Your ideal feild and store?

[minimag03]

The most inportant thing for me is a nice staff that cares more about pb and helping you than making money.

minimag03

[brtncstm160]

Id say basically what everyone else above said but i would add that we need some other players that dont cheat and can call themselves out everyonce and a great while instead of playing on or whiping

JJ

[GoatBoy]

I guess I'm going to run against the grain, as I usually do.

I personally see no value in having a stocked store at a field. It usually pains me to see a 'pro shop' at a field, because that just means they're losing money keeping that inventory there. The "pro shop" aspect should be kept to a bare minimum.

The most I've needed to purchase at the field was, like, some macroline or a barrel condom.

Lockers/changing area/flushing toilets. Clean. Offer some sort of day-use locker storage for 'members'.

I'd like to see refs who want to keep the field profitable. This means doing things to make sure the customers are having a good time so they'll come back for more fun. I see refs/staff doing the exact opposite of this, which puzzles me to some extent. You don't want a staff that cares more about paintball than making money considering the current atmosphere of paintball, and which segment of our population considers themselves top dog. One of our local fields has this guy working the front desk that knows NOTHING about paintball. But he's GREAT with the customers, and I'd say he's one of the biggest assets to that field.

Fields:

2x woods
2x airball
1x urban
1x "fort"
maybe 1 hyper/lego field; probably not a requirement if the above are met

And one constantly evolving 'concept field'. Why be another drone? Be creative, surprise us!

Having grass on the airball field is nice.

BYOP capability. "Paint fee" it if you have to.

Some sort of clean, indoor sitting area; preferably not in the through path from parking lot to field. 802.11b/g wireless access for parents/SO's to have something to do. Maybe sort of a hangout-like atmosphere.

Oh yeah, staging area... Need shade and tables.

Should offer beverages; food I'm not so big on.



Air stations... one in the staging area, a second 'mobile' one nestled out with the fields somewhere. Be sure to bring it in and lock it up at the end of the day.



Wireless field-cams... Hooked up to a computer, which constantly records the action. Let's say you just totally pwned someone on the field. At the end of the day, they can burn you a CD/DVD of whatever clips you want. This would be great for parties as well, I think. Cams could also be viewable on TV's inside the hangout area...

[Python14]

Four Hyperball fields( 2 Five mans, a 3-man, and a 10-man)
Four Woods fields (1 huge field100+ player teams, 2 mediums, 1 small5 player teams)
Five airball fields (One 3-man, 2 Five-mans, 1 Seven-man , and 1 thirteen-man)
Two X-ball fields (One regular Five-man and a larger Seven-man with 3 Xs)

The non-woods ball fields would be this type of long stalk astroturf that looks and feels like real grass(I've never played on it, but my grandmother replaced her lawn with it a few years back and you can slide for miles on it). The X-ball fields would have Bleecher seating around the outside (the fields would be next to each other, with scoreboards over the ultimate field judge/penalty box inbetween them). They would also have a roof covering the fields and bleechers. The roof could be retracted though so the refs can get a tan. The other five airball fields would be next to the X-ball fields, and the Hyperball fields would be just behind them(put your best foot forward, right?)

The woods fields would be behind all this, with a central trail/road to get to them. A tractor(s) with a trailer would move players from the staging area to the fields.

The staging area/Pro shop would be kind of like a Golf Country club. It would be behind the X-ball fields and next to the hyperball fields. The front of it would share the boundary with the Xball fields. The staging area would have both a covered area, an indoor area with a small restaurant in it(Buffalo Wild Wings?). The bathrooms would be real bathrooms, and would also have private showers and a locker room for teams. A second floor enclosed viewing area would be kind of like a observation deck at an airport. The front would view the Xball fields and the side would view the 10-man hyperball field. The store would carry every Major brand, and also would have a section of everyday clothes so you could do all your shopping at one place. Rentals would be range in performance from pumps(Sniper 2s) up to electros(E-mags). There would be atleast one full time gun tech on duty to do warranty wood, and I'm sure with all the players this field would attract, if the tech was busy, someone else could do it too.

All the fields would be well lit for night play and the netting would be well secured so it doesn't blow in the wind. The field layouts would change weekly, and be posted on the internet so teams could print them out for tournaments.

Refs would be full time/non-playing employees to help eliminate any kind of bias. Field fees would be well spent as well, and memberships would be available too. Members would get some sort of deal on paint and food.

A year long tournament series would be run similar to the CFOA(except it'd be at the same place all year) with accumulated points and an invitation only championship held around Thanksgiving. Smaller rookie, young guns, Top gun, and ladies only tournaments would be held too, so everyone would get a chance to play.

And my office would be in a huge tower that looks kind of like the Eye of Sauron.

Yea, my field would be awsome.

[Steelrat]

Don't know if anyone mentioned this, but it should be BYOP. FPO works for the field, but as I player I generally dont go to places that have this rule. I will, however, pay over $10 for all day air without getting upset, so you can make some money that way. Have a rule prohibiting scubas or any personal fill stations.

Run games continuosly. One local field has games going all the time, they just dont stop. I feel like Im getting my money's worth there.

[2003paintballa]

it'd be all on flat ground, and the greenest, nicest , grass around. No dirty spots what so ever so easy sliding. Thered be full nets around the field. A fill station right next to the fields, and a snack bar. I'd keep it pretty simple but enought to have a blast.

2 airball fields- 10 man fields, can be broken down to 5 mans or w/e
1 x-ball field and have real matches.
1 hyperball field, cuz u got to keep it classic
atleast 4 refs per field just to keep it fair so theres no
a gun tech there to work on broken guns, and if ur guns broke i'd have timmys and trixes up for rent

[nt2004]

my ideal feild- Free marbs. Thats all i need