Duff Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommikka Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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