why does everone know angels?

[Cow hunter]

today, i was asked a few things about paintball from a couple of people who knew little/nothing about it. one of their questions was "have you ever shot an angel?" to which i replied "well, why does it matter" and they said "because those are the best guns in the world!" in the past i have heard everyone talk about angels and refer to them as the best, but why? i know they're great guns, but why does eeryone know them, and if ereryone knows them, why arent they as dominant a company as SP? How have the "noobs" come to know thwm as the best and not others such as SP or any other AGG companies?

[SpitFire1299]

Ive always wondered the same thing...

[magman007]

because when most of the paintball consumer base (13-19) area first got into the sport, the angel was the top gun, and we were all told that, i was told that, and thought it for a bit, until i really got into the sport.

Usually when a noob starts, he hears what he hears, and tells his friends what he hears and thinks to know, and thats where the angel is the best gun thing came from.

[minimag03]

I think it's because Angels are priced, or at one time, a lot higher then other markers. New players and people that have no idea what they are talking about usally believe that the most expensive = best.

[snoopay700]

Yeah, it's hype. comparing an angel and an emag, the emag outperformed it by a lot.

[slade]

i was actually going to post the same thing a while ago. when i got into the sport everyone knew angels and talked about them like they were the best gun there was. which is sort of understandable, considering for a while they were, and i guess things like that just live on.

a few weeks ago though i was talking to one of my friends and we somehow ended up talking about paintball... she said she didnt know anything about paintball besides the fact that angels were the best marker there was.

well, she also knew about cockers... but that was for another reason.

what i find even funnier is that if i talk to someone who doesnt play, either angels are the best gun, they have a friend who is sponsored by dye and gets dm5's for $200 (i just told him to get me one) their friends spend an insane ammount of money on a sick gun (which usually ammounts to an a-5 with a sear mod) or their cousin is on russian legion.

most markers are preferance though. i personally would shoot an angel before an e-mag, although i loved my mech.

[minimag03]

Yeah, it's hype. comparing an angel and an emag, the emag outperformed it by a lot.

I totally agree

[*ArKfEaR*]

Yeah, it's hype. comparing an angel and an emag, the emag outperformed it by a lot.

lol...

[REDRT]

Yeah, it's hype. comparing an angel and an emag, the emag outperformed it by a lot.

When was that?

[snoopay700]

When was that?

http://www.odysseypaintball.com/halovideos.html

Then.

[cioeboy]

funny story

i had heard alot of people saying an angel was the best gun at my local field so i didnt tell anyone that i had bought one
when i brought it in i got more "whoa what kinda gun is that?" questions than the people with custom guns

[camilion705]

because when most of the paintball consumer base (13-19) area first got into the sport, the angel was the top gun, and we were all told that, i was told that, and thought it for a bit, until i really got into the sport.

Usually when a noob starts, he hears what he hears, and tells his friends what he hears and thinks to know, and thats where the angel is the best gun thing came from.

^^^ Thats my thought too.

For how long was the Angel the dominant electro at the pro level and even recball? Probably from 1996 when the v6 came out, to around 2002, so thats somewhere around the 5-6 years. That is a really long time. During those years, anyone who came in contact with the game was told and shown that the Angel was the best. Those people went on to tell others, and so on.

Now you have to think about why younger kids still think that the Angel is the best, even though they have come into contact with the sport just recently when the Angel is not really that popular on the tourny scene or on the rec scene for that matter.

[wanna-b-ballin']

i hear that they shoot 2 balls at once and also shoot harder. i wouldn't want to be shot by one. it must really hurt.

[cdacda13]

"Best Gun" Is personal perferance.
I personally love my A4 Fly. There might be better guns out there, but Im happy where I am.

O, but what I wouldn't do for a G7

[RusskiX]

For how long was the Angel the dominant electro at the pro level and even recball? Probably from 1996 when the v6 came out, to around 2002, so thats somewhere around the 5-6 years. That is a really long time. During those years, anyone who came in contact with the game was told and shown that the Angel was the best. Those people went on to tell others, and so on.

Now you have to think about why younger kids still think that the Angel is the best, even though they have come into contact with the sport just recently when the Angel is not really that popular on the tourny scene or on the rec scene for that matter.

For those people being critical of Angels, consider the apparently effective marketing done by WDP since their inception. Not only did they have a very reliable first entry into the hot emerging electropneumatic back in the day, but they coupled it with a sexy image, winning sponsored teams, and an "elite" price tag to heighten the allure.

You can knock the product now in hindsight, though they still produce competive markers, but the marketing for paintball products was truely revolutionary. When non-players show positive name recognition, you have done something right! Some other manufacturers *cough* choose not to emulate WDP and evidence the results. How many outsiders or even insiders today can identify a mag by sight?