Fields are for Losers

[MoserMan]

For these reasons:
You often have to travel 2 hrs into bumble-bill hickvill just to get there.
You have to pay to get in
Often you have to pay for their crappy paint which is jacked up
You have to wait for refs to start a game
The car ride home sucks cause your all dirtry and messing up your interior

Why finding your own paintball spot near home is better:

You can play much more often
You dont have to pay to play
You can buy your own paint
You can start games when ever you want
If you want to sit out a game to clean your gun, you dont fell left out since games aren't 45 min apart

Guerilla paintball rulz

[Restola]

What sucks about backyard bally:
no refs
never a lot of other players
no air fills
scares local people
more dangerous (rules may not be enforced, no nearby medical help)
hard to find land to play on
no tech help if gun goes down (not mags of course)
have to walk 5 miles in the woods to get there

no this isnt true for everyone, but neither is your description of normal fields. and i never had a problem of paying $15 to get to play with 20-30 other people. our backyard games were usually 3v4 or worse. IMHO backyard sucks.

why not do a couple things also:
-talk to the field owner about changing policies about paint (maybe higher field fee to BYOP, or maybe ask him to buy less paint so it doesnt go bad, or just simply educate him on preserving paint)
-talk to the refs about shorting waiting time. i know its an issue here but its usually because the refs are talking to a friend that dropped by and they lose track of time. whenever someone says "hey ref, can we get started?" we go right away.
-bring a change of cloths or a sheet for your car seats

[udtseal]

Re: Fields are for Losers

Originally posted by MoserMan
For these reasons:
You often have to travel 2 hrs into hickvill just to get there.
You have to pay to get in
Often you have to pay for their crappy paint which is jacked up
You have to wait for refs to start a game
The car ride home sucks cause your all dirtry and messing up your interior

Why finding your own paintball spot near home is better:

You can play much more often
You dont have to pay to play
You can buy your own paint
You can start games when ever you want
If you want to sit out a game to clean your gun, you dont fell left out since games aren't 45 min apart

Guerilla paintball rulz

Im not even gonna touch this one....breathe UDT....breathe......

[StevoC]

I'm with UDT and Restola: My local field is 3 minutes from my house, (and I live in a city environment, not hickville...It has 2 speedball and 6 wooded fields, paint is expensive there, but you can bring your own, and air is $2.00 to fill a 12 OZ. tank. So, not all experiences are the same.

[Hexis]

I have been playing renegade ball (or whatever you want to call it) for years. I also play on commercial fields from time to time, but mostly for big games. We have a chrono, CO2 and Nitro fill stations. We don't need refs cause we are all friends and trust each other. Every once and a while we will run in to a group or morons playing that have no clue how to play safe. We simply educate them. Show em how to Chrono their guns. Explain why it's important. Playing sans field can be a nice setup, but it's not for everyone.

[Shaft]

Yeah, fields are lame. I wish I could play in malls.
If I could only afford to set everyone up with goggles.

[Hexis]

Ok, now you are echoing my dream. Every time I go into the Mall of America, I think "wow, this would rock for a big game!".

[mykroft]

Fields have a number of advantages, from Ref's to fills, to having extra paint available if you run out.

Guerrilla gives us a bad rep in the media, especially if anything bad happens. That's why fields have Insurance.

But I'd kill for a BYOP field near me, everywhere I play is Field Paint Only.

[Failure]

Ahhh, I like playing fields better. My field, Top Gun, is like 45 minutes(25 when my friend drives) from mi casa. I like the field better because it sets a more competitive mood. Also where I come from 'hyper ball trees' don't grow. Nor do speed ball fields. Finding legal land to play on is scarce and if you are lucky enough to find some it isn't worth it to have to clean up after we are done. Shooting 5000 paintballs every weekend turns into a lot of litter. Its a win win situation in my eye. Playing in your backyard, you can't really judge how good you are. Playing against the same kids all the time with no variation is boring. Fields are not for losers and I think you are quite tacky for saying that. My field has 7 rec ball fields and 5 speedball fields compared to your 1 field of choice, whats dumb about that? Have mom and dad drive you to a field and play some ball.

BTW- games aren't 45 minutes apart where I play, thats insane. 45 minutes if you get eliminated at the start and its a long game, 'maybe'.

[wyn1370]

Yeah I hate playing at fields. I like to play on state land. oh wait when I was 17, I did that and we got our guns confiscated for 6 months. The DNR loves paintballers. Nope I'm gonna play where it's safe and legal, at a real field.

[Phatty]

I live in THE Hickville, but I still play at a field and it is great. Rec without a field is for newbies workin on their skills, fields are the only way to go.

[PowerFedMag]

damn

I can't believe you posted that moserman...its like you were just trying to randomly bash something.

maybe if you trying to be funny I wouldn't care as much...but that is just such a dumb post. Fields organize pball, and help make it grow as a sport...and prevent accidents that are more prone in backyard ball.

How bout trying to play a game at your field without a ref...That's what I do.

[Hexis]

Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of fields. Most in my area suck tho.

Now, Paintball Sam's in Racine WI is a different story. I head down there for the Big Games and love it.

wyn1370, in Minnesota anywhere it's legal to hunt, it's legal to play paintball. We have had cops stop by once. Once we explained that we were not an invading russian force (some old lady called em all worried) they hung out with us for a while.

[wyn1370]

I was just expaining what happens in my area. Any type of air gun is illegal on state land in Michigan. Funny thing though was my friend in high school had a dad who was a park ranger, and he said it was fine to play on state land. That was up to the part where the DNR (Department of Natural Resources) showed up, ticketed us and confiscated our guns. I never played renegade again, I stick to sanctioned fields now.

[Hexis]

Well I guess it shouw go without saying, but I will anyways. Check your local laws before you pick a spot to play.

Tho that didn't help why1370 out too much.