Technically True Paintball Facts!

[nak81783]

-We had full auto before we had semi-auto.

Doc.

Shamefully, I only recently found this out when researching the first semi-auto.

Shows that those of us that started in '99 are not "OG", despite what some of us (the more annoying, especially those that say "OG") claim.

[scottieb]

-Kingman misspelled Spider.

-The Hammer isn't so good as a hammer.

- I haven't figured out what the Plus is, but The Hammer Plus isn't so good as a hammer either.

-Some call the striker a hammer. The Hammer II is a hammer with a hammer in it. The name aptly fits this marker.

-It's a good thing the VL Revolution makes more than one of them.

- Your elbow doesn't look like a hopper elbow.

-The IQ of any Smart Parts bit is no greater than any other manufacturer's bit.

-The length of a 16" barrel is not 16".

-Nebraska is a paintball desert.

-Leaving Dye products on your clothing will not affect the color of your clothing.

[DocsMachine]

-Bob Long was actually kind of short.

-As smart as Albert Einstein was, he had no idea how to time an Autococker.

-Even Stephen Hawking never truly understood the Automag.

-Captain Kirk actually played paintball once*.

-It was possible to hit the field with fifty ounces of CO2, directly attached to your marker, without using remotes.

-Contrary to popular media, if you actually shot a polar bear with a paintball, it would not break. (And, you'd probably be eaten. Or at least asked to leave the zoo.)

Doc.

(*And Captain Picard hasn't, which makes Kirk better, solving the age-old debate.)

[scottieb]

Or at least asked to leave the zoo.

Ha ha!

[zinger565]

- Doc Nickle and Doc Fire are two different people, neither of which are made of metal or flames.

[jokers]

Longer barrels actually shoot further (from you), however many inches you add.

Does that mean with a barrel like that you can shoot extremely far?

[Spider!]

oh yeah! a good 3 feet....

[zenmic]

-Kingman misspelled Spider.

-The Hammer isn't so good as a hammer.

I beg to differ.

The Kigmann Hammer does make a good hammer, Once!

I mean it is no VM68.

On that note, an Empire Axe is not an axe.

[Magmoormaster]

There aren't very many encapsulation machines used for making paintballs. Because of this, most paintballs, regardless of brand, are made on the same machines.

[Cdn_Cuda]

An Angel Fly does not in fact fly on its own, but if thrown hard enough it will fly for a short distance.

[DocsMachine]

Some good ones from the Tinker's Guild:

-Marballizers are not in fact made of marbles.

-Monster Ball was not, in fact, made out of monsters.

-While Proball was used by amateurs, there was no Amateurball for pros.

-This is a raster image of a Vector:




-Skyball was in fact played on the ground.

-Green paintballs don't actually taste like lime.

-Smart Parts were not all that intelligent, most of them never speaking a word.



Doc.

[Meleager7]

The most re-used name in Paintball....was it Impulse, Raider , or Triad ?

[scottieb]

-Marballizers are not in fact made of marbles.

No, but marble eyes are.

[Jordan]

I see what you did there.

[Seajay]

While all paintball markers use Bolts, you cannot secure two materials with said bolts.

[DocsMachine]

-Skyball was played entirely indoors.

-WARPIG had nothing to do with either war or pigs.

-Painthappy is not always covered in paint, nor is he constantly happy.

-The All-Americans often used British made markers.

-The Ton-Ton Flingeurs mostly used American-made markers.

-The Rapide wasn't all that quick.



Doc.

[Chaos]

-It was possible to hit the field with fifty ounces of CO2, directly attached to your marker, without using remotes.

Only 50? I've seen a VM have at least 70