IF you could change one thing . . .

[hunter6999999999999999]

More refs, On a good day their might be one or two refs for 30 people playing.

[ThePixelGuru]

The University's Department of Natural Resource Conservation wouldn't have taken away our field because we were "hurting the trees." Because we all know how much damage a paintball can do to a huge pine tree. Too bad, that field was almost perfect.

My biggest problem now is actually finding a field worth playing at and less than an hour away.

[luke]

$100 a case paint without "sponsored kiddies" was a lot more fun.... and had a lot less problems.

At least in memory, maybe time makes things better.

Yea I remember the $120 per case tourney days.
Hopper ball, no more than 200 rounds per game.
Camaraderie between teams.
Loaning markers to other teams because they were down one.

I remember when bad attitudes towards refs or other non team members got you kicked off your team. Back when you would get your butt spanked by a team and they would sit you down and explain to you what you did wrong.


Better in my mind too.

[drg]

I would say ... skill level matching and matching the team sizes to the field. Sorry, that's two things.

Though it's good to expand your skills playing players much better than you, in a walk-on situation, team guys (especially if it is their local field, and there are more than one on a side) are at a huge advantage versus the randomly mixed walk-on players. Either break them up or have then play/practice separately for most of the day. A few mismatched games are okay, but keep them to a minimum.

Also at some of the fields I frequent, speedball fields that are even a touch small for 5 on 5 get used for huge walk on crowds ... mostly because there aren't enough refs to run enough games to break down the players into smaller groups.

I find ROF to be a non-issue, but then again all fields local to me are semi-only for walk on play.

[Dark Side]

the heat.

[mr doo doo]

mechs only!!

inexpensive paint (like 30-50). everyone be honest like back in the days. no bad sportsmanship!! cheaper admission (like 5-10). no wannabe-professional poo poos who think they are the best. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: have fun while making others around you have fun at the same time!!!

[Ninjeff]

inexpensive paint for me. If i could get it to $30 a case i would love it.

[maniacmechanic]

I would request that once you are hit please acknowledge the hit and not wipe it off with your hands or the bunker you are currently using.

yea we have a few guys like that I call them " those who can't be hit "

[buzzboy]

MY normal day of play(which is very different than most of yours) could see some improvements:

Teams wanting to play together
I'm cool with it a little but having the same teams over and over gets old...FAST

Lack of refs
Makes sense in outlaw though

Our backman
God I hate playing against him

Getting bashed for being different
I like to be different. They seem to not like my unwillingness to conform. My Jersey is homemade, my pants are older than my gun and my gun was made before I started playing(3.5 years ago)

That guy
The one person who always shows up, who doesn't get along with anybody or who shows up and doesn't want to play therefore making teams uneven.

[Pneumagger]

No Cheating. Especially wiping, but also including ROF and ramping Violations.
I play recball, and even though recball is serious business ...
there's no reason to cheat in a game just for the fun of sundae balling.

[buzzboy]

there's no reason to cheat in a game just for the fun of sundae balling.

Amen, you don't go out and wipe on a church group/birthday game. I hate that kind of person.

[hitech]

I'd like a more cinematic experience...

If I could have anything, this would be it. It's similar to how I tend to rate amusement park rides. The more it looks and feels like I'm actually doing whatever it is attempting to emulate and the less it feels like a ride the more I like it. Some examples are the back to the Future ride at Universal Studios. Even parts of waiting in line feel "real". And the Tower of Terror at Disneyland (California Adventure). It really looks and feels like you are in a hotel. When you are lead to the basement it looks like what I would expect to see in a hotel basement. That's what I'd like most.

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Hitech is the man.... - Blennidae
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[skipdogg]

Follow the times you have advertised. With the follow up to that being - RUN STUFF ON TIME. I hate the fact that it seems 'cool' if you run your field like you really don't care about what's going on or how long people stand around waiting for you to actually work and have some sort of organized paintball operation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Farnja]

Limited paint is the best way to play. At my field (splatmandu, TR MI) it's one hopper and 2 tubes per game MAX. Most don't even shoot that. That way, if kids with their ramping doo-dads wanna waste 20 bps at the side of my bunker, go for it...they'll only get to play for 25 seconds...

[wjr]

I wish that my field would call games quicker and that people would get ready faster. It seems like they're just really slow at my field compared to others I've been at. Generally only one 90 second round is played at whatever field that game was called at, and then it takes 15 minutes for another game to be called, and then another 10 for people to be ready. I really don't see what takes so long to get ready.