Lol! Love the shout out. And for the record, Drac tagged quite a lot of us at the warehouse game with a stock Dart Zone Max Stryker he borrowed. When he says that's one of the best starter blasters, he means it.

@harvindersingh7786

Жыл бұрын

I love your videos

I started back in 2015. I had a Strongarm, Hammershot and Retaliator by the end of the year. Noawdays, I'd honestly suggest a Villainator, 6-SH or any X-Shot blaster for someone's first blaster. My brother and I help my mom with babysitting and we've managed to get the kids we help her watch into Nerf to the point where one of them actively looks forward to it when we can go. It's a great thing to see.

@JakeLYT

Жыл бұрын

Villainator gives them a good upgrade path to a Tomcat in the future if they start liking the competitive side of the hobby 🙌

@pok3fan12

Жыл бұрын

just adding this, but watching Drac's videos actually helped me with getting into the hobby way back then. Thanks for that!

@farzan1958

Жыл бұрын

I'm a beginner and I'm looking for a good moterized blaster which isn't too expensive; what would you guys recommend.

@pok3fan12

Жыл бұрын

@@farzan1958 if you prefer going to Target and can find one, I'd go for a Dart Zone Tomahawk. it's $30 and holds 60 darts on a massive turret. If you prefer Walmart, the Nerf DinoSquad Rex Rampage, Fortnite AR-L, and SMG-E, all of which are basically Stryfes, are half off on their website now ($20, $25 and $15 respectively). The Adventure Force Spectrum is also basically a Stryfe that hits 100 FPS and is $20 at Walmart.

@farzan1958

Жыл бұрын

@@pok3fan12 Thanks a lot, can't wait to start playing!

Start with Dart Zone

@techcenter9191

Жыл бұрын

Lol 💯

For all people commenting "don't buy Nerf blasters" or "just buy Dart Zone": "Tell me you live in the US without telling me you live in US." I have just watched a little kid looking for a toy for Christmas and he was showing interest in the Nerf Mantis. His dad, at first looked puzzled, thinking what the price would be judging from the size of the blaster. Only after he saw the price of 12,98€, he replied to his kid: Nice choice! In some countries this is the only way into nerf.

You buy a Dart Zone Villainator. It's the perfect starter blaster: it hits nice and hard, holds a ton of darts for its size, and you can top it up on the fly. And it only costs $20.

@Jullanxo

Жыл бұрын

But I think it looks silly 😡

@endermaster08

Жыл бұрын

@@Jullanxo It looks like a tommy gun, its great.

@Jullanxo

Жыл бұрын

@@endermaster08 I’m more into rifle’s myself but if I gave it a good paint job it would be cool

I gotta be honest here I'm not generally a huge fan of your content, but credit where credit is due, this video was excellent. It'll be a good resource to be able to link to interested people for years to come. Well done.

Me from Thailand,we struggle to get the hobby and community off the ground ,good thing we have DARTZONE in our mall now however it's still a long long way to go

@deltabravo6959

Жыл бұрын

I love Thailand! I like to visit Patong Beach. It’s my favorite place.

@galaxydog8703

Жыл бұрын

@@deltabravo6959 welcome to Thailand ,enjoy your stay!!

As a resident airsoft tech, yea. When I was local, most of my weekend was spent working on someone else's BB Slinger. With Foam blasters, it's a lot of fun to see somebody's custom blaster that doesn't look like every other player's M4 on the airsoft field. Hell, just to stand out, I combine my love of Nerf and airsoft and use nerf shells with airsoft internals, mostly because it's different and a lot of fun to engineer something goofy.

A couple of months ago I was talking with a friend, reminiscing about childhood and Nerf blasters came up. Did some research, discovered how fun HvZ events look and decided that I was interested. Just yesterday I bought a kronos and 2 hammershots. A couple of weeks before, I got a Stryfe (And a rush40 but we don't talk about that one). Next on the list is a Takedown. I just love those designs. Guess I like secondaries haha. The Stryfe will get a whole new set of internals as soon as possible to be a primary-ish blaster though. Thank you for providing so much useful information on the state of the hobby.

My local group is The Fresh Darts of Bel Air. Cause we're in West Philly lol.

