Big Games/Paintball Sam's

[grEnAlEins]

yea, i remember the first year i went they had tanks and artillery too. that was a blast. too bad i cant make this last one, ill be deployed by then.

stay safe man

[snoopay700]

yea, i remember the first year i went they had tanks and artillery too. that was a blast. too bad i cant make this last one, ill be deployed by then.

That sucks, but good luck over there.

But yeah, i have a lot of great memories, one of my favorite was when we were going through the marsh part up the side and there was bush that i could just barely peek over and all i saw were his bright green/yellow medic ribbons so i yelled, without revealing i was on the blue team, "Hey medic, you out?" because we had numerous people that were out walking by us and i couldn't see his gun, so he said he was still in and as he walked around the bush me and like 2-4 of my buddies just trained our guns on him and he just looked at us and then said "Oh, im out..." and started to walk off the field and put his barrel plug in. Ah, good times, good times.

But yeah, due to the stress it is on fields i'll most likely be a voluntary ref rather than a paid ref on the second day. That means if i catch you wiping, watch out, cause i don't have a threat of no pay to discourage me.

[skipdogg]

I'm not sure if I'll be able to play the last big game at Sam's, but I was very sad to hear it is the last one. It really was a great event many years ago.
Also my $.02 on the money making of a field. A field only makes money in the long term on private games and rec ball, it always has. I'm never sure why people think a field based on the tournament crowd is sustainable.
Anyway, good luck to Nikki and Sam's in the future. I fear it may be the next field to close in Wisconsin.

[wimag]

Action Packed Paintball, just up the road in Lake Mills use to host the exact same "big game" every year since their inception, and on the same weekends as Paintball Sams. I does not appear according to their schedule they are doing that this year.
they have not been around for an extremely long time as a field, but I am pretty sure the field owner is Nikki's ex husband.
Who knows the concept of the big game may not be all lost in Wisconsin...just moved perhaps.

[grEnAlEins]

But yeah, i have a lot of great memories

Definitely. It was my girlfriends first game of paintball at a PB Sam's Big Game. She really got a kick out of it. She got so excited when she shot one of you! "Nick! Nick! I think I shot one of your friends! He had the same type of gun!" (A mag)

[snoopay700]

I'm not sure if I'll be able to play the last big game at Sam's, but I was very sad to hear it is the last one. It really was a great event many years ago.
Also my $.02 on the money making of a field. A field only makes money in the long term on private games and rec ball, it always has. I'm never sure why people think a field based on the tournament crowd is sustainable.
Anyway, good luck to Nikki and Sam's in the future. I fear it may be the next field to close in Wisconsin.

That's what i'm fearing, but supposedly they are going to start doing scenario stuff according to rumors, yet i never heard anything about it and i ref there so i don't know if that's true. If it is i wouldn't be surprised since those seem to be doing better and the big games haven't made them enough money to be profitable most likely, due to the bad turnout recently. This being the first field i've played at i would hate to see it close.

And Greenaliens, that's awesome, unless it was me, then i'll have to get her back.

[grEnAlEins]

Time for name that member

In this thread, we name the AO member who said the quote at PB Sams.

Before: You don't quit playing because you get old; you get old because you quit playing
After: I'm getting too old for this

[snoopay700]

In this thread, we name the AO member who said the quote at PB Sams.

Haha, that's great. Dunno who actually said that though.

[trevorjk]

driveway still junk?

and i want to play, but i fear i wont have money for this event

[snoopay700]

driveway still junk?

and i want to play, but i fear i wont have money for this event

Most likely, and that sucks, i don't think i've ever actually met you at one of those things, i just saw you in your pink skeleton costume. I dunno why they don't complain to the landlord and get the driveway fixed, that is pretty bad. Hope they filled in teh bridge to twofort too, otherwise it could get bad.

[grEnAlEins]

Haha, that's great. Dunno who actually said that though.

If I am not mistaken, it was Beemer

[snoopay700]

If I am not mistaken, it was Beemer

Haha, well i saw Beemer at the last big game, he is rather old.

Pretty sure i saw him using his mag as a cane...

[AutomagRT1483]

It surely is the end of an era. 22 years of Big Games coming to a close in just a few weeks now. The numbers sure have dropped off the last couple years. If I scrounge up some cash before then I'll be there. Ya know what no scratch that, I'll be there. I wouldn't miss it for the world.

[snoopay700]

You know, i'm just going to put a shameless plug in here and say that i have a WTB thread in the marker section that has to do with this up coming big game, and i would really apppreciate it if someone were able to help me.

[snoopay700]

Hey all, do you think it's ok to give away a mag that says rental on the valve in a raffle, because so far that's the only one that we've found that we can afford to give to Sam's for the big game, but me and sam are both iffy about it. Also, stay hush hush about this because we still want to surprise nikki.