Paintball Club/ Soc

ditpaintball

Does anybody know if there is a DCU Paintball Soc, if so can they give me contact details or get in touch with me.

Thanks

phreak

there was an attempt at one last year.... not sure if it survived or not

Will

nah sadly it died, dont think there was much effort put into it, however you never know

ditpaintball

Well if there is, tell them to get in touch because we are trying to unite all the college paintball socs for the IV's and also to sign up with the IPPA - Irish Paintball Players Association.

Amz

If you mail the SCC sccchair[at]dcu.ie in DCU they might be able to put you in touch with someone who was involved last year, or who may have an interest in getting involved this year. Or you could email Yvonne O'Connor, yvonne.oconnor[at]dcu.ie

ditpaintball

cheers,
ill give it a try

tvr

its a good idea as paintball is great craic . i think last year they were lazy they couldnt be arsed organizing anything.

Here ditpaintball , i presume you have all the contacts , buses sorted and discounts for the big places in wicklow and the rest . Also what the urban paintball like over in Santry?

Could someone not piggyback on your organization till someone in dcu gets a sorted chair with a few motivated individuals. As I think if it was probably organized their would be a big interest.

ditpaintball

They could if they want, but they will have to approach me and be willing and able to put in the effort.
I will be busy running the DIT paintball soc and the IPPA so i cannot devoute much time to another soc.

As for urban, it is.......ok. we used to have a deal with the over the last two years but we are looking else where now because they do no allow people to use their own makers, which a good few of us have.

TVR is you know any one is DCU would be mildly interested in runnin the DCU soc, tell them to get i touch.

Richie

tvr

Here the contact info for the muppets from last year . Don't know if they are still around.


Robert O'Reilly

Secretary of DCU Paintball Club

Marek Steplewski

DCU Paintball Club Co-Chairman


heres another one

Leon Dempsey



Ditpaintball, can you PM the pricing structure you have with Skirmish and Crossfire etc and the min of people travelling. Whats the standard discount on the day fee plus say 300 paintball.

As it would seem to be a pricing factor to how many people would be interested.

Investigating this further it would seem that DCU students are too tight to part with their money. Seem to think it was too expensive.

I know paintball is expensive but what do they expect its a great days entertainment . You get food with some places .

sunnyjim

In all fairness, DCU students have to hand over more money than most for day to day things. Its an expensive place to eat and drink.

tvr

i will concede that point . i love the way each new union rep always when looking for a vote was says something will be done but it never is . its a joke the price we pay for poor standard crap bit thats another tread.
i know dcu is run by a private firm but who runs the trinity butterly I remember getting a student special in there always for 3.25 euro with veg and chips etc and it was always good same standard plenty of helping it was on the lines of a pub lunch most days .

ditpaintball

veg and chips..........anyway back on topic.

We are trying to do a deal with every venue in the counrty at the min. The more colleges we have affiliated to the IPPA, the better deals we can get.

But we are looking at two basic backages so far. This is for all venues in Ireland when you show your IPPA card of IPPA student card

Battle Pack :€50 upfront and 600 paintballs inc. €10 per 100 after
Power Pack : €70 upfron and 1000 paintball inc. €7.5 per 100 after

As for food, some places do it, some dont, its a minor detail.

Would thoses prices tempt you a bit?

tvr

i meant to say meal with veg or chips , here in dcu its abit of a joke you have to pay extra for spuds , veg and chips.

for an individual turning up it on a weekend looking for a few games a month it would be a good price as its much more expensive and that would defo benefit an individual player but when it comes to a soceity or a large group travelling on mass it would strike me as not being good value , there is always one or two major places always looking to bargain for a block booking especially on the weekdays which would come in much cheaper than that.

Purely out of interest how much is IPPA membership and what are the black periods for use ?

andrew163

hoho

*waits patiently for marek to find this thread*

As far as I know it was tried the last two years in a row and failed the last two years in a row. Not sure why it failed the first time but this time it was because of bad management, biting off more then it could chew and expecting everything to just work like magic. With a fair bit of bad luck thrown in too.

We got one paintball trip in, and technically it wasn't even a paintball soc event (was a CA1 class trip, all of the attendees of which happened to be in paintball soc. Was organised by the CA1 rep, not the paintball committee). After that it just...er..fizzled out.

Also, I know he's probably going to be reading this (Hi Marek ) but don't take Marek too seriously. Really. Don't. The owners of the other two emails you have listed will probably laugh and/or cry when they hear the word "paintball" and "society" in the same sentence.

