Smart Parts Patent Will Destroy Paintball! - Read!

[Johnny_Reb]

hah not someone who has heard that smartparts caused this... and it wont say +75 for patent, the companies will have to independently raise it.

Well now that I think about it an extra $75 could make a huge difference. Look at Kingman they make cheap low end electros in the 200 range for begginers. If buyers have to pay an extra 75 for Kingman electros it would move Kingman guns to the mid priced electros. Now you could get a a Kingman electro for about 300 or a shocker for about 300, which one are you gonna choose? Most of Kingman's money comes from their cheap electros and if they are raised in price they wont be as appealing to players with smaller budgets. Kingman then loses alot of money. Their options would be to lower the price of their electros which would cause them to lose more money or give up on the electro scene. If Kingman gives up making low end electros that would open a whole new market for SP. They could develop a low cost Impy and monoplize the low end electro area bringing in millions of dollars to SP.

Then we have the mid priced electro scene. Impys alrdy pretty much dominate it as it is, but could become even more popular. When you add 75 to a Bushy taht would make it more expensive than an Impy, and since Impy's and Bushys are alot alike which one are you gonna choose? The cheaper oen of course. Then theres the Evil Omen, that costs about 450 right? When you add 75 to it it then costs 525. Now for about 500 you can get a used Impy or Impy Vision, so again youll take the cheaper one.

Now look what we have, SP now has a firm control on the low and mid range electro scene, resulting in SP making milliosn of dollars and gaining more power in paintball. See what 75 dollars can do?

[Black_Dragun2578]

sorry wickedairsports but idont think u will change our minds

[personman]

So true, so true

[Meph]

Originally posted by Black_Dragun2578
u guys have no right for flaming them

People have every right to boycott Smart Parts all they want. Who are you to tell them they can't?

[GatoLoco]

I feel bad for the smaller companies, as smart parts will be allowed to undercut the competion by at least 75 dollars. This could lead to the termination or at least damaging of several companies that thrive on electronic markers such as ICD, WAS, NYxtreme, and multiple custom shops. This is disgusting,forcing people to either cough up more money, or the destruction of many shops. This is no laughing matter, and if the patent holds overseas, Racegun and WDP quite possibly will take a big hit.

[WickedAirSportz]

If the rumor is correct, it's just not $75 per marker. There would be a 1 millon dollar signing fee before any units could be sold at all.

[252]

Oh man, thats gunna stir up some trouble....
I would'nt want to be SP right now...

BTW, i was going to buy a Freak, but the Evil Pipe looks awful good right now!

[breg]

Originally posted by AGD
People let me tell you, this is VERY VERY REAL. If you don't believe it, call Smart Parts directly and ask them if they have the patent rights on all electronic guns.

Why do you think we have been working on the ULE Trigger?

AGD

So, what does this mean to people who own electronic guns? I hope that is doesn't mean that they are going to stop the production of all other electronic gun?

I suggest that we as paintball palyers, boycott any and all Smart Parts gear until this madness stops.
I guess that we know where Smart Parts interests lie: in the Money only.

---- Smart Parts.

[Johnny_Reb]

Oh man, thats gunna stir up some trouble.... I wouldnt want to be SP right now..

Why not? If they make the right moves they could make millions of dollars.(See my post)

[phatpat47]

Johnny your forgetting all of the emotion that goes into buy a gun. When a noobie goes to a field, he looks at what guns the guys with jersies have.
These guys are informed, and know that SP is a bad company, so they dont have shockers or impulses, they payed the extra 75 for a timmy or angel. Noobie starts to dislike SP because of how bad everybody at the fields rips on them. There not going to want to be the guy everyone gets mad at for have the sp gun.

In conclusion, they will not be able to dominate the scene. The players wont let them.

[superdesk2007]

Will AGD start making X-mags without electronics?

[Harbinger[TG]]

**** SP, that is complete ****e. It would be like colt suing everyone with triggers and .45 grip frames

[DK1]

here's a little fat for the fire... I posted it on the TG already.
How about detailed (even with ASCII art) instructions on how to build a electronically controlled paintball cannon from 1994? Btw, the person who posted that claimed to have just delayed the writing, but had the plans back in 1993.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=Csv9qG.6qx%40zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU&rnum=1

isn't that interesting? So who really thinks that SP really invented the electropneumatic?

DK1

[PAINTMAN112]

Originally posted by WickedAirSportz
If the rumor is correct, it's just not $75 per marker. There would be a 1 millon dollar signing fee before any units could be sold at all.

you said it yourself its a rumor, things like happen quite often in several industries, how often do the big companies win.. look at microsoft? if sp wins this patent lawsuit whocares they will most likely control the marker market via monopoly then get broken up that way. Sure they are wrong for doing this, but is it likely they will win no, and if its only a rumor why worry about it?

[Johnny_Reb]

I doubt anyone will get mad at ppl for having an SP gun. And not all fields are in "the know" some of the major fields will act like you said but the majority of fields that arent normally with the current events will still continue to support SP.