future AO'er ( paintball sketch)
Got bored and did a "tournement paintballer of the future" type concept. All of this could be developed at the present I think. The marker would take some time though. It would be a sort of "tournement standard equipment" for future televised arena events, if that ever happens of course...
Since I wanted all furture tourney markers to fire 20+bps, much better protection would be a must. The "suit" would be something similar to a surfers wet suit but reenforced at certain areas for full body protection. The aditional "body armor" would just be high impact plastic similar to football pads fore even better protection from the streams of paint flying lacing across the fields. Colored tape can just be aplied over the armored portions for easy team indentification. The facemask would need to evolve along the lines of motorcycle helmets except composing of two parts so the front could open up, like a midevial helmet's visor, when off the field. This is because its a hassle to repeatedly take of a helmet just to get a drink of water. In helmet comunication would be built inside for the team and for TV viewers to "get in the game" more. Theres also a tiny helmet cam to enhance the TV viewer's experience and so teams can analize player performance and mistakes.
The marker was just my fervent wish for manufacturers to produce a more streamlined marker were the loader, gun, air system and warp feed are all centralized and contained within the marker from the start. You could make the shell and pieces that hold it all together out of hight impact plastics with steel and aluminum internals, not BE plastic mind you. Oh well...maybe oneday.
Since I wanted all furture tourney markers to fire 20+bps, much better protection would be a must. The "suit" would be something similar to a surfers wet suit but reenforced at certain areas for full body protection. The aditional "body armor" would just be high impact plastic similar to football pads fore even better protection from the streams of paint flying lacing across the fields. Colored tape can just be aplied over the armored portions for easy team indentification. The facemask would need to evolve along the lines of motorcycle helmets except composing of two parts so the front could open up, like a midevial helmet's visor, when off the field. This is because its a hassle to repeatedly take of a helmet just to get a drink of water. In helmet comunication would be built inside for the team and for TV viewers to "get in the game" more. Theres also a tiny helmet cam to enhance the TV viewer's experience and so teams can analize player performance and mistakes.
The marker was just my fervent wish for manufacturers to produce a more streamlined marker were the loader, gun, air system and warp feed are all centralized and contained within the marker from the start. You could make the shell and pieces that hold it all together out of hight impact plastics with steel and aluminum internals, not BE plastic mind you. Oh well...maybe oneday.
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