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Just once |
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| Date There: |
December 7th, 2008 |
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Paintball
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2 years |
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I've also played at Safari. Overall I would definitely rate Arena higher. The paint is cheaper in price but not in quality, there was more help readily available, and more choices or where/what to play. |
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| Review: |
First I am a hard critic. I never give 10's to anything, even myself, something can always be improved.
That being said, I was a little surprised by the cost. It was cheaper than what I've been used to. I have played at Action Jacks in IA and D-Day along with a few other fields. It was a little weird to have tax added to things (if you take cash, plan on tax). My experience before has always been everything just rounded to dollars.
I was impressed by their hospitality. Even the owner came out talked to us and recognized me from the shop (not the shop at the field).
We had a group of about 40. Everything played was straight knockout or last man standing with time actually called once (partly due to no one moving and was getting too dark on the field not lit up, so GREAT call for safety reasons).
I also liked the fact that they mentioned they were trying something new with one of the fields. Excellent quality to always be looking to improve which tells me this place is only going to get better.
One improvement might be to do capture the flag or have certain objectives to accomplish to give different games feels. A woodsball field in the future might be an added bonus as well for the die hard that isn't willing to try something new. The city is pretty good and a good alternative for the guys that love the woodsball. I think if it were my field, I might try taking a few obstacles out opening up the field a little more to give more action. It may or may not work but just a thought. Also being a city, it might be cool to have an open trail/road down through the middle to give a little more challenge to cross over to "enemy" territory, once again, just a thought.
Overall, great experience and a great place with awesome staff and owners. I will definitely be headed back out to play again and several of our group are wanting to return as well.
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