One of my favorite things about Nerf as opposed to other shooting sports is simply that all the "toy level" stuff even exists. Its cheap, easy to work on (unless its Elite 2.0) and you can use it indoors and without equipment with much of an issue. Also: All those weird blasters can make good shells or parts packs, like the Deploy! Springs galore in that chunk of garbage, even if it was never worth actually firing.

Man this is a great video to listen to. I've recently have just been modding a lot of my nerf guns from my childhood (5-7 years ago). As someone that lives in EU, nerf is a really vague topic and is difficult to acquire new blasters. Modding is highly recommended and is honestly one of the main parts of nerf hobbies and activities, tons of fun. Thank you Drac and others for these amazing mod guides.

Great job on the video, I really enjoyed this one, and I've heard many others do as well. I feel like more content like this would be a good idea. Your knowledge acquired from the length of time you've been in the hobby is well used here. :)

Hey man I just wanted to say 2023 was a big year for me learning about this hobby as a whole and you were for sure a big part of that! Just wanted you to know you’re reaching people for sure

spot on drac! as i former airsoft and paintball player i agree with you 100% the community in foam dart flinging is just great.

'NERFING' is definitely one of the 'cheapest' cost-to-entry hobbies. Even making your own LARP gear is now similar or more expensive BEFORE event costs...

I’ve been doing Nerf for almost two years now. I own around 49 blasters, and I just got an Alpha Trooper, and a military vest to carry my magazines. I still need a dump pouch though. I do plan on starting a Nerf group at my local park, as I have plenty of loaner blasters and darts. I’m only doing this because Pennsylvania has like no Nerf groups and I decided to start my own little “club”. Keep up the good work Drac. I’ll try to attend Endwar next year. I’m sad I had to miss it this year.

@corrackisdead

Жыл бұрын

Yo? Kinda wanting to do nerf stuff myself in PA, but more so just messing around with nerf stock stuff just for now

I was kind of surprised you didn’t talk about the dzp mk3 for intro to fly wheelers. I mean gryphons are nicer for sure, but I think it’s an awesome “pro level” entry for the $400 budget

Thank you. I appreciate this video. Kind of goes hand in hand with the OOD beginners pages.

I found the hobby through 3D printing. While working on my CAD degree, I built a 3d printer in a class, and bought another one. I had seen some things for nerf on thingiverse, but it wasn't until i saw 3D Printing Nerd's videos with Out of Darts, and Project FDL that I took the plunge. I started with flywheel modding, because I could print my own cages and motors and flywheels were relatively cheap.

My favorite part is ammo usage, with airsoft you can easily load hundreds into a mag/drum, outside of specific weapon usage, it's mostly automatic weapons. A bit more diversity with nerf loadouts, with different ammo mag capacity available.

Awesome video, thanks for all you do for the hobby

Great hobby intro video, though I'm surprised you didn't mention the Dart Zone Pro MK-3 as an entry point into the flywheel space. For $140 you get a select fire semi-auto and full-auto hobby grade 150 FPS blaster that can run on AA batteries (preferably Eneloop rechargeables) and all it needs to feed perfectly with both full length darts and half length Talon magazines is a new pusher that you can pick up for $5 from Foamdemic on Etsy. Installing that new pusher is going to be way easier for a new hobbyist than trying to mod a stock class blaster with a new cage and flywheels, wiring harness, and all that jazz and the DZP MK-3 doesn't require you to invest in LiPo batteries and all the extra stuff they entail as well. So, the MK-3 with the new pusher, some Eneloop AAs, a belt pouch full of Talon magazines (I like the Maxpedition Mini Rollypoly myself), and a box of Dart Zone Max ruby darts from Target gets my pick for the best entry point to the hobby for someone with a $300 budget =)

Any idea how to find events or regular games in say central Florida?

Out here in NYC! Where can I go for event information? Need to know

Does anyone know how to setup a lower velocity config for the dart zone max stryker?

Tell us more about advice on how to find playgroups and local events. Tell us how the larger events happen and what to expect.

Hey Drac. Nice vid/shooting at the SENC event.

@rocketpliers5585

Жыл бұрын

Thx anyway

Well said!

I went to look for the global heatmap in the description but it doesn't seem to be there

Great Advice Drac. Surprised you didn't mention hitting a thrift to find blasters and didn't focus on building a community from the ground up.

@LordDraconical

Жыл бұрын

Both pretty involved topics on their own but a great point

@botsnblasters

Жыл бұрын

@@LordDraconical that's entirely true! Most people don't even know there is Foam Flinging is a hobby truthfully. Still good points bro.

