What's wrong with Dynasty?

[gaff]

when you shoot a gat that is only good at making milkshakes, you have to put marbles in to keep the gun running, but this in turn means mucho bounces, which in turn means no kills!

no good havin 18 a second and all 18 bouncing!

but i do feel the rest of us are training harder and more focused, and this will close the gap inevitably

 

[Buddha 3]

Originally posted by Ben Frain
However, has anyone actually seen them having problems with their shockers in games? Just curious. Besides the full auto incidents in Maxs...?

Yes. Though I did admire the way they protected their sponsor's name, when one player, who shall remain nameless, was approached by a cameraman when he was cleaning the goo out of his gun and said "Dude, you can't film this!"

That said, I also saw plenty of dripping breaches when they were still shooting Angels and did not yet have eyes fitted on them. And they whooped ass back then.

Still, love the kidz to bits though.

 

[TJ Lambini]

So was Arsenal good or was Dynasty bad? How did my boy Marksohn play? Any of tha Dynabots looking jaded?

C'mon people, specifics...

 

[Broken Arrow]

you no what they say

all good things come two an end

 

[Intheno]

It's the guns, and the power of the righteous...
Arsenal have these things and Dynasty do not.
Dynasty lost (failed to win), like, 2 events in 2 years
Then they lose, what is it now, 4 or 5? events in 7 months, after picking up the players that everyone said would make them unstoppable.
Arsenal are a 7 month old team with Fly-power. Who can name the whole roster?

I remember one of the Dynasty kids shortly after they switched to Small Parts, saying: 'we are not sure whether we will make Smart Parts cool, or they will make us unpopular'
Although I do not think that Dynasty are unpopular, I have been surprised how happy the crowds have been to see them beaten, and I think this, more than anything, is the reason they are not doing as well. They have always enjoyed tremendous support from thier fans and sponsors. But now they do not seem to have the love that they had enjoyed before and I suspect this is effecting thier game and thier confidence. As for the paint, it's an easy thing to blame, but presumably they did not shoot Zap, however hard, in all the events they came 2nd or 3rd in this year.

Anyway, I think we should be congratulating Arsenal for thier first win of the season, not questioning why Dynasty didn't win.

Also, I heard that Arsenal are playing at WDP's field in the UK this weekend. There is an event going on there.

And Gyro - what does 'sharing a sand-box' mean where you come from.....?

 

[Matski]

Heaven-hell

People like to see stars built up then knocked down, I remember watching a final with the original avalanche getting boo'd whenever they shot a player, why? cos chris is arrogant and ed likes bleach? Yet only a year before they were loved, people were buying 9 inch dye broomys to look like rocky and such crap!....

Dynasty have not helped themselves by selling out, to a company seen by many as an evil empire for picking petty legal fights with their rivals to help their ailing position....Nobody likes a sell out, especially when they think it's the devil who's buying you.

Maybe sp resources would have been better spent working on the design of their rehacked shocking gun so they could compete on quality for once in their lives!....Maybe Dynasty should have stuck around for a faster gun with eyes and a better deal....either way their skilled determined players and nobody can say they've had their moment and it's passed...their too good, young and hungry to win!

Intheno-it is a training seminar with carcus and JC glow teeth.....if anyone would like to go then phone wdp, speak to Kerry and im sure you'll be looked after

 

[Fabio421]

1> Maybe Dynasty should have stuck around for a faster gun with eyes and a better deal....
If you think back to the WDP/ Dynasty break up. The fact that WDP was not listening to Dynast's input as to adding eyes to guns and coming out w/ a Dynasty edition Angel were some of the reasons they were unhappy. They were retrofitting WAS boards and Timmy eyes into their angel's . Look at some old pics and you will see what I'm talking about. I think the split was what woke WDP up to the fact that they needed to make a change.If I look hard enough I could pull up the quotes from WDP and Alex Fraige at the time of the split. Maybe someone else could post it up.

 

[TJ Lambini]

Originally posted by Fabio421
1> Maybe Dynasty should have stuck around for a faster gun with eyes and a better deal....
If you think back to the WDP/ Dynasty break up. The fact that WDP was not listening to Dynast's input as to adding eyes to guns and coming out w/ a Dynasty edition Angel were some of the reasons they were unhappy. They were retrofitting WAS boards and Timmy eyes into their angel's . Look at some old pics and you will see what I'm talking about. I think the split was what woke WDP up to the fact that they needed to make a change.If I look hard enough I could pull up the quotes from WDP and Alex Fraige at the time of the split. Maybe someone else could post it up.

Duder, it's all about tha cashmoney - if Kingman had offered enough green, they woulda gone for it.

Not saying that's right, not saying that's wrong - I'm just saying. Boys is trying to make a living outta ball and outta their team, and if a sponsor throws enough $$$ down then players will use whatever gun, barrel, mask or ball they are sponsored to.

 

[Furby]

Bonus Question:

Arsenal is overpowering teams with massive firepower...a big part of their success are their loaders...alot of the Arsenal crew are running Intellifeed (Smartfeed to be more technically correct) HALO's that run at burst speed. I spoke with a friend in Denver about these new loaders, and while they're still grubby prototypes, they are getting the job done. It does come at some cost, though...obviously the Maryland Crew are using alot more paint, and consequently having to reload more often...but when they're shooting...well...it's messy, but it works. They've also had to develop a hatred for 9V's...the Intellifeed HALO's use 3 9 volt batteries, and at the speeds they're running at, the go through them at a sickening rate. Think a V35'd HALO in mode 6 is bad? Pfft.

As for Dynasty...I dunno.

 

[Ben Frain]

To follow on to a degree from Furby's post I would also guestimate that this is partially the reason why Nexus haven't faired so well stateside...

Now this is just a theory, and I don't mean it to sound like I know (cause obviously I don't) but, how plausible do you think it could be that...

Dynasty have always been a team that moved about the field like mofo's, switching here, switching there. Nexus, perhaps to a lesser degree also employ that same all over the field bunker to bunker style. When I have seen them play they swap bunkers and push constantly to get the angle. Last year, it was a successful approach.

However...

This year most of the top teams in the NPPL are using markers with some type of Halo on top. Argue all you want but the simple fact is that Halo's are WAY quicker than any breed of Evolution loader. No matter how quick the marker, if the loader isn't piling the paint in quick enough then it's being held up.

Now, thanks to the evolved versions of the Halo's (v board, Empire, intellifeed) they can be reliably used all the time (last year most people said they loved the Halo but it was too tempermental to use consistently so opted for the safer (but slower) egg) and provide far greater firepower.

This greater firepower seems to see teams breaking far more conservitively than last season (well if the vids and DVD's I watch are anything to go by ) and just mowing lanes until they are up on numbers and then start to move and apply pressure.

So, are Dynasty (and perhaps also Nexus) finding it slightly more difficult this year due to the fact that current marker and loader technology/capability is rewarding the cautious/technical teams with most firepower and cutting up those less BPS equipped teams that have previously out manouvered teams to get their eliminations?

Obviously Dynasty are using Halo's too but they seem to be cut up on the move a lot more than last year where perhaps there was only 10BPS heading in and not 17BPS?

Plausible? Or a load of poo?