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Miscue
03-08-2004, 01:09 AM
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
03-08-2004, 01:14 AM
pink guns used to be hot... now everyone is realizing that that it was a homosexual trend
Steelrat
03-08-2004, 01:15 AM
Trauma Trix
eblades
lord1234
03-08-2004, 01:17 AM
wow thanks magman...
did i mention that i hate you?
as does every acid wash red owner:-P
Dayspring
03-08-2004, 01:18 AM
Drop forwards
Short barrels
Splash Annodizing
ubooze
03-08-2004, 01:20 AM
I think we can add Vikings to the list....
Dye Invisons?
Squeegees... lol j/k
bunkermaster10
03-08-2004, 01:32 AM
Revy.
I still love em' and use em'.
magman007
03-08-2004, 01:37 AM
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
03-08-2004, 01:37 AM
remote lines and ridiculously large hp tanks.
magman007
03-08-2004, 01:40 AM
that reminds me, adj tanks=not cool any more
RoadDawg
03-08-2004, 01:43 AM
plain jane neoprene tank covers
100 rd pods seem to be on there way out
Boo-Yaah spyder frames
Drop forwards
MrWallen
03-08-2004, 01:43 AM
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
03-08-2004, 01:45 AM
oh and barrel plugs seem to be fading.
argnot
03-08-2004, 01:52 AM
Mags.....:) J/K. ummm I would have to say old shockers. I never see anymore.
magman007
03-08-2004, 01:57 AM
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
03-08-2004, 01:58 AM
damn going by your standards im out of style =(
Barjack420
03-08-2004, 03:09 AM
Pumps?
Dressing up like swamp thing?
Single triggers
r/f bodies with sights
ghideon
03-08-2004, 03:49 AM
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
03-08-2004, 07:51 AM
Drab Jersey and pants colors
Woodsball (even the rec players at my field want to play on the cool looking inflatables)
Headsocks
Avalanche
Branchvillian
03-08-2004, 07:55 AM
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
03-08-2004, 08:17 AM
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
03-08-2004, 08:19 AM
Visors
Guns NOT covered in stickers
(Even though I actively use my visor and refuse to put stickers on any of my equipment)
fire1811
03-08-2004, 08:30 AM
patents seem to be IN style lately
:D
Branchvillian
03-08-2004, 08:48 AM
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
03-08-2004, 08:53 AM
dignity
OysterBoy
03-08-2004, 08:58 AM
Originally posted by Gabriel
dignity
GA Devil
03-08-2004, 10:25 AM
RAVEN
DIGGERS
COCKERS (in general)
PUMPS
Co2
FAIR PLAY
hAppy
03-08-2004, 10:30 AM
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=-
03-08-2004, 10:37 AM
Im seeing a lot of silliness in this thread, and some people who are apparently misinformed...
GA Devil
03-08-2004, 10:46 AM
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
03-08-2004, 11:12 AM
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
03-08-2004, 11:40 AM
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
03-08-2004, 11:54 AM
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:
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
03-08-2004, 12:05 PM
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
03-08-2004, 12:24 PM
I used to be hot stuff....
Now I'm just a steamin pile of http://home.comcast.net/~jeffreykier/Pics/poop.gif
:(
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