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The game doesn't look that bad... a sort of mix between air hockey, ping-pong, and handball. Though, just looking at him crouched over to play makes my back hurt. And enthusiastic players slapping away with their hands and forearms might cut or bruise themselves quite often on the table edges. And, it's got some problems as a bar or arcade game -- every point results in the ball rolling away on the floor somewhere to…
Well, you can pay to get balls to play with.
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TV likes to sensationalize everything, I give this guy credit for taking the jump that many people would just never even try. From the interview link: "During the first 22 years since BulletBall’s conception, it was like a hobby, a game played among family and friends on weekends, during vacations, or summer picnics and parties. I actually invested too much of my life working for Corporate America 5-6 days a week, an…
Still, it seems that there was about four years between the time he quit is job and when he appeared on the Reality TV show, and during that time he apparently spent about $30,000 on this-- I'm a bit surprised that he wasn't able to either a) find an angel willing to buy some equity (so that the inventor could devote himself to marketing this without having to live out of his car) or b) get a clear enough message tha…
Interview with the BulletBall guy. He is much better off than TV suggests. http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2006/03/30/american-in...
What part of the article indicates that he is well off?
Well, that was depressing.
http://www.itstrulyrandom.com/2008/02/26/theres-a-new-game-c...
Griffin has joined forces with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Veterans with Disabilities, and the Disabled-Athlete Sports Association to stage the first annual “Bulletball Tournament” which will feature the former Ms. Wheelchair America.
The long term prospects for an obviously stupid game aren't good, but still...
The point isn't that the idea was bad. Anyone could see that. This was a demonstration of a level of passion and perserverence you rarely see any more. I'd like one good idea from this board and 3 people like him. Nothing would stop us.
I found this interesting because I own the domain name bulletball.com
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Determination? Or delusion?
The only difference between the two is whether you have success or not. (So get a small bit of success early on, and you'll come off as determined!)
P.S. Obviously I didn't go out and commit suicide after the judges ripped me apert on national tv. But it wasn't fun to go through either.