Campaign Cup..., ....a ringers opinion.... Options

[neil]

Right, CC is getting slated on P8 at the moment for just about everything!! I know a lot of Ringers worked at the event and most of us have a lot of experience in the set up, staffing and running of a major tournament. Between us we have vendors, spectators, refs, players and staff.

I think it would be nice to get honest opinions from all of us about the event, but in order to make your post credible, we are going to adopt the "shit sandwich" approach. Basically, if you can only post negative points and no positives obviously you were not paying attention!

We all know how much work goes into every aspect of setting up an international event and no one wants to discredit the effort made by any of the campaign staff. With that in mind, I would ask the moderators to keep an eye on this thread and delete any posts that are inappropriate.

I'll set the ball rolling then....

POSITIVE:
An excellent choice of vendors in the trade village, all offering good deals.
From a players point of view, the location of facilities and fields in relation to the players area was good.

NEGATIVE:
The event was again let down by the lack of security for equipment. Secure players areas and parking areas for players need to be provided.
For the first time in about seven years, i went to CC to spectate. I would have seen more of the event if i had stayed at home and asked tango to text me random photos all day....

As i have already said, this is not a mud slinging match, it's about constructive comments that hopefully the organisers are big enough to take on board and be congratulated on what they did well, and at the same time reflect on what could be done better next year.

[LiAm :p]

Hey, I was only there for the Sunday of the actuall event but did do setup and packdown.

positives: CPL field, on the fake turf, even tho a bitch to lay seemed to be a brilliant surface to play on, and was fun to watch from the stands, problem was couldn't see any of the other fields.
I managed to sneak down to the floor for abt 45mins till someone asked who i was, unlike some pple i cant say ''do u know who i am?'' because, well it wont work :).

There was access to all the game fields at CC 03 which was handy for watching but i understand did cause some security and safety problems.

Maybe in a new london based venue there could be more space for audiences to view all the games. Then spectateing would be much more fun, possibly drawing more crowds, especially people who arent actually ballers. Maybe charts telling the crowd whose playing at what times etc wld be good.

More local advertising would have been good also, i saw that the 05 CC had loads of advertising outside the site, this year i saw one arrow sign outside the stadium saying paintball championships which someone had turned to point the other way. lol.

It was great to see non paintball sponsors like Corona, hopefully this will continue.

Big up to the guys who worked saturday night, i wish i was there to help.

Overall i think the it was good and the setup and packdown wasnt as hecktic as ive herd about in the past.

Liam :)

(oh if you do play at the CC, Next year DONT shoot as much paint over the range, lol PLEEEAASSEE)