Tom-ism's : Quotes by Tom Kaye

[RogueFactor]

This is to be the collection of all the Tom-ism's weve seen throughout the years. While this is not a mag-only forum, there are lots of mag owners here and even owners of other markers that respect Tom and his contributions to paintball.

[RogueFactor]

I will start things off with this quote I just read in someones signature on another forum:

Paintball has degraded into high speed checkers when it used to be "chess with finesse" - Tom Kaye

[guseppe16]

I have 2 favorites:

When asked if he would recommend anyone to pursue a career like his:
"I would recommend a career in engineering but NOT in paintball. Engineering means you make something that works; paintball means you make something people THINK works."

When asked about the joys and struggles of his career:
"The joys are when you make it work well. The struggles are when they want it to be a different color."

[Mind'sEye]

On the Crownpoint barrel:
"So we put the v-notches in here, and the barrel just fades away from the ball, and gives it a nice gentle transfer into the air mass." God, I loved TK's poetry.

[BigEvil]

This is from an E-mail answering a question I sent him once;


None of my companies or myself condone modifying our products in anyways that violate ASTM standards that were set by a vote of the paintball
manufacturers. If we are sued because someone gets hurt by one of our
products that was modified by the end user, that end user and the
manufacturer of the aftermarket products can expect to get included in the suit when they are sued by us. That's all I can say.

[punkncat]

On the rare occasion that a poster said something intelligent.

"Nice post"

[BigEvil]

On the rare occasion that a poster said something intelligent.

"Nice post"

Or when he commented in the Tunaball 07 thread

"nice turnout - AGD" :oneear:

[p8ntball72]

Tom quotes... He has so many!

I should have patented that too..... :(

AGD

You got to get up pretty early in the morning (and have been playing for almost two decades) to beat me.... :)

AGD

Ask and I appear....
AGD

Congratulations, you have graduated to learning a paintball SKILL which is in short supply these days.
AGD
:evillaugh:

[Mechanic79]

When asked if he would recommend anyone to pursue a career like his:
"I would recommend a career in engineering but NOT in paintball. Engineering means you make something that works; paintball means you make something people THINK works."
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I have trouble with this one because he makes paint ball stuff that DOES work and can prove it?¿?¿?

And of course a few others out there.

[RogueFactor]

Thats it? 8 measely posts? Come on, there has to be more Tom-ism's than that!

[snoopay700]

I will start things off with this quote I just read in someones signature on another forum:

Paintball has degraded into high speed checkers when it used to be "chess with finesse" - Tom Kaye

That's mine, awesome! :banana:

[RogueFactor]

Here we go...


Paintball has only one mountain to climb

Everyone knew what the mountain peak looked like and it had to do with shooting fast. The faster you shot the faster you climbed that darn mountain, the more respect you got and the more intense the game became. For better or worse the manufacturers (me included) gave you what you wanted. Now the peak is no longer in sight because everyone is standing on it. The 10 year old kid next to you got there because his mom bought him the electro-fantastic-of-the-month and bam he is there right next to you.

Now that the exclusivity is gone, and the climb (otherwise known getting some skills) is gone everyone is debating what to do next. Where we went wrong here is there was never an independent organizing body in paintball that kept it a "competitive sport". Looking at NASCAR they are changing the rules all the time to keep the playing field level. Sure the drivers HATE not having an advantage but you know what? it keeps the fans coming. Most other sports have catagories which you can compete in, stock, pro, modified etc. In our sport if you cheat enough they change the rules to let everyone do it.

I have been saying for a while that paintball has issues and now its apparent with an industry wide 30% drop in sales. Thats not my opinion, several HUGE manufacturers have told me that directly. Guys like Warped1 will look forward to a bright future but from my side I don't see it. Airsoft is taking off behind our backs while we look for new players.

I remember when the definintion of a pro paintball player was that he used technology LOWER than the typical gun on the field (12 gram days). If I was king of this industry I would point it back in that direction and sort the players out by skill instead of technopower.

As far as a pump resurgence, I am sure Mike is busy but you don't see any new manufacturers of pumps coming out and the guy doing the gold cockers went out of business.

Good luck to all of you, I hope the game turns out to be something you can enjoy.

AGD

[Sumthinwicked]

gee becuase quality always shoots striaght :wall:nobody ? LOL classic :clap: