again when I was a teenager, however haven’t done it
much since. I also go mountain biking, other than that I
play video games still.”
WHAT MADE YOU START USING THE VIDEO DESIGNS
THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING?
“I wanted to do something different. I wanted to add those
special effects to make it look, and feel like a video game,
trying to grab a larger audience. Also a lot of games that I
was playing at CQB were similar to those in video games.
You had multiple lives, or had to gain an objective, and I
wanted my audience to understand that paintball was not
just go onto the field and shoot each other, that it was
actually so much more. That way when they are watching
the videos and I get hit then continue to go back in that
they can understand that is because I have X amount of
lives left. Also it is a good way to show them exactly how
much ammunition I have left, that’s why I have a count on
their showing how many magazines I have left. That way
they can see those bits of information I have laid out for
them, and can see ’Hey, I’m on my last magazine, and I
am heading into a tight situation.’ I can raise the tension
of the viewers, by having them see “oh he is on is last
magazine”, or “oh, he is almost out of paint” and he was
able to still complete that objective.”
“I studied several successful YouTube gaming channels,
and a lot of them did commenting on their game,
explaining why they were doing this, or how. So I took
those ideas and turned it towards my paintball videos
making them look like video games. I did this because if
someone was playing, let’s say Battle Field, and happened
to stumble upon one of my videos it would have the same
effects, and look like Battle Field, yet wasn’t. It would peak
their curiosity to find out what it is, and then they would
notice it is paintball. So the viewers can see that paintball
isn’t all filled with hoppers, or inflatable bunkers. ]