What is the biggest "gimmick" in paintball?

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  • Carbon
    Word!
    • Jan 2003
    • 1589

    #1

    What is the biggest "gimmick" in paintball?

    Besides the classic and obvious, barrels.
    try to extend this though beyond consumer product if you may.

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  • Speedballer666
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    • Jan 2005
    • 43

    #2
    Paintball specific shoes.

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    • lather
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      • Jul 2004
      • 591

      #3
      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 )
      Last edited by lather; 12-28-2005, 05:28 AM.
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      • Vex
        Superiorly Inferior
        • Jun 2001
        • 1871

        #4
        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.
        Last edited by Vex; 12-28-2005, 05:29 AM.
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        • shartley
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          • Mar 2001
          • 9169

          #5
          I think marker speed has become the new gimmick.

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          • siloseven
            seven
            • Aug 2004
            • 278

            #6
            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.

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            • buzzboy
              Emo grass cuts inself
              • Mar 2005
              • 1322

              #7
              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.

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              • FreakBaller12
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                • May 2003
                • 3663

                #8
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                • BuyMyMag
                  God Bless Our Troops
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 371

                  #9
                  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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                  • rkjunior303
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                    • May 2003
                    • 4029

                    #10
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                    • AutomagRT1483
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                      • Oct 2002
                      • 2987

                      #11
                      Biggest gimick I have ever seen.


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                      • JeepinCalifornia
                        Blazin 1BPS Phantom style!
                        • Dec 2005
                        • 28

                        #12
                        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!

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                        • ramennoodles
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                          • Jul 2003
                          • 1044

                          #13
                          Chris Lasoya's pony tail....

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                          • master_alexander
                            im a gun pimp :D
                            • Sep 2004
                            • 2462

                            #14
                            Originally posted by ramennoodles
                            Chris Lasoya's pony tail....

                            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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                            • WingMan13
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                              • Oct 2003
                              • 828

                              #15
                              Smart Parts "SFT innovation"

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