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Picasso Lake Paintball Field
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1-800-21-FIELD |
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route 73 and norcross rd.
Winslow Township, New Jersey 08095
USA
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Cmau55 |
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 |
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May 3rd, 2008 |
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Paintball
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Less than a month |
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We had 14 people in our group (9 kids and five adults) for my sons 13th birthday party. EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME!!
We don't play often so I can't really compare this field with others. But, after playing here, we will be going back. They have six fields and each offers a unique challange. (we liked the trenchs best) For our party we played on 4 of the fields and had them to ourselves...... BIG plus.
The day started off a little rocky. They were crowded and somewhat disorginized in getting us to the fields. However, once we got going, the games rolled and there was no down time. We got in plenty of games and everyone was more than satisified with the amount of play.
The staff was really good. Bill (the owner) is just a really nice guy, he was great. Our ref did his job well, explaining the rules, making sure everyone played a safe game and showing great patience with the kids without being overbearing. Just about every member of the staff stopped by to high five and say happy birthday to my son
Bottom line- The fields were really good, the staff was great and we all had a good day. Oh, did I mention, the prices were very reasonable. ......... |
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| Last There: |
March 8th, 2008 |
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Paintball
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1 year |
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Other Fields
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Paintball Invasion |
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Directions
to the Field: |
Google the address. They have a fairly large sign on the entrance. |
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[Pros]
- Reps may be young but they do their best to make things fun.
- Staffs willingly work with players to sort out some issues.
- All woodsball with various terrain. Different enough yet not overly complicated.
- BYOP
- Resonable price (Unlike Skirmish USA, PA) $ 25 entrance fee / $35 entrance fee w/gear rental (mask, marker, and tank) / $ 55 for a box of Stingers (2000 count)
[Cons]
- Voluntary chrono (some players were definitely shooting hot)
- No team balance check between the games. In mid-game, we were completely out numbered (players dropping out and some changing teams) with four kids on our side. Not fun if your team is on a losing streak for 8+ rounds.
- No snack stand. I saw someone selling girl-scount cookies but I don't think he was the owner. I wonder whether or not I can bring my drink/food next time.
* Staff/Reps were doing their job and i could see them actually trying very hard. It has nothing to do with Picasso Lake, but some players were just flat out a*holes. (What can you do...) I saw one of the kids on my team got lit up by opposition. As he was walking toward to a deadbox (with barrel plugged and gun pointed in the air), some asses were still firing at him. Come on!
[Conclusion]
Highly recommended. I will definitely go there again with my buddies from work.
** Updates (3/8/2008) **
I went back to the place 3/8/2008 with 7 other co-workers.
Despite the horrendous weather (down pouring rain), not only they were open but also did their best to accommodate everyone's needs. I didn't catch the ref's name but man...he was really professional. (Imagine running around in muddy fields while raining and trying to make fair calls)| Last edited on Monday, March 10th, 2008 at 6:08 pm PST |
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May 5th, 2007 |
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Paintball
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3 years |
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This was my second time at this field. Not much has changed within the past three years.
Pros:
>All woodsball
>5 varied fields we played at, all are medium sized and offer a variation of terrain, I like them all.
>Great refs, the kids try to make everyone have fun.
>Relaxed atmosphere, barrel (plugs, masks, etc) ... sometimes a little too much (see below)
>Clean port-a-potty (but only one)
>Snack stand, candy bars, hot dogs ($2), sodas and energy drinks.
>Owner tries hard for smooth operation.
>BYOP - good for me since I can bring along the good stuff for my flatline, yet bad if idiots want to bring old and or frozen paint ... you never know.
Cons:
>No mandatory chrono - should sticker all chronoed markers.
>No CO2 - should have posted this on their websites, only HPA. You can rent HEAVY tanks for $5 ...
>Only played 2 rounds on each field and then walked back to staging area to refill, should play 3 rounds ... it just seemed that we were doing more walking and waiting than playing. This was part fault of the 2 rounds per field and my group of wasting time at the staging area being lazy. Besides, if each team winds one round then there is no tie breaker.
>Played too much elimination, refs seemed to like this for some reason, probably time constraint.
> Only one port-a-potty, is someone takes a dump, then there is a line. Two for this sized field should be standard. Good note was that it was clean, even for the ladies. ;-)
>Noticed more than usual amount of idiots walking around without barrel plugs, firing by mistake (finger on trigger) and shooting near dead-boxs. Refs do tell them, idiots are just not very educated in gun safety and have few brain cells left, not ref's fault.
> Bad planning, they demolished an old trailer. They did it on a Saturday when they have the most amount of people there playing?!? Come on owner Bill, that needs to be done on a weekday.
>BYOP - good for me since I can bring along the good stuff for my flatline, yet bad if idiots want to bring old and or frozen paint ... you never know.
