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NFinite Edge Paintball Park
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916-638-2775 |
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101 Jackson Road
Plymouth, California 95669
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May 11th, 2008 |
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1 year |
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My comments are stricty about the staff, which were exceptional. I'm referring specifically to Don (an owner) and David, a referee.
They were professional, to be sure, but also extraordinarily friendly and informative, not just about their own fields and rules but about pb equipment in general and even playing strategies. I couldn't have been more impressed. These guys love their job.
Of particular note was how accommodating they were of my 10-year old son, a first timer. After the first game, he felt right at home.... which was unusual considering he was playing an intense game with a bunch of Rambos. They were firm with the rules but not to the point of being critical or making him feel like he really screwed up. They helped calibrate the gun, loaned him some gloves, explained each field in detail, were with him in the practice area, always took their time, and just assisted us both in a variety of ways throughout the day.... all without making a big deal about any of it. They genuinely seemed to like doing it.
Overall, they had the best attitudes I've ever seen, and it rubbed off on the players as well. |
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| Date There: |
May 4th, 2008 |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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Ghetto Field Highway 32- paintball basic training
Oroville Wildlife Refuge- special ops, jungle insurgent training, navy seal tactics.
Combat Zone Oroville- A place to shoot other people besides my teammates. |
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Nfinite Edge Paintball Park.
Pros- The $15 registration fee was pretty decent for such a large park. Although I didn't rent a rental, the rentals were Autocockers with compressed air tanks, hopper, barrel condom, your usual rental package. The rentals look like they were well keep and cleaned. YOU must have a barrel condom. The paintball place don't allow barrel plugs because of some insurance policy. Field paint, which is not listed on the website were XO and Abyss. I didn't buy any of them because I brought my own paint. The crono machine was in the shooting range. Compress air was right outside the pro shop. Didn't know where the CO2 machince was, had all my CO2 tanks filled before I came. I called the manager a few days before we went about the turn out of people on your typically Sunday at the park, he told me about 70-90. He was right. We got there about 11:00 and there was about 80-90 people already. The teams were divided up evenly with a mixture of woodsballers and speedballers, rentals and none rentals on each team. One team had colored banned on their guns and the other team did not. Each game was 40 mins, two 20 minute capture the flags. 15-20 minutue rest before the next set of games started. I didn't see any cheating myself, but a friend saw one guy got caught cheating by ref and was booted out of the course. I'm not %100 sure if the refs did paint checks, but its more of a honor system if you get tagged.
Cons- I only found a few cons about the park because it was my first time there. The first con was the 2 hour drive from home. Shading in the parking lot was very limited. I only notice about 3 trees in the parking lot. So bring a tent for shade or show up early to get a good shaded spot. The wait time for each game was about 15-20 minutes. Which is annoying when you traveled over 100 miles to come to the park expecting a lot of game play. The refs were picky on the rules, leave your barrel condom on or don't adjust your mask on the field. But I dont blame them, when you deal with hundreds of people every weekend, your gonna get a few bad apples that dont follow the rules and ruined it for everyone. If there were any injuries on the field, you must put down your markers. The refs will literally come and check everyone around him. Usually before every game starts, one of the refs would yell out that the next game was starting. If you were on the other side of the parking lot from that ref, its hard to hear. For some reason there was a private group of 30-40 people there, which walk ons could not play with or against. I though that was kind of odd. Like I said, it was my first time there, so didn't find too many cons about the park.
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I don't play speed ball too much, but there was only one field which was right next to the pro shop/office/station. I think it was a hyperball course. I was talking to the owner, which was a friendly guy to talk too, he said he was gonna build two more hyperball course behind the shooting range within the next few weeks.
There was 3 woodsball fields. The first one was, I believed called the castle course. The castle course was on a side of a hill with a small ravine. Not much nature cover. There were small 3 sided structures on each of the starting points. Single water towers here and there. A few stacks of steel barrels here and there. There was a small castle like structure near the top of the hill, if you were to get to it, it was very well protected. There was a speed ball like complex at the bottom of the hill, if you were to get to it, lots of structure to hide behind and there was a snake. There was one tree that was located in the middle of the course, it had a bunch of wood and plastic boards so that players can hide behind them. The funny thing about this course was, when I played it, there were no boundries. Some of the players, including myself were having fire fights "gun battles" behind hill away from the refs line of sight. So anything goes when your out of sight from the refs. On this field, expect to shoot a lot because everyone is very visible but out of range. I manage to tag a few people up hill at about 70-80 yards with my flatline.
The second course was I think called the town, but I could be wrong, forgot what exactly the ref called it. The course was on top of a hill. Lots of nature wood cover. This course was circular with a town/fort like structure in the middle. Heavy woods around the town/fort. This course was more of a close range combat, so the ref crono checks everyones gun before they participate in it. So bring your tools on this course. Bunkers, piles of wood and some plastic and wood boards as cover around on town/fort. Our team flanks and we never went in the middle like all the speedballers did. So can't tell you much about the town/fort besides it being very close range combat.
