http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2006/03/30/american-in...
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 average of 10 hours a day, for 25 years. If I had my priorities straight I would have understood years ago that "it is better to have tried and failed than not tried at all". Better late than never:)"
Doesn't yc do the same thing with some applicants?
My 14 year old nephew could have build him that table for 10 bucks and some ice cream...
That said, I still don't get the difference between BB and BBE, nor the need for one. Having watched the video, visited the website, and read this interview, he seems to have internalized the answers to that question like a tape recorder.
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...
And thus he's getting secondary news coverage, like here.
I suspect he wanted that far more than their money, because if we assume (like he does) that Bulletball is fun to play, the real key to its success will be increased awareness.
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.
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.
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 be retrieved, and there's no clear path to making it coin-operated.
If I could channel that kind of determination...
If the above link doesn't work, try YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOOw2yWMSfk
The official site: http://bulletballgames.com
[ ] Yes! Of course! That explains everything!
[ ] His site is messing up his site.
[X] Item #5489342 on the "Barriers to BulletBall Success" list
