Paintball

[Justus]

Originally Posted by TOTShadow

AGD = American made, quality designs, top notch materials, and no excuse product. Worth every penny new or used. Proud mag owner for life.

This pretty much sums up why there is a cult-like following. It's deserved.

[Jaccen]

Originally Posted by Millar156

This quote sums up the attitude that is sorely missing in the industry today IMO. Given the chance to promote his product over a competitors, Tom took the high road. How many others would do the same today?

Originally Posted by brycelarson

I've talked to Tom recently - he has no intention of getting back into the industry. He's got a million other projects going and it's a really tough industry.

He denies up and down that Smart Parts had anything to do with his exit and AGD's decline. He instead blames the fact that he used high quality materials and expensive manufacture processes. He simply couldn't compete with mass produced guns racing for the bottom of the price wars and wasn't willing to adapt his designs to that market.

What with the two responses back to back.......

.........maybe he was just "taking the high road" in his response to Smart Parts and him being involved in paintball.

Either way, I'm grateful for the contributions he made to the game. I wish him the best of luck in all his endeavours.