X-ball looks awesome
I for one would love the opportunity to play X-Ball, I tried out for the England team and nearly made the cut but, alas, wasn't good enough but I think X-ball kinda separates the real 'ball lovers that want to be at the top of the paintball food chain from the 'ballers that like to play but aren't that arsed about where they end up. It kinda cleans house and makes sure there is a top class level of ball with no chumps or sand-baggers.
Problem is, with the whole franchise ca$h money thing this also means that it'll be out of the reach of any of the teams that aren't fully backed or have super rich players on board and for us Euros/Brits who play ball in their spare time (coz that's the way it is) will never play at that level. Unless something along the lines of X-Ball is brought over then pond regularly ie. part of one of the many, many potential series' we will miss out. We NEED it!!
A bit like Ice hockey or baseball (kinda), everyone thinks it's cool right?? but when we do eventually get it we will be that far behind we won't ever have a chance of beating or playing anyone decent. If X-Ball really does take off as THE tournament style for the game then the Yanks are gonna own it and we will be nowhere, perhaps in 10 years time we'll get all the has beens shipped over who can't cut it back home. What needs to happen is that X-Ball can't be left Stateside to test the water then maybe bring it over if we feel like it, it needs to be brought over and grown as an entirity otherwise in a few years time there'll be an awesome 'World Series' but over here we'll still be running good, but not the best, sup'air events and fall way behind.
Yep, bored at work, felt a rant coming on so there it is.
Paintball rocks and we're all part of it in however small a quantity and we need to keep it global.
