Paintball

[Greenmtnphantom]

Found this on another forum

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After 8 years of research and development, HydroTec™, has made a breakthrough in paintball manufacturing technology. This new technology is a paintball, precision engineered specifically for the game and the environment in which it is played.

If you are a business owner in the sport, you cannot afford to miss Paintball Extravaganza International in Anaheim, California this September.

HydroTec™ is poised to change the industry forever. One of the creators and
President of HydroTec™, Paul Ciesiun, will be giving a keynote speech on
September 14, 2010 to reveal his groundbreaking advancements in paintball
manufacturing.

“This product is going to change the game of paintball,” said Chuck Hendsch, VP of Sales and Marketing for HydroTec™. “It will give field owners and players a far greater experience over any other paintball out there. I am very excited to introduce HydroTec™ to the paintball industry.”

HydroTec™ is not only just groundbreaking technology, but also a paintball company that aims to help grow the sport. “With the features and benefits of this new technology, we have a unique opportunity to reinvigorate the industry and the game we all have come to love,” said Paul Ciesiun, President of HydroTec™.

Be one of the first to hear why HydroTec™ is the future of paintball. For details sign up for Paul Ciesiun’s presentation of HydroTec™ on September 14th at Paintball Extravaganza International in Anaheim, California.

For more information on the event or on how to sign up for the keynote presentation please visit Paintball Extravaganza or email us at media@hydrotecpaintball.com."

Also this

"Paul Ciesiun ’06 (entrepreneurship) is the holder of three patents, and like most successful entrepreneurs, wears many hats. He is president of Exiled Paintball Inc., an IP holding research/development firm. Ciesiun also owns and manages daily operations of Hydro-Caps LLC which uses a proprietary method for manufacturing paintballs that are environmentally friendly, yet cheaper and more durable than any competing product currently on the market."

All hype?

[pillage]

Hype the hype, to the hype squared or maybe yet cubed.

[moving_target]

certainly sounds like all hype, but since I'm not paying for any of this, I might as well keep listening...

[duff muffin]

Hmmmmmmmmm.... interesting...

[Greenmtnphantom]

I think it's safe to say that this will be largely hype, even if there is anything real behind it.

Seems however that more and more companies are opening up the check books for paintball R and D, it may be a matter of time before something real comes of it.

[KoolKat]

Here's the patent info on it.
WATER BASED PAINTALL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING WATER BASED PAINTBALLS - Patent application

Sounds decent if they can actually do what the patent says.

[usagi_tetsu]

They have a blank placeholder page (here) and I don't recognize the gear the paintball player is using, but I would put that down as "usagi just doesn't pay that close of attention to the industry any more" rather than that's what they're going to be making.

But hype? Yeah, always some degree of hype in anyone's sales pitch. Be interesting to see what they're making to deserve so much hype, and if it lives up to even a fraction of that potential.

[Greenmtnphantom]

Originally Posted by KoolKat

Here's the patent info on it.
WATER BASED PAINTALL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING WATER BASED PAINTBALLS - Patent application

Sounds decent if they can actually do what the patent says.

I understood so very little of what I read there. I got 2 shells and glowing, not a lot more than that. Too much legal and tech speak for me.

[Jackson]

Sounds like a paintball that starts glowing when it breaks on target. Interesting for sure. But game changing? I have my doubts. Now a seamless, high precision paintball at a competetive price, that would be game changing.

[moving_target]

Originally Posted by usagi_tetsu

They have a blank placeholder page (here) and I don't recognize the gear the paintball player is using, but I would put that down as "usagi just doesn't pay that close of attention to the industry any more" rather than that's what they're going to be making.

It looks like a Tippmann Carver One with a basic gravity feed hopper and what appears to be BT Avatars?