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June 3rd, 10:17 AM
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Featured in July 2005 Paintball2Xtremes
9,835,000
The number of people that played paintball in the US in 2003.
66 Percent
The growth of paintball since 1998.
27
The number of major events Dynasty has won since their inception in 2001.
Not Many
The number of other teams that have won major events since 2001
1
The number of teams Bad Company captain Tom Cole has played on
6,640,000
The number of pages returned in a Google search for the word paintball.
5,560,000
The number of pages returned in a google search for the word BMX
5,180,000
The number of pages returned in a google search for the word skateboarding
7104
The number of paintball products listed on Ebay today.
34
The number of paintball products carried at Wal*Mart
200 mph
The speed a paintball is when it leaves your barrel traveling at 300fps.
3.2 grams
The average weight of a paintball made in 2004.
140,000
The number of paintballs fired by one team in one NXL tournament.
0.31
THe number of paintball players per 1000 hurt playing paintball. Volleyball is 12x more dangerous than paintball. Injuries at home occur 270 more than at the paintball field.
Hope you enjoied. I found it interesting/amusing
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June 3rd, 10:23 AM
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nice, i must have over looked it in julys pb2x
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June 3rd, 10:47 AM
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Great post, fun to read.
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June 3rd, 12:39 PM
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thanks
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June 3rd, 12:48 PM
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That's pretty interesting. I think one of the most common misconceptions about paintball is that it's just a kid sport in which kids only get guns to shoot at cars driving by. If you play right it is very safe. I wonder how much safer it is than football...
Great post!
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June 3rd, 12:59 PM
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 good post, very informative wow 140,000 
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June 3rd, 01:03 PM
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who's dynasty?
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June 3rd, 03:28 PM
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Sweet post. 140000 balls. Wow... just wow.
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June 3rd, 03:52 PM
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The number of other teams that have won major events since 2001
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June 3rd, 03:53 PM
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140000 balls per tournament is 70 cases per tournament.
140000 balls per tournament /4 matches per tournament =35000 balls per match
each match has about 20 games per match in a fairly average match
35000 balls per match / 20=1750
there are 5 players per game...in every game...
1750 balls per game / 5 players in a game (usually) = 350 balls
that sounds about right...front players may just use a hopper while back players may use a hopper and 3 pods...of course, the number of balls per player would go up if a player was in the penalty box or if the number of games played were fewer...but again this is just on the data we have.
final answer= xball is expensive
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June 3rd, 03:58 PM
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Haha, great breakdown. That does sound pretty accurate now.
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June 3rd, 04:02 PM
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:P hockey owns in google returns though.
53,400,000
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June 3rd, 04:08 PM
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hockeys for eskimos.
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June 3rd, 04:10 PM
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you callin me an eskimo? im a canuck!
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June 3rd, 04:12 PM
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yeah but the comparisons is between extrem sports....
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June 3rd, 04:16 PM
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dude...hockey is pretty extreme...but it's a lot more mainstream that paintball
oh and btw, i know you wanted responses but this topic belongs in the "paintball in the news/media etc."
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June 3rd, 04:19 PM
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Yea, I would have to agree about hockey being mainstream. If you asked someone what the NHL was, they would be more likely to answer that than NPPL.
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June 3rd, 05:15 PM
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dude...hockey is pretty extreme...but it's a lot more mainstream that paintball
oh and btw, i know you wanted responses but this topic belongs in the "paintball in the news/media etc."
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I remember Medic made a post about a PB2X article and it was put directly in PB Chat. But if It really is in the incorrect location, my bad. |
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June 3rd, 05:43 PM
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For serious...
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It is still a good post though...Very interesting
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