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Battle Pack :€50 upfront and 600 paintballs inc. €10 per 100 after
Power Pack : €70 upfron and 1000 paintball inc. €7.5 per 100 after

There's no way people will pay that. Not because it's not worth it...because most of us don't have it.
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ditpaintball

Well the average price is €30 with 200 paintballs. With us, hopefully, An extra €20 with triple the balls incuded is a great deal. If you can get those kind of prices anywhere for a group of less than 40 people, please let me know where!

People will pay and do play.it if they are interested in paintball and play a lot. The average spend for people playing for the first time is €40 anyway. So go the extra tenner and get more ammo.

As for the price of membership, we are still working on those details. Have to sort out our costs and stuff. should not be more than €20 year. So you have it paid off with what you save on one trip.

Amz

tvr. I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't drag threads off topic like this, if you want a rant about DCU's food, rand to the college View, or An Tarbh, or else start a new thread. Why not run for SU instead of bitching about it.

It's easy to sit there and complain about how clubs are run, but if you're not prepared to get involved if you see they're in need, or struggling then you should put up, or shut up.

You guys have a prime oppertunity to set up a paintball club and run it well, if you so wish. You have a couple of weeks before clubs and socs to form a committee and generate interest and get yourslves a membership package etc.

So why not quit moaning and do something.

tvr

Amz wrote:

tvr. I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't drag threads off topic like this, if you want a rant about DCU's food, rand to the college View, or An Tarbh, or else start a new thread. Why not run for SU instead of bitching about it.

It's easy to sit there and complain about how clubs are run, but if you're not prepared to get involved if you see they're in need, or struggling then you should put up, or shut up.

You guys have a prime oppertunity to set up a paintball club and run it well, if you so wish. You have a couple of weeks before clubs and socs to form a committee and generate interest and get yourslves a membership package etc.

So why not quit moaning and do something.

Arnt we all high and might all of a sudden . Again I already apologized for taking it off topic and in regards to your other comments I am currently conducting research in to the viability of launching a new paint ball soc . I like to do my research now before I jump the gun and piss people off.

As you know no matter how good a deal I can strike with one of the big companies there is only so much a skint student will pay and it is a matter of striking the right balance.

Amz

Well petal, for someone who has only been a registered member for less than a month I'm not sure where you're getting this "all of a sudden" notion from. Nobody's getting all high and mighty, I just don't want people dragging threads off topic. If you want a bitch and a moan do it on another thread. This thread is to talk about DCU paintball.

ditpaintball

In the end of the day, you are working for the people who enjoy the game who who want to play it often, these are the people who will pay the normal prices and if they get it cheaper, its a bonus for them. As for the people who just sign up and only ever go one one trip, well at least they got it cheaper. Any body who runs a club or socs knows that the first two months are the best for activity, then its scales down to the regualars.

I forgot to mention, that at DIT, as well as the deal we get, The soc pays for half of the fee for the students. So the student pays €35 and they get 1000 shots. Of course it all depends on the funding you get from the college and how much you can subsidies the trips.

Just going back to the topic, if there is a DCU paintball soc, there is help available as regards trips, prices, contacts etc. Just ask.

tvr

Amz wrote:

Well petal, for someone who has only been a registered member for less than a month I'm not sure where you're getting this "all of a sudden" notion from. Nobody's getting all high and mighty, I just don't want people dragging threads off topic. If you want a bitch and a moan do it on another thread. This thread is to talk about DCU paintball.

shall i expect you to be this condescending from now on.

Amz

I can ban you if you want and you won't have to deal with me again.

If you've a problem take it to PM, otherwise keep the thread on topic thanks.

phreak

He has a point. You're being really condescending. So what if he's only been registered for a month. His point is still valid.

Amz

If you want to discuss any issues not related to Paintball in DCU then start a new thread, or a find a thread where these issues are already being dealt with.

robnubis

tvr wrote:

Here the contact info for the muppets from last year . Don't know if they are still around.


Robert O'Reilly

Secretary of DCU Paintball Club

Marek Steplewski

DCU Paintball Club Co-Chairman


heres another one

Leon Dempsey



Ditpaintball, can you PM the pricing structure you have with Skirmish and Crossfire etc and the min of people travelling. Whats the standard discount on the day fee plus say 300 paintball.

As it would seem to be a pricing factor to how many people would be interested.

Investigating this further it would seem that DCU students are too tight to part with their money. Seem to think it was too expensive.

I know paintball is expensive but what do they expect its a great days entertainment . You get food with some places .

i'd appreciate it if you'd not put my email address up plzthx.

The DCU Paintball Club was a load of balls btw. We had one game, it kinda sucked. We did nothign after that AT ALL.

We could'nt give you any help what so ever.

Reku

ditpaintball wrote:

Well the average price is €30 with 200 paintballs. With us, hopefully, An extra €20 with triple the balls incuded is a great deal. If you can get those kind of prices anywhere for a group of less than 40 people, please let me know where!

