The Dream of Gold - Personal Narrative

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The Dream of Gold - Personal Narrative

As I dart through "the desert" in the last game of the day, with only

a few balls left in my hopper, I can feel the air of crossfire

speeding by my body. I dive to the ground, see my opponent and shoot,

I cover him in paint, hes out of the game! Paintballing one of the

more challenging, stratigic and fun games should definetly be adoped

by the Olympics, and will be if people promote the sport. Although it

would be an extremely hard process, competing for the glory of gold

would be worth every little bit of effort. Paintballing is often

reffered to a violent and just a game, but the right funding and if

people are shown that all safety percautions have been taken then they

would relise the seriousness of the sport and would adopt it to the

Olympics. Adoption of paintball to the Olymipcs would mean more people

are happy and proud of this sport. It would also provide more viewing

variety for people watching the Olympics. With time and effort and a

dream paintballing will be seen in the Olimpics in the near future.

Like most people, I've been paying attenition to what's been going on;

who's who, what's what, etc. Then, the other night I had I dream: I

was with my team (Team Liquid Canada) and we were competing in the

Olympics! Could you imagine how great that would be? Instead of being

Team Liquid; we were Team Canada! Just imagine yourself in that

position; Team USA, Team Brazil, etc.,all competing for the glory of

Gold. Realistically, will that ever happen? The potential is certainly

there, but, we as an international Paintball community must come

together. Paintball is obviously strong in the USA, but no matter how

organized one country is, without the active participation of other

countries, the dream of paintball in the Olympics will never be

realized. As well, with the many dfferent tournament promoters, each

with different corporate goals, it may prove difficult to have the

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