Blog posts appeal to different people in different ways. One post might make one person mad, bore another person and make a third person smile. Generally, though, no matter what the opinion, the blog posts are read once and then ignored for the rest of eternity. Not to bring a dead horse back, but here are some of my blog posts that I most like. Some are meant to be entertaining, some instructional, some funny and some sentimental. They address different topics and have different messages. The only common theme between them is that they appeal to me either from the writing, the content or the message. I hope that as you read through them you can enjoy them as much as I enjoyed writing them. (If not, just realize that you likely won't remember them tomorrow.) I've included the first few lines of the post - click on the link to read the rest.
1. Where Can Paintball Improve?
While following the sport of paintball, I've often wondered where the sport really needs to improve. Is it the cost? The difficulty in recruiting new players? The inherent differences between speedballers and woodsballers? The lack of media coverage?2. Play It Right
Despite what many people claim to the contrary, image is very important when it comes to life. Paintball is no exception. That's why paintballers need to make a concerted effort to give the sport a good image in the eyes of those who don't play. I have a few suggestions to help with that.3. Train For War With Paintball... or Not
Ever since paintball was first played people have used it as a way to simulate warfare and tactics. Following 9/11, people were even convicted of conspiracy to levy war who had used, as part of their training, paintball. While paintball in general and woodsball specifically do resemble warfare, how much does paintball help someone prepare for actual battle? There is no single answer, but I would suggest that it helps very little for a number of reasons including objectives, equipment and required skills.4. Do You Prepare for Paintball Like It's a Hobby or a Sport?
I'm of the opinion that paintball is a sport. It can be a competitive, team-based, strategy-intense game requiring massive amounts of energy and effort. That said, I think paintball is often more enjoyable when it's played as a hobby - something to do to pass the time, enjoy the camaraderie of friends and enjoy the outdoors. That's not to say that paintball can't be just as intense as any other sport, but for most players, they just don't put in the time to warrant making it anything of who wins and who loses.5. What Paintball Gun Changed The Sport For You?
I've owned over a hundred paintball guns in my life and I can still probably remember just about each and every one from my first Spyder TL to the new Empire Trracer pump to countless guns in between. Despite owning so many guns, there is one that stands out to me as the one that changed the sport for me - a Smart Parts Shocker Sport.6. Semis and CO2
There's something familiar about playing paintball with just a good old Tippmann, Spyder or similar-type gun with a CO2 tank. It probably has something to do with the way I was introduced to the game, but there's something so comforting about just screwing on a tank and pulling the trigger. Playing with dwell times and tuning output pressures and getting after-market boards can be fun, but it also can take away from the pure enjoyment of the sport of paintball.7. Paintball in 2020
Where will paintball be in a decade? It's never easy to predict the future, but that doesn't mean we can't try.My first thought is that paintball, for the most part, will be a lot like it is today. During the first two decades of paintball's existence (the 1980s and '90s) there were substantial changes in the equipment, the playing style, the manufacturers and the mentality of what the sport was supposed to be.
8. Pods Are Overrated
I used to always carry a pack full of paintball pods - usually four 140-rounders that I would refill after every game. I always had enough paint and I could shoot all that I wanted. Life was good.Then I became a parent and started grad school. Life is still good, but it is also lacking in expendable income. Along with losing my free time and money, I've also discovered the joys of losing pods.
