tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post8329288109265101588..comments2024-01-19T00:21:36.058-05:00Comments on View from the Deadbox: The Monday PollBaca Locohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13014510414015288907noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-30448023343560162512011-02-09T11:55:22.742-05:002011-02-09T11:55:22.742-05:00Anony, Several tests have been made and duplicated...Anony, Several tests have been made and duplicated that show "over boring" yields better accuracy, especially noted at long range.<br /><br />So while we all thought the paint companies were just skimping on material to save 50-cents per case they were actually making our guns more accurate!abcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-33401929798928691352011-02-09T11:03:36.793-05:002011-02-09T11:03:36.793-05:00Recently watching a review video of the Axe told m...Recently watching a review video of the Axe told me one thing of a cautionary stripe. The barrel it comes with is .692 and the paint it's parent company has been making of late is at least .01 of an inch smaller. Not a huge thing with respect of the guns reliability, but it does show a lack of attention to detail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-90240724733912355622011-02-09T04:06:36.428-05:002011-02-09T04:06:36.428-05:00I think the situation with the Axe is unique. The ...I think the situation with the Axe is unique. The fact that Pro teams will now be using it will legitimize the Axe as a credible marker in the eyes of the general paintball community and lower division teams. <br /><br />If the Pro teams actually get decent results using the Axe then I'm sure this will boost sales for the Axe - especially in those looking to buy their first eMarkers or teams looking to purchase discounted team sets from distributors. <br /><br />I just don't see those already using high end markers reverting back to something like the Axe. I'd also like to bet that the Pro teams will be using after-market boards and barrels on the Axe...houdinihttp://www.paintballnews.asianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-84527185569601561202011-02-09T01:36:24.087-05:002011-02-09T01:36:24.087-05:00whenever Im in the market to buy a gun, I do look ...whenever Im in the market to buy a gun, I do look at pro teams using them. not because of the name attached but because I can see how they perform. Does the team have 2 spares, or 6 spares? is the paint blowing up (with respect to conditions)? are they getting Gun penalties? I try to listen to the pros when they bring in a gun to the booth, or what the say to the tech in the tent. I ask those using them (not the pros but mid-upper divisional players) if they would change anything. There are a couple guys ? I know that I trust their opinion on a gun. I can say that there has been a couple times when observing a gun on the pro field has convinced me to buy- or not buy- a gun.DanC.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00810113586212188629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-5947233945403517162011-02-08T17:13:58.777-05:002011-02-08T17:13:58.777-05:00Long time reader, first time poster.
A quote from...Long time reader, first time poster.<br /><br />A quote from the thread at PBN that was mentioned above, "Damn, them to? Now I really wanna try out this AXE". I belive this is Empire's motivation.<br /><br />$460 or $1460, the idea is to move product. Hopefully the Axe will stand up to a tournament season, from what I've seen pro's aren't too keen on maintenance or gun care. Personally I hope it does hold up, the Axe looks like a good marker, "high-end" or not.<br /><br />As for the poll, Marker use by high profile pro teams (or players)-- Does not affect me and May influence which markers appeal to other players.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-72348408782606453862011-02-08T13:52:04.560-05:002011-02-08T13:52:04.560-05:00sdawg
This is nibbling around the edges of one of ...sdawg<br />This is nibbling around the edges of one of the places VFTD doesn't go so I will keep this short and generic.<br />Anon is correct. It is very important that unattributed back channel rumors don't get started. Actual performance is secondary--at least in the context of the poll.<br /><br />There can be a lot of difference but at the same time there needn't be as well. One critical element that is often overlooked by the gun buying public are the manufacturing tolerances used by different gun makers. Cheaper guns tend to tolerate greater variances yet are still expected to work, just not with the same precision and consistency of a more expensive gun.Baca Locohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014510414015288907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-53218767138193041992011-02-08T13:31:19.547-05:002011-02-08T13:31:19.547-05:00It influences me slightly. I find it hard to beli...It influences me slightly. I find it hard to believe a non-factory pro team would agree to use a marker that gives them no chance for success just because of the money being offered them. Therefore, a marker being used by a non-factory pro team puts that marker on my radar. That's the only influence it has.<br /><br />Yes, I know the inherent naiveté in the above, but sometimes you just have to draw a line in the sand of cynicism and move forward with your life.Don Saavedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556414730946720412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-9394058552410715472011-02-08T12:29:14.474-05:002011-02-08T12:29:14.474-05:00Was it really that difficult a choice, then? How m...Was it really that difficult a choice, then? How much difference can there really be between a $460 gun and a $1460 gun? Besides supercool custom milling and maybe a fancier circuit board?<br /><br />You pull the trigger and a paintball flies out of the barrel at under or around 300 FPS.sdawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323770608334563797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-16072873550748023222011-02-08T10:44:15.215-05:002011-02-08T10:44:15.215-05:00Correct. Take an all-in package or take no package...Correct. Take an all-in package or take no package at all. Choose a free ride or choose to find your own way.Missy Qnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-40773013929441237032011-02-08T09:42:36.843-05:002011-02-08T09:42:36.843-05:00I've also seen rumors online that XSV and Infa...I've also seen rumors online that XSV and Infamous got free paint for the year from RPS if they went with the AXE. Like all things, a cost saver or go where the money is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-74596421376370238952011-02-08T09:17:07.092-05:002011-02-08T09:17:07.092-05:00Anon, you mean XSV and Alien? I have never heard t...Anon, you mean XSV and Alien? I have never heard that Infamous had problems with BL guns, I just figured that PE decided to ensure the success of the Ego by sponsoring as many teams as possible in 05-06. It worked, because now the Ego is inarguably the defacto standard tournament gun. <br /><br />I remember reading one Pro team received Closers from Bobby, and the guns were "blowing up in [their] hands." The same team went on to buy Luxes with their own money. On the other hand, Red Legion won world cup with Marq guns.sdawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323770608334563797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-3554581038052154662011-02-08T07:32:11.014-05:002011-02-08T07:32:11.014-05:00I'm more interested how much bad sponsor deals...I'm more interested how much bad sponsor deals affect the companies. Its pretty widely rumored even during the season how disappointed Infamous was with Bob Long gun set they were given. Another case would have been XSV and alias. <br /><br />People buy and trust guns that they see to work on the field, when team is not 100% satisfied with their gun, it hurts the parent company alot. Its not how well the team performs, but are they unhappy or happy with their gear that sells it to the masses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com