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Three Rivers Paintball Field
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724-775-6232 |
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Address: |
284 Rochester Road
Freedom, Pennsylvania 15042
USA
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| Date There: |
July 14th, 2007 |
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Paintball
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1 year |
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Other Fields
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EMR, PB Extreme, All American, Crazy Dave's, Urban-Assault. |
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Directions
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On web site or mapquest |
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| Review: |
This field overall was great. The Fields were very well set up, the refs were very professional and fair, but the only problem I had was the paint Prices. I understand that it costs alot to build a paintball park, and that the field bunker sets are expensive, but the owners should be building the field for the love of paintball, not to make a good profit. I know that almost all fields make you use FOP, but if TR had a BYOP day, or at least had a day where they cut the price in half, they would have so much for business. But, still great field.. just a little too pricy. |
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| Date There: |
October 10th, 2006 |
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Paintball
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1 year |
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Other Fields
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Paintball Extreme is the best and it's super cheap!!! |
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I didn't like here because the ref was rushing the games and making fun of people. The ref was being mean to me cause maybe i was the only girl. There was only one ref on the field there and it looked like he didn't want to be there at all and there were about 20 of us on the field....he didn't care to much. At Paintball Extreme there is aleast 3 to 4 refs on the fields and that it looks like they want to be there! One time I went to Paintball Extreme and one of the refs was sick and he didn't call off because and wanted to go ref!!! Three Rivers is not like that...the refs are boring....they don't talk to you....they got attitude problems.This place is really pricey, they should lower some of they're prices!! And the fields were smashed together and stuff. I didn't like this place at all!!! They should change some stuff.| Last edited on Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 at 7:49 am PST |
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ptb33 |
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Thursday, November 9th, 2006 |
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| Last There: |
September 17th, 2006 |
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Paintball
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4 years |
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Other Fields
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Urban Assaul (Avoid), and All American Paintball Park |
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Directions
to the Field: |
www.trpaintball.com
Its on the website |
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I must say, this field is excellent! The first time I went there, the first thing I immediately noticed was the excellent environment. Unlike some other fields, its a good environment, with many people who are there for the same reason, to enjoy paintball.
One thing that I find is very important, is that they have good rules, and they ENFORCE them. I cannot emphasize how awesome that is. At Urban Assault, I noticed that there is only one referee, and he basically just chills there. There are guys ramping 23+ bps, and people are getting bonus balled like crazy, and the 15 ft rule is violated. BUT, at Three Rivers, there are multiple refs out on the field, enforcing every rule. There is the "no ramping" rule at Three Rivers. It really keeps the games from getting out of hand. And yes, they enforce it. I had my Ion, the first time I went, and I turned it on ramping 20 bps for one game, just to "show off", and they caught me within 15 seconds. I got a warning, and was called out, and if I was caught ramping again, I would be kicked out of the field for the rest of the day.
Three Rivers has I think 9-10 woods fields, which are all very fun to play at, excluding the tire field. The tire field is vietnam style, and nobody moves.... so its just sitting there. But all of the other fields have helicopters, houses, bridges, tanks, vans, and more. They are all fun fields to play on. There is also a hyperball field, which is nicely setup.
Overall, this field is excellent. |
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| Last There: |
October 28th, 2006 |
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Paintball
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4 years |
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Other Fields
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Mountain Valley Paintball
Greene County Paintball
Splatterzone Paintball
All-American Paintball |
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| Review: |
Great !!! refs are fair field is nice, the large scenario games play through nicely with few problems. i loved how the proshop advised the players on what gear would work better in the wet weather ( Resident Evil GD). but the employees were nice and friendly to all players. I am a woodsball, Scenario, and new speedball player, and threerivers takes care of all the players from all walks of the sport. |
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nos4atu |
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 |
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| Date There: |
September 3rd, 2006 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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None in PA. Normally play at Battlefront, Hubbard Ohio. |
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We visited this field on Customer Appreciation Day, with free admission and food. This was the weekend immediately after the Halo scenario, so some of the props were still around. Taken in whole, the field is amazing, however, they had it chopped up into several very short, narrow fields, which boiled it down to a day of speedball in the woods. If you were using the whole field, it would be a lot of fun; as it played this day, it wasn't really my cup of tea. Safety was very well controlled, in fact, the best I've seen. Service on air and paint was good, but the pro shop was slow. The paint in use was as good as any field paint I've used, but it was $80 a case which is a little pricey compared to what I pay at Battlefront. Overall the field has great potential, it just wasn't used the day I was there. |
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| Date There: |
August 26th, 2006 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Other Fields
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Just this and outlaw feilds |
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This Field was great. I played my first scenario there which was a Mission Masters game Based on Halo. It was great day of play. They where very concerned with safety made sure a BBD was on at all time when off playing Field. They kept the games running smoothly and actually got ahead of schedule. At the award ceremony They were very organized also had a good amount of prizes (I won the grand prize yay me). Overall very good Field great reffing staff.| Last edited on Sunday, August 27th, 2006 at 5:52 pm PST |
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| Last There: |
July 2nd, 2006 |
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Paintball
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4 years |
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Other Fields
in the Area: |
Urban Assault
Crazy Dave's
All American Paintball |
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Directions
to the Field: |
Their site has directions. Take a look on there (do so even if you don't need directions). |
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| Review: |
This field is the absolute best in the area. Ever since I've discovered it I've attempted to go there as often as possible. The IAO started at this park, until they decided to move it to a new location to support more activities. Luckily enough, the IAO is moving back to it's origin, as the Three Rivers Paintball Festival. To support such a national event, you know this park must be good. If you were there last year, you may remember their amazing woodsball courses (still there and good as ever), and their one nice stone speedball field. Well, for this event, Three Rivers has expanded, and has now planted grass at their Speedball (now I can slide, thank god) field, and on top of that added a few more courses, including hyperball. After the Three Rivers Paintball Festival these new courses will be available to the public, so be ready to play everything you could wish for, from woodsball to speedball to hyperball.
