Next advancement

[adt501]

the guns cant get any faster, cause they are already faster then you can pull the trigger, so fast in fact that players are using assists to shoot faster. loader technology? only people dragging around their nine volt revvies could say the loaders are too slow.

more efficient? that could (will) happen, but thats not an advancement per say. HPA was a break through in that area, and will probably be unmatched for a long time.

miscue had it right, its time for people to aim. hard to hear, but we will have to face it someday.

this sounds morbid, but the next advancement in paintball will happen after their is a major accident. a death. it will happen. maybe not a death, but someone losing an eye as a direct cause of a malfunctioning (or functioning) paintball gun. there have been so many close calls and such, statistcally its impossible for something tragic to not happen. its only a matter of time

when that happens, paintball can go both ways. it can could be OVER for everybody. insurance companies will now be heavily involved. people writing letters to their state represenative. when someone gets injured from a paintball gun the **** will hit the fan. paintball guns will be in danger of becoming a lethal weapon instead of a non lethal weapon.

or, it could change for the better. how it could get better is beyond me. but the way things are going, things will have to change

this is not a rant or a whine

[ZyperioN]

Get a Phantom, a Mag, or a Tippmann. (preferably the Phantom)

Yes but I want a gun that is tough as a rock, but doesnt shoot like one

[BlackWeenie]

The next great paintball innovation: Aiming.

youd actually be surprised at how good pros are at aiming. the reason behind shooting lots is to get people into their bunkers so that the front guys can move....

[Miscue]

youd actually be surprised at how good pros are at aiming. the reason behind shooting lots is to get people into their bunkers so that the front guys can move....

Gee, ya don't say?

[Lohman446]

Let me step back and think - with the Viking proving that low pressure operation is possible - I mean 50PSI you only have to compress air 4:1 to get there we might see something really interesting.

Im thinking an on-gun compressor of some type, maybe in the stacked tubes maybe as a bottle like we have now with a compressor on it.

[Scott Hudnall]

As we've seen in the past 10 years......regarding paintball prices....

Increased competition and production capabilities will continue to drive paint prices lower.

Insurance will have to crack down on fields/markers/etc which are not meeting ASTM requirements. That is about essential business liability, no more and no less. Certainly it's not "if" a major lawsuit will occur in relation to a related issue, but "when". There's been several significant lawsuits, obviously, which did lead to redesign of goggles and lens retaining systems (thinking specifically of the Splatterzone/Indianapolis/JT Paintball lawsuit from the mid '90's).

The biggest advantage that players will see, however, is going to be lower paint prices. Somebody tell me it costs less to produce .22 caliber ammo than paintballs?

[B.A.M.]

idk but i was talking to a guy who played in 1988 and said it was 1 buck for 10 balls so thats 10 for a hundred and 100 for a thousand if my math is right so paint prices have gone down. Alot

[JoshK]

i dont know if anyone said this...but I have a feeling the nitro tanks are all gonna become more like angel air, and they are gonna be a lot higher psi (think 10,000 or more) and the tanks will be smaller...hmmmm...i dont know...possibly stuff just getting cheaper

[TDonovan]

More pump play. I think it's already starting to happen too...

With CCI's business up 300% an Grey Ghosts comming back, it has to mean at least some growth in pump paintball.

[JoshK]

ya...when im older (and my parents let me get a second gun) i want to get a phantom or something of the like...pump looks soooo fun...and plus it will add alittle chalenge against some of my more noobish paintballin buddies...


And if anyone says paintball wont be around because some person makes a big lawsuit and the united states bans it...i got one organization for you...NRA!!! I think they would help us .


Now that im done with my no reason post...lets here some more predictions!

[B.A.M.]

Ya i also want to get a phantom with the many other thing i want to buy

[teufelhunden]

And if anyone says paintball wont be around because some person makes a big lawsuit and the united states bans it...i got one organization for you...NRA!!! I think they would help us .

I don't pay my dues to the NRA so they can help out a bunch of whining paintballers.

If the government bans paintball or whatever far fetched scheme you have cooked up, it''s going to stay that way. Nobody had the balls to band together to fight someone in the industry who was manipulating the business, so why do you think they'd get together to fight the government?