Be an *** Kicker not a Mouse Clicker!!

[AGD]

AO,

Recent developments seem to indicate that there could be a major shift in markers and trigger mechanisms in the coming months.

The question I have for the Mind That Is AO, would you ever give up your electro gun for a mech gun? Say if there were mech gun only tournies or fields? An inquiring industry wants to know.

Last time this subject came up it was covering pump guns vs semi auto. At the time, many thought there would always be a place for pumps. That never happened and pumps faded into history. So now we may be at the same crossroads so vote and speak your minds!

Thanks,

AGD

[Oregon_pb_]

i think playing hopperball evens out the speed difference. (200 round limit per game)

Good thing the emags can do both though, would be interesting to play a all mech game once again.

[1stdeadeye]

No way.

You can have my X-Mag when you pry it from my cold dead fingers!!!! Too good of a product to put on a shelf.

Of course, you could always just take off the battery. Hmmmm!

[AutomagRT1483]

Mech master here already I've played with my RTP since they came out. I love it, but I did order an X-mag and I would kill to get it (hopefully I'll get it before this lawsuit goes into action). I still want it regardless of SP. I like the idea of a "mech only", it'd show who the real players are in my opinion. Mech Mags Rock!

[Splat]

I've never shot an electro. But they do have a distictive advantage over mech markers. Tourney's I play at might have a "no-auto" rule but they'll never say no to Electro's.

[LongDuckDong]

I would not. Having an easy trigger lets me focus on the game and not how I pull the trigger. It would be silly to have a mech only tournament since a lot of people can match the rate of fire with a mech gun. I could never get a rate of fire on an RT like I can with my E-Mag or Angel Speed and I really don't have to put a lot of effort into a high ROF.

I paid around $1000 for both guns, tacking on another $100 or so would not stop me from buying it. I mean come on... we pay $100 for a pipe with holes, $100 more for an electro is not going to change my mind. $500 or so.. yes. This will effect the new players to the sport. No loner can they spend $150 and get an electro Spyder that can compete with our $1000+ markers, they're gonna have to pay almost double now.... this will hurt paintball, as you already knew and why you were so nice not to patent certain inovations such as compressed air. Some companies have a different agenda.

[Major Ho]

Yes, but only if mech triggers were as easy to use and worry free as electros in the fact that you dont have to worry about shortstroking, chuffing, gacking etc.
I will admit with the RT valve it was pretty short and worry free because the trigger would reset itself and with level 10 you wouldnt have to worry about shortstroking and making a mess.

[Spaceman613]

I only use mechanical guns....

I hate the feel of electro triggers. didnt like the e-mag, e-blade, angel, imp, tribal, matrix, sandridge...

I like to feel the sear.

[durtysoufcraka]

if everyone's doing it its got to be better so if ereone's got a mechhy then i will too yay....
..oh right...not really
i love owning fools w/their angels @ local tourney's with my ule X-Y mech mag. and ill continue to do that untill of course i get money adn then ill own them with an x-mag unless of course that is patented so it cant happen. hooray for mags

[AutomagBoy]

I think tom has a growing fear of that lawsuit coming up.....

I dont think he wants to lose his entire electronic line to SP.

[USAF-Flyboy with a Mag]

I just got my hands on my Xmag not to long ago...I love it...it was everything I hoped for and more. Before I got it, I played with a retromag. I loved and still love that gun as well. It never once broke paint and I scored just as many eliminations with it as I do with my X-mag. I wouldn't mind playing in an occasional mech only tournament, but I would never want to give up playing with my electro all together.

on a side note...
You would think paint manufacturers would be getting involved in this more so. They stand to lose a lot of money. This due to the nature of mechanical guns users generally not going through as much paint as the electro users do. Just my two cents.

[Star_Base_CGI]

Tom the first time I played PaintballI used a pump gun and I hated it.

I pulled the trigger and the ball exploded in the barrel. Than I got shot, Had to clean the barrel. Rinse and repeat. If the gun malfunctioned it would shoot a ball when the trigger was pumped.

I said only if someone made a Semiautomatic gun i would be happy. Well this year I got to play a couple years later with my semi marker. I am very happy. I was squeezing 3 -5 rounds per second

So when I read about "the lawsuit" I picked up a GT trigger frame. The Mechanical frame I had, had a pin come loose. SO I had to tap it back in.

Im even happier when I bgot the Electronic frame cause I can waste a whole hopper in no time. I was pulling 5-13 Bps second. If I could pull 13 Balls the gun was perfectly happy to shoot them.

I cant help but think about how in the real gun world. You cant have more than a 5 round clip or full automatic.

In that sense, SP is like the feds trying to steal our joy.

Whats next? Patent all hoppers that hold over 5 rounds?

Who is behind this lawsuit? The Bilderbergers? The Illumnati?

Only time will tell.

[personman]

Well Tom, I would, and I did. I sold my PTP Micro E-mag (green if you remember seeing it at D-Day) and built my self a super light kickarse mag! I miss a bit of the ROF I could get with the E-mag but I sure dont regret it.
I'm an *** kicker, not a mouse clicker!!!

Dude I am so putting that on a t-shirt and wearing that next time I 'ball

[dinger]

i like the e-mags mech over its e feature... due to the e is too light for me i like to have that little *click* when i pull a trigger

[durtysoufcraka]

silly smart parts stealing our joy...and our x-mags...oh wait they just arent getting made.