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Topic: history
Posted By: triggerhappy126
Subject: history
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 6:24pm
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Q. why should i say "marker" instaid of "gun" A. When paintball markers where envinted they where used to mark trees, cows, ect. they where very usefull if the rancher or farmer was riding a horse, because they could just shoot the tree, while on the horse. instead of getting off and on the horse. people then desided, that paintball would be a fun war type game so they shot at each other thus the term paintballing. athough in the late 1970's paintballs cost about $0.07 each, and each player would shoot over 2000 balls per game, and would play about 3 games at a time the sport was very evpensive about $420 so as more people started playing, and better technolegy came apon the cost of paintballs went down, and markers where alot better the cost went alittle down on playing also. P.S. There is a lot more if you have any other questions about the history just ask. ------------- "know it alls annoy the ones that realy do" qouted by my best friend. when we where annoyed by know it alls. |
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 6:37pm
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Posted By: triggerhappy126
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 6:39pm
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thanks ------------- "know it alls annoy the ones that realy do" qouted by my best friend. when we where annoyed by know it alls. |
Posted By: spyderjunke
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 6:41pm
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been said and , they are called markers because they mark ------------- http://img141.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img141&image=mvc001s6sn4wm.jpg"> 
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Posted By: fractus.scud
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 6:42pm
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cool. people need to get the concept of "marker" down. ------------- 
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Posted By: DrunkDriver
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 6:42pm
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Thanks, I guess. I would think in the 70s people would shoot less then 2000 balls a game. Also that the guns went up in price. "More people started playing because it was expensive" I don't see that happening. After the fourth sentance, it is all wrong. ------------- http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=260991706090alb8rs.jpg"> 
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Posted By: LostPenguin
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 6:46pm
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Nice. Now you know.
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Posted By: Skorpion317
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 7:05pm
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i call it a gun anyway. ------------- 98 Custom Flatline Barrel Pro-Team Sniper F/X stock 32 Degrees Remote Line Response Trigger Ricochet 2K hopper Removed Front Grip Polished Internals Adco Imp red dot sight |
Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 7:16pm
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It can use the term gun, or marker.
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Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 8:27pm
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you took my name!!!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: jjclown23
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 9:10pm
U TOOK THE REAL HAPPYS NAME, YOU SHOULD BE KILLED!
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Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 08 November 2004 at 11:05pm
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ok when paintball started they didnt go through around 2000 balls a game they had pumps a couple 12 grams and around 200 paintballs i dont see where youre gettin this. The markin the cows thing is right but the rest is a little off. -------------  
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Posted By: LiT uP
Date Posted: 09 November 2004 at 1:20am
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Yea i guess back in the day they used to lane each other in the corn fields eh? cause 2000 balls a game. Maybe if they played for like 2 days straight that could sound resonable. ------------- 
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Posted By: LordJovian
Date Posted: 09 November 2004 at 1:36pm
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Well, the word envinted isn't really a word. A gun is an object that launches a projectile. A marker is an object that marks (like a Crayola MARKER?). I prefer gun because its 3 letters; desrcibes the action the gun is doing, not the goal; and because it sounds a lot less weird. Paintball Marker sounds like a highly religious woman who can't say a word that is associated with violence. So what was the point of this post? Here's some better history: Tippmann manufactured replica assault weapons until 1989 (or was it '86?) when the government decided manufacturing these weapons is illegal, except for government funded manufacturers. They then nearly went bankrupt, and turned to paintball production. Tippman also invented and patented the blow-back system, which is used almost exclusively in most paintball "markers" today. ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |
Posted By: triggerhappy126
Date Posted: 09 November 2004 at 6:08pm
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Sorry if it was alittle off. the 2000 paintballs a game, was in a paintballing book i read, mabey i miss under stud it. i bet it was 2000 paintballs for all of the players. sorry about the confusion ------------- "know it alls annoy the ones that realy do" qouted by my best friend. when we where annoyed by know it alls. |