Comments on: SavePaintball: Interview with Brandon Mason

By: sincere but it won't work

sincere but it won't work — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:07:36 +0000

So this whole savepaintball thing is sincere but it won’t solve the problem. The problem is money. Look at the time period of 2003-2006, paintball companies where making a killing and there were tons of new players. Now they have less customers because of the economy and the fact there is a large barrier to entry not to mention the reoccurring costs of paint.

If the industry wants more volume they need to look at something radical like subsidizing the cost of paint in the gun it’s self, bringing paint costs down to $10 a case (Paint companies are still making a small profit at this point). The gun manufactures could keep the same prices and hope that the subsidized paint cost leads to higher sales volume to recuperate for loss given to the paint companies or raise prices slightly.

It’s crazy but the paintball industry is ran so half ass backwards this actually might be a realistic plan.

By: anonachris

anonachris — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:09:15 +0000

Save Paintball!
I heard that you were feeling ill
Headache fever and a chill
I came to help restore your pluck
Because I’m the nurse who likes to…

By: Paul Espino

Paul Espino — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:42:11 +0000

Sigma,

We have been busy with holidays and end of year stuff, but we are gearing up to add a few features to the site as well as other concepts. Please check back with us later.

Paul.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:34:24 +0000

Nice interview Brandon, great points. CSULB!

By: jdl

jdl — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:29:09 +0000

that was a great freaking interview

By: sigma

sigma — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:55:28 +0000

One question I have about savepaintball.org. Why does the site not have an apparent form to facilitate a moderated discussion? Maybe a forum format that is closely moderated and can allow people to freely discuss ways to address the issues listed on the site. Shouldn’t be that hard to do.

By: TKkate

TKkate — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:42:38 +0000

Truly amazing how far brandon has gone. Just comes to show that both justin and brandon are my heros. Absolutely no doubt about it! I am so proud of them:) I wish i was as cool as you guys. So much confidence and intelligence in everything you do. Lets play some PB!

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:54:29 +0000

Brandon,

Superb insight. You have the platform that I wish I had. Good job!

By: Tommy O'D

Tommy O'D — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:12:42 +0000

Just wanted to touch base with everyone and let them know that the new version of our site is up and running. When we first launched a few months ago there were a lot of people talking about what we were trying to do.

At the time the site was only a splash page because it was under construction. We’ve got the site up and running now, and we’re hoping to spark some positive and valuable conversation on ways that we can all help to take paintball to the next level. This site is brand new so please feel free to get involved and let us know your opinion.

Big thanks to Brandon for doing an interview with us. Hopefully this will inspire more people to get involved and become ambassadors of the game.

By: TheRussian

TheRussian — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:22:57 +0000

Wow, just wow!!!
Very inspiring, true words and just what this sport needs.
Well said BMase. Hope some people watch this and really learn what it means to be an ambassador of the sport. Once again thank you propaintball for bringing us whats relevant and insightful.