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Nerf

History of Nerf

Nerf was originally a foam ball that was marketed as the only ball safe for the indoors in 1970. Nerf soon grew and started to release foam dart guns, Blasters, and ever since then Nerf Blasters are the most popular items of all Nerf items. multiple lines of Blasters have been released such as N-strike, N-Strike Elite, Rival, Ultra, and Alpha Strike.

Equipment

The basic gear for Nerf is simple.
-A Blaster
-Foam Darts
-Masks/Goggles (optional)

Gamemodes

With Nerfs broad and wide array of Blasters, Attachments, and Accessories theres about as many ways to play it as Paintball and Airsoft, so i will go over the most popular ways.
=Team Deathmatch: As the name implies its team against team.
=Free 4 All: Its every man for themselves! its a pretty popular gamemode in general.
=Humans Vs Zombies: commonly shortened to HVZ its a popular mode and even has a line of Blasters dedicated to it!

Images

Retaliator

Longstrike

Fun Facts

• NERF is an Acryonm for "Non-Expanding Recreational Foam"
• The man who invented NERF also made twister!
• The first NERF gun was actually released in 1992 and is The Sharpshooter!
• Nerf produces nearly half a billion darts annually
• The Nerf Turbo Football was once advertised as the "Offical football of the NFL" (aka the Nerf Football League)
• Nerf guns are used as props for movies and film!
• Nerf guns can shoot darts anywhere from 35 to 75 MPH (if you calculate MPH using the average FPS of Nerf blasters)
• There are more than 20 different ammo types for Nerf blasters
• Nerf makes toys for cats and dogs
• There is a suprising amount of video games made that are based on Nerf