pb-spectator and tv friendly
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Topic: pb-spectator and tv friendly
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Subject: pb-spectator and tv friendly
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 6:23pm
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Here's a brainstorm I had yesterday reguarding paintball as a spectator's sport. Watching pb on tv, with current camera angles make's it impossible to follow the game as a whole. A big part of spectator sport's is being able to follow the ball as well as the player. 2 points for the snap shoot and 1 point for the airball competition.
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 6:25pm
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So if one wins the snapshoot, then they don't need to bother in the airball competition? So all there really is a snapshoot?
Snap shooting would not be fun to watch, trust me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 6:31pm
| Haven't really put alot of thought into it. Just a fleeting idea. That's all. Best of 7 or something would make the points add up. |
Posted By: bluemunky
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 6:32pm
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Do you get PGi? They said something about paintball not having a focal
point like other sports, which all have one ball to follow, or one
person to watch perform. With paintball, it's a frenzy. I personally
don't think paintball will ever make it big on television. Maybe a
tournament here, a tournament there, but never as a continuous show.
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 6:33pm
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I just think a camera filming it all from above with several cameras scattered around to switch to view all of the action will suffice. -------------
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Posted By: bluemunky
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 6:34pm
It would for people who play/like the sport, but for the fat kid sitting on his couch flipping channels it wouldn't be appealing. -------------
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Sammy wrote:Posted By: TruePaintballer
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 7:12pm
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has potential but currently very sketchy ------------- http://www.freewebs.com/outlawspaintball/index.htm - Outlaws *Sponsors* http://www.abrika.ca - Abrika |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 7:35pm
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Im sorry, but no one would go for that. Not players, not tv stations, not the viewers, not the camera crew. If you were to post this on pbnation, other than the possible one or two, good thought, but...., you would get nothing but flames saying how boring that would be, and they would be right. ------------- 
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 8:33pm
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