what do YOU want in a field?

[logamus]

i am intrested in the membership thing you mentioned hal. depending on how you used it, it could be a champion idea. $65 for decent paint is a fair price, espically if you have fpo. fpo is not a bad idea, it just sucks when you only have one choice. i would suggest you have several different types of paint at different prices. the field i play at has more than 10 types of paint available at the field ranging from $42-80 a case. the only other thing is to try to make sure the refs dont "big time" the new players. too many times i have seen refs ignore or talk down to a new player just because they are new. that really annoys me.

[halB]

Originally posted by logamus
i am intrested in the membership thing you mentioned hal. depending on how you used it, it could be a champion idea. $65 for decent paint is a fair price, espically if you have fpo. fpo is not a bad idea, it just sucks when you only have one choice. i would suggest you have several different types of paint at different prices. the field i play at has more than 10 types of paint available at the field ranging from $42-80 a case. the only other thing is to try to make sure the refs dont "big time" the new players. too many times i have seen refs ignore or talk down to a new player just because they are new. that really annoys me.

well, there are some not so good refs that im required to work with, but im working my best to get em fired (i know i shouldnt, but its fun) i always try to help the new players and i even do no no things like telling some new players when its a good idea to move up ^_^ heee heee.

Originally posted by vlhockey22
halB, where in S Florida are you guys located?

we're down in homestead/goulds area. but its literally right off the turnpike so it aint no thang, usually easier to get to than strike force (where you have to go on krome (omg we're gonna die when that car thats passing all the other cars crashes into us) ave.) we're a half or so mile from homestead airforce base in airport plaza... or was that airbase plaza. anyways, if you dont know how to get there theres a phone number on the website that you can call and we can give u good directions (i really suck at directions)

bront, my boss has taken classes in just bout everything so you dont have to worry bout the airsmithing


and logamus, how can i convince my boss to offer seconds? i understand that a variety of paint is important, and ive been pushing to get him to sell seconds but he says the quality is just too low. o well.

[battlegroup]

Large tables and benches (lots of them) in the staging area. Not two boards nailed to a tree either. Large picnic benches with seating so you can sit and work on your gun. Also have it near a manned booth so you can set down your gear and take a leak and not have your stuff stolen.

[halB]

Originally posted by battlegroup
Large tables and benches (lots of them) in the staging area. Not two boards nailed to a tree either. Large picnic benches with seating so you can sit and work on your gun. Also have it near a manned booth so you can set down your gear and take a leak and not have your stuff stolen.

actually, this theft thing is something im concerned about. i want a maximum security field also. anyone know how i could prevent theft the best? i mean its almost impossible to have a ref in the stagin area all the time (even though we try to have that) and when there is a ref in there, we cant really memorize a face to every gear bag. we actually are gonna get lockers though, although i fear this is not enough. i hate thieves, as much as i hate wipers!

[Vendetta]

Sounds like a cool place. Next time I'm visiting the folks in Cutler Ridge I'll drop by for a few games. Your prices are very cheap compared to everything around here.

[Sinistarr]

Originally posted by Bulldog
I'd like to see a bigger emphasis on goggle safety and chronoing...

Safety is a must! I see so many people at the local fields here going onto the field with markers ready to shoot with their goggles up. Sometimes people pass the netting and start shooting into the woods or at bunkers while people are walking around with their goggles up or off. After games are called several people pull their goggles off while others are clearing their markers and turning off air and such.

I had one kid pull his mask off during a game to call himself out while there was paint in the air going to him! If I had hit him in the face... It gives me chills.

Barrel plugs in safe areas too! No live markers in staging areas and other safe areas. Separate areas for testing, clearing, debuging and chronoing.

Good staging areas are great too, with plenty of table space. Everyone else hits on the other things like, clean bathrooms, a good airsmith on hand with parts kits, and o-rings and such. Maybe an area for spectators with bleachers or something to sit on.

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[strongboy2005]

I like that bleachers idea. You could just get the small bleachers that they have at little league baseball games or somethin like that. Nothin too big I'd say, seat maybe 20 people, or more depending on the number of people who come to the field and whether or not they would all way to spectate from the bleachers.

[halB]

Originally posted by strongboy2005
I like that bleachers idea. You could just get the small bleachers that they have at little league baseball games or somethin like that. Nothin too big I'd say, seat maybe 20 people, or more depending on the number of people who come to the field and whether or not they would all way to spectate from the bleachers.

no can do. we already got a bunch o picnic tables with shade canopies right on top of em next to the fields. so u can just sit there ^_^ although, when we get some more fields (everythings gonna be in a U shape witht he setup of the fields, we got 8 acres) we might have one of them have bleachers in front. ill run the idea by my boss.


oh yes, and i talked to him today, and theyre getting in a crap load of mulch, might even have enough to cover both fields entirely in it, as soon as he can find a way to transport it. its gonna suck to go to work that day. hes also looking into music, but i'll tell you, you can just pull in your car next to the staging area and play music outta it.

[big E kingpin]

cheerleaders and girls in catholic school uniforms
now that is what paintball is lacking

[Multi-Colored J]

i'd like to see more canopies or shade at my field. my paint usually breaks because it's so hot sometimes. I'd also like more clean up. there are enough trash cans, but people don't use them. MORE SUP AIR BALL FIELDS! My field doesn't have one!

Good things that they have at my field:

A proshop at the field. They sell paint, squeegees, or anything else you need if something breaks and/or forgot something inexpensive that you may have needed.

Nitro fill tickets. Each exchangable for a nitro fill. You can buy multiple tickets, saving them for later use, for nitro fills.

A pro team playing there a lot. Bad Company is based here in Maryland, where i live. I met Tom Cole and JC Whittington!

An overall nice staff. They give tips to new people, so they improve performance constantly. These refs have mouths like sailors, but they're still cool.

[land hurricane]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but my field has barely and drinks and no food. So we have to walk to a gas station down the road, I want to see more refreshments at fields.

[logamus]

on the issue of drinks and such, while its nice to have them at the field, personally i always stop off on the way and grab some gatorade so field drinks are of no concern.

chrono, my goodness. i played saturday for the first time in a while and i was just shocked at the utter lack of it. perhaps it was due to the amazing lack of refs (there was only 3 and over 60 walkon players) but the refs would just ask the group as a whole if they had chronoed. they never made anyone or watched anyone. they just listened for the beep the chrony made when someone shot over 300. the problem is the field limits speed to 285 so there is no way to know if someone shot 299 as there was no ref at the chrony station. pretty bizzare i thought. i understand getting enough staff can be difficult but that kind of lapse in attention can become very dangerous. that combined with the fact that not one ref had a squeege on their person (and my dumbass left his at home) made for some rough moments. i dont know but i would think that by offering discounts to regulars you can get enough refs to properly run the games and chrony station.