Question About Cps Guns

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siN
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Post by siN » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:09 am

How come the numbers skip? e.g. 1000, 1200, 1500, 1700 etc.

I know it's kinda stupid, but I'm curious :D

Also, why don't they make a CPS 1300, 1600, 1900 etc.?

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Post by Spinner » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:55 am

I don't know about how the original 1998 and pre-1998 numbers were selected, but I doubt there's any deep reason behind it. The next CPS range after 1998 was just +200 for each class of gun, I.e. the replacement to the 1000 was the 1200, the replacement for the 1500 was the 1700, etc...the only 'mistake' is counting the 2700 like the 2500.
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Post by SSCBen » Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:01 pm

The 98 line likely was chosen 1000, 1500, 2500 and then 3000 because of the past year's CPS 2000. They had to skip that because the 2500 is not exactly the same as a CPS 2000. I'm not sure where the CPS 2000's name came from. The 00 line looks like they added 200 to each of the 98 line's blasters. The 02 line doesn't make any sense still. I guess it was just what they chose.

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Post by wetmonkey442 » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:13 pm

I neever really gave much thought to that....It is a real mistake to think that overall blaster quality improves as the numbers improve :Hey, that's funny.:
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Post by Toaster » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:22 pm

Originally posted by siN@Jul 8 2004, 01:09 AM
why don't they make a CPS 1300?
well, I believe that the CPS 1300 (if one existed) wouldn't sell well because of superstitious people ("lucky" 13). however, this might not be so if the gun was of a quality far surpassing its predecessors(sp?).

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Post by NiborDude » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:29 pm

There is no cps 1300. The numbers skip by intervals. Truely I don't care what the number is, I just want it to be a good, powerful super soaker.
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Post by Toaster » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:36 pm

Originally posted by nibordude@Jul 13 2004, 05:29 PM
There is no cps 1300.
sorry, but do you EVER read bracket phrases? I said,
well, I believe that the CPS 1300 (if one existed)
okay?

there, I've had my little tantrum for the day. :angry:

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Post by blaze » Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:01 pm

Well in XPs, in most cases the bigger number is a bigger soaker. The XP 20 is tiny, and the XP 300 is big.

The 2002 line was...weird. The logical thing would have been to call the CPS 2100 a CPS 1400 (1000, 1200, + 200 each time), and the CPS 4100 a...Monster Reloaded? Haha. Well that wouldve been a pretty cool name.

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