The last course was called the ravine. Lots of nature wood cover. On this course, each team started on their own down hill side. At the buttom there was a creek with a bunch house structures. Each side of the hill had plastic and wood boards. This course is a camp fest so expect to shoot a lot. The sides are a little easier to move, but once you reach the middle, its a camp fest. Play smart and DON'T RUN downhill. The sides are almost 35-45 degree slopes, so don't run down hill at top speeds like this one speedballer did. You can get hurt, which the speedballer did and was his own fault. The best strategy is work around the sides on this course because the middle is very open unless you run fast enough to the middle structures.
Staff- There was nothing to complain about the staff, besides the ref being picky on the rules. The ladies behind the counter at the pro shop seemed friendly to me, so nothing to complain about. The owner (Rob, Ron or Bob, never ask his name, just saw it on the back of his jersy)came over and chit-chatted with us right before we left was really friendly. Never really had time to chat with the refs, so no comment on them. The staff and refs kept good communication between them all through radios. The day we went, two people got injured and the refs called in to the pro shop, less then 3 mins a truck would show up to pick up the injured player.
Conclusion- I had a really fun time but was a little disappointed about the courses. In my opinion, two of the three courses were a camp fest. Its a really nice place to play, just kinda of out of the way for my friends and I. If you live near or within 50 miles of the sacramento area, by all means, I recommand you to go. Just bring a lot of water and a tent. Good staff and good entry price. No comment on rental packages and field paint, didnt use any.| Last edited on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 5:56 pm PST |
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April 26th, 2008 |
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Paintball
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2 years |
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I've only played here, but I played here years ago when it was Paintball Sam's.
Other than that, mostly on private property. |
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Directions
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Hwy 50 to Bradshaw, Jackson road, just PAST Ione Road on left. |
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I went here for my bachelor party last weekend. We had about 12 guys playing.
Basically, they took care of us. They gave us our own referee, who was awesome. He took us where we wanted, and even offered to kick anyone off that field if we wanted to play it.
Everyone that worked there was very attentive and ready to help out at the drop of a hat.
Rental equipment was in top shape, and worked flawlessly for the guys who rented it.
The fields had good cover and fire points. We enjoyed playing Ravine the most with the wooded areas, creeks and hills. (the shade on this field was nice too.)
We played for about 4 hours and had a blast all day.
I'll be going here again. I'll be bringing my friends and more when I do.
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| Date There: |
March 24th, 2008 |
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Paintball
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Less than a month |
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Went there with group of colleages and it was awesome fun. They have 4 different fields ranging in size, terrain and cover and they each give a unique experience.
The staff was very friendly and helpful. Even though we signed the injury waiver they are still dilligent making sure we follow safety rules.
I had a great time and will return for more fun. |
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| Last There: |
March 24th, 2008 |
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1 year |
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Awesome place. Great variety of playing fields, excellent renters equipment and wonderful staff. We had a group of 24 and spent the entire afternoon on all 3 of their main fields and a couple of the smaller ones.
It was a cool surprise at the opening when I tested my weapon and got a very straight shot with a hearty WHAMP! on my target at a 50yard range (I'm still a bit new to paint ball and horrible at range calculations, put another way, the gun was way better then anything I'd rented before). I chuckled to myself about how I must have gotten the best rental gun they had and how I'd be our team's sniper with it. I was unpleasantly surprised a few minutes later to find my gun only average and my opponents wielding similar range/accuracy weapons.
As cool as the fields and equipment were, it is the staff that really sets this place apart. During our trip the staff at NFinite edge really when the extra mile to ensure everyone had a great time. They were laid back and friendly while at the same time ensuring safety policies were followed at all times. They gave great instructional overviews of the equipment as well as helpful tips to all of our first time players. The ref was very attentive at all times and in general had fun with us.
If you haven't been there yet, this is definitely a place to check out. |
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008 |
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March 27th, 2008 |
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1 year |
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Played at Lincoln Paintball during the winter time. The speedball Nfinite Edge field is more spacious and the staff at Nfinite Edge is really awesome (Lincoln guys were cool too, but Nfinite Edge guys were better!) |
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Saftey was #1 top priority. noone wants to get shot in the eye - all the fun would be over at that point. They stressed the importance without being aggressive about it.
The equipmet was top notch - we were using rentals that were comparable to some nice markers I've seen friends buy for themselves. This really makes it much more fun when you're dealing with good equipment rather than beat up and junky stuff.
The staff was unbelievable. Fun, professional, helpful, everything. Those guys really made our group feel welcome and did everything in their power to make sure we had a fun time. Usually a niche sport facility like go-carts or billiards or something has a bunch of grumpy elitist people running the show. Definately not the case here - they were more than happy to explain things to the new players and make the whole experience excellent.
