Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-31957135-20180304211059/@comment-27306930-20180306074858

Cerrwiden wrote: More importantly, why do you hate the Gator? That's an awesome question. I don't actually hate the Gator. I just like to use it as an example of Nerfers gone awry. Call it a "metaphor" 😉  But not so long ago there was a day when all of Nerfdom was just crazy about the Gator. People said  "Dude, best blaster ever. I MEAN EVER !". In retrospect we see the folly.

I've said the same thing about the Reta. In 2012 it was '''FRIGGIN AWESOME. YAAAY !'''   In 2015 it was kinda okay. But by today's standards it's a dinosaur. A relic. A holdover from a day when crummy blasters ruled the world.