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5 minutes ago, E21A said:

I thought they were called markers as that was their original purpose, marking livestock etc 

 

That's what wikipedia says, I just think paintball guns and gear are ugly (including those DYEi4 things) and the entire HIT and out until end of round or game just sucks. You can pay for a days play and only end up playing for an hour.

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7 hours ago, E21A said:

I thought they were called markers as that was their original purpose, marking livestock etc 

It comes from that, but they were marking guns not markers

Marker instead of gun was an americanism to disassociate from gun nuts, and also came at the same time as some sites also banned people playing in camouflage

They were avoiding the “bad image” but also playing war themes, having violent team names etc

They were going for big network TV and mums of teenage kids who would be afraid of a gun/NRA image

 

 

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