Tony Sr. wrote:
> matt you don't work an angle...you make one ! why is it so hard for you guys
> to understand the concept. it makes no difference how good you are...suck or
> whatever...the fact is this...money is what this is all about...you can bet
> everyone of these guys would have a matrix or equal if they won the
> lotto...it can't be anything else !! that's like saying here i will play
> with that house que, leave my 1200 dollar stick at home...why should you do
> different...but i have this same argument every year and later is when the
> switch comes...how many play in cammo ? who does not have an electro...throw
> away that H a I o ...who needs better...if you don't suck just shake your
> 4.00 hopper....what stupidity ...wow what happened to the youth of America ?
> a bunch of hippocrits for sure....hey Joe get that new revvy but if your
> good you don't need it....

You're not getting it, Tony. Money is not the whole of the point. Do I
need to reiterate *again*? Read along with me now:

At rec ball level and budget, there is no need for the newest, flashiest
top-of-the-line marker.

It doesn't make up for bad play, it just frees people up from having to
think to overcome it. Example: I play with a Phantom. I take out as many
people, both rentals and with the new heavily modified Dye Rampmaster
5000, as I ever did with my old spyder, or as I still do with my new A5.

A professional pool player can give his thousand-dollar sponsor cue to
anyone in the pool hall, and still stomp their ass with the bent,
chipped house cue--he knows how to handle a stick better, and how to
make up for its mistakes.

What I said in the first place is "if it doesn't suit your purpose,
don't buy into it". What I meant was that, though the Matrix is a great
gun in its own right, just because it's more expensive, doesn't make it
better. Would you take a BMW sport bike onto a moto-cross track? No,
because it's not made to handle jumps and doesn't come with knobbly
tires for the dirt. On the other hand, would you head off to Laguna Seca
with that dirt bike? No, because it doesn't go nearly as fast as the Beamer.

The Matrix is great, but it's too expensive for most people, and in the
woods when, guess what, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EMPTY YOUR HOPPER AT PEOPLE,
it doesn't make a dam bit of difference. I would rather have the A5,
which shoots slower, but I can butt it up against my shoulder and aim
like I would a rifle. Flawless? No, but I can still hit someone with one
or three shots, instead of emptying a pod at them. My Tippman has been
caught in brush, dropped down hills and off tiny cliffs, slammed against
rocks, and completely submerged in water--stuff that happens in the
woods that rarely does in speedball. I wouldn't abuse a Matrix like
that, and durable as they are, they're still an electro, and don't
particularly like much of that.

--
Please note that due to cuts in the budget, the light at the end of the
tunnel has been disconnected.
--Management

nice dodge matt but i am NOT driving it
"Matt Moriearty" <MathU41@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:2421f.170$ae.34@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> Tony Sr. wrote:
> > matt you don't work an angle...you make one ! why is it so hard for you
guys
> > to understand the concept. it makes no difference how good you
are...suck or
> > whatever...the fact is this...money is what this is all about...you can
bet
> > everyone of these guys would have a matrix or equal if they won the
> > lotto...it can't be anything else !! that's like saying here i will play
> > with that house que, leave my 1200 dollar stick at home...why should you
do
> > different...but i have this same argument every year and later is when
the
> > switch comes...how many play in cammo ? who does not have an
electro...throw
> > away that H a I o ...who needs better...if you don't suck just shake
your
> > 4.00 hopper....what stupidity ...wow what happened to the youth of
America ?
> > a bunch of hippocrits for sure....hey Joe get that new revvy but if your
> > good you don't need it....
>
> You're not getting it, Tony. Money is not the whole of the point. Do I
> need to reiterate *again*? Read along with me now:
>
> At rec ball level and budget, there is no need for the newest, flashiest
> top-of-the-line marker.
>
> It doesn't make up for bad play, it just frees people up from having to
> think to overcome it. Example: I play with a Phantom. I take out as many
> people, both rentals and with the new heavily modified Dye Rampmaster
> 5000, as I ever did with my old spyder, or as I still do with my new A5.
>
> A professional pool player can give his thousand-dollar sponsor cue to
> anyone in the pool hall, and still stomp their ass with the bent,
> chipped house cue--he knows how to handle a stick better, and how to
> make up for its mistakes.
>
> What I said in the first place is "if it doesn't suit your purpose,
> don't buy into it". What I meant was that, though the Matrix is a great
> gun in its own right, just because it's more expensive, doesn't make it
> better. Would you take a BMW sport bike onto a moto-cross track? No,
> because it's not made to handle jumps and doesn't come with knobbly
> tires for the dirt. On the other hand, would you head off to Laguna Seca
> with that dirt bike? No, because it doesn't go nearly as fast as the
Beamer.
>
> The Matrix is great, but it's too expensive for most people, and in the
> woods when, guess what, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EMPTY YOUR HOPPER AT PEOPLE,
> it doesn't make a dam bit of difference. I would rather have the A5,
> which shoots slower, but I can butt it up against my shoulder and aim
> like I would a rifle. Flawless? No, but I can still hit someone with one
> or three shots, instead of emptying a pod at them. My Tippman has been
> caught in brush, dropped down hills and off tiny cliffs, slammed against
> rocks, and completely submerged in water--stuff that happens in the
> woods that rarely does in speedball. I wouldn't abuse a Matrix like
> that, and durable as they are, they're still an electro, and don't
> particularly like much of that.
>
> --
> Please note that due to cuts in the budget, the light at the end of the
> tunnel has been disconnected.
> --Management