I went dart zone spectrum then Stryker lol MODed out spectrum now and still stock Stryker. Love them both!

Airsofter getting interested into this hobby for Christmas gifts. Indoor wars with family..I can't do that with airsoft.

Thank you, Drac, for reminding me why playing nerf. Most of the players who play nerf with me are also modders. We discuss how to modify the blasters together. Sometimes it is more interesting than shooting!

Are you going to make more nexus pro red triggers?

I have plenty of good blasters: spectrum, striker, mk. 2.1, dictator, etc (I do not mod blasters). But I can’t find any places where I can go against other people with my own blasters (I’m in Quebec) what do you suggest? Also do I need to bring my own darts?

What aftermarket flywheel-cages fit into the Barricade shell? I need muh revolver stryfe to keep up with todays modern performance.

I'm new to the hobby. As a beginner with mild experience with every Nerf series, the Nerf Rival series is the most fun and I hope they continue to introduce more Rival products

Started buying blasers this year with now over 20+. Now I just gotta find a community within NC so I get into a proper Nerf war.

@outofdarts is it possible to convert a paintball marker to shoot rival rounds while keeping it hopper fed

@Fgtfv567

Жыл бұрын

Rival rounds are much larger in diameter than a 68 cal paintball. I don't think the internals are designed for it and it'd probably be more work than it's worth.

You said there was a nerf group heat map for the US? I couldn't find the link in the description

Where is this link to a global heat map? I don't see it. It would be nice to see there are actually any clubs around me. Most seem to be in the Midwest or East Coast.

My rule of thumb is, buy dart zone. If you can find a Pre-2019 Nerf gun that has available mods so you can repair or upgrade your blaster. Dart Zone is great but sometimes it’s just nice to build your own blaster.

You had me at Emus, Drac.

As a springer player, the Orion Blasters Lynx is also a great place to start for the hobbyist $400 budget. Electronic flywheel blasters are not better than manual spring powered blasters; they each have their advantages and both see use in top level competitive play.

It feels strange to be this early in a drac video lmao

@alexanderthegreat2080

Жыл бұрын

yeh its strange to be early enough to were no body has seen the whole video

I hope this is an annual guide 🙌

New outro music 🔥

♫A nuisance, who sent, you sent for me? Now this looks like a job for me so everybody-♪

Let someone new listen to the hiss of a 200+ fps dart fly by 😍

so I have been kinda a part of the nerf hobby myself for a number of years, but I have no one around me that I know of that would be interested in getting together and playing games. any thoughts on how to maybe promote and start a community in my area?

I'm surpried you didn't suggest the Mk 3 for the $400 budget. Was the idea to make it clear that there are things that aren't DZP?

Idk what's up with the algorithm rn, but I haven't seen your content in my feed for months

I was just thinking about this topic, odd how minds sync up sometimes.

Just don't buy nerf products

@masond9508

Жыл бұрын

At least not anymore

@moisty_rabbit9873

Жыл бұрын

It's bad how Nerf now does unoriginal ideas and just push the same blasters in different shells. I actually miss the Deploy, Stampede, magstrike, Tag Back, Zombiestrike, and Doomlands. The Flip series would've been good if they functioned properly.

@rochendlywouters9113

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@firetroop2775

Жыл бұрын

Motoblitz

@cracdealer9007

Жыл бұрын

Correction, don’t buy NEW nerf products. There are some gems from back in the day that are still worth using, even in our 200fps+ FPS pump action springer filled ecosystem.

Want some advice on modding in particular? Go old school. Now, I’m not talking about that reverse plunger shit from back in the day, I’m talking about nitfinder and longshot, thinks like that. They are both great platforms to learn all of the ends and outs of what it takes to truly mod a nerf blaster to its full potential. However, I would strongly recommend modding the nitefinder first, just because of its extremely simple design, and it’s cheap price. The longshot is a bit more expensive and harder to mod, but once you get one shooting 200-something FPS, it really feels like you’ve accomplished something. Both are pretty cheap, have massive plunger tubes, and have tons of aftermarket parts made specifically for them(because they are so damn old). That’s not to say there aren’t other good options, it’s just that I can’t think of any others off the top of my head right now. One can usually find these in excess at eBay or at a thrift store, so they are not too hard to get. So yeah, if I was new to nerf modding, I’d start with these two, but that’s just my opinion as a springer guy.

