Ion or a-5?
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Topic: Ion or a-5?
Posted By: smiter
Subject: Ion or a-5?
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 11:02pm
| I'm looking for a marker that can do both speedball, and woodsball |
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Posted By: Cheetos3254
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 11:03pm
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ion ------------- 
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Posted By: smiter
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 11:03pm
| why |
Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 9:42am
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Ion, I say. Ion, Ion, Ion!!! I HATED my A-5 with a passion, and I am glad to be rid of the cursed thing!! |
Posted By: Sargent Duck
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 10:49am
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Ion is waaaaaaaaaay better for speedball. The A-5 is a better woodsball
gun. Personally I'd go with a 98 and deck it out, as that would
probably be the best gun for speedball/woodsball. However, to answer
your question, I'd say ion.
------------- Ref: I want a nice clean game player: but it's paintball! |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 11:11am
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I play both and like the ION over the A-5. It's lighter, less quiet, faster bps and so far for me more reliable than my old A-5.
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-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 2:42pm
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^I'm pretty sure you meant quieter, but yeah, I would also say the ION.
*Edit* Also, anyone that has a faulty A5 must be due to owner-error. |
Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 3:23pm
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I guess the three trips my A-5 took to the technicians at Tippmann that did nothing to help were my fault too, right? I think NOT!! Maybe I just got a bad one, I don't know, but my experience was bad enough that I would never own one again period. |
Zesty wrote:Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 3:27pm
Yep, that... I dont know, I was going through cyclones like paint it seemed. Unless I fept getting used cyclones from my sponsor I dont know. It seemed like the more $$ I put into my A-5 the more it broke down. -------------
-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
Posted By: smiter
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 4:08pm
Is there such a thing as "test shootin?" a marker? 
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Posted By: Xspyderman
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 5:31pm
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A5. ------------- Xs. A5, GTA; Flatline, Double Trigger, R/T, Tapco Stock, 32° Remote, Attitude Forum: meeting place or medium for discussion of matters of public interest. NOT INTERESTED? DON'T POST! |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 5:32pm
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I'm sorry, but you guys are just too easy! I was just joking around about the owner error part.....I really don't care who rocks an A5 and who doesn't, I don't work for Tippmann and have no interest in what other people are buying so long as me and my people get what we want.
I always laugh, because I'm a member of a few other forums(NON p-ball), all of them of more serious and intelligent nature, but they still aren't as uptight or hyper-defensive as 99% of the dorks on this FREAKING PAINTBALL FORUM!!!!! Jeeze, I guess I just figured since you invented the word, you were immune to it's ill-effects....."sarchasm" ring a bell? LOL You guys take things way seriously. Get a fish tank. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 5:33pm
| Justice and Hwayhzrd that is. |
Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 5:44pm
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Well shoot, Zesty, and here I was afraid that you would be offended that you weren't taken seriously. Besides, see how well your analytical skills function when you have had 5 hours of sleep in a 58 hour period sometime. I really don't see where either of our responses was over the top in any form or fashion. I don't, however, want people to get sucked into a bad deal like I did just because the product in question says "Tippmann" on the side. The trust level in terms of quality took a major hit with the A-5, IMHO, and it will take some great rebound work to regain my unquestioned devotion. Geez, don't take things so seriously. It's not like I threatened to scalp your Woobie Bear ... THIS TIME ... ! |
Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 6:09pm
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Someone finally feels the same way. Some ppl think they know everything just because it worked for them, defensive is a very good word for these forums. Thank you, Zesty. I needed to hear that from someone else. ------------- 
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Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 28 October 2005 at 8:26pm
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Just tellin ya my experience with my A-5. Sheesh man I didnt mean to offend you. Here's a brewski. If your too young, heres some pizza and a good pron. Enjoy. -------------
-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 29 October 2005 at 8:51am
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Thank you, Justice, I'm with you. If they aren't being as defensive as they are accusing others of being, why are they raising such a fuss? Yo, pot it's kettle ... guess what ... ? |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 29 October 2005 at 10:49am
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Okay, to clarify for the thick.....I bought a Flatline and hated it...I feel it's a worthless barrel for the useful player. I bought it brand new, it was fully functional, it just sucked. It wasn't anything I did wrong, it was that I fell for all the hype and all the Flatline fanboys said it was the greatest thing ever and NEVER commentd on the quirks or shortcomings of the barrel.
