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Fred
01-15-2003, 11:54 PM
I think it was Channel 7, Evening news in Detroit, had a brief story on Paintball! the reporter went to Atomix (my new favorite indoor field in the Detroit metro area), and they showed quite a bit.

they focused on safety issues (wore goggles and markers all had barrel bags on), talked about markers a bit, interviewed the owner (cool guy, his name escapes me at the moment), and he shot the reporter in the nipple on camera...:eek:

there was a great shot of a player belly sliding into the snake too, my favorite move on that turf! (apparently they spent 90 grand on it... whoah!).

One problem though, which I am not sure about, they said paintballs are shot between 200 and 300 mph, not fps... anyone better than me at math wanna convert that for me?

---Fred

deathstalker
01-16-2003, 12:03 AM
200 mph is 293 fps.

www.convert-me.com

petefol
01-16-2003, 11:33 AM
yeah, 5280 feet in a mile and 3600 sec in an hour. just divide the fps by 5280 and multiply by 3600. 300fps = 204mph

CRog075
01-16-2003, 01:05 PM
Was it on UPN news detriot? cause i might watch it than tonight

BTAutoMag
01-16-2003, 01:09 PM
300fps is 204 mph... thats what i always remember

chewbaka
01-16-2003, 02:41 PM
Yeah, I hate all this crap- its a "marker", you can't call it a gun, you have to show your ID if you buy a hopper at wal-mart. What the hell is up with that. Whats worse are these people who are trying to ban paintball, get a life