People will pay and do play.it if they are interested in paintball and play a lot. The average spend for people playing for the first time is €40 anyway. So go the extra tenner and get more ammo.

As for the price of membership, we are still working on those details. Have to sort out our costs and stuff. should not be more than €20 year. So you have it paid off with what you save on one trip.

Just trying to be helpful here and maybe you've already looked into this, but:

Here's a thought, if you are setting up a reasonably sized society then perhaps buy your own paintballs:
16,000 JT Evolve Paintballs =£149.99 STG
=> Approx = €223.57
=> Approx = €1.40 per 100 paintballs

While these are about half the price of the other brands the point still stands, in that €20 for triple the balls (an extra 400, or €5.60 to about €12 if you supply your own) is not as good a deal as it looks.
The major downside is that you'll need to do a good job of stock-keeping to make sure you don't run out and make sure that people don't just pocket chunks of your supplies to muck about with themselves.

Price from http://www.gizmos-uk.com/Paintball%20Wholesale.html, free shipping for orders over £100 STG and thecy can do the prices in Euros if you want.
Have bought BBguns and ammo from them myself and the only complaint I'd have is against their stock-keeping, so make sure to order well in advance of when you'll need things.

Ferror

Well seeing as bringing your own paintballs would be eating into the venues profits, i doubt they'd let you.

Probably using something along the lines of 'well our insurance doesn't cover that' - just like you can't bring your own guns/ co2.

so ditpaintball, what fees would a dcu student have to pay, should they wish to join? As It'd be a whole lot easier to participate in an already established club, with existing group rate deals - what with dcu's track record of start up failures with our own club/soc

farohar wrote:

Just trying to be helpful here and maybe you've already looked into this, but:

Here's a thought, if you are setting up a reasonably sized society then perhaps buy your own paintballs:
16,000 JT Evolve Paintballs =£149.99 STG
=> Approx = €223.57
=> Approx = €1.40 per 100 paintballs

While these are about half the price of the other brands the point still stands, in that €20 for triple the balls (an extra 400, or €5.60 to about €12 if you supply your own) is not as good a deal as it looks.
The major downside is that you'll need to do a good job of stock-keeping to make sure you don't run out and make sure that people don't just pocket chunks of your supplies to muck about with themselves.

Price from http://www.gizmos-uk.com/Paintball%20Wholesale.html, free shipping for orders over £100 STG and thecy can do the prices in Euros if you want.
Have bought BBguns and ammo from them myself and the only complaint I'd have is against their stock-keeping, so make sure to order well in advance of when you'll need things.

ditpaintball

Ferror wrote:

Well seeing as bringing your own paintballs would be eating into the venues profits, i doubt they'd let you.

Probably using something along the lines of 'well our insurance doesn't cover that' - just like you can't bring your own guns/ co2.

Thats it, they make all their money on paint. Game fees cover marshal fees, Gas and marker rental fees, so they rely on paint profits. They can also through the insurance card at you. They also do this if you want to bring your own marker to a site, even to use their paint, some will not let you.

As for DCU student, technically they are not allowed to join the dit society, but they will be able to join the IPPA and get the same rates as the other members from trinity, dit etc will be getting. We are still trying to hammer out some deals so it will take a while.

However, go on the first trip, ( this sunday 1st oct to monaghan, www.irish-paintball.net for more info) and then perhaps we can discuss details about a dcu club or involvement.

Ferror

ditpaintball wrote:

Thats it, they make all their money on paint. Game fees cover marshal fees, Gas and marker rental fees, so they rely on paint profits. They can also through the insurance card at you. They also do this if you want to bring your own marker to a site, even to use their paint, some will not let you.

As for DCU student, technically they are not allowed to join the dit society, but they will be able to join the IPPA and get the same rates as the other members from trinity, dit etc will be getting. We are still trying to hammer out some deals so it will take a while.

However, go on the first trip, ( this sunday 1st oct to monaghan, www.irish-paintball.net for more info) and then perhaps we can discuss details about a dcu club or involvement.

Thanks for that, very informative for any paintball fans out there

Also for anyone interested, trinity often allow 'outsiders' to join their clubs, if you ask real nice and it's NOT the gun club

Might be worth a try...

ditpaintball

Just letting you know that out first trip is this sunday, 1st oct. We are going to monaghan. It is a joint trip with irish-paintball.net, dit, tcd and gcd. There are a few places left if any one wants to come along and have a chat and get a feel for paintball, then you may want to set up a dcu one.

It will be a speedball day. 1000 shots and bus included. It should cost you around €120, but we got it for €82 all in.

If you are iterested or want more info, email me: dit@irish-paintball.net or check out http://www.irish-paintball.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=228