You'd be crazy to go anywhere else in the Sacramento area.| Last edited on Thursday, March 27th, 2008 at 10:57 am PST |
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NIIDeep |
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 |
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March 24th, 2008 |
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2 years |
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This is the first outdoor field I've played in Northern Cal. I've been out of the game for awhile but I used to play SC Village when I lived in Southern Cal. |
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We held a company team building activity here with about 25 people. The first thing Don and David stressed when we got there was safety. And they're pretty strict on that which is a good thing. This was my first time playing after years of being out of the game. I've played at a several different places elsewhere before. And my biggest gripe then was the inconsistent and low budget equipment that some places rent. I was VERY impressed and happy to see NFinite Edge's standard rental marker is an Autococker (Trilogy?). In addition, they offer great quality masks that don't fog up (hate it when that happens) and have good face coverage. They even have masks to accommodate people who wear glasses. I guess they want to make sure no one gets excluded from the fun. Camo body suits are available as well. Don, the manager, is a friendly guy that made every effort to ensure we had an awesome time. And he's a great patriot. Marine Corp. Hoorah! David was an awesome referee, making sure no one go hurt and that we were all having a good time. We had some female players and they were all treated well. As for play, we pretty much played all the fields available there except for hyper/speed ball. All fields were laid out well, had good strategic cover, challenging, and fun to play. Lots of hilly terrain to maneuver through.. a good workout. What do you expect with 350 acres? “No boundaries” was pretty much the theme for the day. At the end of 4-5 hours of play with well planned breaks in between, the two teams were exhausted but content, each with their red badges of courage. Again I have to reiterate that Don and David were just awesome. They really hooked up us up. Thanks guys. This is a great family owned and family orientated field. They welcome all players of all skills. Safety and your ability to have fun is job #1 for them. Thanks for the awesome p-ball experience. Feedback from my employees were pretty much along the lines of, “This was one the best team building events ever.” Some even wanted to go back the next day. Needless to say, we will be back….
Fields (played mostly capture the flag and center flag):
Evil - Large field on the side of the Hill, out in the open. Coverage is mostly various barricades and wooden structures. Fun for no nonsense straight up skirmishes.
Ravine - Field is, as it says, in a Ravine (or gulley). Play can be lengtthwise, running the length of the ravine or from width wise where teams stop at the tops of either end and funnel down towards the gulley. Lots of coveage by trees (shadow areas) and barriers made with natural elements. There's a stream that runs down the length of the field that's crossable. Very cool terrain.
Village - Great close quarters skirmishes. Prepare to blow through a couple of pods here. Typically center flag game. Small "village" area located high on a hill, surround by fairly rough terrain below. Lot's of natural bunkers. Not much running and gunnin' here. Pretty much dig in and creep forward. But great opportunity to go Commando for the center flag and run it to the other team's HQ. We had a few "so close but no win" as players made last ditch efforts to get to the checkpoint, only to be gunned down in cross fire from a solid defense. "Light'em up boys!"
David's "Special" - A field located behind Village. Maze like with natural bunkers all over. Lots of hi to low vantage points. Not a run and gun field either. Dig in and take out the other team opportunistically. If you're up to the work out, you can manuveur the rough terrain for a flanking move. But by then you may be too tired. Wooded area.
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March 24th, 2008 |
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Less than a month |
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Went w/ ~20 people as part of team building. Staff, Don/David, were really great. As a first timer I had apprehensions regarding the game of paintball. I most appreciated the enforcement of the safety rules. It made me feel better that I wasn't going to accidentally get hurt or hurt anyone by accident. This allowed me to relax and have fun... examples: enforcing barrel plug for dead players, enforcing goggles on the field, etc. I don't have a favorite field as each was different, but all were fun. |
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March 24th, 2008 |
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Paintball
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2 years |
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Other Fields
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I played a field up north of Lincoln (can't remember the name), and didn't like that field nearly as much as this one. |
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Directions
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Right off hwy 16 a couple of minutes past Rancho Murietta |
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The facilities are great- they have a big variety of fields and terrain that are a lot of fun, and they have a lot of obstacles and structures built for cover. We played in 4 different fields, and all of them were huge. The rental equipment was good, and the staff was very friendly. I recommend. |
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March 24th, 2008 |
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Less than a month |
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I have only played paintball a couple of times - and this field has it all. Playing 'The village' is the most fun Ive had in paintball. |
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Directions
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Itsa just off hwy 16, above Rancho Murrieta. ~20 mins from Folsom, CA. |
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We had a group event (~25 ppl) and lets just say that Don knows how to take care of his customers. We all ended up having a great time, and were thoroughly exhausted and full of small welts when we were thru.
They took us to three different fields, and overall we played about 8 games total in the 5 hours of time we were there.
There are woods, open field with obstacles, boundary and boundless games, etc.
I highly recommend the Nfinite Edge fields. |
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