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Short term is to build on the great start our
new retail and distribution company has
made and to pull off some of our ridiculously ambitious events this year, not least
Zombieland in the Theme Park and the
Citadel.
Longer term, I think we’d like to come and
run a couple of events in North America.
There is no business reason for us to do
that, it’s more the thrill of the challenge.
We’ve done the UK. We are doing Europe.
North America is the spiritual home of
paintball and I know it would be a tough
gig, but the challenge of going that far to
run an event is a bit like a magnetic pull.
We’re already putting feelers out in that direction to find some sexy venues but we’ll
probably start looking more in earnest at
the back end of 2014 with a view to put on
an event in America or Canada i n 2015.
Aeroplane grave yards are nice!
Besides price, give us one thing that you’d
like to see changed in paintball.
To be honest, I’m cool with the price.
Paintball isn’t a cheap hobby, people need
to stop trying to make it what it isn’t. Not
What can you tell us that no one knows
many people will say this, but some people
about your league/events?
simply cannot afford to play paintball. That
Ha! Great question.
Nearly all our projects are born in the pub. sucks for them, but that’s life. I can’t afford to fly fighter jets for a hobby, it sucks,
That’s why they are so crazy.
but I’ve got to live with that fact. Paintball
As a company, we all party a lot and like all doesn’t need to be in a headlong dash to
the bottom in terms of price to try and
paintballers, we sit around having a beer
in the bar dreaming and fantasizing about make itself available to people who fundamentally can’t afford to play. That doesn’t
cool paintball projects. But then we come
make for a healthy industry.
in to work on a Monday morning and try
and bring those ideas to reality. That is
how the TV show started and nearly all of But to answer your question, less politics!!
our craziest venues and events.
It rips away at the very guts of the game.
What are your long and short terms goals? The nasty negative side to paintball is responsible for droves of players leaving each
January 2014