know them, it doesn't happen in mainstream sports

I have a dream too, and in this dream, things will stay the same because they are just perfect as they are, though I could really go for those cheap cases of paint ;)

I was just thinking the same exact thing, preach on brother Twitch

peace.love.unity

[Crog075]

Originally posted by Incube
I like paintabll being small..its better and if tomany peple get into it it will make ithard for players to get regonized..and it wont be as fun if evryone plas.....and there will be so many noobs it will suck...

OMG i know. I like being like the only kid at my school that plays cause alot of ppl ask me questions, I like it being the way it is. Soon if it grows alot, I wont be lioke the only one playing, all my friends will play it, so that will suck. I say leave it the way it is.

[billabongboy]

you think that it will suck if all your friends play paintball? boy someones weird...

[FrOnTMaN]

mainstream=stupid people playing
stupid people playing=stupid people doing stupid things
stupid people doing stupid things=pointless lawsuits
pointless lawsuits=laws
law ends sport.
paintball gone
me pissed

[Crog075]

Originally posted by billabongboy
you think that it will suck if all your friends play paintball? boy someones weird...

Boy some one is a ****ing retard. I said I dont want alot play, I dont care if some, I have like 50 friends, and if all them play that will be to much. Retard.

[Shadow221]

Originally posted by elTwitcho
No doubt paintball is going to blow up in popularity, and steps are being made in the right direction to commercialization of the sport, but ask what you have to give up to get that, and ask if it is worth it.

Paintball guns will be sold at a discount at local sports chains, not just BE, but all guns. And they will be cheaper than they are now, alot cheaper. Paintball pro shops will not be able to compete and they will suffer badly, alot will go out of business. Just look at snowboarding and you can see how this happened to a large extent. What happens now is that you lose stores with technical staff who can sell a gun to you to cater your needs, and you replace them with "Gee, I don't know, this one costs more so I guess it's probably better". Ask the gunsmith at Wal mart the advantages of a blow back design vs a blow forward and you'll see what I mean

Fields will become overpopulated, and field owners will want to make the most money for their acreage. So why would anyone want to have a woodsfield take up the space 8 speedball fields could take up? Say goodbye to the woods game ladies and gentlemen

With paintball, when you go to a field, there is some competition, but there is also a strong sense of fellowship amongst the players. Paintball is still small, and everyone can connect with one another in the knowledge that they've found something special that not alot of people know about. Look at how many times someone loans you their 2000 dollar gun at a tournament when you don't even know them, it doesn't happen in mainstream sports

I have a dream too, and in this dream, things will stay the same because they are just perfect as they are, though I could really go for those cheap cases of paint ;)
I agree with almost all of that. Only exception is the fellowship thing and loaning $2000 guns to people you hardly know. If there really was astrong fellowship why would guns have a tendancy to "walk off on their own" at almost every tourney?

[elTwitcho]

Originally posted by Shadow221

I agree with almost all of that. Only exception is the fellowship thing and loaning $2000 guns to people you hardly know. If there really was astrong fellowship why would guns have a tendancy to "walk off on their own" at almost every tourney?

To be 100 percent perfectly honest, I think the people who walk off with guns aren't the real players. Alot of tournament guys can hate each others guts, but everyone has the respect not to do that to one another. At skyball 2K1, a number of guns went missing from the playing floor because just about anyone was let down there. At skyball 2K2 they had more teams, but only players and support staff were allowed on the floor and I did not hear of a single gun going missing.

[Jeffo2448]

I hope that dream comes true. :D

[Incube]

The way our sport is today...just that OUR sport. Mianstreem and super popularity means devision(sp?). It will be like baseball where there are people on the team no one likes or think are weird so they become outcasted. And i dont think if it grows to much we will have such a community.

Right now paintballers are all generally really nice to each other more of a brother hood..if 40% of the worlds population started to play you can garentee we will get 30% more reatards , like racists and homophobes and more noobs. Think about it..

[dropkick]

More people = more people to shoot.

End of story.

[TheBeardedFrog]

Originally posted by FrOnTMaN
mainstream=stupid people playing
stupid people playing=stupid people doing stupid things
stupid people doing stupid things=pointless lawsuits
pointless lawsuits=laws
law ends sport.
paintball gone
me pissed
Everytime I see your avatar I always think its tic tacs. I go to ignore the post thinking its him flamming or something annoying and then at the last second I see your name...

[Flanders]

all my good freinds do play or come along now and then (there parants are to *****y to let them have a marker yet)

but yea i dun know my school has 2 major things come out of it, the american taliban, and alex fraige...what a combo

oh and robin williams, and a few other famus people but i won't go there

[FrOnTMaN]

Originally posted by TheBeardedFrog

Everytime I see your avatar I always think its tic tacs. I go to ignore the post thinking its him flamming or something annoying and then at the last second I see your name...

haha. tictacs dropped keely recently for a music one. and i dont try to flame, it just happens:rolleyes:

[paint_suey]

I'm dumb

[AK47]

Originally posted by paint_suey
I'm dumb
We know.

Yeah, when you get more guys playing then you get more idiots too, if you think cheating is bad now, think how bad it will be when more guys enter the sport

[PjaY]

the xgames and olympic idea was pretty cool..i really like the cheap paint =P