And I'm still here, sorting out the myriad of issues with my snap-bow and rainbow pistol. The snap-bow's main issue is that the inline hopper doesn't want to feed unless I'm blowing into the end, and the rainbow pistol's main issue is that I can't find a good plunger O-ring to save my life. The only reason I'm making these in the first place though, is that almost everyone in the group I want to join has some form of homemade blaster in their arsenal, and those who don't tell me that they always feel out of place when they're there.

I've still never been to a single Nerf War/Event yet I've been collecting super super slowly for the past 6 years

Hey Drac, That community club map is a bit outdated, just wanted to mention to any of your southern California fans that in the Riverside/San Bernardino Counties there is a new club known as the Lazy Uncle's Nerf Club. Started about a year ago. Just had our anniversary war this month.

Been in the hobby since 2008-2009. Have a large N-Strike collection and a few other lines. Slightly dropped off the radar in the last few years. NON MODDER HERE. I need people to help guide me into modding, not familiar with wires or soldering or breaking stuff apart. I still have an OMW metal alpha trooper trigger I got one year but never installed. I need a buddy to help me out. My autistic self feels overwhelmed on where to start. Pittsburgh based so not sure if there are any actual clubs near me.

(question) its not that I don't like nerf or anything I love nerf, but what makes it so special? I personally like airsoft more then paintball and nerf because paintball is to messy and nerf I don't like the way the guns look. I'm not trying to say your hobby isn't cool its just a question I think your the coolest nerf modder out there.

I just started nerfing and i have like a really small arsenal, its barrely enough for 2 people to play a battle, if we play with more people we cant have secondarys. also, there are no nerf competisions in my country so i have to buy all my own ammo and stuff like that, and i can only play at home. also there are not really friends that are into the nerfing.

buy blasters you can mod later. stay away from e2.0

I only thrift !! the era of blasters that everybody is giving away is MINT !!!! Go get a maverick and start modding :) There are no groups near you so start one. Thanks Drac

Do people actually play around 150-200 fps? In my friend circle, we have enough people to hold our own wars, and Dart Zone pro level springers are the most powerful thing we use (well, there are four people who have a nexus with an upgrade spring). The only fly wheelers that we use are unmodded rival guns such as the perses and chaos (with the exception of my modded hyperfire and my brother's soon-to-be-modded demolisher).

@22ChronicSmurf

Жыл бұрын

I have a nexus with a upgraded spring and it shoots average out of 10 shots was like 164fps, can’t wait to add my barrel as well and see what that jumps it up to. Our group plays both 150fps & above and also lower FPS games for the groups kids.

Trying to get into the hobby in late 2018 was a chore really. Feels a bit easier now thanks to companies like dart zone

Cant play airsoft inside the house. Nerf is all out total carnage!!! Anyware!!!

Tip: Stay away from: Elite 2.0 Ultra Basically all tie in lines

@Bluemansonic

Жыл бұрын

Basically every blaster I own/can afford cuz I don't have +$100 disposable income

Yeah, it's Worker Time

my first gun was a zombie gun that had a chainsaw (not the huge one)

I spent around $700 in blasters, ammo and gear about a year ago. Still haven’t been able to take my son out to an organized battle. There isn’t any

I've always loved nerf guns. I can't imagine someone asking "how can I get into nerf guns?" My motto would be it's nerf or nothin. But there are alternatives to nerf like nerf rival or adventure force. Or maybe just laser tag.

Avoid elite 2.0 and hyper and ultra 100000% cant go wrong with RIVAL and alot of dart zone stuff recently

My son has more dart guns than anyone I know but he doesn't have any friends to play with any advice he's 15?

@spylordyo0560

Жыл бұрын

Plinking. Get some targets to shoot at. At a similar age I didn’t have friends but target practice was fun.

@theycallmesocks1369

Жыл бұрын

Give some as gifts. The first month we were in our new place this year, my son said the next day was his new friend on the street's birthday. Went out and bought an aeon pro that night for him. That was 6 months ago, and they have been running around in a group of like 5 boys and everyone's sibling's ever since.

