What is the biggest "gimmick" in paintball?

[Jackel411]

To me the latest gimmicks??

Mil-Sim , cheater boards , and the PB as Fashion thing

[Lohman446]

Do you guys (other than rkjunior303 who I know was kidding) really believe that the L10 is a "gimmick?"

Why'll it's not the most perfect thing ever created for paintball, it does work well and can hardly be called a gimmick. I mean come on, it allows high rates of fire in a gun without eyes for god sake. When it came out it made a lot of our (mag users) paintball lives better.

Do I beleive that AO overrates it? Yes
Does it function well most of the time for most of the people? Yes
Not a gimmick, but not what AO (or some of AO) makes it out to be either.

[NinjaoftheNight79]

Do you guys (other than rkjunior303 who I know was kidding) really believe that the L10 is a "gimmick?"

Why'll it's not the most perfect thing ever created for paintball, it does work well and can hardly be called a gimmick. I mean come on, it allows high rates of fire in a gun without eyes for god sake. When it came out it made a lot of our (mag users) paintball lives better.

Exactly. Plus did you see the video on the LVL 10 disc of the test they did on the low impact of it? They trust that anti-chop enough to put a little metal piece in the marker, and a man's tongue (obviously still part of his body), in the open chamber of an E-Mag. They actually shot the marker with his tongue in the way. They shot it quite a few times, and it did no damage to his tongue. If it will wont smash a mans tongue, it wont (easily) chop a paintball. The lvl 10 is not a gimmick. No form of anti-chop is a gimmick. It is a true piece of genious for mag owners.

[lather]

q

As I do respect your opinion, I cannot quite say its a gimmick. A gimmick would be pure BS. Spec Ops products aren't BS. They are just another line of scenario gear that have a bit better function that others. They make air-through stocks (as opposed to people making them, for some people wouldn't even know where to start). I have an A-5 with some Spec Ops stuff for it, and their products are really pretty good. As far as the Longbow, I cannot say it improves the Tac-One, but I can say if thats what one wanted for their style of play, than its a good product. A lot of people enjoy the longbow. Its all about what one wants for their style of play.

I said some of their items are gimmicks, not all. Actually they are very clever in their marketing of woodsball products.

The Longbow is marketed as a sniper type weapon correct? It is a 21 round magazine fitted on a RT valved gun (tac one). A classic valved longbow would be much better suited for it and much less expensive then the RT equipped longbow.

Think about this, you have 21 rounds--why would you need an RT valve? Also by the very nature of properly chronoing a RT you would be at a velocity/range disadvantage by taking slow shots spread over a long period of time. A classic valve would be superior performer in this case. If someone wants a longbow that is fine with me, but using an RT valved marker as a 21 round sniper rifle is a waste of money.

I have an A5 too, and I have some Specops items on it and they work well, but in the case of a the Longbow- poorly executed and needlessly expensive choice of gunplatform---a gimmick imo. Maybe thats why they came out with the Q-bow soon after.

[WARPED1]

have to go with the obvious, lvl 10 does not chop

The tagline for LX should've been "Level 10, it'll make your mag leak like mad until you spend all your playing time adjusting it."
Is it perfect? No, does it work most of the time as advertised? Yes.

[wimag]

The tagline for LX should've been "Level 10, it'll make your mag leak like mad until you spend all your playing time adjusting it."
Is it perfect? No, does it work most of the time as advertised? Yes.

tuned mine from when it was Beta and never touched it since, Too bad you were not mechanically inclined enough to figure it out. oh almost forgot

[WARPED1]

tuned mine from when it was Beta and never touched it since, Too bad you were not mechanically inclined enough to figure it out. oh almost forgot

I got my Emag LX tuned, after missing many games. Sold the E before I had to tune it again. Is it worth buying for any mag? Yes.

[Carbon]

Whoa ok good stuff.

keep 'em coming

[BD_Paintball]

tuned mine from when it was Beta and never touched it since, Too bad you were not mechanically inclined enough to figure it out. oh almost forgot

i guess the AGD techs are also not mechanically inclined enough to tune mine when i had it . i took it to them 2 times and it still chopped when i got it home and shot it. it does not always work and its not that good. unless you like to mess with the lvl10 instead of playing in games, then its great

[Cow hunter]

from what some people said here, im going to come to the conclusion that pro players are the biggest gimmik.....according to most of the people in this thread the biggest gimmiks are;

Team specific guns.

Chris Lasoya's pony tail....

Paintball specific shoes.

LPR's for shockers, Delrin triggers,self cleaning eyes

marker speed

paintball socks made by Dye

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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Selling guns tha can shoot 20+ and 30+ BPS, when most tournys cap it at 15

barrels

and where do we find these things most commonly? PRO PLAYERS
so are they the biggest gimmiks? or maybe just the people who use these gimmiks....

[hitech]

...I'm going to come to the conclusion that pro players are the biggest gimmik.....

You know, you have a point there.... :spit_take

[TheTramp]

PRO PLAYERS
so are they the biggest gimmiks? or maybe just the people who use these gimmiks....

Well, they are being paid to sell the latest gimmick so.....

[Carbon]

HAHAHA i just reposted this topic on PBN. sooo amusing. epople get sooo defensive, man...

[SpitFire1299]

"Level 10 doesn't chop"

It doesnt chop.

[Carbon]

from what some people said here, im going to come to the conclusion that pro players are the biggest gimmik.....according to most of the people in this thread the biggest gimmiks are;

and where do we find these things most commonly? PRO PLAYERS
so are they the biggest gimmiks? or maybe just the people who use these gimmiks....

well, maybe the players themselves arent the gimmick but, the lifestyle that is marketed and advertised is def. a gimmick. I mean, if you think about it. All the pro players really want to do is just play paintball and be the best at it. they just want to compete. Then you have a group of marketing people dictating to younger players that to be the best you have to have Brand X doohickey to even get your foot in the door.