Ok so every once in a while I'll browse the terrible forums that are PBNation. A couple months ago I stumbled upon the newest section that was previewing a new type of gun...the DLX Luxe. I'm not going to go into too much depth and some of you already know the back story, but basically DLX is supposed to a sub division of Smart parts that was formed to be a high end gun maker and rid smart parts of it's poor quality control and low end guns.
Upon entering the forum (Located here) I noticed a thread that was started by DLXs very own representative to PBNation introducing themselves to the community, etc. The new representative went by the name 'DLX Audrey'. Now, I'm not sexist but it was very odd to me that they chose a female to be an entire company's rep for a male dominated sport. It's like Katie Couric announcing for Monday Night Football.
Okay, so anyways, the DLX Luxe was interesting to me just like any new product and curiosity drove me to check it's progress every so often. While browsing the forum, you can't help but notice the posts made by Audrey because they're all sporting user icons and hers just happens to be a picture of what looks to be....Her. She also happens to be attractive...apparently. As I started reading all of her posts, I just wasn't getting a feeling like 'she' was really a 'she'. She was just way too knowledgeable about paintball the industry, past and present, and she came out of no where.
Let me say right now that this is ALL speculation and I have no real life proof at all that Audrey is in fact not female. The more I started thinking, the more it made sense that someone from Smart Parts might have actually created this account to boost sales among other things as well. If any of you have been over to PBNation you've noticed that there is about 15% good information and about 85% junk and flames. I am convinced that Smart Parts/DLX created this female account to help counter flames towards themselves. If you think about it, who is going to flame a female who is HOT, who also happens to play paintball! It's just not going to happen.
So, this is why I am coming to you all right now. I'm going to show you my evidence and I want you to investigate as well and tell me whether or not I'm just crazy or somehow I got lucky and busted right through Smart Parts little plan to manipulate their customers.
First of all, I went directly to the Myspace page of 'DLX Audrey' to see what that was all about. Wasn't hard to find because it's in her signature on pbnation.
Second, I browsed through the pictures, noticing no different pictures than her user icon and also looked at the 'About me' section and to me it looks like total made up garbage that is almost setup like a personal ad on a dating website that is trying to attract paintballers! Go figure. But upon closer inspection there was a watermark on her main profile picture after it let me enlarge it. It read 'Sirimo.co.uk'
Sure enough, after typing in that address and browsing through a few pages I found what I was looking for. http://sirimo.co.uk/?blog=2&paged=4 Soooo, apparently Audrey is some model that has done work in the UK...or something of that sort. But, do I buy any of this garbage of her being a Smart parts rep who just loves paintball but only enjoys the business aspect who just loves conversing with paintballers in a web forum? I sure as hell don't. I think Smart Parts is manipulating the hell out of these people who are looking into buying their products. I'm willing to take the scrutiny that goes along with being wrong for this one, but I am convinced that someone high up in DLX is posing as a female to help boost their image.
Am I crazy? Is my theory plausible in the least? Help me out here!
Upon entering the forum (Located here) I noticed a thread that was started by DLXs very own representative to PBNation introducing themselves to the community, etc. The new representative went by the name 'DLX Audrey'. Now, I'm not sexist but it was very odd to me that they chose a female to be an entire company's rep for a male dominated sport. It's like Katie Couric announcing for Monday Night Football.
Okay, so anyways, the DLX Luxe was interesting to me just like any new product and curiosity drove me to check it's progress every so often. While browsing the forum, you can't help but notice the posts made by Audrey because they're all sporting user icons and hers just happens to be a picture of what looks to be....Her. She also happens to be attractive...apparently. As I started reading all of her posts, I just wasn't getting a feeling like 'she' was really a 'she'. She was just way too knowledgeable about paintball the industry, past and present, and she came out of no where.
Let me say right now that this is ALL speculation and I have no real life proof at all that Audrey is in fact not female. The more I started thinking, the more it made sense that someone from Smart Parts might have actually created this account to boost sales among other things as well. If any of you have been over to PBNation you've noticed that there is about 15% good information and about 85% junk and flames. I am convinced that Smart Parts/DLX created this female account to help counter flames towards themselves. If you think about it, who is going to flame a female who is HOT, who also happens to play paintball! It's just not going to happen.
So, this is why I am coming to you all right now. I'm going to show you my evidence and I want you to investigate as well and tell me whether or not I'm just crazy or somehow I got lucky and busted right through Smart Parts little plan to manipulate their customers.
First of all, I went directly to the Myspace page of 'DLX Audrey' to see what that was all about. Wasn't hard to find because it's in her signature on pbnation.
Second, I browsed through the pictures, noticing no different pictures than her user icon and also looked at the 'About me' section and to me it looks like total made up garbage that is almost setup like a personal ad on a dating website that is trying to attract paintballers! Go figure. But upon closer inspection there was a watermark on her main profile picture after it let me enlarge it. It read 'Sirimo.co.uk'
Sure enough, after typing in that address and browsing through a few pages I found what I was looking for. http://sirimo.co.uk/?blog=2&paged=4 Soooo, apparently Audrey is some model that has done work in the UK...or something of that sort. But, do I buy any of this garbage of her being a Smart parts rep who just loves paintball but only enjoys the business aspect who just loves conversing with paintballers in a web forum? I sure as hell don't. I think Smart Parts is manipulating the hell out of these people who are looking into buying their products. I'm willing to take the scrutiny that goes along with being wrong for this one, but I am convinced that someone high up in DLX is posing as a female to help boost their image.
Am I crazy? Is my theory plausible in the least? Help me out here!
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