alphaairsoft
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Post by alphaairsoft on Mar 5, 2009 16:40:57 GMT -5
I have noticed that Paintball seams to get more good press so I have been thinking, I know I know its scary. But I think we may need to take the League idea of paint ball, and format it to our fun.
The basics would be team break up, numbers for game play and style of game play. Then there would be FPS limit and range limit for obvious reasons. I mean when you really think about it you already have teams... So why not make an organized game schedule. The whole point is not to ruin the recreational nature of the game, it's just to make it more assessable knowledge to the public. In addiction to that we would be able to play more. I mean you could have a OP every weekend. Just not on a large scale.
Food for thought. Think about it and give me some feedback. TY
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Post by Knief on Mar 5, 2009 16:46:28 GMT -5
Well, I think this changes the game so dramatically that it wouldn't be at all what we're doing here, and far less fun because of it. But let me ask you this, because you don't explain it.
How would setting up a schedule of which teams play each other when help in any way with creating more positive attention from people who don't know that these games exist than say, large scale ops like Lion Claws hosted by military personel that get actual media coverage?
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Post by Psychosis on Mar 5, 2009 16:50:18 GMT -5
Airsoft should not be a competitive sport. You can have your paintsoft, I'll stick with Lion Claws milsim games.
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Post by Thor on Mar 5, 2009 16:56:19 GMT -5
The problem with any kind of league is that, invariably people are going to want to compete for prizes, money, women, or whatever. Once that happens, cheating will fly through the roof. As it stands now, everyone is basically on an 'on your honor' basis. If no one ever saw, you could get shot at all day and not call it. Airsoft isn't about that. Why do you think that it hasn't become a tourney-style sport yet? Because cheating would be terribly hard to enforce and regulate in a sport where there's no visible markings left most of the time. Also, airsoft is not as easily broadcast on television simply because of the fact that we don't play in inflatable bunkers at ranges of 50 yards or less.
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Post by Knief on Mar 5, 2009 17:10:07 GMT -5
Hang on for a second here guys, he didn't mention anything about competition for things. I think he's just talking about playing more team vs. team style on a more regular basis as opposed to one or two big Ops per month. I still don't see much merit to the idea, but let's at least not bury the idea by putting words in his mouth.
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Post by kustom on Mar 5, 2009 17:40:16 GMT -5
We here at FAH do rec games every weekend in the summer, and there's enough airsoft going around in this state that if you go a week without playing, it's your own fault.
Plus, there are no team regulations, nor will there be. So, you'd have crazy mismatches of team size and composition. It'd be a nightmare.
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Post by Psychosis on Mar 5, 2009 17:42:05 GMT -5
The only team vs. team vs. team thing I think I would find enjoyable would be a smoking aces-style deathmatch-esque assassination, which we can further discuss in the No vacancy thread.
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Post by Kilo Oscar Tango on Mar 5, 2009 17:43:00 GMT -5
It's somewhat like a bowling league where you have 3 or 4 teams and they face off against one another. You would simply keep a tally of overall wins. It is "competitive" but not "count your points" competitive.
I have been linked to a Craig's list ad, these guys could possibly be the same people. I will not post the link yet, seeing as I have not received an email response from them yet, and I don't know if they want the ad on here.
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alphaairsoft
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Post by alphaairsoft on Mar 5, 2009 18:21:31 GMT -5
Let's get one thing striaght... there would be no competition. As stated competition leads to cheating that is hard to deal with in airsoft. Secondly to promote, we would have sponsors (such as local businesses). If people see this sport more open the more people will play, and the more people the more sponsors. Which captures the attention of the media. For the team off balance thing, there would be a team cap and a team would have to meet that cap and not go over without players sitting out. I guess league really isn't the word. It's an organized schedule of teams vs. other teams with no competition. It's meant to be fun and to hopefully expand airsoft.
I am open to ideas 100%! I also think Pyschosis idea awesome.
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Post by Knief on Mar 5, 2009 18:34:29 GMT -5
But why would that be easier to sponsor than what we're doing right now? You're making a logical connection--that teams playing against each other would lead to the public becoming more aware and accepting of us--that just isn't there. That makes absolutely no sense, unless you've got another premise to explain that.
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Post by Slugg on Mar 5, 2009 19:35:10 GMT -5
I think it would be a cool idea in a few ways and not cool in others. Like the idea of playing a team in learning to play against different styles of airsoft and that nature it seems really cool. But I think it is too much effort for what its worth.
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Post by Scarface on Mar 5, 2009 23:04:21 GMT -5
I would have to agree, with as many of us having scheduling conflicts developing an agreeable schedule would be a war in itself. Not to mention where the teams would play, who decides where those teams play etc etc.
Regards, Scar
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Post by oldmanjay on Mar 6, 2009 13:56:23 GMT -5
You could get a couple of fields around the area to hold team day. Once a month have a team day and hold competitions. it can be done !
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Post by Thor on Mar 6, 2009 14:33:09 GMT -5
As was mentioned before, very few teams are the same size, much less field their entire membership at any given time. And I fail to see how any kind of organized team vs. team play could be organized into a league that didn't end up with you competing for stuff. The idea of leagues and not competing seems mutually exclusive to me. There'd be no incentive for sponsorship, because winning and losing would be irrelevant. And again, unless you can make it a spectator deal, which league paintball is, it won't gain public popularity. I would be bored out of my mind trying to watch an airsoft game on tv.
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Post by Great Troub of Troubistan on Mar 6, 2009 19:22:53 GMT -5
The only kind of competition that can be done in Airsoft are shooting matches and while those are fun and all... The Real Steel world already does that.
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