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offered us major exposure,
print. On top of all that,
mpetition. Competition was
ng force behind the CFOA.
petty politics in our ree cast aside one weekend a
huge for the growth of the

highest division accompanied it. That erosion might take
a couple seasons, but it NEVER failed to happen. I tend
to refer to this as the lowest common denominator effect
on tournament paintball. Whatever you want to call it,
it’ll be interesting to watch how or if it affects the PSP.
Hopefully the PSP is insulated against it as they are national and they encompass the elite level of competitive
play.

on was exploding painte, so I have to say we were
unate in our timing and
o have had the relationships
ontacts that assisted us in
tting things done.

Josh: What did you learn from last season up north?
Larry: First and foremost, I learned that I had truly
missed being involved in tournaments and that I still had
the desire to do so. It was refreshing to get back into
the game again. Second, I learned that I still had much
to offer to competitive paintball. The situation I inherited at the MAPL was already planned and announced
when I arrived. I took someone else’s script as to how
they wanted to run their events and did the best I could
with it. At the end of the season, I did offer the league
owners a lot of ideas to improve the league, but they
chose to go in another direction. Their decision led me
to refocus on doing something a bit closer to home and
to create something new and exciting. Here we are.

Josh: Last we heard
you were promoting
the MAPL tournament
series at OXCC last
season- your return to
tournament paintball
after being away for
a few seasons. Has
paintball changed
much since you last
promoted events?
Larry: Not really, the techogy of the equipment has
d but there’s not been anys. If anything there seems
lder gear and a strong nosew in years past.

ame has failed to consolnow than ever. Not sure
ought the PSP’s affiliation
for consolidating competievel now has a third league.
hing more than local leagues
any more local leagues toago.

e with no real challengers to
P go ever deeper into the
ayers, it will be interesting
pment over the next few
kes them. In my experis to me that whenever we
e eventual erosion of the

Josh: So we’ve heard you’re starting a new paintball league in your old Carolina stomping grounds. Is
this true? If so, why?
Larry: It is true; I’m starting a new league called the
Carolina Cup. Why not? To my knowledge, there is NO
competitive format in the country, perhaps the world
that offers anything close to what the Carolina Cup will.
Josh: What makes the new Carolina Cup series any
different from every other league out there in paintball currently? Why should a local or regional customer choose your league over the others already
out there?
Larry: Well the concept of the Carolina Cup is completely
different than anything going today.
- This series will not run tiered divisions. There are no
divisions of play, just an event to compete in. Teams can
potentially compete against any team on the event registration.
- The Carolina Cup is open to players of ANY rank – PRO
to D6. Carolina Cup teams are not built solely on player
ranks like other leagues. Players competing at the Carolina Cup will get an adjusted CC player point value that
can be determined off of a players current divisional rank
and their current divisional points..

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