WTF Reddit.

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

The comment layout of reddit is atrocious

[Siress]

Nofxkid2005, you ever replace a cup seal in a 98 custom?

[Nofxkid2005]

You're looking at it from an experienced player and tech perspective though. This was a player, presumably with zero tech knowledge, looking for a beginner marker. A bolt system with 19 orings (Yes, I counted) might be intimidating.

[Magmoormaster]

I don't see the Emek as being any more complicated or intimidating to work on than the 98, which has been the gold standard for new players for 2 decades. The Emek is a genuinely great (albeit somewhat boring) gun. I don't think it's cultish for most of the paintball community to recognize that and recommend it because of it.

I hate reddit in general, mostly due to format. I just don't see the problem. But maybe I'm just drinking the eclipse kool-aid.

[DavidBoren]

I agree.

And it's the same reason why adults love Fortnite... no more kids on Call of Duty. Lol.

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

Its better than Facebook or twitter, that's really the best thing i can say about reddit.

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

Never break the status quo of any subreddit on reddit. I left a few months ago and am better off for it. The whole "redditors never use the search bar" really bothered me. Same questions everyday, multiple times a day.

[nerdcore]

I'm on r/paintball frequently, I know what you mean. I like the Emek (enough to own 2), and it's price is hard to argue against. Rather than hop on the train, though, I try to sway new players to rent for a while instead. Or I just ignore the thread completely.

[Axel]

Call me a Luddite but Reddit and social media in general are mental cancer. The only use they serve is to draw the riffraff away from here.

[Paintslinger16]

But wait, I am vegetarian 🌱

[Siress]

I dunno, man. There was a thread there yesterday where someone found an old shoebox shocker. Someone recommended fixing it up and using it. Someone else recommended spending the money on an emek instead if it was going to be their only gun. I actually agree with that sentiment, but it was downvoted into oblivion. Maybe knee-jerk nostalgia has a higher priority than the "cult of emek", or maybe - just maybe - the points don't matter.

And why do y'all think someone is more likely to break a gamma core than, say, a spyder? I've seen plenty of people buckle springs or just lose parts thanks to spring forces while trying to get the bolt out. The gamma core seems complicated in principle, but it's really just a couple of parts threaded together and a whole bunch of o-rings. Seems really straight forward to me.

[DavidBoren]

Reddit is for entertainment purposes only... don't go there for information on anything.

Every once in a great while I find myself in there reading about Pathfinder character builds, but even then I assume that everyone is lying. Lol. I am mainly just looking for feats, traits, or general concepts to use... so I can ignore like 95% of anything opinion based.

I have stumbled upon Reddit threads when looking for paintball stuff and immediately backpedal on out of there. I have found that I am infinitely better off avoiding it altogether. It's just like PBN, but somehow worse.

[DocsMachine]

Reddit is basically social-media forum. You can "up vote" or "down vote" something you like or dislike, rather than actually having to discuss said thing. It's not a discussion board, it's a popularity meter- and "popularity" is defined by whoever feels themselves 'in charge' at the moment.

Doc.

[Trbo323]

That's always been my problem with it as well. I know it's a good shooter and all but eventually you will need to do maintenance/repair. A new player is more likely to break it further rather than fix it

I still maintain, start with an azodin, after that basically do anything you want

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[JonM]

I'll admit that I'm sold on the Emek and I find myself using it more than any other mech I own. That said, Reddit communities function too much like a hive mind for my tastes. Dissenters from the general consensus are typically met with a flurry of downvotes and negative comments.