what do YOU want in a field?

[blnk162]

Fields like Badlandz and Sc village.

Good comp

Good fields

Learn to play paintball.

Thats it.

[joeyjoe367]

The place I play has $15 field fee, which includes all day air or co2.

I continue to go there.

[Blazestorm]

Refs who look beyond the jersey and gun. What I really hate is when refs put a few newbs with a lot of money on one team and the players with jerseys and guns who play in tournies on another, and one team gets worked.

Otherwise

- Staging area close to the field
- Refs have 5 minutes in between games even if only 2 people come to play
- Refs who try to help the players out, give them tips on how to do better
- Chroning every other game and allowing no tools on the field and tourny locks on regs and velocity adjusters
- Bark behind each bunker (makes sliding easier!)
- Friendly Staff, people who wanna talk to you, ask about your gun, help you out if you need anything (lend out guns) things like that.

There is a field like that around here that I love going to, KC Crusaders in south praire, the refs give you suggestions and talk with you, they have even teams, they have games constantly going, the airball field has bark, the staff will fix any gun and I've even been lent a full cocker setup because mine needed to be worked on, they chrono every other game, and since they have over 5 refs and 3 red chrono's it isnt much of a hassle, they have 4 porta potties and a grill inside the building, a very nice proshop with 3k and 4.5k fills, um yah

Basically, you gotta be nice to everyone, even if you see a newb talkin crap, being a jerk, lighting people up, cheating etc. Continue to be nice to them, tell him he can't bring tools on, to light up on the trigger etc. What pisses me off most is when a ref is really rude when he comes to tell me something, like I've had one ref say "Hey you little punk*** you better stop lighting people up or I'm gonna have to kick you out" when I was putting 2 balls into each person I shot... another ref came up "Sorry about that, he's a little new here and wants to do a good job, but don't worry, you aren't in any trouble"

anyway... I'm tired... and stuff... yah... bye :o

[DiRTyBuNNy]

A field that is run by refs that aren't even of a driving age..I love it when some refs starting giving me a hard time about something or other (ask Bad_Knees..I'm a nice guy) only to see him lift up his mask later on and still have his baby teeth...

[TheJester]

hmm, my local feild, run by 2 brothers, about a 30yd x 30yd speedball feild fenced in, normal paint and air prices. so alot could be different, but a new feild is coming in come spring, sup'air, and that 1 is looking hot, sooooo

[halB]

the bark behind the bunkers is intriguing, could u go into it more? like what type of bark, how it works, etc etc. i think we might do that if it works well.

and to address everyone, i cant help you on the refs, i try to be nice but i get pissed off when someone lifts their mask on the field.








oh yes and some problem we've been having. we have two big reds and we put em on one table, and we get bad readings. someone will shoot and we'll get 470 fps on both chronos at the same time, or for no reason one will get a reading of 17 and the other will ge a reading of 40, at the same time. anyone know what the hell is happneing?

[sniper1rfa]

they are too close together. keep like 5 feet between'em.

[Crazy]

bark? sounds like it would hurt... I think the best thing to slide on is actually just some nice grass or dirt.

[Blazestorm]

light bark, its not like theres a huge mound, its much easier to slide on because the bark creates friction and slows you down, plus it makes that Chh sound when you slide.

It doesn't hurt, you just need enough that it slows the player down and they have a comfortable slide, hell I slide into stand ups for the hell of it because of that.

Not sure what kind of bark, but basically you have the bunker, than you add about an 1" deep pile of bark and spread it out about 3-4 feet towards where the player will slide, and some on the other side incase some pyscho from the other team trys to bunker them

[Xerces]

wood chips that are a bit finer chipped than standard public playground ones seem like they would feel the best.

[Blazestorm]

I'm stupid... it was wood chips, I'm confusing the 2!

Wood chips is what you want

[oldsoldier]

Halb, I think the no field fee is a great idea. It sucks when you spend $15 on field fee, another 5 for all day iar, then field paint for $80 a case. Eliminating that $15 goes a long way. And $65 for a case of paint is good too. On the music thing; possibly in the assembly area, have speakers set on a local station. That way, they dont interfere with games, but give you a nice area to hang out in.
Another thing the field I used to play at had was water jugs for the players, and a little sprinkler-type shower misting thing for really hot days. Basically all that was, was a hose hooked up to a spigot, with small holes put into it. Was nice to cool down under.
Sounds like you guys have the price thing nailed though. I think that is the biggest point with players...so, everything else now will be bonus!

[booyah]

For you to run a feild with all this near me!!!!


The best i have is a feild that i work with sometimes who doesnt charge me for feild fee or air, and gives me discounts on paint....


but they are still 40 min away and i drive fast....

[Bront]

Honestly, I'd rather have no music in the actual game, but music in the staging area wouldn't hurt, not to loud though, and nothing too obnoxious.

A good proshop and airsmith who's at the field and will look at markers for people.

How about a field fee for BYOP? $20 and then BYOP is still pretty nice. Paint has to be approved when you sign in, so you can make sure it's ok, and you can have rules on what paint can and can't be used.

All Day air is nice. I don't mind a field fee if it includes all day Air.

Well kept rentals with Nitro tanks. If you get a field compressor, it's cheeper with Nitro anyway, and it's easier on the markers. Granted I won't use the rentals, but it's nice to have them there if your marker breaks down, or you have a friend who wants to come for the first time.

Hot and cold food available at the field. You may have restraunts close by, but being able to buy things at the field is nice, even if it costs just a bit more.

A large, well lit staging area, preferably with a few canopies for cover/shade.

A variaty of speedball and rec ball fields, with at least one of each basicly being open all day.

Sounds like you got a sweet setup so far. Keep it up, and hope you're making enough to keep it up.

[vlhockey22]

halB, where in S Florida are you guys located?