I'm so excited!, And no one understands....... Options

[Doctor]

I just bought an Airgun Designs 6Pak on t'internet in the original box with all the bits, instructions etc. If anyone knows what the hell I'm on about they'll know why I'm so happy

The instructions are comedy gold; "With today's guns averaging 25 shots per 12 gram preloading seven cartridges gives you (6x25=) 150 shots before reloading. That's about how many shots are used in an average game."

How things have changed

[Doctor]

Oh shit here we go, a new contender

Sure paintball has evolved; I use an e-cocker that shoots at silly rates and will ramp if I can ever be arsed getting the software, fed by a Reloader B and a 5000psi preset. But I still leave that in the bag sometimes and run a pump, my lovely Sovereign or even an Inferno for several reasons; I was there when all those things were state of the art , I don't always want to rip the shit out of other players and I like the challenge of making eliminations with a clunky old antique. All my guns are hand-built by people I know and trust and I prefer that to the very latest CNC milled mass assembled ubergatizzle no matter who endorses it. If you'd rather drive the latest plastic BMW wankmobile instead of a hand-built original then fair enough, but not everyone shares your taste
It's a sad tendency among modern players to be driven by fashion and instantly disparaging of anything that isn't the latest thing. Post on any forum now asking about any gun that isn't an Ego or DM5, what size drop you should use or how to run CO2 on a marker and you'll instantly be drowned by hoards of twats telling you to bin it/get a rail/kill yourself, all of whom are just repeating whatever Dynasty did last month. Last year you were nothing without a Timmy, this year you can't give them away and Dye and Eclipse are laughing on top of a big pile of money. Next year it'll be some other gun and I'll still be shooting very annoyed people with my little pump gun

Oh and fuck Ions. Fuck a bunch of Ions.