Social Paintball has been quick to get J-Rab’s interview online. It seems that the curse of the third tournament is also present at the pro level, and just like us, everything seemed ok up to the point when it was proven that it was not. I’m really pleased that Social Paintball did the interview and that J-Rab found the decency and sportsmanship to try and explain the best he could.
Like said before, you should really subscribe to Social Paintball’s Youtube channel to stay in the loop!
The PSP webcast guys have listedned to the people and posted up (in record time) the complete webcast coverage of the final match of the 2011 PSP Chicago Open, with Boston Red Legion taking on San Diego Dynasty. The 1-hour long video has all the action of this epic, epic battle! If you missed the webcast, this is a godsend for you. One of the absolute best paintball matches in the history of the sport!
Watch the video below or subscribe to PSP Events Youtube Channel and never miss an upload! ENJOY!
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Dynasty takes the title winning Boston Red Legion in the finals 7-2. After impressive scores in prelim games and loosing only one match to Boston Red Legion, Dynasty gets an rematch and pulls it off in the finals. I don’t think that many of us would have predicted Dynasty winning the first event but new PSP rule changes have for sure made an difference in the Pro bracket. Congrats to Dynasty and PSP season looks to be quite interesting for 2011.
Preliminary scores from APPA
APPA doesn’t yet have official semifinal scores up but in semifinals met Dynasty vs. Infamous and
Boston Red Leg vs. Tampa Bay Damage.
Monkey with a Gun has already uploaded Dynasty vs. Boston Red Legion preliminary game to YouTube
and hopefully we will see rest of the games later.
Looks like new PSP changes have made games really tight with close scores, at-least for the first day. With only four teams advancing to Sunday semifinals only Aftershock and CEP seem to be out of the race.
Whats your bet for top four on Sunday?
People had spotted earlier at the event cameras being placed on the poles so thanks to Monkey with a Gun we have now some really good game footage also online. Big hand to Monkey and check out full game with Edmonton Impact vs. Chattanooga CEP including commentary from Matty Marshal.
Interesting field layout to say the least. Center-back bunker laying an good amount up front and only able to lock T-bag center fifty bump from there. Lots of options for snake breaks and easy to bump forward. Wouldn’t want to be slow and out of shape on this field.
PSP sends out details of their first event with some really cool looking beach pictures while promoting the location for the first even. Wow is PSP trying to make hapen something like NPPL
and Huntington Beach? No sadly no beach play. When you read PSP event description trough you will find out that the event will be hold at Galveston Island Paintball. While taking a look at Google Map its evident the event will be located on the sidestreets of Galvestone and not at the more busy beach and hotel area. Propobly bigest postivie thing with Galvestone event is its timing with spring break making it easier for everyone at school to attend the event.
Google MapNäytä suurempi kartta
Keep reading for the whole PSP press release.
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Lane Wright of PSP events has written a long statement about what lead to his decisions to adjust the format for 2011 and what was the prime rationale behind each of the changes. Read the full release here. I do understand where he and the business he represents come from, and that something needed to be done. As I stated in an earlier post, I think the PSP was, and is going the wrong way around the issue. Instead of the lengthy post that will now definately be seen as damage control, how do you think the community would have reacted if Lane would have communicated the current situation and need for change with a much similar post a few weeks prior to announcing the changes?
Trying to run a business where you have a tight-knit community as a customer is tricky and the time of decision making behind closed doors has gone. It’s always the naysayers that are the most vocal, no matter what is changed. Mitigating the effect of this is best done by open communication.
A lot of discussion has been going on all over the internet with the rule changes PSP announced recently. While the initial reactions were strongly against all the changes, positive opinions of the changes have also started to come up across the internet. Mikko Huttunen posted some well-formulated thoughts on the positive side, and those are difficult to refute. I personally do love the current (MS) version of the format, so I am leaning a bit against the changes still… But then again, we will need to wait and see what (if anything) comes over the pond to the MS. And this is what leads me to the actual point of this post: How will the changes actually carry over and to what extent?
After speculations started going around the web about 2011 PSP format changes PSP released following information today:
Adjustments to PSP RaceTo Format and 2011 Season
The PSP is taking steps to make it possible for talented players of all sizes, ages and pay grades to compete nationally. Currently, smaller and wealthier players have an edge in the PSP. The field layouts have not been friendly to larger players, and the teams with heavy financial backing can afford to practice the field layout every weekend. It’s time to make sure the most talented players are the ones excelling in the PSP, not just the most fortunate.
After speaking with many current and past players of the PSP as well as our Master Sponsors, we have decided to make the following changes:
· Lengthen the field 10 feet per side (Total size will now be 120 x 170 feet)
· Eliminate Pit-side coaching and communication
· Field Layouts will not be released prior to the events
· Adjust position of bunkers to better suit a wider variety of players
· Adjust classification system for D1 – Pro, now that the Semi-Pro division is absentWe’re taking the game in a direction that will include more players, as opposed to excluding them as has been done in the past. We need to make sure players can still compete when they turn 30 or are not in a financial position to practice every weekend. We feel this is the right thing to do for our customers and our business as well as the sport and industry.
The PSP is here for the long run. These steps are in an effort to include more people in the game, while still making sure the ones with the best paintball skills win. More information on the 2011 season will be released in the weeks to come at http://www.pspevents.com !
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PSP Events has launched an new version of their website adding new features and bringing event videos and pictures more available . With Chicago event starting this Thursday and divisional teams starting their games first its going to be interesting to see if we will have even better coverage from on-site. Even when PSP couldn’t afford to produce web cast for Phoenix this year they put great effort to having game updates trough social media. Hopefully we can see some daily clips and gallery updates.