hway bought an 5 and it was a lemon. I am fine with that. I really don't care what he shoots. But then he has the nerve to say anyone who doesn't like the Flatline is not intelligent enough to use one, when we could say the same thing about him and his A5....get it? It's called hipocracy, and not seeing the big picture. The only reason I'm defensive, is because I'm trying to joke around and you guys are too dense to see it....I'm making fun of your stance on the Flatliine/A5 issues, and the fact that every Flatline fanboy tells someone who doesn't like the Flatline it was their fault. And to Justice, I'm definitely old enough to drink a beer, but I'm not a poser like that! If you know mem you know my pockets always full of chronic or some cash that I'm on my way to throw down on it! |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 29 October 2005 at 10:54am
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so to clarify again.....anybody that doesn't like the Flatline has their unhappiness unrightfully blamed on themselves...operator error.
HwayHazrd is one of those people...if you don't like the Flatline he calls you stupid. yet he had an A5 that didn't work right, and when someone tells him it's his fault(joking, unlike him), he gets all defensive. Again, I AM MAKING FUN of you twos lack of wit and interpretation skills....I was making an obvious joke with the "owner error" comment and it flew right over your heads...congrats. I don't know what a Woobie Bear is, but if it has anything to do with my donk, that was totally uncalled for and borderline homo-esque. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 29 October 2005 at 10:58am
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Yomillio, thanks for getting me.....if you knew what "sar-chasm" was and who invented the word you would see exactly how much irony I am in this thread.
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Posted By: ninety8freak
Date Posted: 29 October 2005 at 11:00am
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i agree, upped 98custom. but, for your question, ion. |
Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 29 October 2005 at 12:26pm
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Zesty, I am not sure why it is that you have taken this so much to heart, and I have to say I rather disappointed. I did not call anyone stupid, and I do not appreciate your putting words I did not use into my opinion. And you dare say I am taking this too seriously? Pot is on line one for you again ... I have used a Flatline since they came out in 1999. I have helped several people work out the kinks with theirs. Typically, it was an installation or alignment issue, or simply expecting it to be a Bolt On Miracle, which no upgrade is. Unrealistic expectaions always leave the customer disappointed. I base my A-5 opinion on a years aggrevation, which included dealing with Tippmann technicians on three seperate occasions who had not one idea what the problem was and could not make it work properly. I clearly stated that others love it, and wish them well. It's just not for me. Case closed. You have ridiculed people for taking things to heart, but it seems to me that you have gone there and much further, and I don't understand it. Are you implying that your opinions count and not someone who disagrees? Instead, you would rather launch personal atacks? The Woobie Bear thing was a joke, hence the wink smilie. Has your sarcasm circuit malfunctioned, as you claim others have? Your reaction is, to say the least puzzling. Did I make it personal when you pursued me through, what was it two or three threads about the A-5 thing? No. I explained my position, and let it go at that. I see no real reason to pursue this subject beyond this point, since you seem to have no intention of proceeding in a rational manner, and personal attacks are unwarranted, IMHO. Good day to you, sir. |
Posted By: smiter
Date Posted: 29 October 2005 at 5:39pm
burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn!!!!!! 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 29 October 2005 at 5:46pm
Hway, what's happened to you?!!?! 
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Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 29 October 2005 at 8:26pm
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Nothing ... why? Just tired of being misinterpreted and double standards. Don't preach at me about doing wrong by doing the same thing you accuse me of and worse, then pretend to take the high ground. The fact that this comes from someone I have always liked makes it worse yet. |
