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djellum · 08-20-2007, 06:52 PM

I think the best way to solve this is to have more classes for tournements. The vapor series speedball tourney i go to locally has 2class's, gravity fed, and whatever fed. Both capped at 10, though some boards only let you go as low as 15 so i suggested raising the cap so were all the same. you can sign up for either, so your gear isnt going to be as much of a limiting factor. you can also cap to different levels depending on the class or have a limited paint supply depending.

Bottom line is someone who pays the money or does the work for a nice expensive setup with all the fixin deserves to have all the goodies they pay for, but should be forced to use those goodies on others with the same. you cant do much with big scenario games since there are so many ppl and you cant get enough refs.

There will be jerks in all classes of course but that just comes with playing a sport. The only unfortunate thing is fields will almost always go with what will make money and newb's will see ppl on tv using ego's and DM's. this means most all tourneys will still fall in the NPPL or similar class where everyone can do what they see on tv and field can sell lots of paint. Guess it doesnt really matter. In the end if the ppl are cool you have fun, but if not it sucks.

08-20-2007, 06:52 PM	#21 (permalink)
djellum Rec Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Washington	Classes I think the best way to solve this is to have more classes for tournements. The vapor series speedball tourney i go to locally has 2class's, gravity fed, and whatever fed. Both capped at 10, though some boards only let you go as low as 15 so i suggested raising the cap so were all the same. you can sign up for either, so your gear isnt going to be as much of a limiting factor. you can also cap to different levels depending on the class or have a limited paint supply depending. Bottom line is someone who pays the money or does the work for a nice expensive setup with all the fixin deserves to have all the goodies they pay for, but should be forced to use those goodies on others with the same. you cant do much with big scenario games since there are so many ppl and you cant get enough refs. There will be jerks in all classes of course but that just comes with playing a sport. The only unfortunate thing is fields will almost always go with what will make money and newb's will see ppl on tv using ego's and DM's. this means most all tourneys will still fall in the NPPL or similar class where everyone can do what they see on tv and field can sell lots of paint. Guess it doesnt really matter. In the end if the ppl are cool you have fun, but if not it sucks.