Why the E-Mag isn't a "MainStream" gun

[MiniMagger2002]

hey

I jsut had a thought. I was recently wondering why so many pro's use angels over e-mags, since i thought the e-mag had everything the angel did and it was smaller. i had found out that for some apperent reason, not many people on other forums (like pbnation.com) like mags at all, much less e-mags. so what is wrong with them?


hey just wonderin

[marley618]

It's all because of sponsers.

[FrAuStY]

Mags don't get the glittery spotlight it deserves. So many people follow the herd mentality that a sparkly Triple-chromed, quad color anoed, super duper angels/cockers shoots more accurately or farther than a mag. This isn't true.
The only way I can explain it is herd mentality. The pro's use them because they are sponsored, and you know how herds think. If the lead guy uses it.. it's gotta be the best. Well.. I'm sorry to burst angel/cocker owners' bubbles, but the Extreme emag WILL be the NEXT BIG DOG of paintball guns. Angels can't touch them with the ACE's installed. No other marker has been test beyond 26 recharges a sec without shootdown. No other marker has been video taped at 20 bps without a chop. Also.. with the Emagnum board.. OMG, I can't explain the feeling I get inside when I hear about the BAD***ES. They just can't match it. AGD has brought paintball to where it is and WDP and WGP has just been riding the train making their guns more attractive rather than more functional.

[ZSigErik]

Nicely said my Comrade in AGD Arms!

[Top Secret]

I actually find it rather amusing to see people make fun of my "tube" while they hold their mainstream gun. After a few games, they are cleaning out goo or fixing their gun, while I'm loading up more pods.

[Lone Gunman]

Like in Bud commercials... True

I don't like following the herd mentality, thats one of the reasons I got a mag.

[rjvemt1]

jeeez frausty, preach it brotha!

[FrAuStY]

Thank you to those who see it my way

You will find Mags don't get the respect they deserve! As said time and time before.. you simply can't KILL a mag!

*EDIT*Let me re-phrase that.. you can KILL any gun... mags just don't DIE!

[rjvemt1]

tk should do one of those old samsonite suitcase ads for mags. have some large rental player throw it on the ground then jump up and down on it then pick it up and keep shootin.

[WickeDKlowN]

i dont know about other ppl, but i actually dont want mags to go mainstream. one of the reasons i got a mag is because theyre not and i like to be different. thats why i drink faygo and listen to icp.

[WickeDKlowN]

i like rjvemt1's idea, TK should do a commercial where firt they get pissed and throw down a cocker and the pneumatics break off or something, then they do it with a mag but after there done whining, they pick it up and keep shooting.

[xatle]

im thinking more along a woods game where a guy with a generic looking marker with some pneumatics on the front of it jams up and yells to his team mate about gun trouble, his team mate just happens to have a spare mag wedged in next to his remote tank(does anyone do that?) pulls it out and throws it to em....slow motion sceen with the guy with his hand out stretched and the gun flipping threw the air giving people the impression that the gun is going to magically land perfectly in his hand when it abruptly hits a tree branch, smacks a couple large rocks, lands in the dirt a few feet away, guy picks it up, slaps his tank and hopper on and procedes to own the other team.

OR...
maybe a big foot gets hit buy a stray round and takes it out on a guys mag....

[Blazingace]

I have a very active imagination and that was extremely funny. Xatle, I would be willing to help make a commercial like that. Except have it at full speed until the 'Mag bounces. The whole game stops as and watches as he picks it up puts on his hopper and tank and gogges the nears Angel player. But back on the subject Frausty is 100% correct. In the newest edition of PB 2 extreme they stated that since GZ timmy using teams have won the last few major tourneys, Timmy sales have gone up drastically. Get a few Extreme e-mag teams smoking the competition in print with great pictures and they will become "popular".

[rudy]

MiniMagger2002 there is quite a few reasons the mag is not main stream when i started laying the mag was the gun to have it was very mainstream at least in my area. But many different things happenned some myths some partly true, and the mag began to get a bad rep. Other companies layed heavily into spoonsors and deals to get teams and stores to shoot thier guns. and it works very well almost every guy at the local feild has an angel cause wdp gave them a deal. One big problem with mags was the powerfeed plug and ball chopping if i started running and shooting i always chopped, untill I got the new powerfeed plug. the other problem is with a mag It pretty much sucks if you do break a ball for any reason thier is not good quick way to clean up the bolt, and you have to do that to really get you accuracy back up to speed. then there are little things when they all add up a person doesnt buy a gun. The mag is not very effecient. like I prefer guns where the air input is in the front so i dotn have a big hose running to the back of my gun. and I like guns where the colors can be mostly matched, with the mag and the SS body that just didnt happen very well. Look at all the "tricked" mags you see here most of them look very similar and have mostly the same accessories on them. Hard to make a gun your own with its own personality in that case. for a while people just said well if you shoot good paint you shouldnt have that problem, but we dont haev that option all the time and if another gun cna shoot the bad paint then it really is the gun. Now days it seems AGD is doing alot to address all these issues. and with the new faster loaders coming out I think things will change the only thing i still worry about is if you do break a ball there needs to be a way to clean the bolt off good after a break.

[MrMag]

i just love it when i talk to ppl at my field and tell them about the fact that a emag can outshoot an angel, and they tell me i lie. i then direct them to odyssey's website. two videos:

1.emag w/ halo. 20pbs
2.angel w/ halo. 13pbs