So, I’ve just read this online and I have to say a lot of what’s been said I agree with.
Here’s what I am talking about. Have a read.
[SIZE=17pt]HPA rifle hate? I guarantee it’s not why you think[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So Polarstars have been around a while now.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]To begin with, there was a mass outrage about them, that I really didn't understand. Having been an airsofter, and a field owner for quite some time now, I’ve been through many of these hatred phases.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]First it was Systema’s, and how people where supposedly changing out cylinders mid-game and shooting hot.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Shortly after this, there was the the LiPo haters, saying that people with LiPo’s had crazy ROF, yet they do nothing more than a well upgraded AEG will do with any regular battery.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Alongside the LiPo’s were people hating on people using box magazines on M4’s (this one I agreed with) especially if they combined this with a LiPo , and the list goes on..[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]... for a while people hated KWA AEG's because they all shot hot out of the box...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]...there have been many things hated on in the airsoft community, but once Polarstars were introduced, we really had an ABSOLUTE WHINE-FEST on our hands.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Some parks banned them completely, some put them in their own group away from others, other parks introduced guidelines such as ROF caps, that applied to everyone, in a hope to play fair.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]With Polarstars, the complaints seem to be that players believed that polarstar users were changing their FPS after chronoing (something we have NEVER caught anyone doing), or changing the ROF after chronoing (which we caught only ONE person doing ever).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Fundamentally though, there is one thing that overrules any of these complaints, and that is that a rifle is an inanimate object, incapable of doing anything without the user doing it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Basically, it’s NEVER the rifle’s fault, always the player that did something wrong. Knowing human nature, there’s only ever a rare few people that ACTUALLY do the things they’re being accused of. Most people do play fairly.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So why does everyone hate Polarstars? I’ve gotta admit, for the longest time, I was stumped, too. Until recently, I made an interesting discovery…[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]...we were short staffed at the park one day, and so I was chronoing some players. As I was chronoing these players, I was astonished by just how many guns were firing like absolute crap. I chronoed around 50 rifles that day, and almost all of them were shooting around 310fps. Here’s how it broke down;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Out of the 50 rifles I chrono’d;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]3 rifles shot 270-300fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]33 rifles shot 300-330fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]8 rifles shot 340-360fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]5 rifles shot 360-400fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]1 rifle shot over 400fps (did not pass chrono)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Even just a few years ago, if you chrono’ed people at around 330fps or below, the player would be shocked, and make some comment about getting his rifle serviced, as it wasn’t shooting right. They'd be heading to the store THAT day to get their rifle looked at![/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]I was amazed as player-after-player handed me their rifles to chrono (some were even brand new rifles) and either didn’t pay attention to the chrono, or made no comment when they shot 310fps or so.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So, what does this have to do with polarstars, you ask? EVERYTHING.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]The players in the higher end of the FPS spectrum were mostly Polarstar users. There was only 1 AEG at the park that day that had a respectable fps of 385fps. Everyone else was shooting WAY low.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So why does everyone claim that polarstar users are ‘shooting hot’? It’s real simple. The reason everyone believes polarstar users are shooting hot, is because the majority of players’ rifles at Jericho Airsoft are shooting too LOW!![/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]When you get hit by a .28g that was shot from a polarstar chrono’d at 385-390fps, and it feels like it hits you harder, it’s because it IS HITTING YOU HARDER, yet still WELL WITHIN our chrono limits.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Why do people hate polarstars? Mostly because they’re used to being hit softly by weaker shooting rifles.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Isn’t it also funny that the players complaining about polarstars shooting hot, are also the same players complaining about people cheating at OVER 100ft AWAY??? Also the same players complaining about the guy in the bush not calling it?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]This also explains why everyone was yelling ‘OW!’, when I shot them with my AEG shooting 385fps.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So let’s wrap this up really quickly and explain what’s happening here. Most airsofters today, seem to go out and buy a rifle, and instead of upgrading the internals to shoot well, and keep maintaining that rifle, they don't. Instead they buy a helmet, a scope, or some other kind of accessory. Most of them have a full loadout, all the gear, yet don’t even own a full uniform.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]A lot of these players have over $800 dollars worth of equipment, yet only a $200.00 rifle, and complain that a uniform is too expensive to buy (you can buy a uniform top for the same price as a t-shirt).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]These players maintain their rifles, and therefore the rifle’s fps drops down by at least 50fps, and doesn't get maintained.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Often these players will spend $200.00 on external upgrades such as a rail system and a silencer making their gun look cool, but it shoots terribly. I would personally rather have a gun that looks absolutely out-of-the-box-stock, but shoots beautifully, is accurate as hell, at around 385fps.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So, what should you all do?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Follow my rule of thumb here;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Whatever the chrono limit is, aim to get your rifle shooting CONSISTENTLY 15fps lower than the limit.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]At lower than 350fps, bbs will NEVER break through bushes or brush.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]I guarantee if most players maintained and upgraded their rifles even slightly, to shoot within a reasonable FPS, the complaints about Polarstars would disappear. The playing field would be equal, because everyone would be shooting to their airsoft rifle's full potential.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So there you have it, it’s not the Polarstars, nor is it the players shooting them, it’s actually the poor performance of people that neglect their rifles that have caused the misunderstanding, because everyone's used to being hit SOFTLY BY THEIR GUNS.[/SIZE]
Here’s what I am talking about. Have a read.
