Used to be hot stuff

[Miscue]

I was just thinking about fads, and how people are all crazy about certain things for a while - and then things change. Here's a few:

Boomsticks
Marbs
Angels

There's lots of stuff, add what you can!

[magman007]

pink guns used to be hot... now everyone is realizing that that it was a homosexual trend

[Steelrat]

Trauma Trix
eblades

[lord1234]

wow thanks magman...
did i mention that i hate you?
as does every acid wash red owner:-P

[Dayspring]

Drop forwards
Short barrels
Splash Annodizing

[ubooze]

I think we can add Vikings to the list....

Dye Invisons?

Squeegees... lol j/k

[bunkermaster10]

Revy.

I still love em' and use em'.

[magman007]

anything 32*


i havnt seen a new 32* product ever since empire kicked in

also FF cockers arent to highly regarded any more

"humped triggers" are out

45 degree frames arent cool any more

anything with a tribal design

stainless steel barrels

polished annodizing

[Evil1]

remote lines and ridiculously large hp tanks.

[magman007]

that reminds me, adj tanks=not cool any more

[RoadDawg]

plain jane neoprene tank covers
100 rd pods seem to be on there way out
Boo-Yaah spyder frames
Drop forwards

[MrWallen]

Flex-7 seems to be going out of style.
DYE clothes, but only because there are a lot more companies making clothes now (as in Jerseys and such).

[RoadDawg]

oh and barrel plugs seem to be fading.

[argnot]

Mags.....:) J/K. ummm I would have to say old shockers. I never see anymore.

[magman007]

clothing with slogans that make sence to the outter world.


things like "we kill suckers" etc written on shirts, just make others wonder.... nothing like days of old where the shirt spelled it out

[Resist148]

damn going by your standards im out of style =(

[Barjack420]

Pumps?

Dressing up like swamp thing?


Single triggers

r/f bodies with sights

[ghideon]

A good pump will never go out of style...

I've been asked at least a half a dozen times if the stock feed tube on my Phantom is a sight.

Or the other favorite questions, like "Where's the hopper?" or "Where do the paintballs go?"

Personally, I can't wait till crazy high BPSes go out of style.

One thing that has gone out of style is "alternative hose styles." My E-Mag has a grease gun hose running from the tank to the gun input (working pressure 3k PSI, to boot).

[Load SM5]

Drab Jersey and pants colors

Woodsball (even the rec players at my field want to play on the cool looking inflatables)

Headsocks

Avalanche

[Branchvillian]

Originally posted by magman007

also FF cockers arent to highly regarded any more

Is that a joke? FF cockers are the only cockers worth buying. Throw an E-Blade on there and you have one SWEET gun. Light, efficient, fast, awsome looking, and I know that it is just thought of mine, but it seems as though I hit everything with my cocker.

[sneakyhacker420]

STO pneumatics

SFL cockers

FREAK kits - and juat about any barrel thats not a kit

aftermarket impulses

titanium paintball parts (barrel backs, cocker pump arms)

heck - so many things have gone out of style around here, i don't even want to bother listing them

[Duke Henry]

Visors
Guns NOT covered in stickers

(Even though I actively use my visor and refuse to put stickers on any of my equipment)

[fire1811]

patents seem to be IN style lately


:D

[Branchvillian]

Originally posted by sneakyhacker420
titanium paintball parts (barrel backs, cocker pump arms)

That's a shame, because there Longbows rock. I will never shoot another kit, ever.

[Gabriel]

dignity

[OysterBoy]

Originally posted by Gabriel
dignity

[GA Devil]

RAVEN
DIGGERS
COCKERS (in general)
PUMPS
Co2
FAIR PLAY

[hAppy]

Originally posted by GA Devil
RAVEN
DIGGERS
COCKERS (in general)
PUMPS
Co2
FAIR PLAY ehh we re talking bout used-to-be-fads those arent/werent fads

theres cockers everyone, first gun a newbie wants, and co2.... dude..... there are probably more co2 tanks than there are players at a field

[-=Squid=-]

Im seeing a lot of silliness in this thread, and some people who are apparently misinformed...

[GA Devil]

Originally posted by xXhAppyAznXx
ehh we re talking bout used-to-be-fads those arent/werent fads

theres cockers everyone, first gun a newbie wants, and co2.... dude..... there are probably more co2 tanks than there are players at a field

Im going by what used to be the THING to have that I saw and what i see now. Raven jersey's and pants where everywhere. Barley ever see 1 now.

Only Co2 I see anymore is on rentals.

Cockers...i see more newbies with low level electro's

Diggers..more people just buy football, soccer, or baseball cleats


I never see a pump in rec play anymore

And fair play is obviously not happening if you have ever read a paintball post anywhere

[Quickling]

What I have seen:

Mags...........<-- got replaced in the late 90s by angels
Angels.........<-- got replaced by Timmies
Timmies........<-- got replaced by shockers
Dropforwards...<-- replaced by rails, and on/offs
Boomsticks.....<-- replaced by freaks
Flex 7s........<-- replaced by Invisions
Sock hats......<-- kinda been replaced by random stuff


Now I am not counting industry advancements like from CO2 to HPA or revies to halos, as those in my eyes are just evolutions and not so much fads.

Things I see coming:

Mags..........<-- Saw 6 mech mags at a tourney yesterday
Gangsta look..<-- Too many kids looking/ acting like ganstas or pimps

[ogre55]

Originally posted by Quickling
Gangsta look..<-- Too many kids looking/ acting like ganstas or pimps

And usually white kids from suburbia who, if they ever saw a real one would run crying home to their mommies.

Ogre

[Quickling]

And usually white kids from suburbia who, if they ever saw a real one would run crying home to their mommies.


HAHAHAHA so true...:rolleyes:

[Naby]

I don't know if it's only here, but where I play, insert based kits are being replaced by multiple back kits or even full barrels. Most people use one or two different kinds of paintballs so they don't need all possible control bores.

[argnot]

Cockers are far from going out of style. You cant beat them. Everyone wants one cause you can do anything to them and no two look alike when people are done with them. Thats like saying shockers are going out of style.

[Big'n slo]

I used to be hot stuff....
Now I'm just a steamin pile of http://home.comcast.net/~jeffreykier/Pics/poop.gif

:(