@Seththenerfer

Жыл бұрын

Personally I had this issue as well. Not many people seem to be into Nerf, but ask around! That’s what I did. For example, before this school year I had like one friend who had Nerf guns. Now I know around 15. All it takes is some interaction with people.

Start by not buying any Nerf products at all! That's where you start.

@Bluemansonic

Жыл бұрын

I can't afford anything else

Lol shout out to the emoo fighters 🤣

hey drac. how's a guy supposed to find local events? where do i look to find events in my area? facebook? google? i have a few blasters (af spectrum, nexus pro), how do i find ppl in my area who like foam blasting??

No caliburn skewer or lynx love? For $400 you could get a printer two hw kits and filament and get into the high fps accuracy gang 😎

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Sorry just had to say this common speeds for paintball is 250 to 300 FPS. LOL may have mixed up Paintball and Airsoft there

It sucks cause I’ve been wanting to get into nerf but there’s nothing close to me

Two things first of all don't ever buy anything from Hasbro their products are terrible second of all 150 and 250 yeah that's most of the battles but that's pretty much how they go my group here in Michigan we play it 300 FPS plus I believe you call it no speed restriction

I started buying nerf in 2023. January. (I owned some blasters years ago for a single college game but gave them away.) But I don't know if I have anyone to play with. I bought (in this order) a Double Fire, 100 waffle darts, The "Adopt Me Bees" the fortnight SMG, and just ordered the Echo and some 12 mags. I only really ordered the Echo because it was on sale for $20cad and I wanted the barrel attachment. I'm hoping to buy a demolisher to put the echo barrel on. I want to replicate the feeling of a rifle with an under slug grenade launcher. My town used to have airsoft players, I helped organize the games, but my country has outlawed the sale of airsoft guns that are based on real world weapons (so 99.999% of all airsoft guns), and even before that police cracked down on games (despite them being legal, they would harass players) and highly poisonous invasive plants came in so out of town games because dangerous. The airsoft hobby here is dead, so I'm hoping to play nerf with some people. But for now I'm just plinking.

@ShadowAxon

Жыл бұрын

If i get more money, I might buy a bunch of Double Shots so I can loan them out to people at videos.

i will say a "nice" paintball marker is like $1000+

@Fgtfv567

Жыл бұрын

1K is a midrange marker like the PE 170R. Everyone's been really loving the mechanical EMEK and that goes for 280 new. For electronic, you can go etha 2 or etha 3 and that's like 400-550. Albeit that's without the mask, tank, and hopper. And that's before paint costs... Paintball is definitely a very expensive hobby don't get me wrong, probably the most expensive out of all the toy gun hobbies. But you definitely don't need to spend 4 figures for one of the nice ones.

@WesleyTheHero17

Жыл бұрын

@@Fgtfv567 true like the mini gs

Hello

My name being Luke 👁️👄👁️

Show this video to Christopfer Cox ......

can someone point me to the German LARP NERF Community? I cant find it?

we are a Italian community

6:05 wait a second...$100 is CHEAP!?!?!?!!!? I was struggling to buy a $10 blaster even with my stable income of $580/wk... You shouldn't scare people new to the hobby by saying $100 is low ball easy, NO IT'S NOT

Would you say that the hobby is queer friendly? 💜

Buy nerf guns

@ellabellescreations

Жыл бұрын

Wrong emoji 🙃

@ellabellescreations

Жыл бұрын

That smile was for the ausies out there 😉

skip nerfs and get airsofts trust me

@mkendall8393

Жыл бұрын

Nerf is def more kid friendly and while I would tend to agree with you, there are a lot of milsim airsofters that are complete d-bags and look down on noobs or those with entry level gear. They drive a lot of people from airsoft. Also there are states that regulate airsoft as if they were actual firearms so it is not readily available to all and not available to those under 18. And if you are in California, they are actually kicking around significant legislative action to regulate airsoft in 2023.

@rokushou

Жыл бұрын

I actually quit airsoft and ended up playing nerf. Just my personal experience, but the nerf community is way friendlier and less toxic.

@Valandar2

Жыл бұрын

Why? I honestly don't like airsoft, and I like Nerf. Therefore, I will skip airsofts and get Nerf / Dart Zone / Zuru, etc.

I am a non modding nerfer for the oast 5 years in india, Sadly dart zone is not available here and buzz also left.😢 I really want an aeon pro

Thanks, I needed this! Wow, you need to research *promosm*.