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[Cow hunter]

mark your calenders

ESPN2 april 10th 10:00
maimi something or other

[pachytriton]

Jotsy-I'm friends with the son of the ceo of mtv/viacom, I'll talk to him and see what he says, lol. I was a junior counselor at a camp this summer and he was one of the older campers, cool kid, we hung out, he hates mtv

Seriously, I don't think mtv would be good for paintball. I hate just about everything about it, the music, the attitude. Paintball doesn't need that kind of publicity. Watching paintball on tv is fun, I hope this new espn thing works out. Maybe there's a place for it on espn 8: the ocho

I don't think smaller calibur paintballs will ever take hold. The MIGHT work better, but the transitional phase would be way too awkward with both types on the same field. It would make any older gun completely obsolete which I think is wrong. Loaders and air systems are the two parts that have the most room for improvement. Other than gadgets, what could be better than what we have now? Hopefully I'm wrong and something will be released that beats the pants off our current markers, but I don't see how.

[usagi_tetsu]

They tried smaller paint, remember the .62 caliber stuff used by Tippmann's SMG-60? Yeah, it flew slightly straighter and a little farther than the .68cal stuff of the time, but it tended to bounce a lot more as it weighed less. Ultimately the reason why even Tippmann let it drop and everyone went with the industry standard .68cal paintball. Not like that's saying much when you've got barrel sizers from .679 up to .690.

[Jotsy]

Jotsy-I'm friends with the son of the ceo of mtv/viacom, I'll talk to him and see what he says, lol. I was a junior counselor at a camp this summer and he was one of the older campers, cool kid, we hung out, he hates mtv

LOL.

i'm sorry, i think i phrased my sentences wrong. what i meant was it would be easier to get it on TV that way, but it wouldn't be good for the sport.

btw, i'm not talking about televising the matches, but rather musical clips like in Cereal Killers or 300FPS. you know, short clips of fast action with rock music.

[Xenocide]

I was thinking about this the other day. I have a super reliable gun, (05 proto) its super small, its super fast.

I was wondering what it would take for me to buy a new gun. I have never been about the looks. I always preffered the matt black markers.

If I am going to buy a new marker it will have to be as good as what I have now, plus one or more of the following:

1.Super efficiency
2.So low presure/ low bolt impact that it can shoot the ****tiest of paint, misshapen and all.
3.Smaller/lighter. By a significant amount. I am looking for a grip frame and a single tube, 3 inches long, just a little thicker than .68, with a feedneck. Like a mag, but tournament ready (please dont flame me, i love my mag, i tried playing with them in tourneys, I am not making this statement lightly)
4. zero kick/negligable reciprocating mass.
5.+0-0 consistancy.

So when a gun can do all of that, or meybe just 2, i might pick one up.

The industry deffinately has improvements it can make, its just a matter of putting together the killer package. We have some great technologies out there, there just isnt 1 company making something that does it all. Killa detents, 2 liter regs, scp inline regs, efficiency, speed.

All this talk of where do we go next? How about getting the new stuff nailed down first :)

[kayvon]

how about heatseeking paintballs
wahahahahah


well ok i dont know
but do you think this was discussed with like cars in the 30's and then computers and tech. 10-15 years ago, and other sports. cause if it was then it means that painball will continue to grow.

i believe something big will change soon again
kinda along the lines of X-ball and legal ramping changes

[Jotsy]

ooh one thing i would like to see in the future are new advancements in paintball manufacturing technology which produce tournament quality paintballs for $10 per box of 2000 rounds.

... and tracer rounds maybe even a paintball that makes a whistling noise as it flies through the air.