What should the National Body Champion?

[badman]

not all markers has a serial # on them. how'd we know the said permit is for which marker?

[Gungho Paul]

Go to the shops and get them engraved ..

[Redz02]

btw, the marker must and can only be brought around by the bearer of the permit, or team permit owner lah. i dont want the permit to become so easy to get, ppl just go out and buy marker for the wrong reasons/use it wrongly. sometimes some noobs just didnt know how to play would just shoot in public, amidst the lack of safety.

it has to be for the proper person. the person is liable of the marker. if any damage done by the marker, the owner shall be responsible howsoever.

underage kids (7-10 years old). should they have a permit?
teens (12-15). are they liable to hold the permit?

what about modifications done/shape alteration on the gun (example:x7 modded to be like ak47 or m4)
-the permit shall put name and type of the marker. and any mods can be done freely. also to sell off the marker, handover permit must be of easy transition. just like a car grant.


-another thing im concerned of is the legislation of markers. where it can be used. how to bring it around (assembled but disabled or dismantled to pieces (tank, loader, barrel and maybe battery taken out)?)

Dear All,

At last an intelligent comment/argument from a fellow paintballer.

I quite agreed with D_mechanic. Once this service is made available the ASSOCIATION need to really study on 'How & Who' to grant the marker permit. Australia is a good place to study this system since they already have this system way back. I believed implement by their local police.

I remember way back our current 'so called national association' did grant few centre with 'marker permit' for a sum of fees?? As far I remember at the moment only Police Bukit Aman have that right!

Just my views.

Cheers.

[badman]

Go to the shops and get them engraved ..

yes but we need to have a numbering convention or something so that the numbers are unique... so players won't be making up their own numbers.. also to avoid incident like having 2 markers with the same numbers/series (unintentionally, of course)...

[Gungho Paul]

Of course buddy....there will be system drawn up to best manage the situation.

A helluva lot of work involved....

[badman]

just making sure la bang.... 

[Gungho Paul]

Yeah..I am counting on you and all free pballers volunteering to help out on all these important issues.There will many committees in the federation that will require good people to work towards the goals of the federation.

[Gungho Paul]

Great thoughts I picked out from the Singapore Blog by Ben ...I thought it was pretty well thought out and written.Hope you don't mind Ben..

1) Statistics research - Research are important. Its the basis of putting everything that is wrong to right. A good research for paintball can cover areas such as statistics research for paintball safety. Not only will this research be used by paintball association or bodies across the region to develop paintball in their respective countries. But most importantly, it is backed by a registered, recongized and reputable paintball body that can be recognized by the local government.


2) Coaching aids - While majority of the paintballers I know learnt their skills from a fellow paintballer or watching videos on the internet. A structure paintball coaching aid is need to ensure that the fundamentals of paintball coaching is recognized. Yes, it takes a lot of time to come up with this coaching aid but it is also a piece of good material to get most if not all of the people doing the right thing.


3) Good refereeing body - This has always been the toughest to achieve. A good league can only be consider good if there is a good governing body for refeering and continuous development of referees in the region.


4) National representation - As per any team sports, there is always a national representation, in this case refers as a national team. The national team should only comprised of paintballers from the respective country based on their nationality. All paintballers know that there is no such thing as a national team but there are more pros than cons to forming one. With a national body, the association of the respective country is responsible for developing such a team and thus the due recognition from the paintball community, clubs and teams. The national body will also be able to lobby support from their respective sports council when it comes to funding the national team. National trials and selection can also be formulated.

To continue developing the national team, the association is responsible for youth developments and awareness. So when will this national competition be held? Well... the World Cup perhaps? Let's put it this way... any good paintballers who already have a team will be playing in the World Cup. So they will be there anyway... a separate tournament in the World Cup where only national representative can play to represent their countries can help to determine the regional powers and grow the sport in the region. This could be done in a race to 2 or 3 format X ball style.

This is nothing new as there are seperate tournaments in the Millenium competitions too, like the Activision Cup, the Intercontinental Cup, etc. The idea of formulating this tournament is to get the national bodies to be involved thus giving the sport the recognition it deserved.

We need inputs like these bros and sistas..