NorthWest AO meet! (GOOD TIMES, FREE FOOD*!)

[joeyjoe367]

Originally posted by Blazestorm
Lets go before the prices go to hell

They've gone to hell and back. Gas is $1.74 next to my house.

[RetroEclipseMan]

Yeah, no kidding man. Price just jumped from $1.50-almost $1.60 for unleaded in less than 2 days.

[who_311]

Splatems' is a good place(closest to me). But I just hope i can get over to these places. I can't drive so.... i might have to beg my dad or something. The only fields i know are, STP and splatems.

I hear KC Krusaders is pretty bad. People can drink there and their rules and refs are a little so-so. I was there once when some guy knock another's beer over, and they went out into a full out fist fight. Then one grabbed a gun, a emptied a whole hopper on the other out in the parking lot while he was on the ground.

[Blazestorm]

Um... dude you just said the only fields you've ever heard of have been STP and splatem... and KC crusaders is better than most places.... splatem wasn't the best in my opinion... slow games and the refs were poor about safety, I had to tell atleast 20 people to put their masks on and barrel plugs in.

[who_311]

Well yeah, but i am working on getting sponsered by them, so i guessi was trying to get the name out. I am sorry if i offended you or anything. And most of the unsafe peeple are the renters. Kc Krusaders was alright, i just said they were alittle iffy for me. Sorry, jesus christ, why does everybody have to be so uptight.

[magking1971]

Oh come on guys we drove down for the AO meet in Salem, drive your rears over here

[crazyray]

Well I know Im not from Wa or Or but gosh I'm willing to drive 13 hours if I have the time off and not playing any tournies up here in Alberta, and some of you won't even drive 2 hours tsk tsk tsk

[Blazestorm]

They're lazy... half of us are too young to drive, we have like 2 people with cars and stuff to drive.

[who_311]

Lets go to paradise.

[RetroEclipseMan]

Well, seeing that I don't have a job at the moment and I got tons of stuff to pay for school coming up with the gas money alone to make a huge trip is gonna be hard let alone the money to play. In any other circumstances I'd be all up for a big roadtrip especially if paintball is involved but I've spent almost $150 alone on paint, brushes and illistration board this quarter and that's just for supplies for one class. So yeah when I don't got parents to foot the bill it's a bit difficutl. My vote goes for going to Paradise by the way.

Edit: And joe you can't call any of us lazy cause you still got almost 3 years till you can drive!!!

[magking1971]

HOLY COW crazyray! Our local hocky team(Spokane chiefs) plays your town all the time
Ya I think you guys on the coast just need to buckup and do some driving

[Yipe]

My $0.2 ($12.93 Adjusted Canadian Dollars)...

Out of all the fields in the "Portland Area", Weekend Warriors in Marquam is the best bet for a professionally run, exciting AO day. They cater almost excusively to speedball so this is not a rec-baller's paradise by any means, but the field is clean and safe, the staff is courteous and the service is reliable. They can definitely handle the demands of a large group of players (Diablo paint, food, Co2 and 4500psi air fills all day). Right now, they have between 3-4 fields running simultaneously, so a large enough group of AO'ers should be able to play by themselves if desired. This is a very popular field, therefore I recommend checking their tourney schedule for openings. Saturdays are slower while Sundays are usually flooded with local tourament teams practicing for upcoming events, plan accordingly.

The field is owned and operated by Gene Kaiser and all pertinent information can be found at his website:

http://www.weekendwarriorsnw.com/

To wrap up, if you settle on Oregon as your AO destination, Weekend Warriors is the way to go.

Hasta,

Matt