tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post8404981683612071051..comments2024-01-19T00:21:36.058-05:00Comments on View from the Deadbox: Unnatural SelectionBaca Locohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13014510414015288907noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-52038474747415411482013-10-10T15:30:09.722-04:002013-10-10T15:30:09.722-04:00I wrote about this on my Blog recently. Paintball...I wrote about this on my Blog recently. Paintball players "burnout" for financial reasons more than any other reason. Soccer (football for you Brits) players start at 5 and 6 years old or even younger and often play well into adulthood. The difference...no financial burnout. Kids funded by parents would probably play for a while if it was up to them and structured in a league type environment like other sports. As soon as kids would need to fund themselves, everything changes. Paintball in general doesn't have a lot of parental financial backing and since it's expensive to participate, therefore, paintball played on a regular basis, as competitive paintball needs to be done, will always suffer from low participation and high attrition rates. Until a format can be found that lowers the cost, that will never change. Sure it will fluctuate up and down a bit due to economic fluctuations, but in general thee will always be a relatively low Demand. Simple economics.Reiner Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735297279972068471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-42516605925159487572013-10-10T09:25:29.975-04:002013-10-10T09:25:29.975-04:00Interesting stuff Reiner.
I don't believe tha...Interesting stuff Reiner. <br />I don't believe that if you get a kid playing paintball at the age of 8 that they will still be playing at the age of 13. I think the shelf-life of the player at that age is about 2-3 years if you're lucky. The older people are when they start playing, the longer the shelf-life of the player will be, because the younger players are not personally invested (financially speaking) and have shorter attention-spans.<br /><br />The player that saves to buy his paintball gun will typically play longer than Christmas, because he is personally invested. <br />The younger the player - the more likely they rely on 3rd-party funding.Missy Qnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-49952730354628144422013-10-02T22:27:44.302-04:002013-10-02T22:27:44.302-04:00That should read Low Impact 50 caliber and not 59 ...That should read Low Impact 50 caliber and not 59 caliber obviously.Reiner Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735297279972068471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-17395760207928231822013-10-02T22:26:36.940-04:002013-10-02T22:26:36.940-04:00Commenting on your wider catchment (younger player...Commenting on your wider catchment (younger players), one thing that I've noticed since we started offering our Low Impact 59 caliber games (50 caliber played at about 250 fps) is that there is much more movement and shall I say aggressive play by the younger kids (our youngest is 10 y.o.). Kids are getting involved in the action without as much concern about getting hurt, because it does hurt less. Personally I think this will lead to more and possibly better players in the future competitive scene. If competitive paintball could be played in a low Impact, low cost (limited paint) way for younger kids, it could surely help bolster numbers and talent. Sort of like virtually every other sport does it.Reiner Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735297279972068471noreply@blogger.com