AO: We are back from the dead... again! After an 18 day outage, we are finally alive and well. Who knew how complicated updating software/databases from 2008 would be. I still have alot of tweaks to make, but my main goal was getting everything patched and updated to 2026.
Vbulletin 6 has changed alot since 2008 so we will have a ton of new features to dig into.
LPR's for shockers, Delrin triggers,self cleaning eyes, some stuff SpecOps sells, the longbow etc. RPS Flash paintballs--(has a metallic shell they claim feeds faster than regular paintballs )
PBN and the attitude that floats around it. Why is it that in paintball, people have to refer to things in such a lame manner? Why does a paintball gun have to be a "gat"? Why do people have to "Kill Suckers", be "Serial Killers" or "Contract Killers"; and how exactly are those things paintball related (other than being crappy names for products)?
This is something that really annoys the hell out of me.
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i don't think barrels are a big gimmick, but quite a few brands are complite trash and others are really good. and I agree that the bps claims are way out there, comanys and players alike. loaders are getting way up there with their claims on feed rate, in accuality not many get above 15 bps feed rate! other then that I havn't really seen much, but then again i don't look.
People who believe that its the gun not the player. Saddly where I live if you have a tippmann you are good and if not you suck. Then I was told my gun sucked because I was low on air and the balls were just dropping out the barrel.
The biggest gimmick in paintball today is the whole mindset of being 'agg'. New players see these guys with $2000 markers, and HK Support painted all over their equipment, then go out there and get bonus balled, and dont wanna play anymore.
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Gimmick: The implication that Higher BPS = skill. This is, of course, coming from a Phantom Stock Class player...but then again, I'm lurking here on AO to educate myself on the Mags; I want one of those, too!
yea... because you know whats behind a pony's tail?
but seriously thinking the biggest gimmick is how good some guns are. any gun can be good if you take care of it, and fast if you have the right software/board in it.
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