Over the winter we have been reading various rumors and bits of gossip about DYE branching into snow sports, but there hasn’t been too much concrete information. With the PSP season opener in Galveston, Texas showing Mikko Huttunen amiss from the Ironmen back line, we figured that something is really bubbling under. We contacted Mikko and discussed a lot of recent topics.
Mikko Huttunen at Cyclone DYE Pro Day 2010
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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.
Channel H News report for day 2 is up! Included: Interviews with Dynasty’s new coach Mike Hinman and Devin Odell from X-factor. Check it out!
Channel H News has delivered the first broadcast from PSP Galveston. The guys are really gearing up in getting videos out as fast as possible. Keep up the good work! The clip features a short overview of the vendor village and a quick visit at the Virtue booth, along qith a quick team interview. Have to say that Every one of the PBFashion / HK army videos has gotten me on a good mood, and this one is no different! Great stuff!
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?
As of tomorrow the 15th December U.S Railroad operator Amtrak allows unloaded firearms to be transported on train if pre checked and given at least 24h notice to Amtrak before departure. Requiring firearms to be transported in locked hard-boxes and pre checked sounds reasonable but now both paintball markers and airsoft markers get the same treatment and classification. Sure Amtrak doesn’t have luggage checks when you board so you can carry your gear if you want but what happens if an official decides to check your bag and follow the issue to the letter?
Once again we see how paintball equipment gets thrown in the same bunch as firearms. Even if Amtrak won’t pursue its customers with paintball markers its something that can easily carry ow-er to other similar circumstances and regulations.
You can find full Amtrak press release here or keep reading below.
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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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