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Coop’s been a huge part of getting a lot of people into this hobby, including myself. I hadn’t had blasters since I was a kid until I started watching his videos in about 2015.
I hope that he finds happiness with whatever he does going forward.
For a good while Coop was the only Nerf content creator I have followed. I’ll definitely miss his videos.
Back in 2018 I found Frank’s channel and have loved his content throughout the years, I’ve even watched every video he’s posted that were available. Countless memories and giggles that Coop has brought me. I’m truly thankful for everything he’s done for us and wish him luck wherever he goes next.
One of the best Nerfing Youtubers out there and my personal favorite. Sadly, it felt like this was a long time coming.
It gets me wondering when we’re going to start seeing more Youtubers retiring. Even ignoring the challenges of generating a sustainable income, producing good content is a lot of work. I imagine a lot of these creators have considered changing careers.
This is just a theory but I believe that one potential reason for Frank’s departure could be in part to the drastic change we’ve had on the hobby the past few years. Frank has mentioned before that nerf was always seen as an indoor hobby for him and fast paced. On one of the high fps blasters that he reviewed, he asked us to comment how many of us were playing that type of nerf. There was also another video where he talk about the shift to more marksmanship as oppose to the faster run and gun type of which he enjoyed. I don’t think Frank is against these higher fps blasters, he just preferred the simpler times when we were all playing with stock blasters. This in part is also why he loves rival so much due to it’s fast pace nature. Again this is just my theory but Foamblast also disliked the militarization of the hobby. Our hobby has been constantly evolving and changing rapidly to where there are so many different types of it. I don’t think this was the only or main reason Frank has decided to leave but it could be a part of it.
he just preferred the simpler times when we were all playing with stock blasters
Coop came from a background where he was an integral part of an oldschool modding scene where the FPS COULD end up being as high as 250, and used glue or fishing weight Stefan darts which would definitely
be felton impact. He slowly moved away from that into limited internal mods/cosmetics and eventually became a reviewer of stock products.These stock products began changing, and I think that and the years of passionate energy for what his younger self enjoyed waned (along with the realities of getting older).
He might come back at some point, but it makes sense to control the formation of a time capsule now (at a relatively high point) - remaining a tribute to a period in your life, rather than run on, emotionally desolate, into eventual irrelevance.
Sad to see his channel coming to an end, but it’s not super surprising given the landscape of the hobby these days.
