The Good, The bad, The Confused; A fistful of the Oregon Scene.

This scene is full gypsy dogs, prostitutes and scally wags. For a long time we were nickel and dime to death by the gypsies, the prostitutes are multiplying like gremlins (just add discounted paintball, slave labor and water) and finally the Scally wags are claiming to have dicks bigger than David Hasselhoff’s and have the reputation to prove it.

Is the Oregon scene drowning in this cesspool of degenerates? Nah, they are more of an irritable rash or a non-life long venereal disease. While I wouldn’t trust them with my sister, these types are nothing more than penicillin shot away from leaving the scene.

When the witch reads the bones and the magic 8 ball say’s “ask again later” I know we are talking about the fate of our scene. We are in an undecided stagnant situation where ego’s of a few rule the destiny of many.

Our state does not lack the bodies to get this sport organized, it lacks the brains. Too many of us have buried our heads under the desks of manufacturers, promoters and operators. Slaves to the game, we have become. Now, don’t read the above statement wrong. The place for Manufacturers, Promoters and Operators is intrical to the development of the sport.

But where is the real power of this scene? It’s right there in the chair you’re sitting in. Us the players have the power to make the changes we deem fit. Too long many of us have settled for mediocre paintball in the Northwest. We have been doing some great things in pockets of the state, but have yet to organize a united effort for growth. Statewide, Region wide, there are some remarkable games for the masses. These games have so much talent, but yet are never birthed at full potential due to the lack of organization and autocratic style demeanor between other promoters and players.

How many times just in 09’ were multiple games scheduled for the same date? Instead of everyone supporting one game, the scene is now pulled multiple directions. This may be news to you, but our scene isn’t large enough to support both, nor do the masses have the money to play two $80 monthly events. So where is the middle ground? There must be a solution.

We need more players, more teams and more overall communication between the two. The suits can continue to fight for our business until they realize that we won’t support mediocrity. We need to be asked what “we” want. We hold the dollars, we are the market and if we want better, we can get better, guaranteed.

Luckily for us, we do have some awesome promoters and business owners who have recently taken the steps to bring us more of what we want to see. With that said, they can only take us so far. We the players need to unite, figure out what it is we truly want, then approach the suits. Without an overall voice, all these suits hear is a 1000 different suggestions. What are they supposed to do then? They take a little of each and spoon feed it to us. Like I said before, we can’t blame them, the finger needs to be pointed at yourself.

So, how do we do this? How do we unite all the players of Oregon and the NW? Is it even possible? Anything is possible, we just need the motivation. We can start with a simple conversation of “how?”.

Cheers