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Originally Posted by Fastecho419
I have a small question for everybody here. Why the heck do we have most tournaments with speedball? I mean, I like to watch it but to play it, I hate it!
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10 years ago, nearly all tournaments, INCLUDING Professional level, were WOODSBALL. Back then, Speedball was looked on as a gimmick for rec-ballers. All the "old" pro teams, like Ironmen, and All Americans started back when all tournaments were woodsball.
People felt that woodsball was MUCH harder, and required much more skill and strategy. WHich is true. Woodsball fields are larger, require more players, and the terrain is uneven. To say that speedball requires more skill does not follow logic.
Obviously, things have changed. Now, most tournaments are speedball, and woodsball is looked on as rec-ball.
WHy the change? Money.
Nearly all tournaments are primarily sponsored by paint companies. Woodsball tournaments have 2 problems for the paint companies:
1- Games are long, and uneven. As a result, less paint is sold and shot.
2- Hard to watch. As a result, hard to sell advertising and promote products.
Switching the format was 100% a business decision. It makes more money, faster. Thats fine. I hate speedball because its boring, and not much of a challenge, but I recognize its a legitimate form of paintball. It has its place, and I don't see an end to woodsball in the near future.
Plus, there is STILL many woodball tournaments AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
There is nothing better then playing a tournament where you CAN NOT see the other team at the start of the game. Opens about a million different playing variations.
-Nick