Overall I like this field and will play there again with the right crowd. Picasso Lake Paintball could easily be a top field for woodsballers if they organized it a little better. It has a steady business, yet could really be big with a few basic changes and upgrades - high potential! | Last edited on Sunday, May 6th, 2007 at 2:14 pm PST |
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| Last There: |
April 15th, 2007 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Other Fields
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invasion, OTP, skirmish |
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alright what can i say about Picasso. this place is amazing the refs are good and the Field's are nice too. i just went last Saturday the place ws packed! it was great though cause we were getting 20 on 20 games which were really cool. overall i give the course a 9 so i highly recommend this field to those big time woods ballers! |
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Da Mon |
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Friday, November 17th, 2006 |
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November 9th, 2006 |
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Paintball
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1 year |
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Affordable, if you bring your own gear you can use your own paint. Unlimited air, although they are a bit strict on Co2 refills.
Four fields that I'm aware of, the "Beach" is my personal fav. This past weekend was the first time I saw a snack type stand set up. Nice touch.
Bill is the man.
Last time I went the parking lot was completely full, people were parking out on the road and walking in. Must have been 50+ walk-ons which is a lot for this place.
Goin' back this weekend, with a bunch of guys from work.
Only down side is sometimes they have problems handling larger crowds and the walk on games don't start until 10:30-11:00. But I can live with that drawback. |
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| Last There: |
October 28th, 2006 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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Who cares |
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Directions
to the Field: |
Right off Rt 73 near Berlin |
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No matter when I go to Picasso I always seem to have more fun there than other fields.
I have been to On Target which was fun but I still have more fun at Picasso. I can't quite put my finger on why that is. The fields are decent in size but not complicated. They don't have the most elaborate props/bunkers or pro shop like say Skirmish, so I can't say that is the reason for the good times. Perhaps it is a people that I meet and play with there. Maybe it is the quality of the games we play. The Refs are young but they make for a fun and fair game so be sure to tip them at the end of the day.
The only thing I can hope for is that the owner lease the land on the other side of the railroad tracks and setup a huge field to host large scenario games. |
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| Last There: |
August 6th, 2006 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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Skirmish
Picasso Lake
On Target
Paintball Invasion, next street down
Cobra Command |
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Directions
to the Field: |
from philly 73 over tookany palmarya bridge
through berlin, nj loop around
make right on norcross and its about 1/4 mile up on the right :D |
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I love this place!
Great prices
BYOP! Always a plus!
Normally $30.00 for walk ons (includes air) AND you get back $5.00 when you give them back their armbands <pink> or <green>
Bills a great guy <owner> and refs are good
ive only been there once when there were newbie refs, but they were just learning...
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other than that, the refs are good and do their jobs well
chrono limit is 300 feet per second
rules are either everything counts for hits
sometimes they have knees and elbows down rules, which is fun, makes the games last longer
BTW anyone who plays there,
ON Aug 20th 2006 there will be a 1/2 price day **** $15.00****
i was talking to Bill this past weekend and he expects it to be pretty well turn out
so i hope to see you all there!
| Last edited on Friday, August 11th, 2006 at 7:19 am PST |
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Period of
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| Date There: |
May 1st, 2005 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
in the Area: |
ACPaintball field
Poco Loco
Paintball Action |
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| Review: |
I played at this field last year (took me a while to sign up as a user on pbreview...)
Great place to go if you are a woodsball player, no speedball field so no good for that.
Field fee is $25 with your own equipment.
Paint was $40 a case
Our games went very well, the players were split up to make the teams even as possible, keeping the high end gun players about evenly split.
The games were kept running at a good clip, we had a good 8+ games the day I was there, at a half hour each.
Overall I would recommend any woodsball player to come check it out. |
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D G |
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Tuesday, July 4th, 2006 |
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February 4th, 2006 |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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- Six or seven woodsball fields. the fields are good size with room to maneuver and feature varied terrain.
- BYOP; i love byop fields
- Fine refs, fine management
- I'm not a fan of the gun hits don't count rule that they like to use at this field. A coupe of times i was there with a group we were able to successfully vote to count all breaks, which made play more challenging.
Basically, it's a pretty nice place to come to play in the woods.
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| Last There: |
June 11th, 2006 |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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invasion, home made feilds, woods |
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I used to play at picasso often, but took a break for 2 years, at my new job I worked both saturday and sunday, but now I get to have sundays off and the last time I went I didnt have the type of experance I rembered. Dont get me wrong it wasn't the refs fault, or the feild owners. The fault relies on the people who played that day. Don't get me wrong I met some really cool people there and made some friend, but some of the people were inexperanced. For beginners its not a bad place to start but what I didnt like were the people who would sit behind a bunker with a box of paint on their back, and stick their barrel through a hole in a board and look through another hole and just lay it on the feild. The only way to get them out would be to either, thread a ball though a hole in the board or make them surrender, which would be the equlivant of storming omaha beach in normandy.
Over all I give the feild a 7, its a great rec ball place, its the other customers that gave me a negitive experance. |
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