But let's get back to what you can play now. What can I say? All the courses are great. Excluding the tire course, every course you play on this field has equal cover for both teams, and on top of that the cover is brilliantly placed. By taking chanced, players on both teams can gain a real advantage over the opposition. These courses include obstacles that stretch as far as tanks, castles, buildings, and even a helicopter. Of course, there's always the classic planks of wood and bundles of stick to hide behind, all of which are abundant and all give great cover. But, as said before, if someone on the opposing team decides to take a risk before you, there's a good chance you could find yourself in an awkward position, scrunched up trying to avoid the gunfire coming in the side of your bunker. If I can give you one tip on this course, it would be to keep moving. Not only does it give you a nice rush of blood, but also allows you to experience the full potential of this course.
Of course, if you prefer playing the back, Three Rivers makes sure to give each team a nice starting position, with bunkers close and in great supply. Only as you advance will you find less bunkers appearing. Not that this is a bad thing.
The only real negative of this course is the wait between games. Sometimes it can stretch from 15 to 20 minutes, but several paintballers seem to be procrastinators, because even when the refs announce that we're heading out, people are yelling that they need to fill up on air or buy paint.
Let me finish with some words of wisdom: Try getting into any snakes you can find, and of course try your best to get into some 90 degree bunkers. For those of you who don't know, 90 degree bunkers look like a capital L. You're pretty much protected from the front and one side, which can be a real lifesaver. Trust me. I think Eric has really done a great job on this course, and he's buying even more land to expand it. I'm eagerly awaiting to see what he plans to do.| Last edited on Friday, July 7th, 2006 at 8:51 am PST |
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| Last There: |
March 25th, 2006 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Other Fields
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crazy daves |
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Three rivers is the best place to play paintball in western PA. I no loneger go anywere else. the staff is cool and helpful. feilds are great and well kept. In fact they are reconstructing the speedball feild and adding a hyperball feild. Refs are great at deviding teams. Seems like they are never one sided no matter how many torny players might be playing. great unless raining or snowing. |
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| The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page. |
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| Date There: |
December 30th, 2005 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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| Review: |
First of all i went on a day when the admission was free and a case of paint was only 50 dollars. Normal admision is 15 dollars and paint is 80 dollars a case. The paint was a good brand Draxxus Blaze. The paint was old though and ovaled and dimpled. You have to use there paint or you will be kicked out. I was a little diapointed in the condition of the paint. I drove 2 hours to get to the field and left my house very early so that i would be there on time 12 oclock pm was when the game was supposed to start. and is over at 5 oclok. The game did not start until 1:30 pm because there was only 1 ref that showed up on time. Only one more ref showed up. There was about 60 people who showed up to play and 2 refs was not enough.
The woodsball field is divided up into a few sections and when they have a large turn out they combine them into what i felt was a awsome woodsball field. they combineded them for the game i atended and it was amazeing. These woods have the coolest bunkers you will ever see and they have alot of them. The bunkers are all placed perfectly throughout the woods that you get the feel that they had a profesionl design the field. You have to see it to believe it. The woods are very large and handled the 60 plus people who atended very easily.
The one thing that really disturbed me was that the refs had pistol markers and would take shots at people while they were not looking and then call them out. The refs should not have markers. Also i saw kids call there selves out but then noticed that the paint did not break. The kid i saw walked about 600 feet to a ref and asked if he was out. The ref said no and reinserted him. That is not fair i could call myself out to get out of hevy fire and then reinsert, not cool.
Also i saw several kids chronograph at around 400 feet per sec and sneek in the game.
Also i saw kids using full auto and ramping when it was not allowed at there field.
There was not enough refs to controll the mayham.
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| Last There: |
October 29th, 2005 |
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1 year |
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Other Fields
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I haven't played at any other field in the area yet, but the competing field seems to be Urban Assault in nearby Bridgeville (about an hour south of TRP). |
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I kept hearing from my buddy that I have to play at Three Rivers Paintball, and I'm glad I did. My first time playing there was October 15, 2005 for a regular team elimination game on their fields. TRP has no indoor fields, but they do have a speedball arena with an announcer booth and fan stands. Mostly, people go to TRP for the woodsball, their specialty.
They have about four or five fields, each roped off to contain the players and offer more group play. During scenario games, the ropes are removed to combine the fields into one large field. They have tons of barriers, props (like artillery batteries), buildings, an full-scale airplane tail section, and broken down vans and cars.
The admission fee is cheap, and they offer two additional rental packages for those who don't own their own gear. A pro-shop is located onsite for those last-minute equipment needs and/or repairs. The field paint they use is high-quality in my opinion: Draxxus Blaze in red/green shell with orange break. The balls don't chop, warp, dimple, and cost about $80.00 per case - aggressively priced compared to other fields.
All this being said, the best part of TRP is the people and the service. Nick, the owner, Eric, the manager, the refs, Nick's daughter (sorry, I can't remember her name) - all of them are great to deal with, personable, professional, and fair.
Now, the only item keeping TRP from getting a perfect 10 is the fact that there aren't any indoor fields for really cold days, and the outdoor fields are small. To compare, Skirmish USA covers about 700+ acres out in eastern PA, and TRP might only cover 100 at most (I'm being liberal here too; it's probably a lot less). Skirmish USA costs just a bit more, so TRP could charge less.
In conclusion, the negatives aside, I play at TRP because it's local, priced well compared to surrounding local fields, they provide good field paint, and the staff is second-to-none.| Last edited on Thursday, November 10th, 2005 at 6:52 am PST |
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