Paintball/Olympics
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Topic: Paintball/Olympics
Posted By: Dan db09
Subject: Paintball/Olympics
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:03pm
| Do any of you think if would be cool if they had paintball in it. I mean they have ping pong and baddmitton and trampoline.... Like a standard speedball eliminations series. |
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Posted By: sniped out
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:08pm
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I think it'll be cool, but it wouldnt work out. ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:08pm
| It's been suggested, and usually it ends up in a debate whether we want more recognition, meaning more n00b idiots that joined the sport for all the wrong reasons, or if we want to keep it how it is. |
Posted By: meteora
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:11pm
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Maybe, but its not very spectator friendly...theres too much stuff going on at once ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:12pm
| It would probably end up being the most expensive event in the Olympics and that could be a problem but then theres another problem on who they should choose for the team members. |
Posted By: boomstick
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:12pm
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That will never happen.
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:14pm
It wouldnt work, heres why:
The only possible way it would work is if it was stock play. That way each player has the same amount of ammo, and the setup of the guns would be more uniform, but still, it would need approval and new rules. It wont happen anytime soon. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: Project Irene
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:14pm
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Well, I hope so, and it wouldn't be anything greater to overcome than other sports being added. I mean, god, they have at least 20 different swimming events with more planned in the next olympics. It's not like they'd have trouble finding room or players. The only drawback I can see is that I don't know how many other countries could be represented. |
Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:15pm
| Yeah you have a point it sorta would be quite fair... And there probably isnt a lot of countries out there that participate. |
Posted By: matt06
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:16pm
| no. |
Posted By: PaintballWizard
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 7:27pm
Arrrrg maybe asked to many times, pbwizard gonna explode! ------------- 
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Dan db09 wrote:Posted By: tyranny
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 8:14pm
well it would be an airball setup maeks most sense for me if it was xball and they'd pick teams justl ike basketball and to those who say hte gun issue isn't fair since when has that ever been a problem for a tourney before  and their are more than ten countries that play pball even iran has an indoor field
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Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 8:34pm
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I thought about it the other day, and I came to the conclusion that paintball would be an X Games sport. ------------- 
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Posted By: tyranny
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 8:36pm
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Posted By: cadet_sergeant
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:01pm
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Posted By: †Sniper†
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:04pm
Don't hold back man, let it out and end it all. |
Posted By: TippmannBro
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:10pm
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It would be awesome for paintball to become an Olympic sport, but the drawbacks have already been discussed... I think paintball has a much better chance of getting into the X-Games than anything else. It would have to be X-Ball or some other form of speedball where people could watch it. But paintball would probably fit in perfectly with the X-Games. ------------- WAR EAGLE!!! |
Posted By: ECrognale
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:21pm
If CURLING can be an Olympic sport, than anything can... 
Unfortunately, as people have said before, it probably wno't happen for the same reason it's not a largely televised sport: it's too hard to follow all the action at once. From a distance, all you see are people kneeling down, occasionally moving, and maybe some gas plumes. |
Posted By: matt06
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:34pm
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Posted By: Squirrel Master
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:55pm
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Am I the only one who's been keeping tabs on olympic powerwalking??? ------------- ROCK IS DEAD!!! Long Live Paper and Scissors |
Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 10:32pm
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I think we should concentrate on getting paintball to the Xgames before the Olymipics.. ------------- 
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Posted By: Pitlitcus
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 10:34pm
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I think they already voted on that and it didn't pass.
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 10:40pm
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I know i mean, we should keep trying for something lower, before we shoot for something as high as the olympics. -------------
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Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 11:16pm
| Yeah i thought about the X-games to that would be a lot better. It would have to be speedball though. |
Posted By: welcome guest
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 5:03am
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Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 7:13am
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I don't understand why everybody is like "Paintball isn't really a spectator sport." Have you ever been to the IAO or any other NPPL event? They've had the World Cup on TV, so there shouldn't be any reason why somebody can't see it.
The teams are fantastic. There's action the entire time. I think teams like Dynasty and the Ton-Tons would be favorites at the X Games. -------------
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Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 12:25pm
if im not mistaken the NXL is slowing down the bps to 14bps. but i could be wrong. let me check and ill get back to ya on thata one. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 12:59pm
| Dynasty would pwn everyone |
Posted By: seal 160
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 1:39pm
Well paintball is getting populare very fast you have go to admit that but it is on ESPN on 10-or-11 at night. So if it's on TV there minght be hope that it could make it to the x-games. has anyone watched the olympics badmitting that is so freaking stupid (no offence) but then the players are like its so hard and all that crap, i for one think it should be on the olympics. because some of these games in the olympics are full of really and hey i luv that B-S meter where did you get that??? tell me so i can send it to Kobe Bryant, Wacko Jako and John Kerry,and Bush. ------------- Playing Delta Force 2 online is fun.my name there is the same i have here. I hope one day to modify my Tippmann 98 custom to look like a M16. |