CPX shut down?

[fire1811]

another con is that they try to host a big
tourney and they only fill to 3000psi and
the line is all they way to the racetrack

[WARPED1]

Originally posted by fire1811
another con is that they try to host a big
tourney and they only fill to 3000psi and
the line is all they way to the racetrack

Friends of mine said they never got over like 2300 on fills as well.

*EDIT* I meant at Shatnerball as well.

[Thordic]

3000 psi? At shatnerball we were lucky to hit 2000.

And Wyn, I didn't think of that one... probably too late now. :/ I wrote that money off as a lesson in dealing with CPX months back.

[wyn1370]

Originally posted by Thordic
3000 psi? At shatnerball we were lucky to hit 2000.

And Wyn, I didn't think of that one... probably too late now. :/ I wrote that money off as a lesson in dealing with CPX months back.

I'm not sure what the time limit is, but for $160 it might be worth a call.

They had 2500-3000 out by the tourney fields, but by the building it was way less. Not to mention that 3 of the five lines where down most of the day.

[JJBrookshire]

[Natrix]

I go to CPX every weekend, of 10 people on our team, 4 work there, One of them is a manager, and a remaining 5 play there every weekend. This is the first time I've heard of this.

Anyway, BE basically runs that place as it is, and I wouldn't doubt it if forrest was leaving it to them. He did appear to be entertaining some people, seeing as he was reffing/escorting some people last weekend.

I doubt they're on strike over a change in ownership, though forrest is awesome and worth fighting for, to some people it may not be worth losing their jobs

I hope their not on strike because I was just told we have practice out there this weekend

[Hucklbry]

CPX

CPX does have some really nice fields, but I have to agree that there are too many cons to list. IMO it is not worth it to pay for bad paint, long waits between games, long walks to/form fields, 2000# air fills. Being that I just got back into the sport, I am still trying other fields in the area. I really enjoyed myself at Badlandz. Country Club is nice just for the fact that it is indoor, abit small though. I am going to check out Realms of Ruin this weekend. Hope to see some of you there.

[Natrix]

Yeah I got an email from one of my teammates, and they're striking on saturday. I'm gonna go because I HATE BE. I'll admit there are a lot of cons at that place, but the prices are good (except in the pro-shop), as is all day air, even if it's only 2000psi

Fox has good woods, and tournament fields, and it's BYOP to practices. Badlandz is anouther good field, but Country Club is not my cup of tea (bad refs, high prices, BIG mess)I heard Realms of Ruin is good though, as it should be, it's the old challenge park, the birthplace of my paintball obsession.

[Jerhew]

BE

BE owns CPX...you should expect terrible paint..

BRASS EAGLE PAINT...i'd rather use used paintballs:P

[joez]

today, CPX and BE were brought to their knees.

as the sun arose, there were already refs outside the gates, ready to sit all day. i was there with them. we all lost our jobs today, but this is a blow from which BE will never recover.

BE has been giving the employees of CPX (not just ref's) hell for a while now. we were simply attempting to get back what BE has taken away, and it was not just for us. BE has recently raised admission prices, along with prices of barrel socks, which will become manditory at the end of the summer. they have taken away the free rental for referee's (Great for fresh refs just getting into the sport), made numerous promisses to which they cannot fofill, and continuously screw over both their employees and customers. and them letting forest go, telling him that"he was no longer an asset", that lit the fuse under us. we all knew who forest was, he was almost like a father to some of the emplyee's, and also the one trying to better the referee's position.

litereally hundreds of open players were turned away today, recieving "gold passes" for coming out to the park. night games were canceled, most private games were sent home, and yet, a lot of players actually suported us. CPX and BE stood to loose $60,000 this saturday, and stand to loose almost as much tommarow. they did not want to help us out. we just wanted the stuff back that they took away, and they couldnt do it.

yes, it was just a reffing job, and yes, they will just try to restaff the park, and yes, it will remain open, but with the massive understaffing, and all of the reschedualling of private groups, this is a blow that they will never recover.

management did not know what to do today, they wouldnt even come out to tell us that we were fired. every guide, most refs, and even trainee's are now gone.they have 6 refs. 6. just think about this next time you want to play. the cororate monster is dying.

[WARPED1]

Good, bout time BE suffered a little.............

[shartley]

[fire1811]

dont get me wrong i have know forest for a long time
but shartley is 100% correct.

even IF BE did lose 60g (which another local field owner figured to only come out to 20g) do you really think BE
is even going to miss that? multimillion dollar company, pocketchange.
and remember there would be no CPX if it wasnt for BE
not hard facts but from a very reliable source is that
forest only owned 13% of CPX.
thats not even close to a majority shareholder.

yea it sucks that forest got the boot but all
the striking in the world isnt going to help.
about the only thing i think that could get forest back is
if CPX flopped big time now. and honestly this isnt going to happen. More refs will come. really how many of you refs even knew who Forest Brown was before you started working at CPX? not many i bet.

it sucks and im sure he appricates your support.
good luck

[Star_Base_CGI]

I worked for a big grocery store that was loosing money. First of all big companies all hide profits because they hate paying taxs. Any way they can find money they do. Than they pay the CEO tons of cash. One way in this instance you could hide money. Is sell yourself the paintballs at a loss. Ie sell BE paint for $60 a case and sell it back to yourself for $70 a case on bill. Brasse Eagle would still make money. I thought in the spplat attack Video the field looked nice but over grown. They couldnt find anyone to cut the grass or are they just that unbearable to work for. It looked like Grass was not cut at all and fields were not properly maintained.

I thought the owner, who had did set design made Bedlem look really nice. Now if hes gone so will all of that be and it will really suck.

LOL but I hate greedy companies so let them rot. Just because something looks nice doesnt mean it is or a good company or anything.

[joez]

yes, the fieldds are overgrown and unmaintained. the only one that gets any attention was bedlam.

is this a bump in the raod, yes, but it will take a long time for CPX to become profitable for them.

all we did was show more and more profitts, every month. and what did they thank us with? nothing. oh wait, once we got an e-mail to Forest thanking us.

there were some of us who worked there long enough to see all the changes, and see this park continually go down hill. the paint, for one, i can remember when we sold diablo and PMI prmium, for the same price as this crap they sell now. the BE paint is a joke. they are selling the "premium" paint for $100 a case, and it is from before shatner. their "winter" paint, was summer paint, it said summer right on the box.

like i said, profitts have been up for a while, they overbook priavate games to the point where that is where all the refs are used. this is why open games suffer. the man who replaced forest, belives that open games, along with weekday play, and tourney's, are all loosers. just like night games. if it was up to them, the park would be open friday through sunday and only private games. well, right now they have to reschedual more than 50 private games (and thats just this weekend and next), and they are unable to accept new ones for a long time, as they are booked for a long time.

now shartley, yes, most of everything they took away were perks of the job, but like i said, they are trying to screw the players too. with how high the proffits were, what did they do, raised their already high enty fee. they got a shipment of cheaper made barrel socks, and they raised the price on those. for us, we do not get time and a half for working hollidays, we no longer get free rental, nor free entry. discount on paint, nope, not anymore. raising costs of the uniforms and safety equipment we have to buy (osha states that required safety eqipment must be refunded), get me tools to work on my shed, nope, i had to buy my own. food, we have to buy theirs for what you people know is highway robbery. we no longer get free water (in a cup), and their was no full time employees, even when we work there full time. just another way for them to get around benefits, and more perks.

and just one more tidbit of info, there was only one park to ever last a decent ammount of time, and that was the old challenge park. and that was under forest, not BE.