punkncat
03-29-2007, 04:07 PM
When I started playing paintball the electro marker was unheard of. Heck a decent Semi auto was all anyone thought they would ever need.
A time when venturi bolts and low pressure were (supposedly)enabling godlike accuracy to our imperfect spheres of gelatin.
When cockers had magical powers and shot farther and more accurately than anything else. When actually being able to time one was considered a black art.
HPA was outrageous...who would be stupid enough to hold a 3000PSI bottle in their hands to play paintball. Wasn't a 20OZ CO2 enough for anyone?
The All American barrel was the end all be all in accuracy. There was nothing else to those "in the know".
The Spyder One came out and cost nearly $300. Who had THAT kind of money? .....a little later came the Boo-Yah for the cheaters....lol
The Diablo Matrix had all of our jaws dropping, wondering how we were going to feed that beast with our measly 9v revi's....those of us who "had it like that" and weren't using shakers anyway....and the "rich elite" with their Angels. The Ark of the Covenant.....The first guy we knew lucky (or unlucky) enough to own an EM1 thought he would rule the world....and the rock and cock boys were standing in awe watching the waste of paint.
My how things change, and remain the same. Ah, I ramble on.....
A time when venturi bolts and low pressure were (supposedly)enabling godlike accuracy to our imperfect spheres of gelatin.
When cockers had magical powers and shot farther and more accurately than anything else. When actually being able to time one was considered a black art.
HPA was outrageous...who would be stupid enough to hold a 3000PSI bottle in their hands to play paintball. Wasn't a 20OZ CO2 enough for anyone?
The All American barrel was the end all be all in accuracy. There was nothing else to those "in the know".
The Spyder One came out and cost nearly $300. Who had THAT kind of money? .....a little later came the Boo-Yah for the cheaters....lol
The Diablo Matrix had all of our jaws dropping, wondering how we were going to feed that beast with our measly 9v revi's....those of us who "had it like that" and weren't using shakers anyway....and the "rich elite" with their Angels. The Ark of the Covenant.....The first guy we knew lucky (or unlucky) enough to own an EM1 thought he would rule the world....and the rock and cock boys were standing in awe watching the waste of paint.
My how things change, and remain the same. Ah, I ramble on.....