Water Balloon Crisis

General water gun discussion.
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Post by Jadefalcon09 » Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:54 am

I made a quote in my Assault Topic over at WWN :
Me to. They buy a quarter million dollar house, have a mushroom (YUK) plant and they have an Italian painting service, but alas, no Internet, which goes to my advantage. Why are they superior? Their parents Let them get Water Balloons, we can't. :angry:
I need water balloons. How can I convince my parents we re responsible when they say no? My Enemy has 300 Farkin Water Balloons over a MXL, 2500, and 1200! HELp!

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Post by Freakymist » Mon Dec 08, 2003 1:00 am

WTF your parents must be really really over protective! I mean come on they are just water balloons! I'm not trying to sound like an butt hole or anything but :Hey, that's funny.:

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Post by Jadefalcon09 » Mon Dec 08, 2003 1:03 am

I know, but I need them to buy me water balloons, I guess they are saying no is because one summer my sister threw water balloons across the yard and never cleaned them up, and Im upset cause I got my responsability taken away, and I didn't even throw any! :angry:

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Post by SSCBen » Mon Dec 08, 2003 10:47 am

Just go to a store and buy some when they aren't looking. Or you could use plastic bags.
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Post by Neuro » Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:52 pm

I like doomsoaker's idea. if there's a game I want and my parents won't let me have it, I just go to the ebgames that's practically across the street from us and buy it. piece of cake.
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You can pretty much ignore the times on that, I rarely ever have Xfire on when I play. I should, though.
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Post by Jadefalcon09 » Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:25 am

Seems things are looking up, they may let me get the balloons, they said wait till soaker season.

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Post by SSCBen » Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:34 am

Yeah, sometimes you have to let them make up their mind.
You know what would be cool? A co2 semi-auto wbl. I think once I get better with PVC I'll experiment with WBLs.

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Post by Neuro » Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:54 am

tip: paintball-sized compressed air tank - way better than co2 and bigger capacity. you just have to remember a few things though:

1. you have two choices for making it semiauto: gas blowback (YES, that means making a bolt) or electricity
2. you'd have to use small balloons of a generic size that can be either top-loaded or loaded via a spring-powered magazine
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You can pretty much ignore the times on that, I rarely ever have Xfire on when I play. I should, though.
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Post by SSCBen » Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:19 pm

It could be based off that Nerf semi-auto valve, it uses multiple chambers, but with a few valves it could use one.

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Post by Neuro » Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:34 pm

which is, from what I hear, based on blowback. that also means you can easily convert it to full auto. B)
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Post by SSCBen » Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:59 pm

Yeah, but first we'd have to figure out a way to make the water balloons work with semi-auto.

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Post by Neuro » Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:10 pm

mm-hmm. as I was saying, we'd need a spring-powered magazine or a paintball-style hopper. because of the nature of co2, it would have to operate on a closed bolt, I'm assuming that's what the nerf semiauto valve is.
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Post by superstormer » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:15 pm

What would be cool if you could make a wbl w/ multiple chambers, so it could be like a revolver.

Anyways, I wouldnt really use wbls, because I Don't really want to make one.
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Post by SSCBen » Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:14 pm

Yeah, I agree 100% with that article. I don't think that the article mentions that you have to put the balloon in a styrofoam cup or else it will explode. Another reason not to use old design WBLs! Someone needs to redo the WBL, not me though, I'm working on regular weaponry.

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Post by Freakymist » Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:39 pm

The most obvious problem with the WBL is the safety issue. If you pressurize the weapon, which is what it is, beyond 100 PSI than "there is a very real chance you could have PVC shrapnel ripping through your skull," according to one pro-WBL website. And it is obviously not a very good anti-personnel weapon as you cannot shoot anyone under 100 feet away... this puzzles me because how are you going to know if they are 100 feet away or not? Estimate? If this is the case, than I hope that no incompetent people get a hold of these things because 100 feet may soon turn into forty....

Not only do they fail to make a good anti-personnel weapon, they are also tactically handicapping. For instance, if you had a WBL gunner firing at a base and some soldiers charged him and got within an unsafe distance to fire, you could either run, or try to fight them off with a pistol... if you're smart, you'll have an escort (NOTE: I doubt you would have a main weapon with you).
SCh 40 PVC pipe can hold way more than 100 psi, it's the glue that can't. So the worst that will happen will be the glue wearing off which would cause a leak, not the pipe exploding.

Umm...You can shoot someone with a WBL at less than 100ft, it will probaly hurt like Hasbro HQ but it's not a big deal.

Duh you would have an escorty plus all you have to do is point the wbl at them and they will run, even if it's not loaded...they don't know it's not loaded!


So I do not completely agree with that article

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