Comments on Jason_B's Review

Jason_B Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 Period of Field Use: Just once Date There: July 21st, 2007 Paintball Experience: More than 5 years Other Fields in the Area: Field of Fun way back when... Directions to the Field: About 45 minutes north of Columbus. Directions are on website and are accurate and easy to follow. Review: I haven't played paintball since about 1999. Just decided one day a few weeks ago that I wanted to get back into it. My brother in law ("BIL" for short), who's played once, came along. I bought all of my equipment (PMR) from Splatterpark's shop off of I-71 and got a coupon booklet with discounted admission, airfills, etc. BIL had to rent his gear. Aside from an occassional stuck bolt on his rental (98 Custom), he had no problems with the equipment. I wasn't crazy about the price I had to pay at first. I had my own gear and a coupon entitling me to $22 off admission. Somehow it still cost me $50, but I was too excited to get back out on the field again that I didn't say anything. I'll just use it next time, I guess. The first thing that struck me - even as we rolled up to the field in my car - was how organized and professional the place seemed. BIL and I were standing out in the open talking to each other trying to figure out what we should be doing first when a guy in a bright yellow shirt approached and eagerly answered a few questions. We were both pretty impressed. It took awhile for the registration/rental line to move, but that's not really a bad thing. They had a good turnout at the field. We were put into a group that consisted of about 60 guys. Splatterpark is VERY safety oriented, which is very important and SHOULD be at the top of EVERYONE'S list, including the players. We got a very detailed safety briefing by one of the refs and then we were off to our first round. The refs were genuinely helpful and interested in everyone's safety and enjoyment. Despite a nimrod here and there who entered the safety zone without a barrel plugs (how hard is it to remember, anyway?), no issues came up. If I had one complaint, it would be the size of our group. Splatterpark's fields are very nice (good size, well taken care of), but 30v30 is just too much chaos. It's very difficult to organize a group that size and plan strategy, and the amount of randomness introduced by such a large group can be frustrating for everyone. I wish they had divided us in half. It seemed like they had enough refs, and they certainly had enough fields (there were only two other groups there - both very small private parties). Other than that, no complaints. The other players were friendly and sportsmanlike, which was also nice. I quit playing back in '99 for a couple reasons including lack of proper safety measures and too many meathead-type players with no life outside of paintball. Glad to see that's changed. Atmosphere was very family oriented but still competitive. These are the same folks (I think) who ran Field of Fun out in Pataskala, and now that they have the funds to do Paintball the way they want to do it, they've really created something nice that's very welcoming to newcomers. They do make you buy their own paint. Some say it's to prevent people shooting frozen paint (anyone who actually does that should be hanged by their gonads), others say it's to collect more revenue. Personally, I think it's probably both and I have no problem with that. I'll be going back in a week or two for more!

Spyders_web13 Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 | 4:42 pm PST "I bought all of my equipment (PMR) from Splatterpark's shop off of I-71" I just wanted to say.......Splatterpark is not Paintball Ohio.....there 2 different companies.... Last edited on Thursday, July 26th, 2007 at 8:20 am PST

engtmarines8 Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 | 5:32 pm PST Thry are 2 different companies but are affiliated and work together