Priorities...
For years small field owners have tried to convince the industry that in order to sustain events like this one at Disney World in Orlando Florida...
they need to support small fields like T-Square Paintball and the ground floor, grass roots efforts of small field owners.
It's estimated that less than 3% of paintball players are concerned with tournament paintball yet the industry insists on pushing high rate of fire, electronic guns on recreational players.
Now, in an odd turn of events, the industry is trying to make players think they need realistic looking military style guns in order to fit in or be able to keep up with the BIG GAME/Scenario crowd.
No doubt there are small fields that cater to tournament players just as there are fields that aim at attracting the BG/Scenario "teams". But I do have a sense of doubt about the industry supporting the majority of fields that make a living by introducing 10 year old birthday players and church groups to paintball. There hasn't been a good, tough, solid marker come down the line in a long time, one I might consider as a replacement for my aging Piranha rentals.
While none of this rant is a concern to any of you I did think it might provide a good platform for presenting a couple of cool pictures.
What do you think?