[SIZE=17pt]HPA rifle hate? I guarantee it’s not why you think[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So Polarstars have been around a while now.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]To begin with, there was a mass outrage about them, that I really didn't understand. Having been an airsofter, and a field owner for quite some time now, I’ve been through many of these hatred phases.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]First it was Systema’s, and how people where supposedly changing out cylinders mid-game and shooting hot.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Shortly after this, there was the the LiPo haters, saying that people with LiPo’s had crazy ROF, yet they do nothing more than a well upgraded AEG will do with any regular battery.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Alongside the LiPo’s were people hating on people using box magazines on M4’s (this one I agreed with) especially if they combined this with a LiPo , and the list goes on..[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]... for a while people hated KWA AEG's because they all shot hot out of the box...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]...there have been many things hated on in the airsoft community, but once Polarstars were introduced, we really had an ABSOLUTE WHINE-FEST on our hands.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Some parks banned them completely, some put them in their own group away from others, other parks introduced guidelines such as ROF caps, that applied to everyone, in a hope to play fair.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]With Polarstars, the complaints seem to be that players believed that polarstar users were changing their FPS after chronoing (something we have NEVER caught anyone doing), or changing the ROF after chronoing (which we caught only ONE person doing ever).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Fundamentally though, there is one thing that overrules any of these complaints, and that is that a rifle is an inanimate object, incapable of doing anything without the user doing it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Basically, it’s NEVER the rifle’s fault, always the player that did something wrong. Knowing human nature, there’s only ever a rare few people that ACTUALLY do the things they’re being accused of. Most people do play fairly.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So why does everyone hate Polarstars? I’ve gotta admit, for the longest time, I was stumped, too. Until recently, I made an interesting discovery…[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]...we were short staffed at the park one day, and so I was chronoing some players. As I was chronoing these players, I was astonished by just how many guns were firing like absolute crap. I chronoed around 50 rifles that day, and almost all of them were shooting around 310fps. Here’s how it broke down;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Out of the 50 rifles I chrono’d;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]3 rifles shot 270-300fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]33 rifles shot 300-330fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]8 rifles shot 340-360fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]5 rifles shot 360-400fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]1 rifle shot over 400fps (did not pass chrono)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Even just a few years ago, if you chrono’ed people at around 330fps or below, the player would be shocked, and make some comment about getting his rifle serviced, as it wasn’t shooting right. They'd be heading to the store THAT day to get their rifle looked at![/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]I was amazed as player-after-player handed me their rifles to chrono (some were even brand new rifles) and either didn’t pay attention to the chrono, or made no comment when they shot 310fps or so.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So, what does this have to do with polarstars, you ask? EVERYTHING.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]The players in the higher end of the FPS spectrum were mostly Polarstar users. There was only 1 AEG at the park that day that had a respectable fps of 385fps. Everyone else was shooting WAY low.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So why does everyone claim that polarstar users are ‘shooting hot’? It’s real simple. The reason everyone believes polarstar users are shooting hot, is because the majority of players’ rifles at Jericho Airsoft are shooting too LOW!![/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]When you get hit by a .28g that was shot from a polarstar chrono’d at 385-390fps, and it feels like it hits you harder, it’s because it IS HITTING YOU HARDER, yet still WELL WITHIN our chrono limits.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Why do people hate polarstars? Mostly because they’re used to being hit softly by weaker shooting rifles.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Isn’t it also funny that the players complaining about polarstars shooting hot, are also the same players complaining about people cheating at OVER 100ft AWAY??? Also the same players complaining about the guy in the bush not calling it?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]This also explains why everyone was yelling ‘OW!’, when I shot them with my AEG shooting 385fps.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So let’s wrap this up really quickly and explain what’s happening here. Most airsofters today, seem to go out and buy a rifle, and instead of upgrading the internals to shoot well, and keep maintaining that rifle, they don't. Instead they buy a helmet, a scope, or some other kind of accessory. Most of them have a full loadout, all the gear, yet don’t even own a full uniform.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]A lot of these players have over $800 dollars worth of equipment, yet only a $200.00 rifle, and complain that a uniform is too expensive to buy (you can buy a uniform top for the same price as a t-shirt).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]These players maintain their rifles, and therefore the rifle’s fps drops down by at least 50fps, and doesn't get maintained.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Often these players will spend $200.00 on external upgrades such as a rail system and a silencer making their gun look cool, but it shoots terribly. I would personally rather have a gun that looks absolutely out-of-the-box-stock, but shoots beautifully, is accurate as hell, at around 385fps.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So, what should you all do?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Follow my rule of thumb here;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]Whatever the chrono limit is, aim to get your rifle shooting CONSISTENTLY 15fps lower than the limit.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]OUTDOORS:[/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt] 400fps limit = aim for 385fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]INDOORS:[/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt] 350fps limit = aim for 335fps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]By consistently, I mean that your rifle should not vary by more than 2-3 fps +/-. This allows for any discrepancies, or any days where your gun shoots hot. At 15fps under, it should never shoot over.[/SIZE][SIZE=11.5pt]At lower than 350fps, bbs will NEVER break through bushes or brush.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]I guarantee if most players maintained and upgraded their rifles even slightly, to shoot within a reasonable FPS, the complaints about Polarstars would disappear. The playing field would be equal, because everyone would be shooting to their airsoft rifle's full potential.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11.5pt]So there you have it, it’s not the Polarstars, nor is it the players shooting them, it’s actually the poor performance of people that neglect their rifles that have caused the misunderstanding, because everyone's used to being hit SOFTLY BY THEIR GUNS.[/SIZE]
